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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1922
Page
8
Brief local notes from Tombstone cover residents passing through Bisbee and Tucson for court work and jury service, a road inquiry in Prescott, and visits from Douglas Nogales and Phoenix. Notables include Judge Lockwood heading juvenile court in Douglas, a $200 gambling fine for Billy Tate, and Crystal theater previews.
Wm Fraser cattleman of South Pass with his wife and family were in town today. Bisbee reports two auto collisions yesterday and today near Forrest Station with minor injuries. Warm spell brings about twenty tourist cars forming a caravan from Texas to California. Attorney Goo J Taylor of Bisbee spent hours in the Superior Court on county business. Mrs Mary M Costello, First National Bank president, leaves for Los Angeles for several weeks. Td Leeson of McNeal and others visit Tombstone today. Gas lighting system installed at Arlington Hotel replacing earlier renovations. Funeral attendees for Edward Simmons include Ac Wittig and family. Leases renewed by B Vandermann near Mescal Gap. drilling to start soon halted by equipment delays. Prof Severo C de la Fuentes, formerly of Tombstone, dies in Douglas. Decorators prep court and chambers for February session. Mrs Geo Rockhill returns from Tombstone. Lee and A H Harkey visit from their ranch near Tarner.
Bisbee couple Alejandro Borgotto and Eloisa Moreno wed Monday in Tombstone reports from the county. Local officials note Governor Campbell spoke at Nogales Good Roads meeting while various visitors arrive from Miami, Bisbee, and Pearce for state and county business.
In Tombstone today Ruth of Bisbee visited while Sheriff Hood and Mrs Hood traveled to Douglas. Attorneys J D Taylor and J T Kingsbury appear in multiple towns. Prisoners were moved, and the Tombstone School Orchestra heads to Willcox. Officials and merchants from Douglas to Clifton pass through, with road crews and deputies tracking cattle theft along the border.
A rural observer relays state highway plans for Arizona. June first may open Rodeo to Stein's Pass, and Lax Cruces to Wasir will be fully hard surfaced this year. The El Paso Tucson segment of the Old Spanish Trails and Bankhead Highways is near completion, making the transcontinental route the fastest crossing of the mountains by year end.
January 31 marks the final hunting day for wild ducks geese coots gullinules and Wilson snipe under federal migratory bird season laws administered by the Bureau of Biological Survey. Carcasses may be possessed for ten days after season end if not barred by state law, but keeping birds in cold storage after February 10 risks federal prosecution.
Prescott will begin rehabilitation of the old territorial Governor's mansion in West Prescott. The project funds total 1675 dollars with 500 dollars already subscribed by patients at the Whipple Barracks Military Hospital, a broad inmate contribution. City and county authorities will cooperate.
Governor Thomas E. Campbell said at a banquet honoring the Arizona Good Roads convention that he will call a special session of the state legislature within a few days. He described it as his forced duty to recall the legislature for this action.
At Nogales on June 27 authorities arrested two men, Valenzuela and Valdez, for allegedly using pieces of old Mexican currency to counterfeit American bills. Police say they altered one dollar to resemble a ten dollar note, aiming to deceive with discarded currency parts.
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