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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1913
Page
3
County records list numerous filings including deeds mortgages and powers of attorney. Entries mention parties such as W W Gutridge RW Byrne Fox to W & Dizon Doug las prop Jones to Havinger Briscoe to Spr Val Bank and others with properties in Bisbee Bowie Douglas and surrounding areas.
George H Kelly editor of the Bisbee Review and James Logie editor of the Douglas Dispatch visited Tombstone yesterday. A watchful Tombstoner spotted them copying at work and noting how to run a metropolitan paper. They were hosted in the SPECTOR office.
A Jol Marmutt era item recounts multiple visitors to Tombstone city including Albert Thurman returning for Manuel Darazo funeral and various officials. It cites Assessor EA Hughes Hopkins and others in Bisbee Florence Douglas Tucson and Phoenix on business, social calls, and legal duties, with doctor F W Randall and Gregory Smith among names. Archibald Jamison, 20, dies of consumption at the county hospital in Tombstone.
An 19th or early 20th century style advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a testimonial from Waterico, Kirwax and Marvin and J Cheney. It claims a reward for catarrh cures and promotes a 75 cent bottle price. The text includes misspellings and unverified assurances about honesty and finances.
John T Bellah died Saturday morning in Dr Carey’s Douglas office during an operation to treat an impeded tooth. The coroner’s jury found death by paralysia of the heart after attempts by several physicians failed to revive him. Bellah had traveled from Gleeson for treatment as his jaws were locked by the tooth.
Tuesday notes show TA Arnett of Birbee visiting Tombstone while Lawrence Woolery and his wife arrive from Lard on a brief visit. Manuel Noriega dies in Tombstone after a lingering illness. AW Noyes of Portland stays with a brother, manager of the OK Stables. J B Wylie of Douglas serves on the jury panel for Cochise county. Local Order of Eastern Stars meets tonight at the Masonic Hall.
Several children were bitten by dogs believed infected with rabies. one case confirmed after brain examination. A dog killed near Third Street is linked to the bites. William Huish in Douglas began Pasteur treatment after a mad dog bite. Dr Armstrong administers fresh rabies toxin daily for the treatment.
Arizona tax commission will urge a law to require state city and county budgets before levies. Each county supervisor board and each city or town council must prepare and publish a year ahead budget. Taxpayers may protest any items including salaries or road spending after publication and before levy.
Word came from Douglas today that WM Thompson a well known steel worker and alderman in the city council died last night in the Calumet hospital as the result of a fall of thirty five feet from a girder at the Calumet and Arizona enterprise. Thompson’s fall was badly fractured and both arms broken.
Rich ore strike reported in the Little Rincons near the railroad, 14 miles from Beowawe. Ore occurs mainly along diorite contacts with replacement deposits, free gold of good quality, with many rocks yielding around $100 per ton and common $10 ore. Quartz is scarce and generally barren, though some rock shows high values and low milling costs are anticipated.
The relief bill introduced by Senator Mark Smith in Arizona lists beneficiaries including Emma Laren, Douglas $1000. Francis F Williams $5000. Elwer E Crowe $5000. Jobo W Keate $4000. Joseph W Harrington $15000. Williss R White $2000, all from Douglas, totaling $32000 for those affected by the Sonora rebellion.
Reports from the Douglas smelters say fifty to sixty laborers left on a single day to join rebels in Sonora. The exodus reflects a wave of Mexicans crossing from the American side toward the conflict zone as both armed and unarmed individuals move toward the front.
Mathew Kinsella a Bisbee junior died from meningitis at his home in Jiggersille after a sudden illness during a recitation. He fell into a stupor and never regained consciousness. The house is quarantined as health authorities investigate the case.
Douglas reports initial cattle imports from Mexico with multiple consignments. Krentz Brothers received a small shipment, Storm woe beadred and forty head went to an entity, EEA Torres Bisbee received one hundred seventy and sixty three head, and George Survey received cattle. This marks the first importations in some time.
At the closing session of the Eleventh Convention of Women's clubs of Arizona held in Douglas, the committee chose the cactus blossom as the federation flower. Reported by Miss Post of Yuma, the vote reflected that the state flower is the esctas bloom, making the cactus the Arizona club flower.
In Cochise County nine years after a prior tragedy Cabe Adams faces murder in the second degree with a verdict already returned against him. The trial also covers the Lands case with a soldier killed at Douglas and a potential insanity defense. A damages-filled history of the Marlor murder case unfolds as witnesses, juries, and delays shape outcomes.
A plan to advertise Tombstone's climate is under review with potential big benefits for the historic city. An advertising man warned the task would require poetic touch, not mere embellishment, suggesting even approaching Tombstone's climate could be challenging for an advertiser.
Cochise notes a 78 year old resident settling a homestead and valley claim near Welh. Officers at Pearce captured a suspect alleged to be Clifton wanted. a search found tools for break-ins but prompt action halted the crime. Other items mention a steam hoist arrival, culverts, road work, and local land filings by residents including ID Cox and Milox with long life hopes.
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