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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1922
Page
2
Over the Southwest, light showers and lightning spurred 196 fires in the ten days ending July 20. Apache, Coconino, Da Ui, Sitgreaves and Tonto forests suffered most, each with over 20 fires. Coconino led with 53 though none became dangerous. The district totals 695 fires with no large blazes reported.
In Miami Arizona on July 20 a Ford driven by Joe Lamb plunged into a canyon on the Superior highway five miles from Miami. Miss Blanche Carter suffered a broken collar bone and was hospitalized. Miss Alice Feeney Joe Lamb and Lester Nelson were bruised and shaken with minor injuries.
In Douglas August 1 several good rains fell in the Huachuca and Elgin district. New grass on the ranges stands almost a foot high. Mrs. C. A Gardner of Elgin reports the heavy downpour of the season occurred Sunday, promising ample cattle feed if no more rain comes before winter.
Anne, July 27. Jesse Gatlin of Tucson was arrested again after being taken into custody at Buena Vista C. Q. Smelter Output. Crossing on the Santa Cruz river twelve miles west of Nogales, inspectors found Gatlin’s car contained 19 cases of tequila. He was sent to Tucson for a hearing before United States Commissioner Jones.
The Tombstone district received steady rain for 48 hours ending at six this morning with 0.62 inches in Tombstone as observers note slow soaking. Huachuca Water Company reservoir holds 600,000 gallons at eight am while Carr Canyon showed no major flow increase. San Pedro river reportedly surged then subsided during the night as other areas logged light showers and fair rainfall in the past day.
In Yuma on August 1 heavy Fortuna range rains revived hopes of locating veteran miner Fred Rechtel who wandered from Fortuna camp Friday. He was with Elmer Marable, who reached Bankhead highway by Saturday. searchers, aided by rain filled pools in Jinks, press on believing Rechtel found a water hole.
G W Page of Willcox visited Douglas and headed to Apache to ship cattle to California. He bought the herd from Ross Sloan and F Kloss and said he has made several purchases in the southern county and will ship next month to the coast.
Maricopa county highway commission awarded a contract for about eight miles of highway paving between Glendale and Marinette to Twohy Brothers at 27 483 97 a mile totaling 211 590 52 dollars. Mercer Hemperly, local attorney, faces two charges of violating state game laws for off season dove shooting and shooting on a public highway, in justice court.
Douglas July production at the Copper Queen reduction works will rise in August to a minimum of 5 million pounds and a maximum of 6 million. July output is about 12. million pounds, up from June. Two reverberatories and two blast furnaces will operate, with 2.14 million pounds from Clifton concentrates and the rest from Nacozari and Bisbee shipments. Shipments from Clifton may increase due to fire conditions, while Nacozari stays halted for ten days because of washouts. Bisbee output remains steady. ore from Sacrament Hill benches supports the Bisbee quota. Kit work resumption remains uncertain per P G Beckett.
Bisbee July 20 local officers seek a man calling himself C r Robinson from El Paso. He paid $325 with a forged check drawn on a Sarasota Florida bank for a second hand Ford. Police believe he forged his father in law’s name and left El Paso driving west in the car.
Candidates must file nomination petitions by August 12 to have their names printed on the September 12 primary ballots. Petitions require candidate residence address party and target office. Also required is a candidate affidavit stating no one is authorized to spend funds on their behalf. The twenty day window for the voters list paper remains unchanged.
The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a mandamus ordering the state to audit and pay nearly 2 million dollars in county bond fund claims. Maricopa, Pima, Yavapai, Coconino and other counties sought funds for bonds issued to build a Seligman Prescott Phoenix Tucson railroad. Bonds issued 1882 to 1887 totaling about 1 million were misused after turning over to a railroad company that failed to build the line.
Phoenix July 30 A vigil of death ends for J L Watson a 69 year old retired Montana rancher who after entering the Hotel Adams third story window leaped to the alley below his naked body crushed bones and skull injuries. Witnesses found him dying and a physician pronounced death shortly after. No note found and motive unclear.
The Arizona Pimacotton Growers association said a syndicate of Eastern banks secured $1.5 million to finance this season's cotton crop in the Salt River valley. The plan includes first and full advances on bales of seed cotton, with grade based borrowing terms and open credit from the War Finance Commission. Banks previously extended about $100,000 in credit during the year.
In Tucson Judge W H Sawtelle will today open the United States district court following a trip to Prescott. Assistant U S District Attorney John H Walker announced the move. The judge presided over the Prescott grand jury term and the secretary Preston Turner returned. Officials including Clerk C R McPall Deputy Clerk Paul Dickason and U S D A Frederick H Bernard and A U S D A John W Walker are expected back this week.
Early morning blaze in Nogales gutted tailor shop run by G. Anderson on Morley Avenue and the Old Home restaurant next door. Fire department quickly confined the flames to the two buildings. origin undetermined.
Globe reports July updates on workers injured by a ten inch air line blast at Old Dominion smelter site. John Saylor Willard Oleson and Mike Lyons recover as repairs progress and California conditions are favorable. Douglas and Cochise shipments of calves continue amid improving rains. Maricopa irrigation expands to 25 000 acres, signaling a brighter cattle outlook for fall.
In Yuma Arizona a delirious elderly patient told deputies last night he was brought from Santa Ana California to Picacho Desert by a man described as a real estate agent. The man allegedly robbed him of 300 dollars and all food and water before abandoning him on the desert and later returning him to Yuma. Sheriff Jim Polhamus launched an inquiry to locate the supposed accomplice and confirm the tale.
Nogales, Ariz. July 24. Harry E Berner special deputy collector of customs Arizona district viewed an antiques shipment headed to the University of Arizona through Prof. R. Forbes. More than a ton of items including ancient pottery plaques coins and Egyptian soil were examined and released. The collection features items over 4000 years old and coins bearing Alexander the Great. A gold inlaid dress and Cleopatra’s supposed dancing gown were noted. The shipment was released to Mrs. Forbes wife of the professor. Forbes is currently researching on the west coast of Africa.
A 28 a check for 456 sent by Wright and Darnell Tucson attorneys to pay filing fees in an appeal was delivered to the Arizona Supreme Court in Phoenix. The clerk noted the first check failed to reach the court and the firm sent a second, as the court cannot proceed without the fee. The court will return the paid check to the firm in this evening's mail.
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