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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1922
Page
2
Cochise County Superintendent Miss Helen L Brown announces the second apportionment totaling 105000 for Cochise schools. The special tax fund is 643.59 and two school warrants have been registered so far this year.
The State versus Paul Mills on horse stealing was postponed to 9:70 Monday morning in division 2 of the Superior Court with Judge Albert M. Sames presiding. Carpenter, who pled guilty to the charge, is serving new terms in the state penitentiary. Frank Way, charged with stealing a Hudson car in Douglas, sought a plea of not guilty and was remanded for later sentencing. The court adjourned to April 30 Monday morning when the Mills case will resume.
A Phoenix report notes heavy precipitation across Arizona and western New Mexico rejuvenating ranges and water supplies. Pinedale reports 1.5 inches with cattle thriving. White River sees two inches melting snow aiding grazing. Sheep move south for grazing while trains carry cars from Seltman. Crop progress includes germination of cereals and alfalfa, early lettuce forming heads, and winter peas in Yuma. Cotton remains stalled due to wet conditions.
The notice states plans to open the frost prone area and enable early completion of picking. Officials aim to finalize harvest operations at an earlier date, with arrangements to support timely processing and shipment.
Local sheriffs deputies began an investigation into a plane landing at the state fair grounds. Two passengers, a man and a woman from Tucson, gave no names and offered no destination. Reports linked to Clara Philips, an escaped Los Angeles prisoner, raising suspicions. No train records or witnesses confirmed her presence. investigators found the plane marked with 48 20 NAVE on the upper wing.
Contractor Lynn White announced the Allen Street paving project would finish tomorrow with rapid progress. The work, to be dismantled and shipped to Yuma for a 42 mile paving contract, included a special asphalt mix at the Allen and Marsh streets intersection to allow street dancing, a gesture gratefully received by the city.
Miss Catherine Encinas stands trial for first degree murder in the slaying of Dr W G Ratdall, a Florence physician. Defense and prosecution rested after cross examination, with Encinas claiming she fired the shot after Ratdall called her names and threatened her while reaching for a scissors.
Output of ore in the district rises and shipments this month are higher than last, as home smelters again accept ores with silica content below 60 percent. Some shippers who paused operations have resumed, straining loading capacity while Tombstone camps hinge on rich but low grade ore waiting for market recovery.
The Copper Queen dispensary volunteers vaccinate company employees free of charge to prevent smallpox. Two hundred fifty have been inoculated so far and more are coming. A case of smallpox, a Mexican worker at Copper Queen smelter, prompted the effort and isolation hospitals monitor related illnesses. Nearby wedding news notes Rev. Edward Osborn officiating at a Douglas ceremony for Irving Sparks and partner with a reception at the Model by party members and guests. The couple plan a state motor tour and return to make their home at Core 8 Cafe.
El Paso Herald managing editor G. A. Martin H. H. Fris and four circulators visited Tombstone during a southwestern tour with stops in Cochise County. Martin praised Arizona highways noted mining activity and planned an article on Tombstone while sharing impressions of road progress and local developments. The group then moved to Willcox and will continue along Route 12 toward _____artas.
The Douglas Bisbee Press club formed in a morning meeting of newspaper men from both cities. A formal dinner Sunday December 17 in Naco will set the permanent group, limited to forty per city, with members chosen by the newspapers. The club plans monthly Sunday meetings alternating between Douglas and Bisbee with prominent speakers invited.
Herbert Hoover secretary of commerce arrives in Phoenix at 8 30 tomorrow to address a town hall on the Colorado River compact signed by seven states at Santa Fe A luncheon is planned and Hoover with Mrs Hoover and Herbert Jr will meet legislative delegations before leaving for Washington accompanied by Arthur P Davis director of the United States reclamation service
Anes Kuld Sparks and H. E. Wilson, both of Douglas, were married in Tombstone this morning. The bride is the daughter of H. Sparks.
The government will fund a school for 30 Apache children at Fort Huachuca with 30 cents per day per attendee and county reimbursement for the teacher salary. Miss Helen L. Brown secures county desks and supplies from existing schools, using the old Fort post office building for classes in first to third grades.
Mix, president, and Bracey Curtis, director of Nogales Oil and Gas, report return from Elgin well drill. The Babocomari land grant site has reached 779 feet at 2 p.m. Monday, with shale at 735 to 745 feet and continual breakers of clay, sandstone, and working well from 745 to 710 feet.
In Tombstone the Cochise county board of supervisors seeks emergency tax levies totaling 10.60. The hearing is scheduled for December 14 at 11:00 a.m. in the Tombstone courthouse to discuss funds for misc court expenses indigent relief and tax collection.
State fish hatchery at the Little Colorado eight miles from Springerville nears completion. Warden Joe V Prochaska oversees placing several hundred thousand fingerlings in trays early next year. Prochaska expects to be displaced by a new state administration but will leave the hatchery as his monument.
Articles of incorporation were filed with the corporation commission for the Arizona Vineyard Association of Casa Grande. Incorporators include J. Bra CM Dewnide and GH Van Nestrand K Hindriny Milton Brown, all of Los Angeles. Capital stock listed at 559.004 with shares of one week.
Apprehension grew over the fate of Colonel Francis Marstail and Lieutenant Charles L. Webber who were to drive from San Diego to Tucson to inspect cadet cavalry units. Reports from Fort Huachuca and Noxious (Noxales) Army posts indicated the aviators had not arrived, though Colonel Ralph M. Parker and the ROTOC detachment kept vigil at the local flying field.
For sale ten or twelve head of high grade polled Hereford yearlings not bred also 1922 half crop except 15 or 2 top heifers and 60 to 75 head of steers heifers and bulls two thirds polled prices on application to T B Stark Dos Cabezas Ariz wordor
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