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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1912
Page
3
Series of legal filings including warranty deeds mortgage satisfactions and assignments across Cochise County towns such as Benson Douglas Bisbee and Tombstone. Entries cover transfers of real estate and chattel mortgages, attachments and mineral claim interests, with named grantors grantees and secured properties. Notable entities include Arts Bank & Trust Co Lost Hills Oil Co Cochise Bank & Trust Co and several individual buyers and sellers.
Summary: Court docket lists cases including Mechomich Mer Co versus 184.75, Judg No 6ss2 H M Broadwater, Dr Prov Mnt B 1 Asan Or 406.15, Judg No 67 W Manefeld WE Stoner to Fidelity 8 L Asen 694 68 Judg No 7 William Dr to T Sol liven Cr 349.20 Superior Court Suit 138 references W Meeker and Agnes B Meeker divorce Judg No 90 Southwestern Met Co Dr Willcox Bank & Trust Co Dr judg 6574.87 Probate proceedings Tn Matter of Gus Linholn alias Gus Swanson deceased day hearing petition Aug 23 1912.
Theodore Roosevelt plans to campaign in Arizona in the latter part of September. A telegram to Captain JLB Alexander of Phoenix indicates he will drive into the state and speak in three cities to be chosen by the Bull Moose state committee, likely Phoenix Bisbee and Prescott, with dates to be announced.
The article details registration deadlines: closes August for the primary, reopens six days after the primary on September 16, stays open until October 15 for the regular election. Those not on the register cannot vote, enforcement lies with Recorder Murphy, and no registrations are allowed between these dates. Citizens who have not registered should act immediately to qualify for the primary and allow officers to submit names for the great register.
McFarlane California couple settled in the valley choosing a home stead as their future residence. A Cochite runaway wrecked a buggy injuring occupants slightly while a dog paid with his life killed by its owner. Gleanings report rapid shaft retimbering work halted until water lowering could occur. Los Molinas residents took up land near the valley. Bisbee reports a local blacksmith dying after a week with pneumonia. North Courland settlers note good rainfall and crop prospects. R M McKinney near Courland sick from beans. Can shipment of 8000 cans to McNeal will start, enabling valley produce canning.
DL Perry of Douglas who oversees Consolidated Oil in Lost Hill district reports the well, bored to 925 feet, shows vast water and slow progress. If water increases the company may cement the hole, a costly time consuming step, potentially limiting further drilling.
George B Hosier and associates of Kansas City have acquired the Chief group of twelve claims in the Patagonia district from Bracy Curtis of Nogales and E E Fethell of Patagonia. The terms were completed yesterday and the deal is said to involve about $80,000.
Report says Centurion at Jubaeca has been financed to $200,000 by interested parties. It is claimed the venture funds Eastern Metal selling company with $100,000 planned for machinery and an equal amount for other needs.
The Tucson headquarters of the 8 P learned Monday that two bridges on the Yaqui branch were burned by rebels. A freight train carrying federal troops from La Dura to Tonichi was fired upon at the burned bridge and returned to Le Dare. About 1200 rebels were said to be in the vicinity.
State Engineer Cobb and officials from Bisbee and Tombstone surveyed the Cochise county highway yesterday. The party traveled from Bisbee over a mountain grade to Tombstone, then to Fairbeck and the Pima county line near Turner. They plan to adopt this route for the state highway, with estimated spending of 43000 to 15000 dollars and next week sending teams to complete estimates and blueprints.
Nomination petitions signed by Roosevelt are filed in Phoenix with the secretary of state. They come from J B L Alexander chairman and Leroy H Civille secretary of the Provisional State Central committee of the Progressive party. The petitions seek a place on the official ballot for November.
The article explains changes to voter registration rules, enabling absentees to obtain, complete, and return forms via a recorder or notary to place their names on the rolls. It notes prior difficulties in eliminating repeaters and identifying voters, and suggests the new system makes scrutiny easier by confirming signatures.
F F Peacock of Arvada Colorado wrote to Harry Welch of the Phoenix board of trade to be connected with Arizonas producers of comb honey. Peacock seeks one or two carloads at a time not syrup honey. He supplies Denver and other major cities and notes Arizona honey is long known as the best in the country.
The Cochise County Fair runs September 1 4 at Wilbur with outdoor sports including horse racing and broncho riding. A large display of farm produce and livestock exhibit, amusements, and officials Dr J C Wilson as president and J Gungl as secretary are noted.
Thomas Henneberry of New York writes to Arizona and New Mexico boards proposing a Bonth western store in New York City as booster headquarters. He offers commune shared expenses for an audio showroom and management, claiming deep knowledge of the two states to place their products and persuade settlement.
Banting escoboes of Magdalena, a new paperman, was arrested in Phoenix by U S authorities on a Mexican charge accusing him of stealing ten thousand dollars worth of postage stamps from a post office. He faces deportation for trial in Mexico after waiving examination amid claims the case serves political aims.
Senator Mark Smith of Arizona introduced a bill in the Senate proposing a $20,000 appropriation to aid Mormon colonists and other refugees driven from Sonora by rebel outrages. He described farms laid bare, livestock stolen, and Americans journeying homeward destitute, congregating in Mesa and Graham County settlements.
The El Paso & Southwestern shows up as a heavy Cochise county taxpayer with valuations on the state board of equalization rolls. Totals include 139.59 assessed at $11 194,416 per mile and 183.59 total Cochise county mileage, with specific figures for Tombstone to Fairbse division and multiple city mileage amounts in Douglas Bisbee and Tombstone.
A mixed page notes a jury summons for August 26 and a Tombstone visit by Mire C L Cummings from Los Angeles. It records social events, business visits by Jimmey and Joe Giacolette, and remarks on Can Can restaurant pioneer Jobo Henninger. Upcoming teacher exams are listed for September 9 and 10, with Copper company activities in Dos Cabezas. Reading mentions Red Men meeting, local clergy, and Willcox prosperity. Registration for the November primary nears closing. 2,949 electors have registered to date.
Rev J L Hedgpeth, pioneer Protestant minister of Arizona, celebrated his 75th birthday Sunday at his Cave Creek road home in the Osborn district. Attendees included twenty two children and grandchildren, six otal warteons, all Salt River valley residents, and one daughter absent two family members.
Assistant Superintendent Krattechnitz announced yesterday that the Nogales branch of the Southern Pacific will spend 7000 dollars to erect new stock pens at Nogales. The pens are for exporters and importers to dip cattle before crossing the border into the northern side for shipment.
The town prepares a social event with plans for a dance at Gage Hall on Friday evening and lively music expected for attendees. Local reports note steady activity, including skyward transport and maintenance work on regional projects, with officials handling clerical duties at the courthouse and assess ment rolls for the year.
After conferences among state land commission representative Alfred Ringland district forester for the third district of the United States forest service and Assistant Chief Forester Potter the anticipated friction between the two agencies was averted and Arizona will receive the lease money for school land within forest reserve exterior limits remitted by the forest service under the enabling act.
Governor Hunt names three delegates to represent Arizona at the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology. Delegates include EE Ellinwood of Bisbee F J Duty of Nogales and judges Carl J Brook of Mohave County and the Santa Cruz County Superior Court, with the meeting set in Milwaukee.
Copies of a new congress bill by Representative Carl Hay Slocum of Arizona request 5000 for ostrich feeding and breeding experiments. The measure cites census estimates of 5316 U S ostriches valued at 1696140 and ostrich feather imports exceeding 96000000. Hayden argues ostrich farming is a promising new industry needing support.
The El Paso and Southwestern railroad led by W A Hawkins and the Reodolph lines in Arizona under J Gibton Taylor filed referendum petitions in the secretary of state's office against six railroad measures from the recent Arizona legislature. Most petitions carried about 4700 names gathered in roughly a week of circulation.
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