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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1901
Page
3
Disjointed report details reform efforts, political clashes, and local intrigue as figures including May Gob and J. Canson are mentioned. Notes on law, youth, and regional tensions mix with anecdotes about Arizona, Tubstone, and Bisbee, plus a Mexican frontier policy affecting American traders.
The Star urges rapid oil development in the Santa Cruz and San Pedro basins, noting favorable conditions and a single San Pedro find. It argues Arizona’s oil potential would boost Tucson and surrounding areas, calling on financial citizens to back tests and investment to spur regional growth.
Workmen uncover fossil bones at 13 feet near Clifton. The remains are brittle yet well preserved, likely from Valley of CLT drelere era, tied to ancient Copper Queen communities. News notes railroad plans by Southern Pacific via Cochise County and Greene Consolidated Copper, plus regional mining optimism and local health update.
A fragmented OCR fragment presents a poem praising Arizona. It extols sunlit lands, mountains, forests, and valleys, referencing landmarks like the Grand Canyon and Copper Queen. It celebrates native heritage, prosperity, and heroic riders guarding the territory, ending amid garbled lines about homes and fate.
A shootout in Douglas leaves Mrs Schmidt dead after she fled from her husband who then shot Park Whitney in the thigh and another man in the groin. The shooter then killed himself. coroner Williams and Sheriff Lewis headed to Bisbee to hold the inquest.
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