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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1912
Page
3
A decluttered record of various real estate and chattel transactions, deeds, releases, and mortgages from Douglas, Bisbee, and surrounding areas. Names include Sam TisyacTioN, B A Von Armia, J Broside, Benson Water Co, H Jacobs, and Western Union Tel Co. Property types range from Douglas and Bisbee real estate to livestock and furniture, with several loans and releases noted.
Tenday's Daily reports a flurry of arrivals for Christmas visits in Tombstone including William McPhereus and families from Crane and Cananes, plus Herry Bowers extradition case, and Judge Batter returning from Florence. Community events note a Christmas tree program at Congregational church with music and gifts, a street improvement push by City Road Superintendent Lamb, and locals Mae Elle Reokin and Grace Gallen planning holiday stays with relatives.
Proceedings list cases including Joe Kline and spouse versus William Kimeet, Quetty Bolt No 249 with J Barret versus Hh Mergaces, and Gord n versus H P Merssit with $2240 claim. Superior Court route noted.
Fragmentary notice reports Fred Jods in Bot 201 and names like Mr Cunningham Cry. It mentions probate proceedings and guardianship for a minor in Hillsboro, with authorization and well property required. Also references J Cheney and J Walker in dated phrases along with a hospital mention for a brother of George Walker.
A Phoenix dispatch says Arnold has been sent to the Senate for confirmation as United States land office recorder in Arizona. The appointment to succeed Frank H Parker as register is debated, with Bob Kirk rumored as a candidate. Parker did not seek reappointment. both terms expire January 5.
Word from the city notes an effort to introduce a mortgage tax at the next session modeled on Minnesota’s 30 cent per dollar levy. The tax would be paid by the lender and go to the county treasurer where the mortgage is recorded. The proposal aims to aid borrowers while exempting the mortgage from other taxes.
Rupreme Judge D L Cunningham and wife arrived from Phoenix to spend Christmas at their old home with relatives and Tombs'own friends. They left the capitol city at 1 pm and arrived here at 9, noting railroad connections are a time saver over old schedules. The popular couple are being warmly greeted by numerous friends in the town.
Homesteaders in Cochise County delighted by a University of Arizona demonstration train tour. W E Barnes notes desert claimants crowded the coach to view vegetables grains and hay from Arizona farms. The exhibit aims to encourage development as the train travels the El Paso and Southwestern line and will return December 24.
A garbled OCR compilation cites varied notes: US printed paper exports of 104,883,838 pounds. Cypress water tanks’ longevity. cork bark gas. lava brick plant at Honolulu by San Francisco. gold roof from a 20 gold piece. turpentine and kerosene polish. oldest Chinese chain bridge. anthracite versus charcoal heating values. Japanese paper from millet stalks. Manchuria pulp output. novel shovel with built in ash sifter. Austrian idiocy form. infectious pun habit. New York typewriting title. hedge over injunctions. hobble skirt decline. aviation fashions for bird men. New York husband inquiry.
A pioneer Protestant minister Rev Hedgpeth, longtime Arizona resident and former chaplain of the territorial lower house, died after a lifetime of frontier preaching and service. He battled Mohave Apache threats during 1875 emigrant era and helped establish early Salt River valley church and schooling sites.
In Cochise county Fairbank begins the first preliminary stage of a state highway project across the San Pedro River. Engineers Atwood and Ryan supervise grade stakes while the state and Cochise supervisors authorize the concrete bridge. A river sounding drill from Florence will arrive, and convict labor will construct the bridge with about 75 convicts. The project aims to rush construction with substantial progress within a month.
Captain Ben Cook, a veteran pioneer of Tombstone, celebrated becoming a grandfather after a telegram from Los Angeles. Friends and relatives in Tombstone sent congratulatory messages as he and his family welcomed the new arrival through Attorney and Mrs Charles Boomso.
A Greelarm this morning brought the fire department to Floyd Smiths residence on Fourth street near Fulton. The blaze started around the stove pipe and damaged part of the roof but was checked before major damage. Yesterday a similar fire threat occurred at Clerk B Maclays home due to a defective flue that reached the roof, extinguished with a garden hose.
J B Cook of Tempe builds an elaborate concrete bath system for hogs. The design features a continuous water feed and a tub bath kept filled with fresh water, intended to bathe hogs regularly.
The Congregational Sunday School presented E H Reeves with a gold watch as a tribute to his constancy and devotion to the upbuilding of Tombstone's younger generation. Reeves, superintendent, is praised for his exemplary work and gentle teaching that endears him to parents and rising youth. Also notes that Thursday morning the 19th was the coldest in two years, around 17 degrees above zero.
The Tombstone City Band plans an eight o’clock Christmas dance at the 25¢b Hall. Christmas Eve services at the local Catholic church begin at midnight with high Masachil. Santa Claus expected tonight and tomorrow as merchants report brisk Xmas business. Local papers note trees from Huachuca mountains, festive window displays, and a holiday mood across Tombstone.
Las Marcisl a town of about 1000 on the Matape river near the state capital was captured by Yaqui Indians. Inhabitants were ruthlessly slain. The report comes via Agus Prieta and official dispatches to General Ojeda. Details remain unclear amid a federal effort to suppress unfavorable news.
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