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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1902
Page
2
Tombstone Epitaph reports a flurry of events in early February 1902. The opera house hosts the Irish Pawnbrokers, geez Lone Minstrele, and various social gatherings. smelter plans shift toward Douglas. the Copper Queen Hotel opens. and local figures including WB Kelly and J W Vick appear in the bustling town as weather stays dry and cold.
The house committee reported favorably a bill to maintain legal tender silver dollars at parity with gold and expand subsidiary silver coinage. It directs the treasury secretary to keep the parity, exchange gold for silver dollars in multiples of five, and apply reserve fund provisions to silver dollar exchanges, amid mining and scientific notes and an association solicitation.
Franklin Murphy, president of the Santa Fe Phoenix railway, on a ten day southeastern Arizona tour, cites strong traffic prospects for a Benson to El Paso line and optimistic progress on the Phoenix & Eastern venture. He believes local support and favorable cooperation will advance construction, despite anticipated obstacles.
Preliminary grading for the Tombstone branch of the El Paro and Southwesters from College Weak to Pairbask will begin. Surveyor J B Wilson leads a party in the Leld area. teams from Fairbank Gleeson and College Peak will work on grading near the Cowan ranch and Tombstone with 15 to 20 teams engaged. Further plans by the railroad company are not public but indicate contracting for grading and line completion. final survey work remains to be finished. The public is kept informed only sparsely, but visible activity signals progress on the project.
The house committee approves a large Indian appropriations bill allocating 225,000 for Apache areas in Arizona and New Mexico, 151,909 for the Phoenix Indian School, 30,500 for Traxton Canyon school, 714,000 for the Haskell Institute at Lawrence, Kansas, and 140,100 for Colonel McCowan's new school at Chiloceoy Oklahoma.
An article notes a submarine craft built for the Kuas claiming world speed records with an Atlantic crossing in two and one half days. It also promotes Hostelleris Stomach Busters as a family remedy, detailing digestive and nerve benefits and malaria prevention, urging readers to try it for instant effects.
A Philadelphia public building tower houses the largest clock in America. It stands 351 feet above the pavement with a 25 foot diameter dial, a 12 foot minute hand, and a 9 foot hour hand. The 2 foot 9 inch numerals adorn the face, powered by a three horsepower engine. newer cars improve safety, lighting, heating, and interior layout for mail and travel.
A jumble of notes across territories reports bread consumption in winter rising two percent, lawyers journeying to Tucson, Kent Shirt Manufactory orders in Los Angeles, Allen R English family mailing to Los Angeles, and Vickere returning to Los Angeles to oversee cattle interests. Blake Muffet and Toane plan shipments to Los Angeles while Wim Hurrl shifts to Oakland with his children. An Indian man, 653 years old, contemplates a thirteenth marriage amid superstition. Benson readies corner stone ceremonies for a new reform school, with officials invited to speak. A colored smallpox prisoner escaped near the peat house, last seen crossing the line. Protection Home Co elects officers and plots a dance at Mining Exchange Hall. Attorney General Aineworth returns from Washington after testing the Aris zone statehood bill, opining mixed prospects for admission.
Ker Tuompeon, superintendent of M E Church missions to Arizona and New Mexico, arrived on the way east. The Detroit Copper Mining Co. experiments with electric arine and may purchase several if tests prove factory-ready. The Cansren property last week rose to 1500 cars, totaling 30 000. The Miami hospital reports 12 000 smallpox cases in the United States last week versus four thousand the same week last year. deaths were 200 and 589 respectively. The Protection Hose Co. dance on Washington's Birthday, Friday, will be a notable social event. a firemen's dance in Tombstone draws crowds, with excellent music.
A satirical piece contrasts a woman's effortless handling of kitchen chores and child care with a man's inability to multitask or perform simple domestic duties. It notes she can zip through many tasks while he struggles with basic acts like hanging clothes, threading a needle, or holding clothes pins.
The writer argues that freezing eastern regions drive people to seek milder climates. Rail routes are disrupted and northern winters harsh. Proposes irrigation in new territory to attract thousands to settle and escape severe northern winters.
The article notes P A Demartini traveling from Fairbank on a flying business trip. It mentions freighters entering Naco daily from Conaness and departing to various parts of the Territory, and references financial matters such as indemnities and proposed tax abatements. It also highlights EPA Larrieu of the Montezuma Hotel visiting the county seat and plans for a real estate agency tied to a general information bureau amid a Fairbank boom.
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