27 Feb 1910
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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1910
Page
1
Brooklyn mining engineer John Haye Hammond claimed a case of silting at a Yavapai county mine. District Attorney H D Boas demanded verification and detailed data on the alleged palring while noting that mine eating is a felony with penalties up to ten years and fines.
A garbled note from Tombstone hints at flying topics and political events next month. It mentions a booth or restaurant scene and miners in steel, ending with a rental notice for a four room dwelling at 23. The language is dated and unclear but conveys bustling activity and upcoming elections.
Reed and Arbuckle the Real Fun Makers return with a two night bill at Walker's Palace featuring Treasure Island the check a block comedy and a Derby themed second night A lively musical comedy duo known in Tombstone for a past hit they promise humor songs and audience appeal with low prices noted at 125 59 and 73 cents
A Washington dispatch reports the private committee on public lands favorably reported the McCamber bill to allow second entries under the homestead laws. If enacted, it would let any person whose first entry was forfeited abandoned or lost for any reason file a second entry, except in cases of cancellation for fraud or relinquishment for valuable consideration.
Bert Cannon aged 45 died on the Gila Valley Globe and Northern railway before Bowie, heart trouble after two weeks of illness. He was with the Ginger Bread Man company for four years, a stage carpenter. Sister in Troy Ohio instructed to ship the body there for interment. Postmaster General Hitchcock found the tale amusing.
Census officials plan to tally number and value of cattle on western ranges as part of the thirteenth decennial census starting April. Special enumerators will collect data more efficiently, aided by new equipment and revised procedures. Local attorneys and civic figures are noted among travelers to Douglas for aviation and related events.
A historic Arizona quarrel sparks when Uncle George A Gibson nicknamed Whispering George questions Col Henry Pyeatt's claims in his book on bull snakes. The exchange touches on legends of Hereford bulls, ancient Mexican bulls, and Halley’s comet sightings. Colonel Pyeatt, also noted for his comet prediction, appears at home across varied topics from astronomy to agriculture and patent plows.
A Riley mix of progress and incident across Arizona includes bond actions in Pasadena and Winslow challenged by opponents, immigration shifts to Tucson, construction milestones at St. Luke’s home, and a Texas to California trek via Mesa. Mesa school reopenings follow a two week quarantine, a Tempe teacher’s near tragedy, Graham county activism on hood bill education, cattle and horse shipments in Pima county, Tucson dentist office break in, mescal plant experiments for hog feed in Benson, and a notable civic death in Tucson enriching local memory.
The T. M. Co reports rapid progress as a 200 horsepower boiler is added to the power plant and another 200 HP boiler arrives within nine days. An air compressor works well, shaft sinkers run from power, and the flooded shaft gains eight feet. The North ceat shaft reaches 250 feet with good headway, tributes show new ore bodies, and the 40 stamp mill pounds ore daily for shipments to El Paes smelter while prospects at Zomtstone look promising.
Deputies and new livestock inspectors target long running horse and cattle thefts in the Sulphur Spring valley. Eight suspects are in custody awaiting grand jury action on grand larceny charges. Theft involved killing cattle and selling it to settlers and mining camps in Courtland and Penroe.
Mine & Smelter Supply of Denver sues Arizona Copper and Detroit Copper Mining in federal court over ore concentrators allegedly infringing Arthur Wilfley patents. suit seeks $25,000 in damages and filings indicate patent infringement claims and parties involved.
The J C Root Camp No 3 Woodmen of the World thanks Tombstone friends who attended the masquerade dance on the 22nd inst and aided its success. Special gratitude to the ladies and to those who tendered services, the lodge expresses a debt of appreciation.
Copper Queen Mining company has shut down its operations in Courtland and will ship out most machinery after stopping work on the Cavy and Brown properties and ending exploration at the Gayla site near the Gleeson Pearea road. Two attachments were filed in Tombstone district court in suits by EJ Jacklin and G H Drew et al, seeking $500 and $804.89 respectively, with attached mining claim buildings and mills.
Early treatment of croup is crucial and delays can endanger a child. The safest approach is to keep Chamberlains Cough Remedy on hand and give a dose at first signs of croup. Pleasant to take and always cures, sold by all dealers.
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