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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1891
Page
4
A fragmentary summary reflects The Tucson Citizen editor F. B. Logan’s visit, Tombstone dispatches, and Nogales travel rates. It mentions the Tucson to Nogales stage fare as two dollars, the new two dollar silver certificates, and a dispute hinting at Secretary Foster Wannamaker.
A care letter from F. P. Craix denounces the authors of last evening's Herald as liars, scoundrels and cowards. The comment appears in yesterday's El Paso Times, reflecting sharp personal accusation.
Tax policy on the so called lost laws remains unresolved as critics dispute their validity and place in the current session. The constitutional status of these laws is still undetermined and sparks ongoing discussion among lawmakers.
The report notes a surprising interlig cut and strong money demand in City of Mexico. It ponders whether this signals daily holdups or general need for funds, leaving interpretation open.
Tux Tucoon Citizen prints an interview with a man claiming Williams killed Ziegler behind Kearsing's assay office on Toughnut Street years ago. He alleges the killer saved his victim's ghost and is seeking an end via a slow life voyage, while local politics discuss Arizona statehood and governance.
The article discusses a lake forming in a basin near Tombstone, with experts debating its rapid filling. A likely cause is water from Colorado River breaking through a sand bar, creating a flood that may alter climate in the southern territory. It references survey anecdotes by Ike James and J P McAllister, tied to Fremont era explorations.
Wednesday’s page reports Jake Bowman visiting from Bisbee, McMcGuirk family in San Francisco, F C Nelson at Fort Huachuca with a phonograph, Howe to survey Bisbee patents, and the Hill case dismissed. Local updates include ball preparations, plastering fronts, personnel moves, mine operations near Prompter, and Willcox ice plans.
Jy uly 1 18 L board met with Supervisors Scott White and John Montgomery present. Minutes read and approved. By unanimous vote sixty days leave of absence granted Supervisor Geo W Bryan from June 23 1891. Bills listed and warrants ordered drawn on expense fund. numerous payments to jurors executors clerks and staff. Meeting adjourned to July 2 1891 and reconvened as board of equalization to meet July 24 1891 at 1 am.
Advices from Yuma report the new lake in the Colorado Desert rising very slowly. Runners fail to find an inlet, artesian weirs cease flowing, and water appears to come from a subterranean Gulf of California channel. A Whiteball boat from Santa Monica explores the lake as speculation grows that Salton may flood 100 miles of railway. Local notices include county records of cattle sales and a mortgage on Wilcox blocks.
The Tucson Star reports a fresh water lake rising near Yuma as the Colorado River finds a hidden passage into the Colorado Desert. At Sutton Station, salt works risk removal of machinery as the basin fills, with the river possibly deepening to over 400 feet and extending more than 100 miles if the link is above Yuma.
In Tucson Justice Slater declares a territorial branding act unconstitutional after ruling in the case of T. C. McKinney who branded calves without marks. The decision criticizes the statute as barbaric and detrimental to public policy, acquitting the defendant and striking down the law.
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