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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1909
Page
1
Arizona reports total copper production for the year 1908 at Arena Montane Michigan corsps 274,000,000 244,000,000 220,000,000 across the past year. The figures reflect higher output levels and indicate shifts in mining activity affecting state totals and regional supply chains.
A jumble of quips and stray lines from various papers recounts humorous exchanges, misheard phrases, and odd anecdotes. The collage references actors, readers, and editors, with stray notes about a Western Man fire in Dugout City and stray questions about headaches and marriage nerves. The tone mimics a humorous column with clipped snippets and caricatured dialogue from multiple era sources.
The report lists Arizona crop totals: corn 432000 bushels valued at 4509000. wheat 1000000 bushels valued at 480000. oats 144000 bushels valued at 107000. burley 1102000 bushels valued at 000000. hay 330000 tons valued at 40000. alfalfa seed 500000. Orchards and gardens 7000 acres at 400 per acre totaling 2800000. Grand total 9304000 with average value per acre 55.70.
Local church notices list Congregational, Methodist, and Sacred Heart Catholic services with times for Sunday school preaching and youth activities. Epworth League and prayer meeting details included. Also missing person ad for ranch worker and a lost locket offered reward.
A Phoenix dispatch reports Southern Pacific will start building a railroad branch from Cochne station east of Reason to Douglas on the Mexican boundary, linking with the El Paso Southwestern railway. The route will pass through Courtland in Cochise County.
List of letters remaining in Tombstone general delivery for the week ending December 12 2008 includes Adama Thomas Cowery An Manuel Farre Ramon Salinas Liandro Spaglia Bud. Advertised letters require callers to reference date of advertisement. Also includes a misleading ad for Chamberisin Storweh and Liver Tablets with a 25 cent price.
The Arizona Federation of Women’s Clubs will hold its annual convention in Yuma January 12 to 15 with a grand reception at the Gandolfo on January 12. Bibop Canary of Los Angeles speaks January 13 at the Yuma theater on The Personality of the Teacher and Her Influence, followed by Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles on Detentions Past Present and Future.
A suit was filed in Yavapai County District Court by Thomas F Peters against the county for 369 dollars in bounties claimed for surrendering twenty ten bounty pelts. Peters says eighteen hides were lobo wolves and four were coyotes. The county board refused the claims that the eighteen hides were lobo, asserting they were coyotes. Wool buyers are active as the season nears, with 19 cents offered for some clips and possibly 20 cents by shearing time. A Prescott man named Cantin reportedly threw down silver noting he had no use for money and went to a graveyard, where Deputy Sheriff Merritt found him vomiting. he was taken for treatment to Mercy hospital.
Washington reports Major JM Wham, retired, collapsed and died near his Tucson home. Once paymaster, he was famed for a 15 year old $35,000 heist between Willcox and San Carlos. Also notes New Year revelry in Tombstone, a jewelry store incident, and Fifth Cavalry trains to San Francisco for Honolulu. County Treasurer Hicks assumed duties and bond approved.
Boston dispatch reports Imperial Copper Co will end 1903 with December output near 800000 pounds of refined copper and projects January at 1200000 pounds. Plant units operate well. company shifts to refining its own mine product. Copper sold under contract by American Metal Co.
An Arizona example shows farming success as LA White of St. Davids arrived eight years ago with 300 and now sells 1500 sacks of sweet potatoes this year at 3.25 per sack. The piece notes local potato profits and suggests broader farming potential in the territory.
In Merson justice, the constable election contest heard ex officio as briefs due in three weeks. County Treasurer Charles W. Hicke posts a 200000 dollar bond with county for 240000. About seventy signers back the bond. The new board of supervisors meets Monday with Joe McCabe set as chairman and H B Berner likely to remain clerk. Assistant clerk appointment remains unsettled as applicants seek the post.
Christmas at the Gila Crossing and Maricopa reservations brought Santa Claus for the first time. Trees were given, Santa appeared, and Pima and Maricopa actors delivered jokes in their native speech, provoking constant laughter at the event.
Sam LaReu is missing from Cochise County. Authorities say the 35 year old, five feet tall, 135 pound man with dark hair at the back and a bald top disappeared Tuesday night wearing a derby and a light suit. He may be apprehended soon as he left his home in Cochise County.
Arizona pleads for statehood with a taxable valuation of 80,037,541 and a tax rate of seventy five per ten dollars. Governor Kibbey cites a population of 2,000,000. New Mexico shows property valuation 45,000,000 with a tax rate of 1.50 per 100. Governor Curry estimates 450,000 residents.
Arizona land office records a Phoenix ruling by Charles E. Arnold that a homestead claim requires actual residence. Occasional overnight stays do not qualify. the land must be the claimant’s true home.
An old style advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It features testimonials from Vauxe Kisxay and Maxiix wholesale druggists in Toledo and asserts internal, blood and mucous surface action. Price is 75 cents per bottle. sold by all druggists.
Detroit man J H Seitz says the tablets restore appetite, ease bloated feelings, and promote satisfactory bowels. Priced at 25 cents. Sold by all druggists.
A California friend replies to Tombstone Ariz mayor A W Wentworth with a humorous art calendar tribute. The letter mocks past politics and praises the mayor’s white hair while wishing long life, prosperity, and a lighthearted toast to his fame.
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