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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1918
Page
4
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A still seized during an operation is linked toGeo W Keller a baker who allegedly used the device to experiment with turning bread oven fumes into alcohol. The plea asks immediate release and reward for the inventor, arguing the device could convert waste to valuable alcohol and aid government interests.
The plan focuses on organizing an irrigation district to reclaim 75,000 acres in the Parac and Deer valleys and to install two Rio Verde diversion dams to supply water. A Lyman dam on the Little Colorado River is nearing completion by Apache County farmers, with land pledged for a ten dollar loan per acre and a state mortgage on the dam. These projects would add 90,000 acres of rich land and boost state wealth by around ten million dollars, underscoring the need for intensified cultivation.
Government records show a dramatic dye stuffs turnaround. Before the war the U S imported ten million dollars worth from Germany annually but in 1916 the first ten months produced all for domestic use and exported twelve million five hundred thousand dollars worth. The El Paso Times calls for duty to the khaki and condemns misconduct by soldiers and civilians alike amid wartime duty.
Old P T Barnum remarks on public appetite for entertainment as a major bazaar in New York was organized to raise funds to provide comfort. The event reflects charitable efforts and public support for aid during difficult times.
The public donated heavily to a soldier comfort kit fund, but 475 dollars went to the soldiers while most of the 70,730 dollars covered program advertising rent salaries and decorations. The piece laments buncombe in patriotic fundraising and urges scrutiny of funds.
A poetical critique questions why a new federal court house is sought in Dear Old Cochise during wartime. The draft ponders congressional moves to attract votes for another term and whether public buildings should be erected while the conflict continues.
Opinion piece arguing government should compel religious and other groups to meet military service obligations. Critique targets slackers who claim exemption and label those with “yellow” streaks as unfit for privileges of the nation.
Secretary McAdoo criticizes merchants who accept Liberty Loan bonds in exchange for goods. He warns such practices undermine thrift and bond sales goals, as bonds are often dumped on the open market, lowering prices and hurting future issues. He urges bonds be bought for permanent investment from savings.
A large Evansville brewery defies prohibition by bottling and canning. It has invested half a million dollars to expand plant capacity and now cans apples by the carload. The firm plans to preserve more fruits and vegetables next season and has developed a method to can corn on the cob in clusters.
The man Henderson placed as disbursing officer in the Arizona draft service has not replied to harsh loyalty criticisms from Tombstone. No defense has been offered by possible appointees, and silence should not be accepted. Efforts to remove Henderson from duty will continue, with information sought from Tombstone officials and prominent citizens.
Griffith and Sanders of Richwood Ohio are praised as a merry pair in the Richwood Gazette. Their advertisement thanks customers for courtesies and patronage of the past year and expresses hope for continued pleasant relations ahead.
Mary Platten of Davenport Lake Arizona asks for appointment as deputy game warden to guard wildlife. Governor Hunt refers the request to Game Warden Willard who had not yet received the letter. If approved she would become the state’s first woman to hold the post. Davenport Lake near William.
Thomas Davies master mechanic and M R Catehaw draftsman were struck by a Ford as they repaired their car on a rain slick road in Lower Miami. Davies died at Miami Inspiration Hospital from internal injuries, a broken leg and shoulder. Catehaw was only slightly hurt.
Tucson reports the university will train about 800 second draft men from May to October in mechanical arts and crafts to meet General Pershing’s needs, with mining trades added for more in the mines of the southwest. Total training aims at about 1600 drafted men joining the army’s war industry program. Theodore Hempe, cattleman of Rucker Canyon, is in Douglas noting two good snows benefiting stock and recalling his early newspaper career and land holdings.
Local engineer Ryan urges residents to drag roads in their districts to speed drainage and gravel work. Snow and rain improve soil conditions, aiding Bisbee Tombstone state highway progress. More manpower, including vagrants and bootlovers, is requested for the Narrows area, as underground tips suggest several are nearby.
Two carloads of corrugated iron culverts arrived in Tombstone today from El Paso for the State Road Department. They will be used in the Tombstone Bisbee Highway through the hilly section just entered by the road gang. Clerk A. J. Karger arranged immediate unloading to speed freeing freight cars for the road camp.
On January 25 the federal Food Administration for Arizona and the Arizona Council of Defense backed efforts by stockmen to discourage imports of cattle and sheep into the state. The Wool Growers' Association of Arizona and the Arizona Cattlemen's Association passed resolutions citing feed scarcity from drought and urging measures to halt further shipments, as reports show hay cottonseed and range feed are barely sufficient for existing stock.
Washington reports natural death toll among American expeditionary forces includes Sergeants and Privates from Seattle Orland Cochise and Sacramento with pneumonias and a phlegma in the neck. In Arizona Captain Geo P Henderson becomes disbursing agent for selective service taking over from Colonel Breen who returns to Flagstaff and resumes control of the Coconino Sun.
William Allen alias Otto Todt, a German citizen who escaped Angel Island detention four months ago, was arrested by Deputy Marshal Walter Behrens. Todt denied being anyone but Allen but confessed prior incarceration at the San Francisco camp. Lamar Cobb, state engineer, on a Tombstone trip, inspected road work between here and Bisbee and noted prisoners at work on the Clifton to Solomonville route. Cochise County alone keeps prisoners at work with a mobile camp. Cobb declined to discuss government politics or his candidacy and would comment after a state tour, also avoiding the battle between his office and the state commission.
Douglas, 71 Frank Peters a 22 year old said to be a twice paroled convict was arrested Saturday on burglary charges and held for transport to Florence. Peters admitted taking clothes and a pistol from the El Progress room 7. He says he was convicted of burglary in 1911 and released June 15 1917 and is willing to finish his sentence. Police picked him up Saturday and he was arrested by Special Agent Tompkins after Federal officers previously sought him as a deserter but released him upon learning of his paroled status.
Soldiers at Camp Funston Kansas endure strict fire precautions with hourly checks and night alarms. A general order mandates constant alertness to fire regulations from reveille to retreat, with designated watchmen inspecting buildings twice per hour and soldiers ready to march out if alarms sound. The cantonment’s big whistle serves as the warning signal. John E. Newbury travels from Douglas to Phoenix for Knights of Pythias grand council meeting after receiving a wire from John D. Loper and secretary.
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