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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1917
Page
6
Reports from Europe and the Americas describe continued fighting and political moves in World War I. British and French forces advance near Cambrai, Verdun and Mesopotamia. Russian and Austro-Hungarian actions mix with Allied gains, while naval losses mount and diplomatic shifts unfold in Belgium, Italy and the Balkans.
Market report lists bid prices for cattle hogs and sheep. Includes hay and grain buying prices for Colorado and Nebraska upland, second bottom, timothy, alfalfa, straw, and grain items such as wheat rye oats corn and flour. Also reports dressed poultry eggs creamery prices and produce like apples pears cauliflower celery onions and potatoes with net Denver values.
Market notes list metals such as silver at 72.5 cents and copper at 20.87 dollars, spelter at 16.00, and tungsten concentrates at 17.00 per unit. Crude ores priced at 15.00 with 25 percent at 9.40 and other fractions. butter and eggs in Chicago ranges. potatoes across states from 2.60 to 2.50, poultry around 23 cents. New York cotton prices show May 19.02 and other contracts near 18.00 to 18.07 with middling 19.30.
Chicago livestock quotations show hogs trading with bulk around 15,000 at 15.25 and 14.40 to 15.20 for mixed grades, cattle listings include native cattle at 9.10 to 12.90, stockers and feeders around 7.00 to 9.80, cows and heifers 5.50 to 10.60, calves 9.50 to 14.00, sheep wethers 10.50 to 12.75, ewes 9.00 to 12.20, lambs 12.00 to 16.35 with extra fancy Mexicans noted at 15.70.
Onions are a major truck crop with cultivation needed as soon as three to four inches high using a wheel hoe. After rains, continue cultivation to prevent grass and weeds from overrunning fields and avoid costly eradication. Harvest begins when tops bow and turn, then crates are filled for storage or sale. Air circulation in crates prevents moisture buildup. White Pearl and Prize Taker are large mild varieties. Bermuda and Crystal Wax are noted. On fertile soils onions grow well, but cultivation is harder on heavy clay. Avoid fields previously planted in grain to prevent volunteer germination.
The bulletin helps farmers analyze income sources and spending to set proper investment charges. County agents use it to create detailed farm analyses, comparing local data with department figures. Surveys of 140 to 700 farms reveal typical investment, depreciation, production, and profitability patterns enabling better bookkeeping. Approximately one third of farmers who analyze their business now keep books.
In cement work the floor foundation should be excavated to 8 or 10 inches and filled with broken stones or other hard porous material for a solid bed. A three inch concrete slab is poured, then finished with cement for a smooth surface. Do not pitch the floor to rain and fit an outlet to ease cleaning.
A report warns that overgrazing or overfeeding fruit by livestock risks harming orchard crops. Birds found dead in the area were discovered with seeds choking their crops, suggesting restricted access to fruit to protect the trees and other stock.
Advice on success with horses notes that many go broke trying to profit from horses. Real progress requires loving horses, possessing horse sense, and a commitment to study and learn.
Center Newspaper Union News Service Phoenix reports that 90 of 249 introduced bills became law in the third Arizona Legislature. Of these, 69 were signed by Governor Campbell and 21 became law without his signature. Major enactments include a minimum wage for women set at 10 3 per week, anti gambling provisions, a state commission over institutions, reclassification of counties by assessed valuation, military training in high schools, and aliens eligible for citizenship may own real property. Referendum petitions against several acts are circulating to potentially block enactment until the general election.
Chandler seeks a volunteer fire department. Parker forms a Commercial Club. Yuma cafe fire causes $1,000 loss. Bisbee bans dice and punchboards. Yuma to cost $20,000 for 21 army buildings. Two women arrested in Miami on bootlegging charge. An unknown boy murdered near Bisbee Divide. Governor Campbell vetoes four bills. Tombstone and Douglas in county seat dispute. Producing mines file state tax reports. Miami V. M. C. A. building to be ready by May 1. Unknown man found with neck strap near Phoenix. Kid Lee convicted of bootlegging in Tombstone. Chandler men form South Verde Consolidated Copper Corp. Pepper and rice train through Flagstaff to St. Louis. Mrs. J. Lewis, 83, of Thatcher, burned to death. Superior Water Works installs 20,000 gallon reservoir. Five arrests at Parker for Megarity involving minors. Foot and mouth disease-like malady found among cattle near Bisbee Adobe Canyon. Woodmen of the World beach camp to meet next in Santa Fe in April 1919. Jerome approves 40,000 sewer bonds by 47 to 0. Boots disease-like cattle outbreak noted. E. C. Stone’s arrest aids death mystery of Harry Williams near Bisbee. 40,000 acres excluded from Crook National Forest to be opened May 23. Yuma Valley rapid solidification under national reclamation boosts Southwest fertility. Bisbee butcher Jobe SM. True sustains slight burns carrying blazing gasoline.
Dialogues reveal a Mrs Green and Mrs Wyse exchange about salaries and a cook. A remark about a husband’s small salary prompts a retort about limiting expectations. The snippet suggests domestic satire or social commentary in a dialogue format.
A fragment suggests Patrice or Rene Piet Rick explores changing plans after two months at the seashore last summer with no marriage proposals. The tone hints at a cautious optimism about trying again in Florida this winter as a social note about romantic prospects.
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