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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1908
Page
3
Minutes of the Cochise County Board of Supervisors show requests to revise salaries in the Expenditures report. Clerk Berner asks changes for the Fourth Quarter 1966, shifting the Smelixir? Office sailors and guards from 135 to 1200 and the Sheriff’s total from 550 to 700, affecting county payrolls.
A historical budget recap lists county offices such as Justice courts Coroners Board of Health Hospital and District Court with various expenditure figures. It includes items for Territorial Lad School Indigente County Teamingration Commissioner Recorder Treasurer Assessor and other offices totaling 221,571 dollars.
A historical page fragment outlines multiple bond obligations with figures such as 35,000 00 and 172,000 00 alongside smaller amounts like 2,000 00 and 4,000 00. The snippet reads as a financial ledger of debts and bonds, without context or dates.
Criminally garbled ad copy lists To Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets and prices. It includes scattered county jail and public works items with figures for bridges roads hospital and several school bonds and interests.
A record of county finances showing expenditures by the board of supervisors including school funds, bond payments, floating indebtedness, and warrants. The document lists numerous 1907-1908 disbursements to contractors, officials, and service providers across districts, with notes on specific items and a request for a written legal opinion regarding tax notice expenses. It closes noting charges filed against Postmaster Fisk of San Francisco and a hold on his reappointment pending investigation.
Prison population surged in late 1907 with a rise from 354 on October 1 to 405 by December 31 due to court term outpad. Admissions totaled 101 males and one female. 49 discharged by expiration, pardon, parole, or death. Classification shows 408 inmates with Whites 112 males, Mexicans 249 males, females 1, Negroes 24 males, females 1, Indians 2 males, Chinese 1.
A poem recalls a worn old towel tied to a printing house door. It laments neglect and abuse by workers and editors as ink and grime accumulate. The towel endures hardship, grows darker and rougher, and finally splits in two after a windy morning.
Brigge and wife leave for Bisbee for later plans while Mayor Wentworth returns from Bisbee. Col L Pickett Judge Jax Reilly Judge Goodsich and J Kingsbury attend Supreme Court sessions in Phoenix. County Superintendent Rockfellow departs for an official visit to Douglas. Cunningham Ellerbe Riggs rent Wilcox Block for law offices with a full library. An epidemic of tonsilitis affects Tombstone as Apache scouts pass through town en route to Fort Apache.
Rumors of a new southern Arizona rail link from Nogales toward Naco and Cananea gain traction as coal coke and mining equipment move through Naco via the Southwestern. Industry buyers expect a Cananea camp restart with copper prices rising, while prep shipments indicate prior orders being fulfilled ahead of a possible start next month.
In Santa Fe New Mexico about forty applicants appeared to take the examination to qualify for admission to the New Mexico bar among them be a woman named Nellie C. Prewer. It was likely the largest one time turnout. A republican caucus in the Oklahoma legislature endorsed fast for president.
Word from Tombstone reports George Stake former resident now with Black Diamond Copper Mining Co. crushed his right hand in a pipe machine last week. Friends in the county seat hope for a speedy recovery.
The Arizona Supreme Court began a multi week session in Phoenix with many appeals to be heard. The calendar includes several significant cases and matters of interest to Cochise County residents.
Freight activity in California oranges grows as shipments resume along the Southern Pacific. Growers held back this year for higher prices, slowing fruit freights. Now shipments surge with Benson as a daily transfer hub for eastern destinations.
A New York dispute claims the toad Pythagoras at the Bronx Zoo ate his first meal in a millennium. Four beetles and an earthworm composed the meal of the black creature long buried in limestone beneath a Montana mine. The toad slowly regains sight and limb use, turning green again, with faint croaks returning.
A member of the National Guard who seeks regular army service invites Arizona youths lacking funds or interest in enlisting to contact Kibbey S, appointed by President Roosevelt to choose one candidate for the army exam for the rank of second lieutenant amid numerous vacancies.
A 19th century testimonial touts Ager's Cherry Pectoral as valuable for consumption. It claims to stop coughing, control inflammation, quiet fever, and aid healing, urging readers to consult their doctor and keep using Aver's Pills for steady recovery.
The Phoenix Gazette reports the Arizona territory supreme court began a session yesterday expected to run three weeks. A record number of lawyers crowded the chamber, overrunning the railing and jury box as spectators sat in overflow seats. The session featured multiple motions for admission to the Arizona bar and several minor court orders.
The First National Bank of Tombstone announces it has called in all cashier checks issued as certificates during the stringency period. Checks will be paid in cash with ample funds available to meet all demands. The bank protected depositors and paid withdrawals in full without limits.
Reliable assays offer cash for gold silver copper and other ores with prompt payment. Gold gold and silver prices listed, mail samples to Capex Assay Co at Court Place Denver Colorado. Free mailing envelopes and price list provided.
J F Cleveland of Graham county will succeed Sims Ely as private secretary to Governor Kibbey on April 7 as Ely moves to territorial auditor. Arrival in Phoenix yesterday leaked the appointment, reflecting a significant southern pick for the capitol post amid a cold, snowbound Chicago scene.
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