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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1913
Page
3
Property records show deeds and mortgages involving W Epley Josephine Epley Douglas prop H Dowell Utterbeck Ham ilton and others. Chattel mortgage actions, incorporation notice for Home Builders of Douglas, and various notices of satisfaction and assingments appear amid related local business activity and social notes.
A probate record notes executors discharged from a trust and sureties released, with orders for guardianship of a European minor and authorization for optional sale of mining property. A disjointed marginal line mentions a Box and various stray phrases.
A U S pure food inspector, based in Phoenix, returned from Chicago where he testified in a case against California orange shippers. Judge Landse ordered eight train cars confiscated after agents removed wrappers and tags and found oranges artificially colored to mimic an earlier Arizona crop. The practice violated pure food law and led to confiscation of the oranges.
Tuesday reports show Mark P Sohn and daughter visiting Lowell after a stay with Mrs FL Winters and Mrs HR Hitehil Melvin Swain arriving from Los Angeles to reunite with Tombstone friends. Arizona figures LB Hayes and Undersheriff Guy Webb return from court matters. A new birth announced by a Douglass family. A $75 robbery at Jeff Covagan’s G Avenue session and a cattle theft scare near Caleb Holden’s home. A Lowell hold-up nets $120 to two robbers pursued by sheriffs.
In a three hour conference with the Arizona Corporation Commission members S F DeCorse F Fitsgersid and AH Gardner the Yuma Bibee and Tombstone water plants agreed to adopt the commission drawn accounting system. DeCorse praised it as detailed and fair with no objections, and installation will begin at Bieter Naco and Tombstone soon. Captain Gardner and Fitzgerald supported the move for Bistee and Naco Water Company.
Ned Creighton of Phoeniz formerly appointed receiver for the Honduras Development Co received a $120 check Friday to distribute among stockholders. The amount came from United Prest company, the fruit trust. Proceedings were brought under Acton due to the Honduras Development Co being organized as an Arizona corporation.
General Manager AH Gardner reports the Haschucs Water Co has rebuilt its telephone line from the Fort Huachace Hereford wagon road. The six miles of new line use iron poles every four redwood posts to strengthen against storms and reduce interference during summer electrical activity.
Dr F W Randall medical superintendent reports Cochise county hospital two miles northwest of Douglas is filled to capacity with air travelers and patients. Sixty people are housed with scant space in the men’s and women’s wards and private rooms all occupied. The poor farm sanex also shows about four more residents since year’s start.
Mise Zoe Smith, a fourth grade teacher at 12th Street Grammar School in Douglas, resigns and departs Wednesday from San Francisco for Panama to take a government school teaching post. She posted exams for the vacancy and found an opening.
Protestant ministers of Phoenix push to bar marriages to the mentally unfit the contagious diseased and the near death from consumption A resolution adopted by the Ministers Association calls for state law to prohibit such marriages Dean Williams Scarlett of Trinity pro cathedral will not marry anyone lacking a medical certificate The resolution lists three groups to be barred including the insane the idiots and the epileptics along with those with contagious diseases and those in late consumption stages.
The Labor Temple association completed a payment on the concrete brick structure once occupied by Phoenix San. The transacted event occurred on a Wednesday as the first payment was received for the temple project.
William Grate wins the Trippel trophy bicycle race in Tucson over six rivals. His 29 minutes 54 seconds finishes beat last year by 26 seconds, marking his second victory. he is sixteen years old.
Fragmentary notes indicate Douglas aims to secure a broom factory in Cochise County. The plan mentions establishing a broom production site near the Sulphur Springs valley to process and ship broom fiber and related products.
El Paso observer JB Tomlinson, once from Prescott, notes a dozen political parties vying for control as rail traffic halts, mines idle, and supplies become scarce. He says Americans face little direct danger, but life for local workers and communities in western Chihuahua remains bleak amid ongoing unrest.
Superior Court records show multiple actions including divorce between Sella B Humber and C T Homber. debts in suits involving VG Meigren and C Q Coc Min Co for 636.59. GE Hemphill v A Fuller et al. Gomez v Leonard Cop Co with 5000 damages. E Berry Dr. E A Crawford et al with 338.50 judgment. Probate proceedings include Eat GE Michel petition for letters January 15 and Est D Owens account. Ket Mary P Kelly petition for letters January 17 and retirement.
The Arizona Cattle Growers Association plans to push remedial laws and issues affecting the cattle industry during the upcoming legislature session. Proposals will be drafted by the legislative committee and shared with Governor Hunt to shape the call for legislators to consider.
The Corporate Commission issued a rule allowing the commission and its staff to ride any railroad train, car, or engine to aid investigations. They may board freight or passenger trains to access information, with the only requirement being payment of their fare.
Wednesday in Tombstone features arrival of County Attorney Murry from Bisbee on court business and greetings from locals. Visitors include Hoes Cunnick and jeweler H Henke from Bisbee, with miners NJ Riley and Pete Eddy returning from Whetstone camps. Authorities report Chas Fisk of Tombstone died in Los Angeles at 61 after partial paralysis. widow and daughter in Los Angeles.
The Maricopa County Medical Society with the Phoenix Ministerial Association endorses mandatory medical examinations for marriage license applicants by physicians not in current practice. The move cites hereditary disease and mental defects as factors in societal decline and urges legislation to bar marriage for those with certain illnesses or severe conditions.
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