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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1906
Page
4
The Review of Reviews in Butte Montana calls the city a Howe less, grassless, godless town yet insists it remains a quintessential Butte. The appraisal highlights the town’s rough charm and enduring spirit despite harsh conditions.
Column hints that Congress will backlash against the President this session, comparing the move to Samson’s famous haircut and implying a dramatic loss of power and stature for the executive. The piece uses a biblical allusion to underscore political tension.
New York Governor Hughes indicates he intends to appoint a diverse slate of men to office, saying his selections will extend beyond the Republican core while aligning with state needs and party direction.
Severe cold grips the Northwest especially the Dakotas as a fuel shortage grows amid a lack of railroad cars. The crisis is described as serious and Washington authorities are being appealed to for relief action.
Early explorers led by Spaniards entered the American Southwest and are believed to have observed Yuletide in 1526 in Arizona and New Mexico. Don Jose de Vasconcelos crossed toward the Grand Canyon as Europeans pushed into the region, leaving ruins and traces of a Catholic mission.
Enrique Creel governor of Chihuahua state was appointed Mexican ambassador to the United States. Senor Creel is of American descent and is among the wealthiest and most prominent men in Mexico.
Sheriff J Elliott Walker of Maricopa County, a Tucson pioneer, shot himself in Phoenix this morning. Temporary insanity stemmed from worries over failing to win re nomination and the $1300 missing from his office amid Constable Lee Redwine’s suspected theft and an escape. Walker, 69, once served as Mosby’s guerrilla in the Civil War.
Minutes of the regular Cochise County Board of Supervisors meeting document proceedings, votes, and decisions. The record lists attendees, agenda items, action take votes, and official approvals from the Cochise County government.
Sealed bids for a San Pedro River steel bridge with concrete piers and frame approaches near Benson will be received by the Tombstone Board of Supervisors by 1 p.m. December 28 1906. Plans may be viewed with county surveyor J B McNeish in Bisbee. The project cap is 6500 dollars and bids require a 10 percent certified check. The board may reject any bid and the architect of the winning plan receives one dollar.
At Phoenix the annual Arizona Teachers Association session proposed reforms to school funding and truancy law. Key points include raising county school per annum allocations to 500 and 455, enabling city boards to adjust funding, amending compulsory attendance, penalizing child labor during school hours, funding for truancy officers, and temporary teaching certificates for experienced teachers from other states.
District court opened with juror lists called on the United States site, jurors named, and early excusals. Several cases proceeded or were continued, including Belle S. Hargrove v. City of Bisbee with a January 9 date, and a major civil action by the Government vs The El Paso Southwestern Railroad for damages.
In Bisbee on Friday December 21 the court heard Powell Jensen youth 13 indicted for robbing the post office. He was fined 200 dollars, with potential reform school or penitentiary time considered but largely avoided. Other cases like Semple and Corbin progressed with demurrers ruled on and juries impaneled, verdicts pending at press time.
Francisco Padilla, recently released from county jail after a six month petty larceny sentence, faced further trouble after stealing a turkey, sacks of potatoes, oysters, and eggs from local stores. He attempted flight from the Pony saloon, prompting a police chase and a firing warning. Captured, he was found with a razor and sentenced to fifty more days by Judge McFarland.
South African reports claim this year’s gold production will exceed 100 million dollars, with no decline in world output, suggesting 1906 will surpass prior records. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters boasts record cures for stomach ailments, promising relief from appetite loss headaches vomiting cramps diarrhea dyspepsia indigestion and malaria. Take a bottle before travel to counteract unfamiliar eating and drinking effects.
The jagged ad copy proclaims six million boxes a year by 1895 and 1900 figures, praising Cascarets as the best laxative for bowels. It touts massive consumer verdicts and broad pharmacy availability, highlighting popularity among shoppers.
Arizona voters rejected joint statehood for Arena and New Merion, prompting Senator Beveridge to pause any push for a two state solution. He plans to urge New Mexico single statehood and tells visitors to stay quiet, hoping a new perspective may emerge. Beveridge remains unsure if the idea is dead, though his circle says it is not abandoned.
The Southern Pacific mobilizes 1000 men and ten pile-drivers to seal the Imperial break on the Colorado River near Yuma. Work accelerates as piles are driven to restore the normal river channel within weeks, ending two years of efforts. Meanwhile Tucson reports a Consolidated Telegraph, Telephone and Electric Co contract with Cochise County for a Bengon to Willcox and Bowie line, to be county owned with Consoli jurid company usage. Extensions from Benson will link Gila valley lines to Bowie. Turson Henson line progress puts Pantano builders on site. Hinchcliffe says completion is likely this year, enabling Tombstone to Tucson and Prescot to Cochise towns telephone service a 200 mile span.
Charles Coleman was arrested on a Globe warrant for obtaining goods under false pretenses. She traveled from Globe with her husband, who faces a separate charge of suborning perjury and has been released. She says the goods were obtained from a company store where her husband held an account and was unaware of the overdraft. Sheriff Hunt sought further instructions from Grove after the arrest.
Victor talking machines perform daily in the old bank corner now housing the furniture and picture department opened by F. N. Wolcott. A carload of Swan Down flour arrives at Wolcott’s, with Empress Flour on the track and a large cut glass assortment received by express.
The board of supervisors approved a compromise in fee cases with Ben Goodrich acting as special counsel. Shropshire and Hayhurst received 554 and 491.15 dollars, respectively. Annual reports from treasurer, sheriff, and county assessor were accepted. Sheriff posted 55,071 dollars in county license money. Demands for election officers were audited, with 5 dollars per small precinct and 5 per eight hours in larger precincts. Requests for road overseer appointments were filed. Riggs received a ten day leave. A meeting on the 20th will open bids for the Benson county bridge and finish year-end business.
Hunters C H Ward and G B Estes filed demands totaling 760 dollars with the county board for bounties on wolves coyotes and wild cats. In two months they trapped 37 wolves 13 coyotes and 7 wild cats around the Chiricahua and Swisshelm mountains. Wolf pelts are valued at 29 dollars each and the others at 1 dollar each. The wolves’ numbers have risen across the Southwest harming cattlemen.
Chas Oswald of Rensselaerville New York endorses Bucklen’s Arnica Salve noting it cured Seth Burch of a severe neck sore. The advertisement claims antiseptic healing prevents blood poisoning and lists cures for cuts wounds burns and sores at 25 cents a box at drug stores.
A warning against fake Cascarets Cana Cathartic tablets and adulterated substitutions. The ad stresses to purchase genuine tablets stamped C C and warns that substitutes are cheats and frauds.
Friday notes Tombstone welcomes Christmas trees from the Huachuca mountains and reports abundant greenery among local businesses. Witnesses in the Semple case depart for home as a large group testifies, with a jury set for tomorrow. Eva Wolcott arrives from Los Angeles to spend holidays with family.
Florence Gear’s The Marriage of Kitty arrives at Schieffelin Hall in Tombstone with an all new cast. Critics in Los Angeles praise the production and local patrons are promised a genuine treat next Thursday. Gear’s management also handles Creston Clarke Madam Mojeska and others, boosting Tombstone’s theatrical standing and future star lineups.
A goodly crowd gathered at the Congregational church to hear E J Entrikin recount three years in the Arctic, presenting an engaging talk with vivid stories of perilous explorations and a stereopticon showing imperfect images. Attendees hope for another Tombstone lecture soon. Attorney General E S Clark traveled from Prescott to Tombstone for tax case hearings but diverted by news of his ill child, returning to Los Angeles.
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