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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1899
Page
2
Fragmented report touches on territorial aims for Arizona reforms, a note on Mrs. Lucinda Reese seeking divorce and custody, Hobson’s Honolulu reception, Havana sanitation costs, Colorado missteps in parliamentary procedure, and warnings against anonymous gifts. The mix reads like scattered items from a newspaper page.
Reported plans describe JF Stone and SF Knox directing a rich company's mammoth dredging effort 150 miles above Lee's Ferry to mine placer gold using electric power. Robert B Stanton leads the prospecting outfit, building a dredge boat in Chicago with next spring work set to begin in Arizona.
Deputy Collector Welsh leads a Tombstone special. Townspeople T ow Vaughn returns after a county stay. Mrs F M McKay plans a Huarduce visit with her parents. Annie Jones arrives from San Francisco. Lumber firm Quinn & Co orders lumber from L W Blinn in Los Angeles. Miners and executives, including G W Hall and H W Lewis, attend stockholders meeting. New mining talks with Zeckendorf Co at Naco. Sunday School events, local hospital note, Spanish American club dance, Dr F A Sweetie ill, grippe epidemic, Phoenix legislature trip, Bisbee commercial optimism, Quinn and Lange dissolve partnership, Tonkin Williams and Alvina Dozoia marry, Dan O Toole's San Francisco wedding, public schools enrollment at 453.
Me JS and Mechette of La Crosse Vir are due in Binbee with San Francisco parties interested in come mines south of the line. B. F. Graham & Co will enlarge their store as the firm’s business grows and there is no longer room at the old stand. Mr. Graham seeks a larger building to stock fully once finished.
The capital site commission awarded the capitol construction contract to Mr. Thomas Lovell of Denton Texas. Bidders included Lida Mesara Filled Gallagher C Campbell Anders Construction and Lovell. The bid totals range with superstructure and trimmings variously priced, and the overall cost is stated in hundreds of dollars for several sections.
Bissex January 17 1899 CorrieRmes O L Neer of Nogales arrived in Bisbee on the evening train Mrs WB Hosmer confined by grippe officials of the South Bibe Co remain days Dr F Sweet ill but improving Supt Harvey of the A B E toured to Benson and back J W Sweetland secured a position at the works L Zeckenderf Co representative arrived and staying at Anguis hotel C R Tarbell and John Henninger from the county rest headed to the stockholders meeting Howe editor of the Orb and J Stillman visited Naco Sunday Capt Thos Couch arrived from San and is involved in mining properties owned by W C Groene
A delegation of Delaware Indians from the Indian Territory toured Sonora's agricultural district, visiting Hermosillo and Guaymas before aiming to establish a large tribe colony on selected land near the Yaqui river. They received strong municipal interest and appeared pleased with the country, with negotiations likely to conclude.
Col Gray of Cochise becomes the first member from Phoenix to take the ground at Phoenix. A veteran of the Mexican War, he remembers Monterey and other battles. He recounts how he was offered a colonel’s commission by California’s governor after the Civil War began but declined, noting the newspapers then fixed the title on him.
A summarized document praises territorial prosperity in mining agriculture and grazing, commends volunteers in the Spanish American War, and notes that population proportions honored arms more quickly than any other state or territory. It lists a taxable property value of 517 040.06 and total territorial debt of 1 301 055.16 after adjusting cash and credits. It mentions city, county, and territorial debts, bond holdings, and a plan to tax mining output while urging reforms to laws, education supports, and a territorial exhibit for Paris.
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