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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1908
Page
1
The Tucson Chamber of Commerce cites railroad rate changes for Arizonasaffecting Tucson and Nogales. President Steinfeld explains the long haul tariff from eastern cities via Sonora to Nogales is cheaper than direct into Tucson, enabling cheaper delivery to Sonora markets and the Tombstone area.
Congregational church prepares elaborate Easter services with special music and a new Sunday school addition. Kensington Young People’s Association arranged for a window. Methodist church invites all to Epworth League at 7 PM and a preacher from Chicago will speak next Sunday at 8 PM. Epworth League also meets at 7 13 PM. Sacred Heart Catholic Church lists Masses and Rosary with Benediction at 7 50 PM.
List of letters remaining in general delivery for the work ending March 75. Names include Breto Tilio Gannet Walter Gonsalez Rite detes Benita Wardwell Conrad Whitney George. When calling for above letters, any advertised giving date of advertisement. LG Casmx. PM. For stomach troubles, patent and constipation try Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Many remarkable cures have been effected by them. Price 25 cents. Samples free for sale or adravveiete.
Visitors to Tombstone enjoy the Consolidated Copper Stamp Mill as rollers and crushers operate around the clock. The old timers recall the gold regions while cyanide scent signals ore value. admittance is forbidden yet a glimpse through a knot hole invites a nostalgic hour. A young Chinese couple wed at Tarson Presbyterian Church.
Items note various territory happenings: Vineless sweet potatoes destined for teat, 15,000 children in Benson schools, Phoenix excursion to Kelvin on April 1, a Phoenix federal grant, no jury matters, a grave quarrel near Cave Creek leaving Charles D. Amos possibly fatally stalled, Thatcher and Sford baseball for a $500 purse, holiday in the valley, Dunlap and Mee Dor lap celebrated fifty fourth anniversary with a marriage ceremony, D. V. A. Talley of Graham county greeted with a girl baby, Yuma grocers form a baseball team seeking scalps, a corrected Phoenix school section report showing arrested replaced by elected and temperance lines, a Stillwell candidacy for city superintendent, and fifteen hundred voters.
Arizona ranger Jef Kidder was shot in the abdomen during a deadly duel in Naco Sonora. Sheriff White said the main facts are believed true as officers work to move him across the line for medical aid amid fears of a fatal outcome.
Immigration Inspector in Charge Charles T Connell will depart tomorrow for Graham county to inspect eleemosynary institutions and assess conditions of foreigners receiving refuge. Government visits focus on charitable or partly charitable homes, with broader tours planned after Graham county.
Judge Doan denied the petition by WB Cleary for a compulsory injunction against Naco Bisbee Water Co to sell on credit. The suit, brought on behalf of Bisbee citizens as a public utility case, was argued by Cleary and defense by Ben Goodrich.
H L Thompson of the American Mining Congress tours Tombstone during a Cananea to Los Angeles transit. He praises regional mining interest and advocates holding the next session in the Southwest, while condemning graft and favoritism. Two Mexicans detained by Sheriff White with ore linked to horse theft, and visitor Douglas Jayte from El Paso meets with mining figure Douglas Gray of Machomich Mercantile Company.
Republican primaries were held with a quorum of about fifty votes. Delegates pledged to support the county central committee action: John Montgomery, J. H. Macia, A H. Gardner, M. R. Moar, S. E. Berner, A. H. Emanuel, and A. N. Gage. No opposition caused disruption as the presiding meeting proceeded at City Hall.
Colonel Stewart reports progress on a proposed army sanitarium at Fort Grant, sixty miles northwest of Benson, as a wartime reform effort. Mrs. Henry Etz and daughter return from Tombstone, with Mrs. Max True visiting there this week. Russ A. Warren of San Francisco and L. D. Sisson of Corona, Cal are stopping in Tombstone, while local groups prepare for territorial conventions.
The Tombstone Consolidated Mining Co reports its operations suspended with no set restart date. New copper strike in Emerald may develop into a significant ore body while five million gallons per day of pumping capacity boosts output as the company plans expansion through the summer.
A notice reports the death of Mrs. McLaurin who was married to Prof P D J McLaurin former superintendent of schools. D. McLaurin dies in Tucson and his remains will be sent to Mississippi for interment. Also notes Henry Davis, a condemned Arizona prisoner, attempted suicide in his cell after a denial of a new trial.
A Phoenix dispatch reports a Santa Fe passenger train backing into the city at about 4 o clock this morning when Edward Joy, riding beneath the baggage car, lost balance and was ground to death. Wells Fargo receipts on his person show recent travel through Colorado, Calienta, Nevada, Raton New Mexico, Jerome, Seligman, Wickenburg and other Arizona towns. He carried a large amount of phony jewelry and is believed to have sold it.
An Detroit man, J. H. Seitz, reports the pills restored his appetite, relieved discomfort, and produced a pleasant, satisfactory bowel movement. The testimonial promotes the remedy for impaired digestion and weak appetite.
Abe Ruet’s trial set for Tuesday in San Francisco. Schmitz case on two week continuance. Effort to commute Harry Orebatdh sentence to life. Memsic fought Brock to a ten round draw. Thomas Watson nominated for president by Peoples’ Party at Leuis. NYU student strike ended, all back in class. Carnegie adds 5,000,000 to state college pension fund. Admiral Evana improving at Paso Robles. Prohibition election Tuesday. campaign bitter. Three rioters killed and 15 wounded in Rome. Corning & Co distillery at Peoria destroyed by fire. 55,000 gallons of liquor consumed.
The national forest reserve headquarters at Ennion has been notified that 2000 yellow pine trees are to be fed to that point for planting. They will arrive during the early part of the month and will be taken to the Santa Rita Reserve by Supervisor Selkirk. Four year old cow with calf, perfectly gentle, bred from milk strain stock Dallon or address LA White, Pedis St. David, Arir.
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