VOL. 17. NO. 41

fire MeetingIs Called For

Monday p. a.It lias beea such a long time

since the tire hose and apparatushave received attention or been in-spected that several of our businessmen, in discussing the laxity oneday this week, decided that thecondition of the hose cart and oth-er fire fighting equipment shouldbe looked after at once. In ac-cordance, the Signal, by request,issues a call to tlie public generallyto meet at the Mansion pool hallnext Monday at 2 o’clock p. m.For the purpose of testing the firehose and discussing the advisabilityof reorganizing the fire department.

There is supposed to be quite asum of money to the credit of thefire department, but a long timehas passed since the departmentwas called together, and its affairshave almost been forgotten.

The lanterns, axes, and ether•small articles have been stolen fromthe fire house, and it is desired tohave these article" replaced.

A good turnout should be at themeeting Monday afternoon.

Many Will Be Here

From quite a radius of countryword comes to Benson from var-,

ious parties signifying their inten-tion of attending the Thanksgivingdance here, to be given by theCochise County Concert BandThe management is endeavoring tosecure the famous Fort HuachucaOrchestra to furnish music for theoccasion, and are quite hopeful ofthe orchestra’s service®, andwill know positively by the 10th.However, if the Huachuca boyscannot come, first class music willbe secured from some other point.This dance will undoubtedly provetd be the social event of the sea-son, and your presence should bewith the jolly throng that will bepresent that night.

Workmen are busy this weekpainting the Catholic church.

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BENSON, COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA, NOVEMBER 6, 1915

St. David Items

(Special Correspondent)

Mrs. Sam Barrow and little sonreturned to their home at the X 3ranch in the Dragoon mountains.This was the little fellow’s first

home coming. The good wishesof the people of St. David, wherehe was born, goes with him.

Mr. N. C. Mcßae, the Rawleigkman, is up at the Fort. His busi-ness is increasing to such an extentthat he is obliged to add anotherstoreroom to his place in St. David.

Mrs, Grace Sfiattuck went upto Tombstone Tuesday.

The people of St. David are gladto see the Hon. John Merri'l, wifeand son Miles in their midst for awhile.

Mr. Francis Goodman, who hasbeen in Bisbee lately, visited hisfamily here this week, and has re-turned to Bisbee on business.

Mr. George Smith and familyhave come to St. David to liveHe formerly resided cn the JohnRock place, in the vicinity of theHuachuca mountains.'

Bhhop Goodman has returnedfrom Bisbee where he was for a fewdays on business.

Work has recommenced on theschool house in St. David. Workon the structure a few weeks agowas discontinued on account ofshortage of lumber.'

Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Merrillmotored up to Tombstone Thurs«day.

Tonight the Midland LyceumBureau will open the Winter sea-son in Benson at K. of P. hall, un-der the auspices 'of the BensonGrammar School. Jean and OrdBohannon, who are spoken of astwo really great artists, in duets,solos, readings, impersonations,etc , will open the season here.Monthly ent®:tainments of variedprograms will be given under themanagement of the Lyceum Bu-reau of Des Moins, lowa. Theproceeds of the entertainments willbe used to improve the children’splay grounds at the grammarschool.

M. F. Castaneda transacted busi-ness at Tombstone a couple ofdays the fore part of the week.

Road BondElection Calls

For $600,000At the meeting of the Road Bond

Issue Association, which was insession at Douglas Wednesday, itwas decided to ask for a bond issuein Cochise county for $600,000, tobe used in the construction of asystem of county roads.

Representatives from all overthe county were present, and theestimate as presented by CountyEngineer Ryan was gone*-, overthoroughly. <

Engineer Ryan s estimate pro-vided for one of the most completesystems of county roads ever planned in the state and entailed .anamount which was about twice theamount which will be asked for,as finally decided upon. The elim-ination was found necessary as thetaxable property in the . countywould not justify the larger amount

In case the bond issue carries,Benson’s proportion of the amountwill be about $26,000. The Ben-son district covers the road fromthe county line near Mescal to Ben-son, and from Benson to a paint ashort distance this side of Adam’sranch. It also includes the roaddown the river and four miles ofroad to the Robinson district. Qnlvone mile of the St. David road isin the Benson district, the balancecoming under the St David districtand will be covered the St.David appropriation.

Petitions will soon be circulatedcalling for the election, which willprobably ba held about the first ofthe year. In voting on the proposition, the amount to be expendedon each section of the road will bespecified.

Those who attended the meetingfrom Benson were M. P. Cosby.C. F. Mess and H. Q. Brown.

Considerable Building at Johnson

John Kippen and M. K. Sipe re-turned Sunday from Johnson, hav-ing just completed the erection ofa new store building for the John-son Supply Company, which is abranch of the Southwest LumberCompany of this place, Mr. Kip-pen reports quite a building boomin the camp: several additions be-ing made to present building, be-sides the new ones being erectedB. A. Taylor of Gleeson will erecta store building in the carqp andengage in the mercantile business.A report is current that a promin-tnt business man of Benson willstart a branch store in the campWm. Seliger, who moved bis mov-ing picture equipment from Bensonto the camp last winter, has metwith such success that he is nowarranging to erect a building togive him more commodious quar-ters to accommodate his growingpatronage.

Had Stolen Goods in Possession

Tuesday Constable Proffitt ar-rested two Mexicans, who gavetheir names as Alberta Oredregaand Albert Flores, on the chargeof having stolen goods in theirpossession.

Suspicion was arroused whenone of the men expressed a bundleof goods to Calilornia. An in-vestigation of the bundle revealeda lot of valuable women’s wearingapparel, shipped from a firm inNew York.

The men could not give a goodaccount of themselves and are be-ing held pending an investigationby S. P. detectives, who are of theopinion that the goods were stolenfrom a Southern pacific freight car.

School Distiict No. 33, in thegrowing camp of Johnson, willbold a bond election on the 27thinstant for the purpose of raisingfuuds to erect a much needed schoolbuilding. The bond issue calls forS3OOO, which will undoubtedlycarry at the election. The schoolchildren have become so numerousin the district that a larger build-ing is necessary to accommodateihem. Lucy H. Burney, IreneWien, and Nellie Lemons are namedas the election judges.

A Spanish comedy drama wasgiven at K. of P. hall Mondaynight last for tfie benefit of theCatholic church fund. The dramawas appreciated by a fair sizedaudience, and the church fund hada few dollars added to it.

ConstableJohn Proffitt

Makes HaulUntil Sunday Benson had the

reputation of being the driest townin the state, observing the prohi-bition bw to the letter. The goodrecord was broken Sunday, how-ever, when Constable Proffitt raid-ed a small house near the ceme-tery, confiscated several bottles ofliquor and made three arrests.

A woman and two m9n were ar-rested. The men were chargedwith being drunk and disorderly,and after pleading guilty were re*leased on a suspended sentence.The woman, an elderly Mexican,acknowledged ownership of thebooze, claiming that she had foundthe stuff in a valise at the cemeteryat six o-clock in the morning. Morethan this she denied any connectionwith the affair. She was releasedand willbe kept under surveilanceuntil the origination of the boozecan be investigated.

The booze had the resemblanceof being home distilled, being con-tained in quart and pint beer bot-tles. Four full bottles and two orthree empties were found. Ac-cording to a gentleman who claimsto be a judge of good whiskey, thestuff was disttlled from the dregsof hades, but evidently the mescalplant, corn, and wild plants entersed into its composition. It is veryevident that i! the stuff was eitherdistilled here or was smuggled fromMexico. The booze will be heldin bond by Judge Sfiilliam until aUnited States revenue man comes,when it will be turned over to him;and ifthat gehtleman does not wantthe stuff, Judge Shilliam will seethat it is destroyed according tolaw.

Robinson Items(By Special Correspondent)

*. At thß Benson Canal meetingfie d Tuesday, Z. T. Coons was em-ployed as watermaster, being thelowest bidder. The canal clean-ing was let to Mr. GiUett, whichwill be done with a machine whichhe intends to import from Califorrxia.

Truman Tryon came in from theGila Valley Sunday. He and hisbrother-in law, Merlin Plumb, arefitting out for extensive work ontheir mining claims.

The water was turned out of thecanal several days this week so thatrepairs could be made on one ofthe siphons.

J. R. Cosby is having plansdrawn for a two-room addition tohis residence.

The Ladies’ Relief Society metTuesday afternoon at the residenceof Mrs. P. P. Sabin.Gun Club Meeting Vfednesday Night

Officials of tbe Benson Rifie andRevolver Club have issued a cal:for a meeting Wednesday night atthe High School for the purpose ofascertaining how many and whatkind of gujis and ammunition themembers will want to purchase.

There are now sixty three mem •be ! s enrolled in the elub.

The Ladies’ Aid Society of theMethodist church will hold a foodsale Wednesday afternoon, November 24, in the Zeek building. Thbfood sale, being held just beforeThanksgiving, will be quite a helpto mmy housewives whose homeduties are quite severe, as manyappetismg dishes and pastry foodscan be purchased for the Thanks-giving dinner, thus lessening thework in preparing a big dinner forthe Thanksgiving festal board.

The eighth chapter of “The Di-amond From the Sky” will be pre-sented at the Rink Theatre tonightfor the edification of the moviefans. You cannot afford to miss achapter of this sterling play. Thefarce comedy will be extra goodtonight.

H. V. Dollarbide, a former Ben-sonite and who is now running anauto stage line between Dragoonand Johnson, was in town Wednes-day on business. He reports con-siderable travel to and from themining camp,

Mrs. Max Treu and daughter,Julia, returned home today from ashort visit in Tucson.

Cali on me tor your gasoline, dis-tillate and lubricating oils. C. F.Moss.

Miramonte Items(Special Correspondent)

Mr. Henry Coplin, a resident ofthis place, met with an accident,having two ribs broken while driv-ing a freight team at Johnson, whichwill lay him up for some time.

Mr. Charles Anderson, who has| been freighting at Johnson, hasreturned home and is consideringbuilding an addition to his residence. 7,

The Relief Society of this placemet last Tuesday in regular meet-ing. It was work day, and allwere busy in helping to completea quilt which will be on sale in thenear future to help the poor thatmay be in need.

Mrs. Clifford Whettou has goneto New Mexico to join her husband,who has been working there forsome time.

The farmers are busy harvestingtheir crops. R. L- McCall experimented with five varieties of corn,and found that Hickory King,Strawberry and Yellow Flint doremarkably welThere as dry farm-ing crops, especially when thedrouth this season is considered.

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Pacheco Resigns

Marcus Pacheco has resigned hisposition as nigh watchman, feelingthat there might bo some dissatis-faction on account of tbe robberyof Martinez’ store Saturday night.He told a representative of theSignal that, he wanted to thank thepeople who assisted in his rein-statement to the office some timeago. He said that he wanted theposition and had given it carefulattention, but anticipating dissatis-faction, thought it best to resign.

A good rain storm visited thissection this morning.

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Martinez StoreRobbed Sat.

Night LastSaturday night last while parties

of town people were playing Hal-loween pranks and roaming aroundthe streets in.ghostly attire, a gangof desperate character were busyrifLing the store of W. D. Martinezof about S3OO worth of goods.

Entrance was made by breakingthe glass in the front doors and.turning the night latch from theinside.

Constable Proffitt and NightWatchman Pacheco are on thelookout but as yet have found notrace of the robher3. Thumb andfinger prints were plainly visibleon pieces of the broken glass foundthe next morning, which is theonly cjue the officers have to workupon.

Martinez and Fenn Win

In athletic contests at the High*School grounds yesterday afternoonBaudelio Martinez and Alva Fenugot away with all the laurels. Mar-tinez Won the high jump and theshot put, and Fenn won the 2:2c

race and 100-yard dash.

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terms.Second-hand Single Disc Plow,

reversible; cheap.New two burner, self generating

Gasoline Stove; less than cost.Southwest Lumber Co. S4tf

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