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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1915
Page
4
The Globe Miami district prepares to host visitors for the High Water Celebration on April 15 at Roosevelt Dam. Local business leaders report funds raised to cover entertainment expenses.
Cochise County Supervisors unanimously approve refund of 1915 liquor licenses. Estimated total near twelve thousand dollars, with demands previously totaling about ten thousand. The measure affects most saloon operators in the county, including Tombstone, where refunds will total several hundred dollars.
Cochise County pioneer T Cooper, a longtime Dos Cabezas resident, visited Tombstone while serving as a witness in Scow versus Noble. He toured the Prospector and Epitaph sanctuaries, praised the Mascot railroad and local mining development, and predicted Dos Cabezas would become a flourishing southwest city with copper and gold mining growth.
More than 330 returned students from non reservation Indian schools gathered in Phoenix for a reunion. Speakers from Riverside Carfiske Maskell Carson City and Santa Fe spoke on training Native youth for productive work. Secretary Franklin K Lave attended with Indian Service officials.
Governor Gow Hunt issued a call for a special legislative session beginning Friday April 29 focusing on the general appropriation bill and land legislation. Treasurer Mitt Sims warns the treasury has only 15,102,01 in the general fund with expenditures depleting funds. the total treasury stands at 775,107.00 with interest and school funds unwithdrawable. The governor supported measures blocked in regular session but kept them out to avoid reopening old controversies.
Attorney Wiley James argues liquor is personal property and taxable by the state, countering calls for a clear exemption. The debate follows a county assessor claim that saloon owners hold taxable stock, while an attorney general forum opinion is awaited to settle if liquor can be taxed and seized when unpaid, amid constitutional prohibition and uncertain value.
The Old Yuma mine fourteen miles west of Tucson in the Tucson mountains has been bonded by Col. Epes Randolph and associates. Development work has started to assess the property's potential. The ore is andesite with small gold values and traces of copper molybdenum and vanadium. It is thought the large quantity of low grade gold ore may yield profit from the other metals. The market for molydenum and vanadium has been affected by the war but could improve.
Representatives from Tombstone, Benson, Bisbee, St David, Lowell, Warren, and Douglas met in Tombstone to back the Borderland Route via Benson to the Pima county line. The gathering endorsed Benson route support, urged county road bonds, and formed a county-wide committee to advance the road project with local pledges already secured.
The Development Company of America, led by Frank J. Murphy of Prescott Arizona, files a $15,000,000 damages suit against Southern Pacific. It alleges an agreement under ex-president Lovett in 2010 to transfer securities for annual payments to cover obligations, a plan allegedly not fulfilled, leading to foreclosure of mining and smelting properties in Arizona including Tombstone mines Imperial Copper at Silver Bell and the Tucson Port Railroad project.
United States Senator Henry Ashurst arrives in Prescott after attending events in San Francisco. He plans to visit Phoenix next week and attend the high water celebration at Tant dam on April 15. He says business conditions are looking up everywhere.
Checks covering amounts due Bowie Bank and Trust Company depositors will be mailed from the office of State Auditor Callaghan to settle claims. Deputy Auditor Ormond verified the number of depositors and amounts. former cashier J. G. Armstrong reportedly remains in Nebraska.
An employment notice offers an extra monthly earning of 20 to 45 dollars for employed individuals without interfering with their current work. No selling, no canvassing, and no investment required. Unemployed need not apply. Address The Silver Mirror Co Inc 123 W Madison St Chicago IL 41-10.
An inquest by Justice Hinson investigates the death of Mrs. Belle Murray after a Wheatfields dance. Witness accounts are conflicting as coroner’s jury considers visiting the scene. several party members were detained and later released with no charges filed by the district attorney's office.
In Beson Arizona April 5 a correction note states LJ Thier’s term as school trustee had not expired and McKinney’s term ended. Mentions candidates for trustees including Bran and Brown. A social note records a dance at Taylor’s Hall and a crowd from Pearce. Mrs Walter Newbury is improving and Alvin Brown with friends traveled to Tombstone for city viewing.
In Miami April locals complain to Police Judge McKurchen about a woman accused of using a Bilikin figure to cast curses and spoil marriages. A man cites the “la bruja” as causing a newly married couple distress by a spell preventing offspring. The court reviews the case as fear and superstition spread through the neighborhood.
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