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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1913
Page
2
The page surveys national figures and events, citing Taft praising a Southern presidency, peace talks with Turkey, China’s republic, and Goethals’ canal zone appointment. It mocks sensational interviews, laments a Tucson jail, notes Morgan’s testimony, and comments on local Arizona matters including Phelps Dodge charity, and a cold snap in 1972 with a jokey dig at stamps and mail.
A Saturday night holdup at the Johnson saloon yielded only $30 after two masked men raided the cash register. A separate Phoenix incident reported a fatal accidental rifle discharge as Mrs Heck Marley died en route to Winslow.
A Lowell resident was brought to the county jail to be examined by the lunacy commission after claims of pursuing imagined enemies. The man suffers constant dread that a foe hides in every corner. His hearing is set for tomorrow.
W J Mervyn of Phoenix, through attorney Dougherty, files suit in superior court against Clemens and others seeking damages up to 10000. He alleges Clemens overvalued a desert tract sold at about 10 per acre and that associates helped pose as legitimate buyers, deceiving Mervyn as a newcomer to the area.
Formal complaints urge railroads to publish reasonable rates to move refined oil from eastern points to Arizona. Requests include lowering California rates. Numerous informal complaints about kerosene and gasoline rates reached the Corporation Commission.
The treasury department announces a newly designed nickel will be in circulation by the end of February. Secretary MacVeagh has accepted the design and orders will soon be issued to the mints to begin producing the new five cent piece.
Jone Cruze was examined by Inspector Barrett on the charge of abducting a Mexican girl brought into the United States from Mexico. Evidence shows Cruze purchased the girl, then about thirteen, from her mother as a common law wife about three years ago in Lower California, and they moved to Mexico before crossing the border to Tucson under Inspector Harn of Nogales.
CB Wood in the Gazette notes Arizona will own about 12,000,000 acres when the state gains full possession of public trade. Approximately 9,001,000 acres would be set aside for education, with an estimated value near 100 million dollars.
Miss Alica Lassoo of Pearce wins the Philip Shera Bennett prize of 2041 dollars at the University of Arizona, later boosted by friends to 25 dollars. The notice mentions contraband Chinese crossing the line near Tombstone and Naco, with immigration officials on alert and refugees seeking U.S. education.
Eugene W Chafin traveled 36 300 miles in 30 states during the year and delivered 875 speeches. He started January 5 191% and finished in Tucson on the eve of the election, declaring his campaign effort the best on record in a report to the Prohibition party chairman.
Sheriff Wheeler reports Cochise County collected 142625 during 1913 for licenses, a major revenue source and a notable increase over the previous year. The county presenter notes the amount amid discussable figures and outlines the year’s licensing income.
The San Xavier Mission building was ousted from the Pacific exposition in San Francisco. Proponents say a reproduction would showcase Arizona’s architectural beauty traditions and fame, serving as a distinctive exhibit and state advertisement beyond ordinary designs.
Phoenix based business markets itself as the state’s only commercial blue printers offering Brown and black line works specialty large vacuum frames electric machines and a full line of drawing materials and carving supplies.
The Arizona bridge over the Colorado River at Yuma would cost about 75 010 dollars with the federal government unlikely to fund more than a third. California and Arizona must cover the remaining 50 009 dollars while the reclamation service advised a concrete pier design costing 75 000 dollars. Hayden also indicated likely passage of an 85 000 dollar bridge appropriation for Gila and San Carlos reservations.
The Maricopa county board of supervisors appointed the justices of the peace and constables for the new redistricted precincts. Pine county has also made appointments. The Cochise board of supervisors will meet on Thursday January 2 for appointments. The decision in the Cochise to sanction case will not be final until January 3.
A dense list of real estate and chattel transfers, satisfactions, assignments, and deeds. Names include Perrin, Robson, Dugan, Riggs, Shaw, Antonoviech, Curran, Moore, Dwyer, Dayer, McKinney, Dowell, Page, Ward, Barker, Block, and others across Willcox, San Ygnacio del Babacomari, and related properties and livestock transactions.
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