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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1909
Page
2
Subscriptions priced at 3 dollars 01 cents for term and 1 dollar 50 cents for other periods. Hattich serves as editor and proprietor. Local notice outlines publication schedule and pricing details for the Tombstone Epitaph.
The St Louis Globe Democrat notes easy entry to the union for Arizona and New Mexico as neither territory bid for the Jeffries Johnson bout. El Paso Herald calls statehood essential, while New York Sun ranks Arizona top in per capita education spending at 340.41. Commentary mocks gender roles, warns against government growth, praises citizen checks on taxation and primary reform empowering voters over party machines.
The district court spent most of the forenoon examining citizenship applicants. Special Agent Jones of the Immigration Department oversaw the proceedings at Los Angeles headquarters. Admitted for citizenship were Frank Barna, James McGinty, Thomas Selcraig, Savo M Medigovich, Thomas Sherian, and David Tregoing. Mark Vucovich and Edmund Quirke were continued for the term due to absent witnesses. Several applications were dismissed for lack of knowledge of requirements. A grand jury convened and is reviewing severe criminal cases, with ongoing investigations and a pending report. Chase, convicted of murder, received 30 years and expressed a wish to speak with the district attorney before transfer. The jurisdiction ordered the gun used in the Smith death turned over to a prosecutor. Other cases include murder charges against Manuel Fernandez and Dolores Rodriques, and a gambling case against Frank Schmidt ending with a potential not guilty verdict due to a legal technicality. Prisoners were moved to Florence penitentiary, including Fernandez, Boquerdez, Barrow, Arciego, and Chase. The grand jury is expected to report later tonight.
Local readers report Mexicans near Naco Agua Prieta and Nogales expect Bisbee and Douglas to go dry. They anticipate saloon openings on the opposite side of the line and foresee trade shifts benefiting border towns if local option passes. Residents in Naco foresee cross border business tied to any dry outcome.
In District and Probate Courts Bull No 86x Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company sues Thomas G Hogan for debt with attachment. Judgment in Suit No 5682. Amy Booth Holmes as doctor and Charlie M Holmes as executor. Decree of divorce. Probate Orders authorize administrator to renew wholesale liquor business to dispose of stock. estate of Henry Van Alen. estate of Thomas F White settlement day named.
The article notes three million matches are struck every minute, totaling seven billion for the year. It discusses global and American consumption, the impact on smokers, and looming timber shortages. It mentions forest conservation and wasteful lumbering as factors in stumpage price rises, urging wiser forest use to extend supply.
Charles Nelson, termed the sleeping Swede, remains in a Phoenix jail cell under a second continuous slumber of thirty hours, after an earlier forty hour sleep. Doctors consider sleeping sickness and human trypanosomiasis as a possible cause, with blood tests showing protozoa such as trypomastigotes in ear blood samples, though patient history is incomplete.
President Taft's failure to name a successor to J. L. B. Alexander, Arizona US attorney, after his term expired Sunday sparks a corridor battle among Armona politicians. The contest centers on Alexander and J. E. Morton of Bisbee, with a decision expected within days.
Globe dispatch reports W. R. Norton a Phoenix architect arrested on a charge of soliciting a bribe from former Judge Nave. Nave says Norton demanded part of a commission while seeking a statement for a $16 000 bond suit against Contractor Kreuger over the Trost building contract. Norton posted bail for a hearing tomorrow.
The Santa Cruz county board of supervisors asks Congress for authority to issue bonds up to 40000 dollars to purchase sites and build schoolhouses for the Nogales school district. Bisbee adopts a modern ringless telephone system, improving local communications.
Francie J Heney the celebrated prosecutor will lecture in Tucson Thursday and tour Globe Bisbee Douglas and Phoenix with dates arranged by manager E Drachman. He plans to return to San Francisco for the holidays and pursue Oregon land fraud cases after the new year. The Binger Hermann case is scheduled for January 10.
Decrees of divorce issued in several cases including Mary EB Bean versus J C Hean and Riley V Davis versus Martha Dar. Custody and guardianship actions noted with Albene Gait named guardian of person and estate for Clemence Guitard, a minor.
The delinquency penalty starts on Dec 2 and Cochise County taxpayers must pay to County Treasurer Hicks before that date to avoid the extra charge. The treasurer reports taxes coming in better than before and a small delinquent roll is in sight.
The piece argues divorce odds rise after five years of marriage. It suggests courts grant release only after a couple endures five years, implying patience as a remedy to marital strain. It frames denial of divorce until the five year threshold as a simple, potential solution.
A November roster from the Arizona asylum for the insane records deaths including Charles Gridith from Coronins county epilepsy, 3M Short from Yuma county senility, Edward O Mara from Maricopa county paralysis, Francisco Padills from Pion county nephritis, John Waiters from Maricopa county senility, Charles Decker from Maricopa county nephritic, and John A. Smith from Maricopa county strangulation. Also notes a deportation case against Anice Schnur and local developments like a new agricultural experiment station and shifting diplomacy in Prescott.
A Washington report on 1905 to 1908 copper production notes Arizona leading the United States. The 1908 output rose as labor efficiency and improved methods reduced coal use, with Arizona, Montana, Michigan and others in top rankings. Montana and Michigan produced 81 percent of the total output from copper states.
Attorney Hereford and M Franklin discussed cases before the court as Mra. Mahry, held to await the grand jury, was moved from Bisbee. Del Lewis and HK Street arrived for court duties and tax payments enriched the county. Foreman Fred Bennett and Bisbee attorney J W Ross traveled through Tombstone, while Frank Hartman headed to Kansas City for holidays. IT Hazard and Emil Anderson to wrestle in Bisbee around Christmas or New Year.
Caroline Sheehan Roundtree, a Cochise area girl aged about six, was kidnapped while en route to an afternoon school segment. The Phoenix Republican reports the child was taken by her mother Mrs Houndtree of Bisbee under court order. No clear clue to fugitives or location.
Blandon, who played on the fall team, arrived yesterday from the Smelter City to take a job with the firm of F N Walcott. Hutchison, wife of a premier Blageta sheep raiser, was attacked by footpads in Phoenix last week but her screams frightened them away before they could seize her handbag.
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Tombstone will be held at the Club House at 3 p m on Tuesday January 10 1910 for the election of directors and for such other business as may properly come before the meeting T K Brandt cashier
Public notice states D W Brows and T A Brows bonded the Geronimo Lite de Jap Little Hope Homestake and Headlight mining claims to W C Humphrey of Douglas Arizona on June 10 1909 and agree to bear all labor and supply costs during the bond term or be held responsible for fees.
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