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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1908
Page
4
Jury verdicts and trials fill a court day in Los Angeles and Cochise County. Notable outcomes include Jeans Gonzalez found not guilty of murder after a long deliberation, Tomas Valencia convicted of horse theft, and Francisco Peralta found guilty of aggravated assault.
Four Phoenix High School pupils face suspension after a midday prank turned the campus into a makeshift vaudeville. They used a decorated rooster in an attempted show during school hours. Three will be reinstated this week, the fourth after the new year.
A lively holiday trading push encourages merchants to elevate their shops to city standards and urges residents to patronize home industry. The piece promotes mutual benefit from supporting local businesses during Christmas shopping season.
The Southern Pacific paid taxes to Yuma County recently, the amount reported as 40000 dollars.
The Globe Silver Belt reports a major mining deal closed late Monday night with Mesers HB Hovland and Hovald Smith securing an option on a copper claim group owned by Sallie th and others. The price named in the option is three nine dive d thousand dollars with 5 percent annual payments. The bond runs three years and the best payment is due sixty days from the agreement date.
Word arrived that Riley Bennett foreman at Hayles and Horkaten ranch near Mammoth and Redding ton died from a gunshot wound inflicted by Remon Mendoza Jr during a dispute over money owed Bennett. Mendoza senior and Neonett involved in the confrontation.
P J Sullix deputy collector of customs at Yuma is charged with mishandling funds after an investigation showed he gave money to a friend rather than the cashier. Reese of Douglas may take over, with Mason or Hammett in line for other posts as the territory awaits a Phoenix cashier. An examination at Phoenix produced H Creighton as a candidate, and the government has tendered the position.
A Phoenix dispatch reports Hildreth indicted by a U S grand jury for embezzling 50 while serving as receiver in the United States land office. Two counts appear. He is not in custody but cited to appear tomorrow. Result of long-standing troubles in the land office region.
Washington dispatch reports the President has sent to the Senate the nomination of Joseph H. Kibbey for governor of Artizans. The action reappoints Kibbey to lead the territory, with confirmation expected in the near term.
A shooting affray occurred at a baile at the copper camp in Gleeson yesterday. The fight involved two Mexican men and left a man badly injured. The assailant is under arrest.
Jd Walehie arrives from Bisbee to attend court matters while Gene Larrieu of Turner visits the city. A. H. Gardner departs for Waco for Christmas with family, turning the gathering into a reunion. A well attended Congregational church concert impressed attendees with strong performances. Harry Kendall of Kendall Land & Cattle Co plans major improvements at the Dragoon foothill home ranch. Kier Graham from Tucson reports growing temperance movement support and organizational strength. Martin Costello returns from a Tuscon business trip.
Oil excitement draws prospectors to the field near Moren ci as more claim seekers descend. Mr. Short, credited as the first discoverer, believes he may have struck it rich amid the oil craze.
The El Paso and Southwestern Railway backs arid farming tests near Douglas in Sulphur Springs valley with a year long experimental station to gauge dry farming viability. Walter Dough, western manager for Pholpa-Dodge, pledges effort to unlock the valley's agricultural potential by applying water-conserving methods to its rich soil, long hampered by lack of water.
Manager Mumper of the Phoenix packing house reports that the third ear of oranges sent to New York at public auction brought 2864.74 dollars, up 11474 from the prior car. Cactus brand boxes sold for six dollars per box and Desert brand half boxes brought 3.92 dollars, signaling growing New York interest in Salt River Valley fruit. Prescott notes city treasury balance of 30015.58 dollars.
After eight months idle Greene-Cananea resumed operations in July. The rejuvenated plant produced about 15,000,000 pounds of copper, 355,000 ounces of silver, and over 2,000 ounces of gold. About half the smelter’s four furnaces are currently in use.
Arizona shipments surge with an estimated 27,000,000 pounds in November and about 27,000,000 in December. Leading producers include Dexon bar’s Copper Gaven, Calumet & Arie OM Dominion, United Verde, Arizona Copper, Detroit Copper, Shannon, and Imperial in order.
A freight wreck on the Southern Pacific near Benson delayed an eastbound passenger train for five hours as the freight derailed due to a broken coupling. None of the crew were killed. In Yuma County, the Good Roads association pushes a new road district to issue 250000 in bonds for road improvements. Local Catholic church fair raised 290 dollars. Bisbee city bonds worth 250000 were sold to Luvene Co of Chicago at a premium of 250 above par. Jacques Cavot seeks U.S. citizenship after 65 years in the county. FE Hurley, tried for murder in Prescott, was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life in the territorial penitentiary. Kelvin district reports steady growth with more business and housing under construction.
The Walker building in Paradise was saved from a total loss when a dog spread the alarm after a fire started inside. Neighbors helped promptly preventing a disaster with an estimated $500 loss avoided. An earlier note mentions an automobile party from Phoenix trapped in quicksand near Tempe.
Dr Victor S Clark analyzes Mexican labor in Bulletin No. 78, noting rapid growth and wider geographic distribution beyond border towns. Mexicans fill unskilled roles from far west to as far east as Chicago and San Francisco, displacing some Italians and Greeks in several Southwest industries amid a growing immigrant presence of sixty to one hundred thousand.
A nostalgic exhortation urges early Christmas shopping to aid stores and speed service. It claims buyers benefit from fresh stock and prompt assistance, noting the season’s rush and suggesting Tombstone merchants as the solution for choosing gifts for friends and loved ones.
Arizona, the territory famed for pacific courts, has no entry for affinities in its divorce records despite a rise in cases. Across the state, old grounds like desertion cruelty and failure to support remain common, while the public shows interest in novel pleas from other states.
U S Veterinary Frank Rigdon was in Bisbee this morning en route to Naco where horses are to be crossed from Mexico into the United States. He said the strict quarantine along the line makes it unlikely that many cattle from Sonora will be crossed soon. Cattle from quarantined districts could be crossed only if proven free of fever ticks and for immediate slaughter.
War like rhetoric erupts as Howell raises voices in protest. The tumult marks a tense moment with public figures and observers citing urgent calls for calm and resolution amid rising tensions.
A highwayman who robbed a saloon and refused to take more than fifty dollars set a precedent that relieved anxious depositors and pleased onlookers. The stunt’s famed restraint supposedly guided bank cashiers toward minimal thefts and orderly outcomes.
A fragmentary, slangy line mocks German defenses as "holes knocked into it" while noting a "good sign" flagging early wartime sentiment. The terse remark hints at optimism despite damage and confusion in Germany. The source presents a witty, wary tone typical of period reportage.
A Massachusetts man who left his family when twins were born is described as calculating his Christmas liabilities in a terse newspaper tone. The remark implies a large brood and complex financial duties.
A New York case cites Mr Morse as an example of a millionaire jailed for violating a rule against stealing from another chief. The issue contrasts theft from officials with theft from the general public.
The Kaiser will retain power by ruling without governing while his consort cites a saying on dressing the emperor’s role. The remark implies a philosophy that one must look the part without fully playing it.
The former Prohibition candidate Chatin is busy cleaning the White House cellar and considering the structural strength of the foundations for the strain expected after March 4.
The New York World calls Congress to investigate the Panama Canal scandal. A New York dispatch reports the president says property bought from France for 40 million dollars may have been owned by an American syndicate and cost members only 12 million. The World seeks to identify who benefited.
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