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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1914
Page
2
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Pearce residents prepare for a big New Year celebration with many visitors expected. Local figures including Mrs James Dalgleish, C M Renaud, and others are active. Community news mentions new adobe residence by CC Cundiff, a Pearce restaurant opening by W Harper, and travel to Douglas and Bisbee for errands and visits. Carlos Bolton's appointment as U S Commissioner is welcomed.
The big celebration includes torse racing broncho busting steer tying and prizes. Visitors from Bisbee Tombstone Douglas and the valley will attend to honor the mill reopening. A grand dance starts the festivities tonight.
The regular annual meeting of the stockholders for the selection of directors and other business will be held at Becket on Tuesday January 15, 1914. T. KR. BRANDT, cashier, announces the notice.
George E Patterson, Armour Packing Company representative for Dugas and Bieber, was found dead in his bed at the Oliver hotel in Bisbee yesterday morning. The coroner’s inquest ruled heart trouble. He was about forty, once in good health and described as robust. His death shocks Bisbee and Douglas business circles. a telegram was sent to a brother in Cleveland, Ohio.
State intendent announces financing for an eighteenatory building in Tucson with site yet to be chosen while Prescott Auto Club opposes new ato license law due January 1. Fire destroys Tucson home. Bobcat fight near Dixie Canyon ends with man injured. railway, mining, and militia moves unfold across Arizona with mobilization talk and road proposals.
El Paso dispatch reports Mexican war department orders to mass 4 500 federal troops under Gen Francisco Castro at Ojinaga for an assault on Juarez. Column movements near Nelson Moree and Bosque Bonito are noted with advances toward Juarez as rebel forces brace for clash and fortifications are strengthened at Ojinaga.
Descriptions of fierce fighting near Ojinaga with rebels drawing closer to the town while assaults strike above and below. Six thousand rebels under Ortega Cranas Jr and Rodrigues camp within miles, federal wounded and deserters crossing to American side. US Army doctors aid injured, Red Cross appeals for supplies, and Presidio communications with Mexico City are noted as the siege continues with uncertain outcomes.
State game warden Frank W Rogers plans a Phoenix effort to aid birds by opening streelnod counter in neighborhoods. Birds will receive hard and soft food and access to bathing water as weed and sunflower seeds diminish, preventing starvation and encouraging shelter, a common urban park program.
A board of control meeting reviewed plans by Lesher and Kibbey for a new refrigerating plant at the asylum. The legislature appropriated funds but the amount was not large, raising concerns on financing. Governor Hunt and others visited the asylum with architects to thoroughly examine the proposed facilities and keep the project on track.
The city administration appears ready to approve a proposed refrigeration plant project and related measures. Officials indicate cooling and service improvements will follow, with details pending final confirmations.
Necosari Consolidated Copp officers report rapid progress on a 150 ton concentrator. Construction crews finished main frame and plant components and expect operation soon. Ore development proceeds with gravity separation planned from upper tunnel to main chute and 800 foot conveyor to mill.
A gang of eight youths calling themselves the Hooligan gang threatened John Jobowon a Black resident, vowing he cannot stay in the town. They followed him Sunday night intending to assault him, but a citizen intervened and forced them to retreat. The Granam Guardian calls council and police to dismantle the gang.
Roy Haigier of Bisbee was ordered released on bail pending his November murder trial in Cochise County Superior Court. The Arizona Supreme Court, in a fractured ruling, remanded the bond decision and directed Judge Lockwood to set a sufficient bail under the circumstances. The decision establishes a new rule on bond availability for murder cases, prompting a potential broader release prior to trial for those able to post security.
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