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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1919
Page
3
The Cochise delegation backs designating a state anthem for Arizona with a bill seeking $250 for production. Words by Margaret Rowe Clifford and music by Maurice Blumenthal, praising sunlit lands, rivers, valleys, mountains, and a goddess Arizona, urging unity and pride across the Southwest.
John Christy of the Lazinsky group plans a 250 ton mill on the Lazinsky Mica group between Clifton and Aetonic. Foundation soon. labor to rise to 30 66 workers by February 1. Ore mining profits cited. Shannon smelter closure affects logistics for handling high grade ore.
Jan 23 report indicates forms for reporting income taxes under $5000 will reach collectors by Feb 1. Commissioner Daniel C. Roper said taxes for the 1918 calendar year will be collected under the pending revenue bill as enacted, not under the October act, with forms printing and distribution underway.
The board of supervisors in session yesterday morning named Sidney Smith as county engineer under the present administration. Smith, from Alabama, will oversee road work and inspect highway department machinery, including the idle Caterpillar tractor found with a broken cylinder requiring costly repairs. The board also ordered the highway commission to move offices to Tombstone and to provide minutes, while shifting meeting dates to the first and third Mondays to speed business.
Edward Sickles and Earl Bailey charged with the Williams murder of Ed Duffy pleaded not guilty before Judge E. Jones in superior court last week through attorney Francis D. Crable. Archibald Campbell McKillop, prominent Globe citizen and Gila county bar member, died of pneumonia after a severe bout of influenza.
Phoenix January 22 The Arizona Corporation Commission moved to test the legality of Postmaster General Burleson’s orders affecting telephone and telegraph company rates. The commission voided any rate changes not authorized by them, citing doubt over the postmaster general’s authority and Congress’s wet powers. The test case aims to settle the issue promptly amid complaints over installation charges from companies and customers.
Arizona army units receive special notice in the Fortieth Division lineup known as the Sunshine Division. The 118th Infantry and the 1th Ammunition Train led by Liew HH. Don Kersley of Yuma display discipline and complete hard tasks. Colonel P. Grinstead led the 115th Infantry, praised by government inspectors as America’s best National Guard regiment and once the honor guard for President Wilson in Paris. Officers pledged abstinence. the Dry Regiment branding marked their sobriety.
A early morning fire at 2 o clock severely damaged the Brickwool hotel on Morley avenue and a Herol Tidwell store, with thousands in losses, also harming the First Nations Bank building fixtures. Firemen containment by 4 am saved most east Morley avenue, after threatening many prominent businesses.
The Arizona Senate advanced a bill by Senator Ashurst granting private enterprises rights of way over national forests and public lands to build pipelines and conduits for livestock water. The measure runs 50 years with government reacquisition at expiry. Also in brief: Gadsden and Somerton report flu closures as schools shut indefinitely. Lemuel R. Pace of Thatcher dies at Robertson sanitarium in Safford at 5 am Monday.
Jan 2 The house divided along radical and conservative lines over McKay’s minimum wage bill for women. The measure proposes raising the lowest wage to 20 a week for women and girls. Senate also saw a bill to revive the state council of defense and several education reform measures. A separate bill proposes a state highway board to appoint a highway engineer and oversee road construction.
A Yuma report describes the drowning of John Chandler Johnson on January 3 in the Colorado River near Laguna country. Trapping partner J B Sparks says they were in a boat beneath overhanging trees when Johnson fell in and disappeared. The river is noted for “giving up the dead” in such cases.
Jan 22 in Palo Verde district Mrs Haxen wife of a Palo Verde man died instantly when her Ford car turned turtle trapping her beneath. The only witness Mrs J A Roberts of Palo Verde escaped unharmed but could not explain the accident's cause leaving the community in sorrow.
A four year old boy died after eating chloride of mercury tablets found in a bottle in a York Arizona yard. Aida I Allred of York reported the incident to his father A. A. Allred of Artesia. Other children who found the bottle but did not eat any tablets survived.
Federal officials say they captured two alleged kingpins of a Phoenix drug ring. M. Greene known as Ping Pong and Ethel Warren were arrested at Greene’s home in the city’s lower section. A search recovered morphine and valuables including a $1000 diamond ring and about $500 in cash. bail was set at 2500 dollars.
Jan Valkia, one year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Bingham, suffered severe burns to her hands and body when her clothing ignited while playing near a fire in the yard at the Clarence Scarlett ranch in Layton. Mrs Scarlett helped extinguish the flames.
January 22 report lists Arizona among states where the United Daughters of the Confederacy aided war work. The state endowed a bed in the American military hospital at Neuilly through local chapters and donors including Mrs. G. W. Hunt, Mrs. Frances W. Munds, several judges, officials, and private supporters.
Phoenix grade schools did not reopen as scheduled with the board following the high school closure. No schools in the county reopened Monday as officials cited continuing circumstances delaying normal operations.
January 22 in Phoenix George H Maxwell irrigation expert told a joint session of the Arizona legislature that Arizona must promptly unite to conserve Colorado river flood waters or risk California gaining control and leaving Arizona dry. He urged action, noting Arizona’s rights to half the flood waters and warning of new California ventures seeking to use them.
Phoenix reports that more than 58 million dollars is being spent to provide employment for returning soldiers sailors and war workers. The Council of National Defense says expenditures are authorized and likely part of a grand total exceeding 160 million dollars as states prepare new projects this month to fund urgent public works and job programs.
Dallas January 22 advices this afternoon indicate farmers nationally may receive over one billion dollars excess on the market price of wheat due to government price guarantees. In the Eleventh District growers could gain about twenty to twenty five million more for their wheat than without the guarantee as peace opens markets and shipping. Federal official Frank A M Smith urged investing this gain in Victory Liberty Loan bonds. Clayton Federal Reserve Bank.
Dr HO A Schell of Tucson was yesterday reappointed by Governor Campbell to the state board of optometrists, a position he held under the former administration. The appointment was announced in Phoenix on January 21.
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