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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1910
Page
2
Subscriptions for the Tombstone Epitaph are outlined with weekly and six month terms. Editor Mattich promises ongoing publication every Sunday and notes rates and delivery details for readers and businesses.
Editorial briefs lampoon public figures and events with a string of social political quips. Notes mock Halley’s comet, a Gila County man’s bulldog episode, Lincoln pennies and Lee statues while lampooning political promises. The column references Arizona politics and national issues with satirical lines.
The passage asserts belief that Ralph Camerons election ensures the new state will be safely Republican. Until that assurance is solid, promises across Tafton and beyond are seen as mere wind.
Beacon residents narrowly escaped death and property loss after a giant powder car was shunted onto the track near the Wye during yard switching. A passenger train backing down could not see the hazard and leaped from the rear as the powder car was struck. The powder car's end was ripped, oil spilled, and the coach toppled toward the ditch, then towed to Douglas shops. Miraculously, no explosion occurred.
The Entre Nous club held a holiday dance on Christmas Eve with a small attendance but lively revelry. Attendees included out of town guests Mrs Jake Scherer George Brown and Walter Melgren. Local teachers Miss Margaret McElroy Mire Collins and Misses Ire Mead Vera Smith Grace Gallen returned home for the holidays. high school pupils hosted a reception and exhibition for parents.
The record lists New York quotations for metals including bar silver, lake copper, desilverized lead, copper wire bars, and copper cathodes. It notes smelter quotations from St Louis and El Paso as well as London and New York lead prices, with several unclear figures and fragments.
A May postponement of statehood moves appears likely as Congress plans only to authorize constitutional conventions for Arizona and New Mexico. President Taft’s position and Senate views suggest delays while conventions draft state constitutions. Passage of a bill this session is anticipated to set procedures for conventions and referendums, possibly leading to new statehood votes next year.
The Benson wreck probe cites excessive speed as the cause and notes Engineer Walker, throttle man on the ill fated engine, may have died at his post or been paralyzed before the fatal crash. Railroad men, including Joe Heddock, say Walker was among the most careful and his heart trouble could explain a sudden collapse. Several peers share this theory of heart failure or a sudden attack at the critical moment.
Anita O Brien a 20 year old girl living at 54 West Broadway shot herself after a moment of happiness with her mother and stepfather. The suicide followed a brief reading break and an impulse to kill. In New Mexico, cowboy Joe Jackson captured a large bear at Morgan ranch after spotting it drinking at a pool and restraining it with a lasso.
Monday's Daily reports W F Kachenbecker confined to his room with no attack of pneumonia and now very much improved. he is expected to be about soon. J B Morrison, US District Attorney elect, arrived from Bishoe on business and is receiving congratulations from friends. Blaine, Phoenix resident, died last week from ptomaine poisoning after a brief illness.
Territorial board of education outlines a new course of study to take effect after December 1910, signaling a shift in statewide academic structure. Probate Judge Goodbody officiated the marriage of Walter J. Steward and Jennie F. Taylor in Courtland as they begin married life. Mrs Hattie B Land, en route to Nogales, visits Bisbee neighbor Mrs W R King. Mayor George Neale of Bisbee returns to the copper camp. Arizona Copper Company at Morenci reports progress building a briqueting plant to raise concentrate output at lower cost. Humboldt smelter to resume operations March 1 after years idle.
A damaged report suggests a carload of Giant powder was wrecked near Bennou on Friday and believed headed for Lambston. The powder failed to explode in the concussion, a mystery to observers familiar with Giant powder and its volatile nature.
Eugene Chatia, Prohibition ticket candidate, voices local option views in Tombstone. He will speak Tuesday at 3 00 pm at the corner of sth and Allen streets and again at 7 30 pm at the Schieffelin. Mr Chafin, a noted platform speaker, is also slated to attend.
Kansas City and other states representatives of several grand lodges of the Ancient Order of United Workmen met December 22 to form a new National Ancient Order of United Workmen. A plan of organization will be submitted to lodges for approval. A committee led by Lenwell of Topeka Kansas and W J Howell of St Louis was tasked to draft the plan, preserving state grand lodge control of funds.
In Phoenix Maurice Salzman an editor of Border Magazine argues that if enough pressure is applied Los Angeles books dealer De. J. Munk would donate his valuable Arizona related library to the territory rather than to the Southwestern Museum. The collection is described as the best Arizona literature in the country with books magazines papers and important historical data that would benefit Arizona if donated.
Public notice states that owners bonded the Geronimo Lit Hope Homestake and Turquoise mining claims to W Humphrey of Douglas Arizona on June 10 1909. The undersigned D W Brows and T A Brows renounce liability for labor supplies or any expenses incurred on said mines during the bond term to W Humphrey or assigns.
Tucson hosts a January visit by Knights of Columbus officials tied to a southwest sanitarium plan. City water rates are revised to cut 5 percent for consumers while eliminating charges on stone and trees. A hunt near Yen son yields Ray Short a calf wound from a stray bullet. HW Waters seeks to invalidate the Bisbee townsite deed held by C W Moon, alleging mining claim infringements. Willcox postmaster salary set at 1100, Willcox post office becomes presidential office January 2. Chinese migration across the border noted as deportation drive profits. Phoenix enrollments total 1703 boys and 595 girls for December 10. Western Union builds a Tucson to Globe telegraph line, joining Randolph lines for four between the cities. Ramon Aldai fights Deputy Sheriff Olea before jail. Railroads shovel snow near Ash Fork to Prescott. Bell’s Canyon yields a decomposed unknown man and a tied-off burro near Hillside and Kirkland. Tucson patrol reports a theft of clothes from a Chinaman laundry line. Grand Canyon Lime & Cement suit seeks 38000 from timber claims near Nelson. 3000 cords of wood tied up pending outcome. Morrison named to succeed Alexander as US district attorney, Senate confirmation pending January. A watch and valuables stolen from Mrs F E Bennett’s body after the Santa Fe wreck near Flagstaff. Morenci school attendance averages 53 for November.
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