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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1922
Page
5
A long report details progress on the Charleston irrigation district project. It covers legal steps, relations with Canal and Land companies, legislative actions, financing plans, and duties of the Board to complete the relocation of diversions, with notes on timelines and upcoming reports.
April 13 The cavalry the fighting and is as nee d not back mun forces of the com essary now as it ever was Major General Holbrook wife of the cavalry army of the United States declared at a dinner given in his honor at the Country Club last night The cavalry is needed because it can operate at a time day or night calm weather or stormy he said There were about sixty representative business men of the city and several prominent mining men in attendance including General John Greenway and Gordon Campbell president of the Calumet and Arizona Mining company Colonel Gaujot and staff were guests General Greenway is an old friend of the distinguished visitor
A reward of 1000 dollars was posted for the arrest of Martin Sehwal in connection with the murder of Schwab, a traveling salesman whose body was found buried in an abandoned well near Flagstaff. Harry Nash, convicted of the murder, was tracked from Los Angeles to Flagstaff by Sheriff Fauret and later returned for sentencing. The motive is believed to be robbery.
An aged pioneer is reported dead in the Huachucas with uncertain cause amid references to local places and names, including mentions of communities and figures such as Nagel and Kane in a fragmented obituary. The text shows garbled OCR but indicates a retirement era event and a memorial context.
A garbled historical fragment mentions Red Losez losing to Acua Prieta amid references to Federalists and a leper tutor attack. Text is unclear and partial with names and events partly indecipherable.
A broken typed fragment reports an automobile collision on the Onacte road involving Nelson Fears and others near a store. The unnamed driver was killed instantly while several passengers suffered injuries, with remaining details obscured by the damaged text.
Reports from Prot Ja moe tenow and locals say frost over the past days killed about half the peach pear and apricot crops in Stronghold with another freeze last night risking further damage. Buckley orchards saved some of their typical crops though fruit across the county shows severe frost damage.
The readable portion shows a garbled text with references to a war context, mentions of Geo, and possible names like Prater. The fragment lacks coherent events or dates, making a reliable summary difficult due to extensive OCR corruption.
The article notes ongoing work on the Old Spanish Trails in the southern states with mentions of El Paso to Los Angeles coverage. It highlights local chambers, social values, and a letter praising unseen workers supporting the route through Deming, Lordsburg, Rodeo, Douglas, Bisbee, Tombstone, Nogales, Benson, Tucson, Florence, Phoenix, Yuma, San Bernardino, and on to Los Angeles.
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