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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1921
Page
4
Sunday edition highlights Cochise County schools with profiles of rural districts. Notes on programs, student opportunities, and community involvement across multiple small towns.
The American Legion in Arizona shows little enthusiasm for relief legislation, arguing soldiers lack funds to back the bill while critics doubt its effectiveness. The piece also surveys Arizona county education administration, urging removal of politics from school leadership, stronger professional standards, and a district based county board system to supervise and fund county schools.
Kirk Bryan of the U S geological Survey reports ongoing excavation of prehistoric remains at Curtis Flats once a swamp over a million years ago. Dr Gidley from the Smithsonian Institute directs the work. Besides mastodon bones a large horse, several camel species, sea turtles and other bones have been uncovered. Removal is slow to prevent damage. full completion is weeks away with public viewing possible. If returns justify, the department may fund further exploration.
A letter arguing for a state revolving fund to expedite highway work and reimbursements cites added efficiency seen in railroad financing. It notes current Cochise County projects LaRoe Construction Douglas to Rodeo and H M Eckerman Benson to Vail face potential shutdowns without state funding. It praises Krebs for pointing to two million dollars in government equipment gains and urges rapid federal aid reform.
The Jor Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star Venus Chapter No 12 hosted over 120 visiting raters from Bisbee for a Grand Chapter meeting in Tombstone. They toured the town, saw the Bird Cage Theater and Schieffelin Monument, and enjoyed a four hour ground trip praising the highway and landscape.
In Phoenix on February 9 the legislature debated a bill to regulate fire insurance rates. A Kansas law model drew San Francisco and Nogales advocates, noting discrimination in Arizona rates. Testimony cited Arizona premiums 100 to 200 percent higher than Texas and California classes, with calls for state supervision of rate making. A separate inheritance tax proposal, modeled on Utah and expanding to all property, was also discussed.
Three houses on Cowan ridge in Lowell near the Copper Queen hospital were destroyed by fire late last night. Strong winds spread the flames and endangered the neighborhood until fire departments from United Lowell and Bisbee controlled the blaze. Oatman United Eastern and Tom Reed Mining firms to buy commodities at cost for employees.
Six cars of cattle from Deming and eastern points passed through Douglas bound for the Los Angeles market. The stock was unloaded for feed water and inspection. Cattle Inspector George W. Bason conducted the inspection as shippers noted California stock prices were generally down but offered better service than other western centers.
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