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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1909
Page
4
The Arizona legislature prepares to convene next week for a sixty day session. Cochise County is highlighted as a banner mining region and the largest producing county in the United States, with new districts opening.
An impending famine in writing paper is reported, with caution against accepting the claim as a definite forecast. The note discusses variability in supply and demand and urges prudent expectations about future availability.
The Kansas City Journal reflects on 1908 as a very satisfactory year noting many positives and more things to be thankful for despite its faults.
A Philadelphia man departed his home one evening thirty two years ago and returned only last week. The incident will require a stronger explanation than a lodge meeting excuse to justify his prolonged absence.
The Detroit Free Press notes that Carnegie gave away £90 last year yet the public response to his charitable act over tariff secrets did not match the acclaim of his earlier disclosure. The remark contrasts reactions to two gestures attributed to Carnegie.
The funeral of Martin Berratto, an honored Red Men member and miner, was held this afternoon. Mourners followed the procession from Tarbell’s undertakers to the Catholic church where Rev Father Burne conducted the service before interment at the cemetery. The Red Men ceremonial ritual was observed, with the Prosrecron offering condolences to the family.
Court records show seven new divorce filings, many seeking annulments, with ongoing custody and alimony disputes. Cases include Sanders versus Sanders, Hart versus Hart, Coleman versus Coleman, Abbott versus Abbott, Davenport versus Davenport, and Williams versus Williams, among others.
A Washington dispatch reports Secretary Garfield plans a potable experiment at the San Carlos Apache reservation to study tufa or white stone. He urged Congress to set aside about two thousand acres for Teciaok use and to launch experiments to develop production, aiming to create a Southwest industry and address the Indian question. The San Carlos Indigo reservation lies in Gila County, near Globe, along the Gila Valley railroad.
Coconino County board faces a legal dispute after a tie between Grigg and Dickinson left the chair undecided. The statutes allegedly favor the longest-serving supervisor, prompting debate about whether Gregg or Dickinson should become chairman. County attorney Doe backed Gregg, while Ashurst and others urged declaring the four year term loader Dickinson chairman. Further legal opinions are due at the next board meeting.
Deputy Porter McDonald returned from Globe with a prisoner arrested as Depriest, claimed by the prisoner to be a cousin of the real outlaw. Identity to be confirmed by a Bisbee visitor. Globe Silver Belt notes Depriest is Tom Depriest, son of the elder Depriest, linked to the Towlstons canyon robberies.
A serious fire was nearly sparked by electric light wires in the county records office this morning. Janitor Sanders and a garden tool helped extinguish the blaze before it could spread to woodwork and ceiling. Tailor Ned White raised the alarm, prompting a rush of people from the courthouse and jail as excitement ran high but damage remained limited.
The Arizona Supreme Court heard arguments in a case over the Bright Angel Trail. EH Datfield sought to compel District Attorney Henry F. Asharet to sue to invoke Ralph H. Cameron's right to the trail. Norton for Datfield argued the suit rested on special legislation favoring one party, while Asharet’s counsel defended the lower court ruling and noted Asharet’s relocation.
In a Phoenix federal court condemnation case Judge A Buck and Assistant United States Attorney George Christie spar over a witness who cites a ton of grass per year. The exchange, playful yet revealing, centers on the term filigree or alfiliela as Cowboys call the grass. Later Graham County’s old board’s town incorporation is annulled and a new election ordered to determine citizens will.
A Washington awarded contract to Fulton Engine Works of this city to supply two inch balance salves for the discharge regulation of the Roosevelt reservoir project on the Salt River in Arizona. Price includes 7200 dollars for material, daily engineer service at ten dollars, foundation bolts, and 4 3 4 cents per pound.
Eugene W. Topping arrives from Saleford and will present four minstrel acts in early February under the Joost order of Led Men. The program features local nine rel talent in an amateur performance set to entertain Tombstone residents.
H Macia, longtime foreman for the Ibstine Consolidated Mining Company, has been appointed superintendent to fill the vacancy left by E W Walker who plans to move to Detroit to pursue mining engineering. Macia is a former Tombstone resident with history at Tombstone Consolidated and Congress Gold Mining Co. in Congress and other northern territory firms.
The El Paso Herald’s 66 page annual edition is praised as an achievement. The paper highlights progress into the Southwest and Arizona with prominence and notes the Herald’s longstanding friendship for Arizona appreciated by local readers.
Bisbee and Douglas merchants form an organization to push a bill in the territory legislature requiring two paydays per month for corporations and mining companies. The plan includes sending a member to major cities to rally merchants and a business lobby in the lower house to back the measure, aiming to replace the current bolero system in mining camps.
Deputy Porter McDonald travels to Globe to escort prisoner DePriest, wanted on an indictment for holding a person named Long in Bisbee years ago. DePriest has been a fugitive from justice since the indictment was issued, and McDonald is bringing him back tomorrow.
From Thursday's Daily meners AY Smith and Dr Koons visited Pearce on business and returned home this evening. Wm Phebe left for Grobes to stay about four days with the TCM Co. Rock Watny displays good bargains and energy in the mine area. A near fatal incident at West Yankee mine reports a Spaniant sliding into an open shaft but surviving with minor injuries as the shaft drops thousands of feet. Former Cochise county treasurer Scribner arrives from New Orleans for business. he may stay several days as Scribner and spouse plan to return to Tombstone for the winter.
The article notes Chinese New Year falls this month on Wednesday January 20 with midnight celebrations. It mentions the Tombstone Mongolian returning in glory and giant firecrackers on New Year’s Eve as evidence that celebrations in Chinatown have begun.
Hugh Knox son of Senator Philander Knox and Richard Schweppe travel by boat to New Orleans then rail to Arizona. Knox, a Yale graduate and former Yale football manager, seeks health improvement in Phoenix after months of poor health. The Gazette notes Schweppe is well known in Phoenix.
Chinese diplomats led by Dr Liao Chio travel party visiting the United States, thanking Roosevelt for indemnity repayment. A Southern Pacific official travels to El Paso to meet the embassy head, with plans to pass through Tucson Friday evening on route to San Francisco aboard The Citizen ship.
In district court plaintiffs William Blackburn T W Maloney and George McGee sue Calumet & Arizona Mining Co Leadville Mining Co AY Thos Pidwell JH Snyder and J D Shattuck for title to the New Year Mine and eight adjacent claims near Courtland. Plaintiffs allege possession by prior location and that defendants recent locations deprive them of rightful ownership. The suit notes ground near the C UXA company works and Diamond drill on Ringmon property. FW Goodbody attorney for plaintiffs. The piece also reports ongoing district conflicts as Claire relaims relocate and overlaps complicating claim lines, with references to Emmett Elgin and Kendall Mining Co interests. The county board of supervisors will meet to act on justice bills and district attorney’s guidance, with possible redistricting to give Courtland its own justices.
Major Stevens travels through Holbrook on three months leave en route from Fort Apache to New York City where he will retire under age rules. The Indian townsite on Fort Yuma will be surveyed per a rush Interior Department order with William Owen arriving to lay out the town. Rumor says H A Justro resigns as president of the American National Live Stock Association after a heated exchange over Roosevelt policies. Justro a prominent Arizona stockman, member of the Arizona Battalion and head of the Boquists Lands Cattle Company, also a Kern County Democratic leader and supervisor board chairman.
A. J. Matthews announces the Tempe Normal School second term begins Monday January 25. Students are urged to enroll early as new classes form and course adjustments can be better arranged. Catalogues with full information are available on application to A. J. Matthews Tempe Arizona.
Rubee Ells and Tombstone lodge aim to send the biggest delegation of any lodge from the territory to Los Angeles for the Grand Lodge meeting in July. Bisbee lodge secretary Joe McKeehan reports hotel accommodations for 1000, with travel on special trains and a $66 round trip fare covering week in Los Angeles. Married members may bring families with notice to Brothers M Gaines or Sam Garrett. many Tombstone members plan to attend.
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