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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1917
Page
4
July reports from Phoenix note state funds apportioned per child and county totals, with Apache Coconino Navajo and Yavapai figures. Globe coverage includes a murder trial lineup, juror selections, witness testimony, and court proceedings. A separate bulletin outlines Metal Mine Workers demands in Globe and Miami district and county board actions on finance bonds and county business.
United States Land Office Phoenix Arizona dated May 28 1917 notifies Charles Knapp Los Angeles that Maurice W Fuhrman of Web Cochise County Arizona filed April 20 1917 to contest Charles Knapps entry No 07874 for SW of NW Section 2 Township 19 South Range 26 G&M S R seeking cancellation due to lack of improvements and abandonment. Also notice of selection under act 1910 and later selections lists with multiple serial numbers and parcels in Arizona with dates and offices.
Readers urged to support total war effort with efficiency at home and avoid dragging feet. The piece warns that recruiting thousands across the Atlantic would take a decade and calls for immediate sacrifice in food goods and funding to sustain the Allies and defeat Germany.
Citizens in the Warren district petition to shift county seat away from Tombstone under the impressi lot act. Most residents show little interest and few furnishings were bought for the move. The camp is famed globally and locals fear losing the courthouse asset. Many favor funds for reads over a new courthouse. A hearing is set before the Board of Supervisors on July 2 in Tombstone.
The Warren district marshal receives unstinted commendation for deploying over 200 men to quell disturbances and drive all LW pickets from mining company property to keep workers at their jobs. He vows to enforce order and deter taunts during the strike, ensuring workers can travel to toil without harassment.
The State of Arizona will hold a public auction on Monday August 8 at 8 am at the County Courthouse Tombstone to sell school lands in Cochise County. Parcel includes T218 R21: Lots 1 2 3 4 BW NW WH SW Sec 56 totaling 275.08 acres appraised at 1669.00. Bids below appraised value may be considered with right to reject all bids. Information from State Land Department Phoenix. W A Moeur Commissioner. First publication June 10 1917.
Alfred Loomis of Buen Arizona filed April 14 1917 to contest and seize cancellation of Homestead Entry No for land in Lendon Township 21 South Range 21 East G and S Meridian. He alleges abandonment and nonresidence since entry with failure to improve. Final notice requires answer within twenty days after fourth publication, with proof of service, otherwise cancellation.
State of Arizona files in this office grant selections for land tracts listed by number for penitentiaries and reformatories, including sections in T21S R24E and VT16?S22E. Protests or contests may be filed before final approval, with date of first publication April 1917 in Phoenix.
An advertisement proclaims KNIGHT tires sold at wholesale prices with a 5000 mile guarantee. It claims big stock and prompt filling of orders from the Texas factory district, urging readers to write for prices. The copy emphasizes quality and wholesale access in the United States.
Luther Price was captured by a family group near Tombstone after escaping from the state road camp at Tifton in May. He will be taken back to Florence to face alleged crimes but claims innocence and says a statement implicating others may be forthcoming. He confessed to save a relative and offered to reveal the truth once all parties are located.
About four thousand former Cananea Copper Company employees in Cananea Sonora receive free rations from the company store after authorities confiscate its stock. Each man gets goods valued at 1.25 Mexican pesos daily, with stock on hand expected to last about tol days. Officials circulate circulars urging departure to other sections of the region as banners report the aid. News arrives in Naco from Cananea at five o'clock Saturday evening.
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