13 Aug 1911
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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1911
Page
1
The Southwestern system plans $2070 more to relocate and reconstruct 1 mile of track from Lewis Springs to Fairbank. The grade will drop to 0.2 percent and a new 85 pound steel rail with treated ties laid. Roadbed cost about $200,000. grading and track to be completed by November 1.
About 2110 Mexicans, largely Madero era soldiers, have been hired by the HL Manning labor contractors for the Southern Pacific. They are moving through the city at a rate of $1 to $2 a day for work, as part of the post revolution employment wave.
Sunday activities include Congregational Runday School at 10 am, Rev H A Deck preaching at 1 pm and evening service at 7 30 pm with a joint summer Bun day evening service. Epworth League 7 pm, all invited. P H Borxts, Pastor. Catholic services absent due to Father Barrett. Also notices commercial and medicinal ads following.
New probate filings list multiple estates including Keepbold Kirkland Ade Grandpre and minors Hulme and Sandstrom with orders for sale, settlement, and notice. Debts and writs include Suit Nos 6400 through 6493 with wage and attachment actions. unrelated ad lines appear at end.
County Ranger Rye Miles arrived in Texbefore this morning from Hereford with sheriff’s fire. William D. Monmonier, president of Flourine Mining, says development work is active in Pearce district Tombstone today. A new mill is milling and cyaniding ores. A sizable strike was recently made. George Jewel of Courtland, county seat visitor, attends mining matters.
Frank C. Earle, a noted Southwest mining and smelting figure, arrived by noon train from El Paso and was hosted by general manager Dougien Gray of the Herebal mine. He will return to El Paso tomorrow with his son James after a week-long visit with Douglas Gray Jr.
To erect a new telegraph copper line from here to Feirbank, connecting with the through line to Benson, providing better service to Bisbee, Douglas, and El Paso. The Tombstone to Bisbee line via Tombstone Canyon may be abandoned to reduce repair work.
A No 4 Smith Premier typewriter offered as nearly new at a low price. Apply K Paes recros office for details.
Mr George B Willcox arrived in Towbefore from the Mc Cabe ranch in the Huachucas for a several week visit with Ruth and Harold. Attorney Lyman H Hayes arrived from Willcox on legal business. Mrs Elmer Crouch visits Tombstone from Pearce to stay with friends. Let Zeno and Henry Upton with sister Elle come from the Huachuca mountaints for court business. Richard G Struthers to wed Bessie Terpening of Douglas. Frank Deioarest and bride from Sante Barbara expected today. They will reside at the Barrow place on Fourth Street. Judge McFarland issued four warrants for alleged horse thieves. Clyde Tame returns from Douglas. TCM Co creditors largely from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut. Edward Branch, administrator, in Tombstone on probate business, returns home after meeting with creditors.
United States District Attorney Morrison travels to Arizona with Kermit Roosevelt party for a six week hunting trip. A miner near Flagstaff dies aborting a meteor dig. Loyd i to be arrested in San Francisco for converting sixty thousand dollars company funds. Douglas city loses mayor again amid ill health. Jobo Dake donates 49 acres for experimental farming near Prescott. Yuma Growers order 30 tons of alfalfated at 16 cents a pound. Knights of Pythias rebuild plans in Phoenix after recent fire. Wells near Bowie and Parker transit liquor regulation under review. Accidents include a Flagstaff railroad worker mangled and a San Jose child drowning.
All is in readiness for the Grow-Titus wrestling bout at Schieffelin Hall tonight. Both men are eager for the fray and confident of winning.
An old advertisement touts Cas arets Candy Cathartic as a natural stimulant for bowel action. It claims genuine tablets stamped C. C. C. and asserts availability through druggists with a public service tone.
Washington August 2 No developments in the statehood situation today and no intimation from Beverly where President Taft is cojourning. Friends of the administration say a veto would trigger Senate filibustering to block passage. Arizona supporters claim a two thirds majority poll exists to rush a compromise bill through both houses before adjournment if a veto occurs. Executive action expected Tuesday morning amid widespread speculation.
Governor Bion issued commissions to twenty six men to serve as special railroad police along the Southern Pacific main line between Tucson and Gila Bend. The move follows a request from Scott of Phoenix and Superintendent Dyer of the Tucson division amid fears of strike related disturbances.
A recent traveler notes Madero’s presidential chances fade while Reyes nears victory. Observers fear continued unrest and delayed American investment as Mexico’s political landscape tightens. Roosevelt’s warning quote is cited as backdrop to the tense climate.
In Los Angeles a legal battle opens in U S circuit court over the McGark estate valued at about 100000, with L J McGarie of Wood Canyon Bisbee as claimant alleging fraudulent heirship and suppression of a two thirds share.
A fragmented item describes an invention by Evert Hogan Clifton Arizona and Kaiser backed plan for child accident insurance in schools and on routes. Covers accidents in walls and playgrounds, with a 40 cent annual premium and death benefit of 3,000 marks plus 31,500 for total disability. Temporary disability pays doctor bills and 75 cents per day.
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