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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1913
Page
3
The page lists numerous property transfers and financial instruments including chattel mortgages, deeds, and satisfaction of mortgages. Names include Swart, Schwart, Conn, McKinney, Hanson, Erickson, Johnson, Fain, Wallace, Medigovich, Warren, and Bisbee entities. It shows realty and mining property activity in Bisbee and Douglas with numerous transfers, satisfactions, and liens recorded by the county recorder.
Advices received by mail yesterday claim a serious clash near Guaymas last Saturday between federalised constitutionalists. The engagement began at 4 AM and ended about 2 PM. Report states 171 officers and 150 men were captured after cannon were repaired at Cauanca. Killed and wounded totals are not given. Federal losses are unspecified. Local agency offers further information on request.
Reports from Sulphur Spring Valley detail a stabbing case in Courtland with one suspect bitten by an insect and treated by a doctor. Local residents plan a Studebaker touring car delivery between Winkelman and Mammoth, arranged by G E Jackson. Farmers north of Pearce plant 60 more acres after 35 acres. Onions yield 1 1/2 acres harvested and to be replant. Mick Reeder suffered a dislocated shoulder and possible nose injury in a wagon accident. Charlie Tyler returns from Gila Valley with a three year old horse for Leo Tyler. Light rain fell north and east of Pearce Tuesday night. much of the valley missed Monday’s shower.
RH Jones, head of the preliminary railroad survey to Ajo from the Calumet & Arizona, said Mounay that the E Pac and Southwestern have no role. He affirmed previous reports noting difficulties in transporting supplies and water, with most provisions to be secured at Tucson.
BM Atwood of the state engineer’s office has arrived in Bisbee to establish headquarters as extensive Cochise county road work begins. Work will start within two weeks on the Tombstone road from the divide two miles from Bisbee toward the county seat. Repair on the Bisbee Douglas road will proceed with convict labor.
Douglse B Starrett of Washington DC, employed to inspect U S precious stones, visited Courtland this week to report on the Turquoise line. He praised the mine as the best quality turquoise found in the United States and noted extensive work on the property surprised him.
A stroke of lightning during Saturday night storm temporarily disabled the Miami Steam Laundry at Lower Miami. Patrons will suffer no great inconvenience as arrangements have been made to have the laundry work done in Globe while repairs are completed.
The report details the Industrial School for the fiscal year, with net expenses and per capita cost. It shows 109 average inmates, 145 boys and 27 girls admitted since July 1, 1913, parolees and escapes, and a breakdown of inmates by ethnicity, county commitments, and religious affiliation including Baptists Christians Catholics Episcopalians Methodists Seventh Day Adventists Salvation Army and others.
C H Brabbin aged 26 was instantly killed in Douglas while tapping a parallel circuit at the smelter. He grasped two live wires thinking one was dead, and 449 volts passed through his body as he worked on a twenty foot pole secured by a safety belt.
Mrs Cynthia Murphy gains sheriff's deed to eighty two acres in Lower Verde valley. She sued for five thousand dollars damages after the murder of her husband Lee Murphy by Rhode, who was convicted and sentenced to fifteen years. Murphy died on Rhode's ranch two years ago. the land includes water rights in the Diamond irrigation ditch. Rhode remains in prison. relatives in New Mexico have not pursued challenges to the deed.
Two motorists attempting to cross the desert east of San Diego in an automobile got lost after a breakdown. They endured two days without water before reaching safety with the aid of a native who guided them to the nearest town.
Daily Globe notes a motor hearse will be owned by L Jones and Son undertakers, with Chas G. Miller of Tnosop handling orders this week. Ed Hickson visits from Bisbee to see relatives, while I Christianson returns to his ranch in the San Pedro valley after a city stay.
Gov I L Perqueirs announces a special state election for Sunday August 10 to fill three deputies and three substitutes for Alamos district, two deputies and two substitutes for Arizpe Hermosillo Guaymas districts, one deputy and substitute for Magdalene Moctezuma Aliar Bahuarios Ures districts, and one ministro fiscal for the supreme court. The governor will not be elected as May torens has resigned.
Refunds of rentals collected by the state land commission for school lands with permits expiring March 15, 1913 were sent to county treasurers. Totals by county include Apache 24.23, Cochise 1 327.18, Coconino 99.77, Graham 1 951.63, Greenlee 40.05, Maricopa 6 951.51, Navajo 221.89, Pima 125.1, Yavapai 54.17, Yuma 707.77, totaling 11 305.52. About 300 of roughly 1100 state leaves have not renewed or applied.
A report claims Colonel Roosevelt is on a bunting trip near the Grand Canyon. The Los Angeles Examiner asks whether he has a booting license and if an ex president can boot in a national game preserve where bunting is prohibited. The piece treats the incident with wry curiosity.
A list of sentences includes A W Howe ard Wm Graham jailed for life for Tol Wilson murder near Well, Lutter Price and Niebia given long terms for stabbing and forgery. Joy in camp over a shipment of Arizona potatoes to Kitchenbeckers. Anderson visits Tombstone to inspect Mountain Space line. Local officials, residents, and travelers appear in daily notes from Tombstone and Clarkdale.
A practice baseball game at Shuster's park yesterday afternoon ended 12 to 9 in favor of the Tombstone Stareards over a local nine. The Star team will travel to Pearce Sunday for a game with the Pearce boys. Highlights included home runs by Wa Meson and A Pistonetti with solid play from Wenceler Lombardi. The lineup followed.
The Grand Canyon of Arizona will become a Masonic tempo on September 8 and 9. On those days the Arizona lodge No 2 F and A M of Phoenix will use the canyon for conferring Masonic degrees on candidates in the jurisdiction.
Monday’s Daily lists William Hicks returning from Bisbee with friends and other locals as they travel to Naco Hereford and Douglas. Undersheriff Guy Welch spends Sunday in Hereford with friends. Ralph Johnson heads to Douglas for a several days visit. The Misses Sophie Durezo Lola Abril depart for Bisbee for extended stays. Mrs George Davey returns from El Paso after a week with Buch Hartman and John Pearce in the city. Christianson, St David rancher, in town. Assistant County School Superintendent Hutchins goes to Benson to meet his father arriving from Mississippi for several weeks. Assessor Hughes Supervisor Rock and Clerk Karger to Phoenix to attend a convention of assessors and supervisors.
The first Sonora State stamp seen here is not valid in the United States as no postal union exists between Sonora and the U S. The letter carrying the stamp was marked postage due.
Clerk AC Karger of Cochise county boards outlines a county expense budget based on last year’s outlays. The total from all funds reaches 393,427.95 with allocations for Salary, General, School, and Road fund. After subtracting expected receipts of 67,931.86, the net remaining balance is 325,426.09.
An interview cites former Governor Jone Maria Maytorena and Governor Pasquiera promising peace in Mexico within 60 days if the United States allows ammunition import for constitutionalists. They claim 20,000 field troops could be deployed immediately and 10,000 more raised nationwide, despite weak arms and limited state control under Huerta.
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