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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1909
Page
3
In Cochise County, deeds and mortgages are listed with parties, locations, and amounts. Transactions include transfers of lots in Bisbee, Douglas, Tombstone, and Courtland, with several to banks and trusts, plus related satisfactions and court orders.
Arizona representative C A Phillips of New York Life Insurance Co criticizes a New York law limiting life insurers to 150 million dollars in new business annually. He argues the law unjustly restrains growth and would harm policy holders and the mutual company’s dividends.
A photographer photographed the Devil’s Dance despite Chief Dav Higas and kin band injunctions. A flash powder charge halted the ceremony and the braves refused to resume. Chief Higas expressed regret at the abrupt ending of the ritual. In a separate note, Florence beat Key 5 to 0 on July 4 in baseball.
The Southern Pacific plans move the Pearce roundhouse and its superintendent to Gleeson. A four stall roundhouse will be erected at Gleeson and all locomotives from Cochise to Gleeson will be repaired there.
In Sonora near the Arizona border, Mexican officials report capture of Francisco Durango, alleged director of a Chinese smuggling ring. Papers indicate a wide cross border operation with thousands of workers moved, many now detained in Arizona, while several accomplices remain at large.
John H. Beban, known as one of Arizona’s old timers, visited Tombstone yesterday. The article recalls Beban’s sheriff tenure during Cochise county’s early days, the Virgil Earp frontier era, and notable figures like Doc Holliday and the Clanton McLowry gang, highlighting Tombstone’s rough frontier history and Beban’s role in it.
In a Grist style column from the grist, a harsh view of a county in Arizona emerges. The piece condemns the idea of a county being reserved for peaceful law abiding citizens and mentions forty boarders for the territorial prison in a grim, unsmiling portrayal.
Benson inventor M K Sipe created an automatic iceless refrigerator using a burlap covered wooden box. A capillary cloth system moistens burlap from a water pan, cooling by evaporation to about 26 degrees, with waste water caught in a drip pan and ants blocked by water. Butter froze firmer as evidence.
Courtland defeated Tombstone 9 to 4 on the local diamond yesterday. Dan Critchley homered after a sharp strike, Frank Crable stole four bases and struck out eleven. Tombstone played short-handed with five regulars out, while G Headrick and George Brown starred. A return game is planned for Courtland in the near future.
Toseta de Oquibe, a Tucson resident for 60 years, died at age 110 after a period of health and a sudden sinking spell. Widowed for half a century, she outlived her children and grandchildren, leaving no surviving immediate family. The article notes her exceptional longevity and recent decline.
Tuesday’s notes from Tombstone recount visits by C A McDonald and William Trelease, bond bids on Yuma’s $50,000 issue sold for $56,000 to Richard L. King, and appearances by Fisher, Moran, and others from Fairbank. Also listed are travel to Los Angeles, Seattle, and Los Angeles summer plans, a奇 incubator freak chick, restaurant keeper Mrs Banks’ Cortland death, two marriage licenses in Pearce and Lowell, autos rising to about 25 in town, two divorce filings, immigration inspector Mesgrover, and postmaster Knight reappointment at Hasbrought, with Mrs Marden visiting San Francisco.
Cameron proposes government cooperation with the territory on a highway from Douglas to the Grand Canyon. J. F. Duncan of Tombstone receives a pension increase to 15 dollars.
A mixed Arizona round up reports Mise Alice Redewill leaving Phoenix for Paris to study muss four years. Glendale hosts Sugar Day at Southwestern Sugar and Land Co plant with many visitors. Tucson resident leaves for Los Angeles by special train with baggage car diner and ten Pullmans. Holbrook starts a republican weekly under Sidney Sapp. Old Dominion smelter Globe copper output June 3 325 000 pounds up a quarter million from May. Stanton smelter near Clifton loses a resettling tank to an iron building fire risk explosion due to a water jacket Levi. three Mexicans slightly injured. Yuma County seeks 25 cent tax to fund a territorial road from Yuma to Tucson. Amyl pox reportedly in Mesa with three suspected cases kept quiet before Fourth. Delegates press Congress for road aid. Willard Harper of Babbitt Bros Flagstaff dies cutting a bone in meat causing fatal groin injury at age 23.
The Pullman company tests Mexican porters as substitutes for Negroes on the Mexican Central and other lines operated from the El Paso district. Mexicans have already replaced Negro porters on some routes from Mexico City, with management reporting satisfactory results. About 40 porters in Mexico fall under the El Pato office, and if performance meets expectations, most Negro porters on these runs may be replaced by Mexicans.
A Washington dispatch reports Hoval A Smith arrived this morning and met with Delegate Cameron to discuss territory matters and changes in the U S district attorney and U S marshal offices and the appointment of a supervisor of the census.
A 19th century advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for a catarrh cure Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co of Toledo. Endorsers Wanowia Kissas & Marvin certify Cheney's honesty and ability to fulfill obligations. The remedy is claimed to work systemically by affecting the blood.
Rainy Fourth of July in Tombstone featured a morning rush of raucous merriment on Allen Street with sack races and potato races and a race course setup. A postponed bail game between Tombstone and Courtland drew a good crowd and concluded a safe, sane observance.
Frank Smithson traveled from Nogales Sonora to Tombstone where a lively contest for vice president is reported. Reyes and Corral are named as VP candidates with Diaz shown as a president hopeful. A torchlight procession in Nox caused intense excitement and over 40 arrests amid fleeing figures.
The Montgomery estate sale proceeded at 10 o'clock today under probate court order. Administrator Oscar K Goll acted as auctioneer, selling horses, carriages, harness, and related assets to collectors, totaling 623.05 despite a 1923.15 appraisal excluding real estate. several Tombstone residents attended. Mr and Mrs George Sherer are visiting from the valley.
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