20 Aug 1911
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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1911
Page
1
Territorial board approves a fixed tax rate of 65 cents per $100 and sets land valuations at 35.77 per acre for all patented mining lands, boosting territory wealth by 241,405.62 and Cochise county by 533,154.21. Funding items include asylum, insane asylum improvements, industrial schools, normal schools, and university maintenance with bonds and interest.
New cases filed in PROMATE COURT involve correcting real estate descriptions in the Cheve les Gardner estate and fixing hearing dates, plus patriation notices to creditors in the Leander Maxfield estate. A seizure action cites 55 cattle with ownership proof required. Also mentions old advertisements and patent medicine claims from Hall's Catarrh Cure and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with generic testimonials and retail notes.
Receipts from internal revenue show Arizona far ahead of Mexico in corporation tax payments. Arizona totals 123,796 while New Mexico lags, with Arizona spending far more on taxes.
Morn ing departures include Mia Lee Hotobisun to Bebee to visit a dentist. M.M. Hickey, mining man of Paradise, visits Tombstone on yatipess business. July ore shipments by T M Co lessee riders show total $2900. Edward Hicks plans visit with family. Bruce and Leste Wilcox return from Hereford as guests of Ed W tens. Frances Abeliie heads from Fort Hascives for a photographic court report. Bodkin leaves for Bishee and Warren for Sunday services. Melvin Leem arrives from the Pregion mounting after a month away. E W Stover goes to Naco this afternoon.
Word was revised here today that half of this city is at the Quese hospital. Brothers suffering with appendicitis. It is not known whether an operation will be necessary. The many Towbston Iriende of George are hopeful for nothing -eringe will develop and an early recovery be announced.
The Bliss Ticket Market was lively yesterday as Dan Capid authorized marriage licenses for Rollen Shellions and Grace Foes, Mitcheel Buckley and Minnie Shanks, and Clyde Clemente with Misty Ellen Kaykendal. Names, places, and dates appear irregularly, but the core notice confirms three intended marriages with involved jurisdictions Bisbee and Douglas.
The report notes hundreds of crates of cantaloupes wasted daily at Safford as shipments halt and prices fail to justify gathering. It cites an Indian Office push to improve Navajo wool for blankets and to request information from Navajo communities in Arizona and New Mexico. Also mentioned is the seriously ill Rt R Episcopal figure in Tombstone with his Phoenix-linked daughter and spouse.
A group of wealthy Chinese travelers led by Luis Leon arrived in Tucson from Guaymas seeking San Francisco. They report rising anti Chinese sentiment in Sonora making longer stays risky, and plan to proceed to San Francisco where leaders of the Chinese Six Companies may decide whether to stay or return to Mexico.
Mee Keith Preston visits the Dregoone area as the county school board vacancy opens with Henry Kinsley’s resignation. George Home of Hardy visits Tombstone as a guest of Charles Hone family. Local officials note ongoing surveys and statehood optimism while residents travel for business and education.
Special to The WRoste reports the House moved the Senate Statehood Resolution to passage at 5 15 p m with no dissent. The measure, agreed in committee conference, was slated for a late night or Monday return to the President, Taft, in Washington.
This week the county supervisors granted a franchise to New State Construction Company, part of Overland Telephone, to lay lines across Yavapai. A new auto road opens from Williams to Red Fork, with promises of improvement over the old route. A Bisbee women’s trip into the Huachucas at night challenges stereotypes, while schools plan for the new academic year. Globe reports a vivid invasion by grasshoppers, and a Salt River pioneer dies after a long illness. Officials discuss speeding regulations as city traffic rises, and Tucson prepares to host the sixth U.S. Cavalry with a two‑day visit and planned entertainments.
A Willcox area farm reports alfalfa growing about an inch daily, with one field three weeks old reaching 21 inches in height and a vigorous stand. Half the crop was planted three weeks ago and the other half two weeks ago showing rapid growth. An acre is planted to sunflowers for chicken feed, promising more grain than other crops.
Miss Hales Axtell has been appointed as teacher of the Tth and Sth grades in the Tombstone schools after Miss Chowning's resignation noted yesterday. Axtell has served with the Tombstone faculty for several years and is regarded as an efficient instructor, a return pleasing to echo patrons and friends of the popular young lady.
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