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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1910
Page
2
The Tombstone Epitaph announces weekly publication every Sunday under editor and proprietor Wm Hattich. Subscription terms list ix months for 3.00, with pricing and durations stated for readers.
Phoenix asserts many notable citizens stand ready to serve in public office once the new state government forms. Names include Selim Michelson for governor with Democrats’ aid, Frank Cox and Brady O’Neil for U S senators, G P Bullard for attorney general, and Alfred Franklin for a district judgeship, while Old Cochise County awaits input.
The article notes Mexico will hold a general election on June 26. It describes Diaz’s government using a hard line to deter opposition, incarcerating malcontents to ensure orderly voting and political stability for years, with the Iron Hand policy cited as a means to curb anarchism and revolution.
The Tucson Citizen argues that Arizona can form a strong constitutional convention with good delegates from both parties. It says there are enough capable Democrats and Republicans to ensure broad representation, giving voters real choice and the best available men to draft a good constitution.
A Washington post office notice says Arizona added twenty six post offices this year with two in Cochise county. Glimpse of San Diego bicycle rider Frodel visiting Winslow and promoting the Panama Panama-Pacific fair in 1915. Local officials, court actions, tax rolls, police incidents, and county updates fill Globe Prescott and surrounding areas with notices on burglary, assault, court changes, and public events.
Case No 603 lists Brandon ve Josph McMalled with failure to carry out actions in a 29 1000 case concerning tract action. The matter includes LCumining as administrator and seeks discharge. Also noted are the estate and guardianship of Willard N Jones and minor E Jones. A hearing July 27 at 10 to show cause why Frances E Jones as guardian should not mortgage undivided two thirds in late 23 and 24, block 7, Bistee.
Charles Lambols, famed for living among Indians and writing on them, returns to Pocosa after months in Sonora studying Yaquis and related tribes. He seeks material for a book on the Yaquis, their lands, and impact of Mexican encroachment, traveling under Carnegie Foundation auspices.
Vernon L Clark of the ratification committee reports Senator Albert Beveridge replied to the invitation to Arizona for the territorial fair. Beveridge says he hopes to arrange to attend and meeting the people, conveying gratitude and best wishes from Washington.
The district court resumed with Judge Doan. The McCullough group of thirteen cases was continued to July 25 due to missing prosecution witnesses and issued attachments. Multiple witnesses were ordered to appear, with some released on recognizance. Sentences for horse stealing were handed to Swink, Haldermen, and Hob W for four, four, and six years, respectively. A divorce trial was set for June 1, and a grand larceny case against WoL Grant was set for July 7.
Tombstonites show strong interest in a wheelbarrow and muck race at Bisbee for the Fourth of July. Contestants must wheel one ton of rock 20 feet faster than rivals to win 100 dollars, with a 50 dollar second prize. Local excitement grows as past winners are urged to enter.
Constable Frank Prask arrived in Tombatone from Benton with four Mexican suspects after a resisting arrest incident. One man was shot in the left arm during the clash and is hospital bound for treatment while the others are confined in the county jail.
Deputy Sheriff Porter McDonald departed for Florence with three men in custody Henry Iwink Frank Halderman and Bob Warren who were yesterday sentenced for horse stealing to be delivered to prison authorities
Olaf Olson and wife visit from Beebee as John Gleeson and Eighth Cavalry key events unfold in Tombstone. Fort Huachuca units plan Fourth of July duties in Willcox while locals anticipate a baseball game and a Gage Hall dance. Public notices include a Nogales marriage and census figures for Tombstone district.
Westmaster General Hitchcock secured a ceremonial flag floated above the state chamber during the measure for Anzo to statehood. The Arizona Historical Society in Tucson and the Pioneers Historical Society clash over membership rules, both backing the emblem as Arizona’s first step toward statehood as it will be sent soon.
Public land notice records a land entry in Tombstone Territory Arizona for sections in Township 20 Range 22 East of the Gila and San Pedro Rivers. A. Wentworth mayor and trustee seeks a United States patent and requires claims to be filed with grounds, improvements, occupancy, and purchase price. First publication March 20, 1919.
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