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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1907
Page
4
A collage of quotes and digressions from diverse figures spans education, politics, science, and social issues. It includes calls to age limits for children’s clothing, debates on USNorth relations, mining economics, Roosevelt’s policies, cultural misunderstandings, naval casualties, atomic ideas, religious sects in Los Angeles, and commentary on courting after marriage.
Japanese immigrants are transported toward San Francisco to be shipped to Japan. A total of 101 men were counted in Tucson and Laredo reports with three escaping during transit. Guards patrolled the car as the train crossed the Yuma bridge and Imperial Junction, Cal. Immigration officers pursued the missing men.
Ninety head of Hrreland yearlings bound for Sulphur Springs Valley are distributed among Texas consigners in Channing. Purchasers include 4 Bar ranch Sulphur Springs Valley Co. and Cross Rail ranch. County expenses next year exceed $200000 with a proposed tax rate near $1.75 per $100. A shirt-waist dance at Gage Hall aids Tombstone baseball club. Miss Bertha Smith of Phoenix, a dentist, has invented a mechanical brace to aid dental work under anaesthesia. Frank J. Cheney of F J Cheney Co Toledo offers $100 per catarrh cure claim. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is advertised. E W Howe leaves Bisbee for the morning.
Report covers the land fraud trial of John Aten son and Dr Edward Perrin in United States district court Williams Arizona. Indictment cites forged documents and fictitious applicants used to secure land via state indemnity school lands. FBI-style cases echo earlier Benson Hyde Dimond actions in Washington, with Perrin and Benson accused of illicit land grabs and forged powers of attorney.
Iles Bowman, member from the fleet judicial district, will attend in Phoenix as the Territorial Board of Equalization meets Tuesday. Absent major changes, proposed adjustments to mining claims and county assessments are expected to be mild, with tax rate likely around 1 cent per dollar of valuation. Express train service is planned to Portland, Los Angeles and El Paso once daily, stopping at key points.
Master Tom Goodbody, son of Probate Judge Goodbody, had a serious accident while climbing a new house frame. He fell 10 to 12 feet, suffering contusions and abrasions and was briefly unconscious. Dr. Hughart attended. he recovered after a short rest.
In Safford Cynthia Morris eleven year old daughter of Robert Morris was wounded in the knee by her brother Hugh Morris. The two year younger boy was playing with a 4.22 calibre rifle and, while joking I can about you, pulled the trigger. The bullet gave a flesh wound and the girl was taken to town for medical aid. The wound was deemed slight with no serious results expected.
A new law effective July 12 aids Arizona cattle and livestock shippers by requiring rail cars to be supplied promptly and with adequate sidings and depots at interstate points. It imposes responsible handling by shippers per the contract with railroads. Colonel Epes Randolph and party visited Tombstone Consolidated operations after arriving by special train.
A newly sighted comet arcs the Arizona sky around 1 o'clock, with a distinct, blue-tinged tail and a glowing nucleus. The Phoenix Republican notes early attention from local press and astronomers, describing the tail’s curvature and the comet's “Mowing hair” appearance as it travels near 40 degrees altitude.
A Prescott Courier note recalls Rev. J. A. Crouch of Jeffovs Arizona who traveled to Los Angeles for backbone surgery after two joints were removed. The piece jokes about delays with shipments and praises his decision to seek treatment, noting the heat and long wait would have worn him down.
Three Chinese men Ab Que, Hut, and Loale faced U S Commissioner Lauwent Dougine accused of trespassing with no entry certificate. They claimed via an interpreter they walked from Las Cruces to Cacanes, crossing the Mexican line by error. One faked selling his son to continue the journey.
Southern Pacific shops in Tucson saw more than 30 boilermakers and helpers walk off the job in a sympathy strike with the Los Angeles union over a foreman’s discharge of a boilermaker and two helpers. The Star notes the grievance stemmed from the dismissal viewed as unwarranted by the Los Angeles local.
A 6 year old boy was found near died from hunger and thirst after wandering with a 5 year old companion. the second boy is presumed dead. The report notes regional hardships and local incidents across Fillos and nearby areas.
A chaotic county report notes 81 inmates after a new prisoner arrives. The text describes a range of local incidents from a violent insane patient Brocktian being committed to an asylum to epidemic fears in Wickenburg and injuries at work, with scattered figures and place names like Phoenix, Wickenburg, Douglas, and Copper Queen smelter.
A Russian deserting from the Covacks says deportation to Russia would mean death, raising fears among detainees aboard a transport to Japan and a Russian port in the Far East. The group, including Japanese and Russians, were captured by inspectors led by Captain George Webb after a Cochise county crossing attempt. The Russian, ill with fever, was hospitalized, then moved to Tarton for deportation proceedings.
Rural property listing offers a 140 acre ranch with cultivated land and fencing, two adobe houses, a good bearing orchard, ten artesian wells, and abundant water. Apply to Kimball at St David.
Residents confront tax rate changes as the county contends with a doubled burden compared with last year. Officials consider cutting the rate to about 1.75 dollars, aiming to satisfy public expectations shaped by prior press reporting, while bonds and deficits loom.
On the Southern Pacific near San Pan, a section boss found a dead cow by the track. The bovine had been struck by a locomotive and set aside. He, new to such emergencies, faced a sign prompt about disposition and sought guidance from the local office. Headquarters clarified disposition meant gentle or kind, prompting his report to the claim agent.
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