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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1910
Page
3
Instruments filed with the Cochise County Recorder cover mortgage satisfactions quit claim deeds and land claims with relations to Warren and Bisbee properties. The district court agenda includes jury activity in Reilly v Costello and multiple Territory cases, with trials set for later sessions.
A NECO dispatch dated the 27th reports two Chinese establishments in Cananea Sonora telegraphed the Chinese minister in Washington seeking protection from Mexicans. Mexicans are said to be preparing to dynamite Chinese stores and force Celestials from the town. Cananea has had no vegetables for a week as Chinese gardeners fear venturing from their truck.
Prescott Journal Miner reports Frank Murphy telegram from Prescott stating he has purchased the property of the Ideal Development company at McCate including the McCate and Gladstone mines. AW Edwards departs to assume charge. Both mines are noted as big gold producers with the McCabe stone record exceeding $10,000,000.
One hundred dollar reward offered for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Chewry & Co. of Toledo advertise the remedy as internally acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Wapie Kiewan and Manvis endorse J Cheney after 15 years of known business. Testimonials free, price 75 cents per bottle. sold by all druggists.
A large Tombstone congregation heard Rev W Meyers’s farewell sermon as he left for Los Angeles via Grand Canyon. Resolutions praised his work and he visited the sick, bidding farewell to county hospital inmates. At Methodist Church last night Dr G H Adame delivered a patriotic sermon.
Recent arrivals from California warn that the Colorado River may rise again as in Salton Sea days. Farmers prepare to defend Zimparial valley as Congress nears adjournment after a 1000000 dollar appropriation for presidential discretion in preventing another inundation.
Dr George E Mellon a Randolph lines surgeon in Arizona and old Mexico is near death in Los Angeles from stomach cancer with recovery abandoned. Col Fapes Randolph a close friend will travel from Tucson to be at his bedside. A longtime Arizona pioneer since 1879, Goodfellow gained fame for surgery and public health efforts including sanitary improvements in Havasu.
LD Carpenter overseeing Calabsene extension work received two insect plant hybrids from Osmacs Mexico. Golden beetles called chipederor carry crown moss four to five inches on their heads. Beetles move about on moss surface until it leaves, then burrow and die. Moss grows longer afterward. Specimens sent to Smithsonian Institute.
Survey maps filed with the General Land Office outline a proposed Arena & Eastern railroad from Benson to Winkleman via the San Pedro valley. Southern Pacific shows routes on both river sides with plans to connect Beacon to Winkleman. The Phoenix Gazette reports local alarm that the filings threaten El Paso & Southwestern access to Phoenix.
A conference of men discussed a celebration for the Roosevelt dam opening. They agreed to hold a bigger event next February, hoping the namesake could attend, promising added prestige and a surge of visitors to Phoenix.
Governor Sloan Lase announced the apportionment of delegates to the constitutional convention across counties. Apache one, Cochise ten, Coowning five, Grahem five, Mar copa nine, Mejaave one, Pima five, Pinal two, Yavapai six, Yuma three. The governor will issue the election proclamation after official notification from Washington.
A twelve year old Mexican youth Arturo Rivers is held in default of a $500 bond for breaking and entering the JS Farmarlee store in the Huachuca mountains. He is suspected of stealing numerous items and entering a post office box, taking checks and sending one to a forest ranger. The case may go to the Juvenile Court for possible commitment to an industrial school in Benson. A gasoline stove explosion at Thompson and Boyd in Tempe destroyed the tailoring establishment and its contents.
Mrs Karl Reed and daughter return from visit to Mr and Mrs Jake Sherer in Dough W.B. Kelly editor of the Bisbee Review calls at Tombstone. Mrs Hitchins arrives from Globe for a few weeks of visiting. L R Allen of Bisbee Printing Co arrives. Dan Williams of Douglas and B Maier of Benson visit Tombstone. County Auditor Charles Pardon leaves for Bielowe and Douglas on routine business. Colonel Jack Cramer assumes Captain Jim Marrs’s duties. Don Harrington, recently institutionalized, dies at the asylum on the 19th. Jose C Sampo, old border offender, now in custody for smuggling. C L Cummings goes to Phoenix for alfalfa-fed beef. H E Nixon of the Bisbee Miner visits Tombstone. Report claims a bloodless Mexican revolution. no violence at the border. Newton of Washington, D.C., aiding government censorship in the district. Charl Melgreen of the Bunker Hill mines shows strong ore results and ongoing shipments. A new testing mill has been erected. Bank Hill property carries high values.
Reports from Sulphur Springs Valley describe a Friday evening shooting at a Webb dance after Hal Duie and Sam Speatt quarreled. Duie was wounded in the side by a revolver shot fired by Speatt. the bullet caused a flesh wound and lodged near the back. Duie’s condition is not serious and he is expected to recover quickly.
A Douglas couple, Mr and Mrs WC Whitley, return from their second honeymoon to mark their golden wedding anniversary. The article notes Cochise County’s high 1909 insane asylum admissions and remarks on local court examinations of patients.
Three more marriage licenses were issued by the probate court today, bringing June’s total to twenty five. Francisco Malanadi and Maria Encinas of Tombstone were licensed, Ray A Noon and Anna Meredith of Cananes Sonora Mexico, and Herman Hendricks of Lowell to Emma Bundt of Chicago IL were granted licenses.
The American Banker warns that interpreting the Sherman Act to force dissolution of Kompensae holdings could split United States Steel and 1,305 related corporations into over 5,000 parts. It notes widespread holdings across states, including Arizona with fourteen such companies, risking upheaval of the national business structure.
The Pullman car between Tombstone and Phoenix will open earlier at 6 30 p m upon the arrival of No 9 from the south. The change aims to help passengers from Tombstone Douglas Bisbee and other territorial towns transfer from the through train to the Phoenix sleeper in Tucson, improving evening travel.
Sample specimens from the Wolcott group of mines in Dragoone are on display at F N Wolcott’s store. The rose colored quartz ore shows visible free gold. The discovery lies in a drift 100 feet deep with further work expected to yield a strong showing.
Advices were received in Tombefore today that Hon Hovald Smeth, chairman of the republican territorial central committee, had not resigned. The intimation was further given that, in all probability, he wold not resign, unless his private business was such as to make it imperative.
Court records indicate county treasury payments since June 1 including wines totaling $5 and expenses for jurors and witnesses. The district court term will revert to prior terms and is expected to reach $112,000 in expenses.
In Tucson a Santa Rita porter nicknamed Smoke House planned to wed but slept through the ceremony. The beat man waited. the couple postponed until Sunday. That night Smoke House recalled his best suit was on fire as evidence in a burg—lar y case, borrowed attire allowed after District Attorney Dick obtained a court order to release the clothes for Emancipation Day festivities.
William Costello the junior in Tucson is linked to a Vancouver coroner letter about a £10,000 estate. Sir Costello senior reportedly died by his own hand, prompting a claim. The missing heir reportedly left home after a family dispute and was mining near camps, awaiting the Vancouver letter’s test.
Kickel and Weikel of El Paso sued El Paso & Southwestern for 114000 damages claiming losses from grading work on the eastern division. District court awarded 31700 plus interest. railroad appeal upheld to higher court. Remaining San Cataline fire fighters return to Tucson reporting embers out.
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