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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1907
Page
3
A rush of instruments filed with the county recorder includes deeds, mortgages, satisfactions, and incorporations. Notable entries involve W A Fowler, Anna Hogan, Bank of Douglas, Arizona Bank & Trust, and the Bisbee and Warren districts. Multiple properties in Douglas, Bisbee, and Warren mining areas are listed, with several satisfactions and a pending cattle and carriage-related transactions.
Secretary J F Galbreath reports Mexico will back the American Mining Association in guiding investors to authentic mining information. The plan directs Mexican capital to the American mining congress and vice versa, aiming to limit wildcat speculation. Mexican laws are praised for being liberal yet protective, and the effort seeks gradual adoption of Mexican ideas in the United States. The Phoenix Deleaglen incident signals rising impersonation fraud in mining centers including Bisbee and Tombstone.
Prof J W Fewkes of the US Bureau of Ethnology leads a Smithsonian expedition at Cara Grande ruins. About $3000 budgeted, $2000 spent with discoveries include a long wall four feet high now being cemented, seven ceremonial chambers, large well-preserved olla, and a central reservoir hole for water, with thirty workers digging and ongoing excavations continuing to reveal relics of prehistoric Indians.
Bisbee officers probe a woman dressed as a man who caused a stir in the Brewery Saloon watching a roulette game. She admitted seeking her husband, a Copper Queen worker, and posted a $10 bond for court. Also: Frank Buckles found dead from gas asphyxiation at the Goldman Hotel in Douglas. he had Tombstone roots and ranch ties sold long ago to C. A. Overlock.
From Monday's Daily Toks at Fairbank reports the birth of a daughter to the wife of O M Ziegler on January 13 1907. Other notes mention visits and relocations including Berndt Goodbody Howe and wife Woolery and veteran Vail receiving a pension.
A party including Arthur of the T M Co, W R King of Kings Blacksmith Shop, Charles Kreuder of Tombstone Dining Room fame and a Paosrecton reporter traveled to Benson in Mr Gage's car. The 20 mile round trip took one hour forty minutes each way, a champion record despite Kreuder's rabbit-digressing suggestion and King’s push to go faster. The reporter watched scenery and wondered about future heirs as the ride concluded.
Burglars break into the printing office of E. E. Rood & Co in El Paso and take $7 from an open safe plus $2 in stamps. They pry the cash drawer and leave a note reading cheap skate on a scrap of paper hung on the safe knob after closing the door and turning the dial.
In federal court Judge Edward Kent fined Tribolet, president of the Phoenix Meat & Produce Co., $1,000 for restraint of trade. Attorneys sought a new trial and a stay of execution, both denied, with a forthcoming appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court. The judge warned that the offense warranted a strong deterrent to curb conspiracies in restraint of trade.
The Clifton Morenci district produced about 56 million pounds of copper in 1906. December floods reduced the output by four million pounds, and labor shortages across Arizona mining districts further limited activity. For 1907, output is estimated near 70 million pounds.
Frank F Gorman of Phoenix dies at 36 after a secret marriage to Myrtle Matthews of Owensville Indiana. The couple wed last August at the bridegroom’s mother home in Hutchinson Minnesota as Gorman faced consumption. Gorman formerly edited the Owensville Gleaner and once led the Sanborn Times and Monroe City News, a well known figure in local journalism.
The Tucson jury awarded Miss Catherine Hogan 3009 damages after a wreck on the Southern Pacific. Hogan, a San Xavier school teacher, had sued for 10000, alleging health injuries from the collision. The case was warmly arrested.
The steamer Searchlight, stranded on dry ground when the Colorado River flooded into the Salton Sea, was refloated last Sunday afternoon as river waters rose from the Gila-Yama flood.
Denver dispatch reports M F Lonsdale of North Denver claims a new oxidizing method for sulphide ores that avoids roasting. Pulverized ore is treated in an airtight reactor with an unnamed solution, gases form and react to extract sulfur and dissolve metals, which are later precipitated in a vat. Costs range from one cent to one dollar per ton, and the inventor seeks metallurgists to test and develop the process.
Supervisor W. W. Sanderson of San Francisco, now in Phoenix, may implicate Mayor Schmite and Abe Ruef in graft matters. Assistant District Attorney Francis J. Heney is expected to travel from San Francisco to obtain Sanderson’s statement, while also involved in the Steinfeld-Zeckendorf case. Sanderson’s health trip to Los Angeles has extended, and he is seen publicly in Phoenix, aiding Heney’s pursuit of testimony.
A Tombstone area plumber Charles Frederick touts a simple remedy to clear soot from stovepipes. He advises dropping a small handful of zinc shavings into the fire to restore draft without ladders or damage. A reporter witnessed the fix, claiming it works quickly and is popular.
A Bisbee miner named Steve Maurich, serving as the cable marker at Spray Shaft, is believed to have fallen into a decoding cage and plunged to a sump after being struck by a moving mechanism. His body was found after about ten hours, severely mutilated by heat and steam pipes in the flooded area.
The fragment lists an address 1728 Lowrenes Street and references concentration tests. It mentions an office and a person likely named E E Burlincome, with unclear context and fragmented punctuation.
Government pure food officers are in Phoenix conducting a special investigation and will visit all Arizona cities soon. They will sample alcoholic drinks and assess beer and wine quality, determine if fusel oils and doped whisky are sold, and judge labeling accuracy to ensure consumers know what they buy. Expectations point to a higher quality of food and fewer deceptions.
Ten delegates to the TransMievour Dry Farming Congress in Denver January 24 25 are wanted by the board of supervisors. Credentials will be given to these delegates giving official standing at the congress in Denver. The event is expected to be of great importance to the southwest and will feature discussions on dry farming methods with many experts presenting findings.
Reliable Assays Gow ven vom ane Suver FL Lead 7 cents Gold, Silver, Copper $1.50 Samples by mail receive prompt attention. Placer Gold, Retorte and Rich Ores Bought. Send for Free Mailing Envelopes and Price List Dunes Assay Co., 1536 Court Place Denver Colo.
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