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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1910
Page
2
A miscellany of editorials surveys politics and economics, noting Loeb as port collector and the sugar trust, while optimism for Tombstone's development and Arizona’s future grows. It comments on statehood prospects, copper prices, immigration, and western influence on eastern cities, with varied opinion pieces and local-interest notes.
Report from Pearce and Courtland notes over 100 land entries at Courtland through United States Commissioner Bartlett, mostly from Caldwell Kansas and Chickasha Oklahoma. Settlers plan sub irrigation and early planting by late June, anticipating rains to mature crops through July and August as population is set to surge in the next three months.
Washington dispatch reports Representative Hamilton of Michigan, head of the territories committee, delivering a draft bill granting separate statehood to Arizona and New Mexico. The measure includes the president’s recommendation for separate constitutions votes and state officer elections, with the president hoping for statehood during this session of Congress.
The Douglas chamber of commerce plans a public city bureau to manage Aloy Coll. By May the new high school building in Douglas will be ready, expanding to eight public schools. The new building and furnishings cost about $40,000 and promise to be one of the finest in Arizona.
About ten prisoners are now lodged in the territorial penitentiary at Florence. Dr JF Bacon, with his wife, traveled from New York after attending the funeral of Mrs Bacon. Mr Bacon plans to live there with her son in Tombstone while District Attorney Williams travels to Phoenix for a supreme court session. Albert A Morse of Arizona is appointed United States consul at Leipzig, Saxony, with Nogales as his home and prior service as vice consul at Nogales Sonora and consul at Bahia Brazil.
Five Mexican families were placed under quarantine at Benson yesterday by Dr. Hickman county health officer of Douglas due to scarlet fever. All but one member in each family shows symptoms in virulent form, though no deaths occurred last week. Precautions were taken to prevent contagion.
Telegrams from Washington report the Senate confirmed Joseph B. Morrison as U S district attorney for Arizona and Charles A. Overlock as U S marshal. Morrison succeeds Alexander, and Overlock follows Hew Daniels after several months in office, with a notable clash between Morrison and Alexander over Taft support.
A Washington dispatch notes pension bills and appointments in Arizona. Delegates Cameron and others seek pensions for Frank J. Cook of Douglas and Mary H. Briggs of Tacoma, with other names listed. James Marshill, pioneer prospector, is committed to the territorial insane asylum. Yuma prosector HB Fish reports asbestos ore near Yuma Wash. Justice Ben Rice of Douglas has records of weddings and a notable tenure, with unsettled notes on river settlements near the Yuma and Ehrenburg area.
The territorial bar association in the district courtroom introduced a resolution endorsed by Attorney J B J Alexander for reappointment of Judges Edward Kent and Fletcher M Doan. A committee led by Josph H Kibbey Hon EB 8 Clark H L Pickett Jobin B Wright and W K Dial will report tomorrow and the association will decide.
The Arizona Federation of Women's Clubs begins its eighth annual session with a weeklong program. Cochise women read papers on Civies and Art sections. Speakers include Mia, Faf, Dean from Tombstone and W. F. Staunton, Mes from Tombstone, Mee. J. E Morricon from Bisbee.
Abert F Potter is named to succeed deposed Gifford Finchot as chief forester. Potter, an Arizona man born in Sacramento, started as a cattle grower at Holbrook after moving there in 1885. He later shifted to sheep ranching, met Secretary Wilson in Washington, and joined the forestry service, where he earned a brilliant record as chief of axing.
The district court clerk sets April 1 1910 for naturalization hearings before Judge Dean. Applicants include George Zoide Beruth Matti Jaakobson Abdus Salem Frank Johnson Herman Block Josef Robles John A Thotine Igoor Sorgoz Joseph H Branch Cris Pupich Milo Gurovich with births in Italy Finland Sweden Russia Austria Mexico Canada and Montenegro and residences in Lowell Bisbee Pool Bisbee and other towns.
A December probate court list shows numerous marriage licenses issued in December. Names include Ventura Vallez to Josefa Martines of Pir tle, James Ollie Green to Katie Allen of Douglas, and many other couples from Bisbee Douglas Courtland Tombstone and Lowell. The lineup features residents from Arizona towns and nearby Sonora Mexico with partners from diverse locales.
A lighthearted note proposes a new parlor game titled The Joe Bush Ministerial Surprisedest Surprise Party. It invites readers to gather friends, arrange a supposed surprise for a minister or friend, tip him off, then cancel the plan. The game is pitched as suitable for many players and claims patent protection secured by Joe Bush at great cost.
A series of brief items recount a county seat visitor in bankruptcy talks, Gypsies leaving town for Courtland, Catherine Larsen suing Miami Copper for damages tied to a death, a woman selling hair restorers, a mugging attempt on Miss Dobyns near Limite, a deputy posing pretender arrest in Willcox, a Lagine Log Ride brakeman injured from a wrong signal, and a Phoenix man injured by a folding bed with rib injuries.
A New Yorker steals an Arizona actress from the American Musical Comedy company in Douglas after a week of covert maneuvers. The actress, known to local audiences, wed H. M. Browning in Naco on Monday night with witnesses present. The couple met in Los Angeles and after a honeymoon in the Grand Canyon region plan to travel to Mexico, New York, and Japan. The bride, a Dallas native, enjoyed popularity on stage before joining the troupe. A bridesmaid and a beer man assisted. A new post will open at McNeil station with Mrs Lane as the first post mistress.
The undersigned owners bond the Geronimo Little Jap Little Hope Homestake and Headlight mining claims to W C Humphrey of Douglas Arizona on June 10 1908 in Turquoise mining district Ochise County The bond releases the owners from responsibility for any labor or supplies during the bond term DW Bow T A Bow dated June 10 1908
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