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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1906
Page
4
Local notes report a Labor Day ball game plans, fireman tournament rules, and rising hotel business. Weddings flourish as Tombstone becomes a Cupid haven while Southern Pacific train connections face washouts. Picnic tales, judge McParland gossip, political buzz, and community rehearsals frame a bustling, hopeful town.
A garbled local page notes a serenading quartet, mosquitoes, and Labor Day plans. It mentions Al Howe and Harry Raffett visiting Los Angeles, a Tombstone baseball team running in three seconds, and Birthday tales from Jim Marra. It hopes for gala decoration and new residences, praising Cochise County’s agricultural future.
Arizona could host a new industry as alcohol for fuel becomes legal January 1, 1907. Sorghum is favored as the best feedstock, with potential distilleries in the Salt River Valley. The Phoenix Gazette notes beets, potatoes, corn stalks, and other vegetation as options, and predicts profits for early movers.
Fred Miller and J J Boone stockmen sue for 1285 25 plus interest costs over injuries to a shipment of twenty four bulls and six cows of high bred cattle delayed and bumped en route from Topeka Kansas to Deming New Mexico on Rock Island lines and tributaries alleging depreciation in market value due to mishandling and lack of care.
The Phoenix Republican reports that the Mexican vote in the territory is far smaller than claims of 40 percent. It shows Mexican registration at 12.66 percent, derived from counting Spanish names among 4,041 registrants, noting Cochise County lists 207. The analysis questions joint statehood projections and emphasizes accuracy of voter demographics.
M J Cunningham chairman of the democratic county central committee calls a meeting at o'clock Saturday evening August 18 at the Copper Queen Hotel in Bisbee. The gathering will fix primary timing for county delegates and elect delegates to the democratic territorial convention in Bisbee on September 6.
Copper Queen Mining will temporarily use mules in the Gardner shaft 400 and 90 percent foot levels to pull ore cars to stations until electric locomotives arrive. Previously men hauled the cars, with one man moving a single car at a time. A mule can pull five cars, promising material savings. Two mules will be placed on the 400 level and two on the...
Arizona and Cochise County are highlighted as sources of national leadership potential. The Cananea Herald envisions W. C. Greene as a future president, drawing parallels to Lincoln and frontier resilience, and suggesting his era could bring strong reform and renewed vigor to Washington.
The article discusses a potential railroad realignment involving Southern Pacific, the Arizona & California road, and transfers at Maricopa Phoenix Wickesburg and San Bernardino. It suggests the main line would shift to Phoenix and Yuma would lose main-line status, becoming a distribution point.
The Phoenix Gazette reports the territorial tax rate set at 75 cents per hundred, boosting mining assessments by over 4.5 million dollars and lifting the territorial tax roll to about 15 million more than last year. The territorial board of equalization completed its primary session work, adjournment likely tomorrow, with raises only in Cochise, Gila, Mohave, Yavapai and Yuma counties.
An envelope received at the Phoenix post office contained a second envelope addressed to a party in an Oklahoma town. A self explanatory note asked the postmaster to relabel the outside letter and send it to the sister as a prank claiming to be at her practice.
The Yuma Sun reports coastal waters from the Salton Sea encroaching on a Mecca farm about 150 yards from the eastern whistle post. An industrious young couple, with several hundred turkeys, face eviction as the sea margin nears their alfalfa and home, forcing their move to escape impending inundation.
Territorial Fair offers two ornate loving cups tied to a $1,000 miners drilling prize now on display in Tombstone at Jabp Rock. The cups attract attention as Tombstone considers fielding a team for the drilling contests.
Dr. Bacon and his wife returned today from New York and eastern cities after a month long visit. He toured major hospitals and surgical institutes in the East and brought back additional appliances and modern devices to enhance the Dr. Bacon Hospital and Sanitarium.
Prescott dispatch reports looming battle as Frank L Wright, who largely controls the city electric and streetcar system, plans to wage war on saloons and gambling houses to curb sentiment for a municipal lighting plant. He also aims to prohibit women from saloons and close rambling houses.
A car load of machinery for Old Glory Mining Co arrived in the city and will be taken to the Black Eagle mine for installation. The first car of ore from the property since new management took over was shipped this week and landed at the new platform in the eastern part of town. Washington dispatch lists postmaster appointments for Arena Basis Cedar Portal Supai with resignations noted.
Thursday's Daily notes the EP&SW bridge gang finished repairing forms and the structures are in good condition. Several locals and visitors, including Bliss of Cananea and Sampson of St. David, are in town on business.
A new ruling broadens the scope of interstate commerce law to cover shipments within the same territory. The railway commission now has authority over internal state movements, ending the old 1887 restriction. Notices must be filed in Washington thirty days before any rate change, canceling prior ten day limits for intrastate moves.
Friday’s Daily reports Charles Kreuder leaves for Bisbee and Elks plans. Electric plant lights up business district with a large arc light on Fred Montsteet. Rumor: A Schumacher named traffic manager for El Paso & Southwestern. Floods hamper Southern Pacific service east of El Paso. tracks damaged. Local visitors include J U Anderson and Col Herring in town for family and mining matters. Theo F Metz and W K Meade in town. D A Flannigan travels to Douglas. A Kresse from Combs stone visits. Richard DeKuhn from Prescott at Arcade. Mrs A L Lawrence arrives from Tucson for a few days. Frank Smith to travel east in September. F E Rich from San Diego visits Tombstone. The Peerless, new saloon by James Hagan, opens tonight with public invitation.
The Puosricron offic was presented with a large bunch of grapes that would make a fine Territorial Fair exhibit. Grown on the Hoyt ranch below town, the fruit is praised for its Masest ity and weighs nearly ten pounds. Tombstones also gains renown for its home grown fruits, as Mr Hoyt raises a superior grade of strawberries fetching top market prices.
George Jester, a timberman at the Tranquility mine in Tombstone, sustained severe injuries when his right forefinger was caught in a bolt while a cage rose. All bones were broken and flesh torn. danger of blood poisoning looms as doctors await developments over the next days to determine finger salvability.
A brief ad claims one daily dose cures a cold using Sromo Quinine Tables with a money back guarantee if not effective. The box bears E W Grove’s signature over the label.
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