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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1908
Page
3
The County Recorder’s office lists records filed in brief. Details include instrument type, dates, and parties involved, reflecting filings across a range of property and legal matters. Information is drawn from official entries and may include references to deed records, liens, and other legal instruments recorded in the period.
The fragment references The Laxative Bromo Quinine saver and a Cochise district mining claim named Lochinvar with Samuel J Entrike as owner. It also mentions Cleves townsite and Bishop Potter of New York receiving hopeful recovery amid nourishment concerns.
Captain George W Webb leads U S immigration officials into Tucson delivering seven prisoners, four Chinese and three Mexicans. The detainees are accused of illegal entry and smuggling across the boundary. An immigration officer notes long-running smuggling activity and hopes the arrest deters it for some time.
The Tombstone Telephone Co. moves its plant to the new commodious Telephone Building on Third Street between Allen and Toughout. General manager Name says Tombstone now has a fine and comfortable hello exchange as good as any in the Southwest.
George Willcox and Ray Swain drive to the McCabe place taking Willcox’s Kis sel car with his children aboard. The Tombstone Consolidated Co water flow plans loom as miners and ranchers brace for a coming water boom while Jupiter Plaving forecasts new rain. Local mining interests in Cochise and Scranton attract attention as the board of supervisors meets with the three leading members present.
The Citizen reports Tucson embraced the sheath gown, a French creation adapted for American audiences. The style showed ankle exposure limited and moved with dances, pleasing men while women watched, signaling frequent sheath gowns in Tucson this summer.
A. E. Davie and wife of Millex are visiting Tombstone spending the day in town. Davie arrived in his new automobili named Mora, a sixty horsepower car of the racing type. The vehicle drew favorable comment from many automobile enthusiasts in Tombstone.
The Huachuca Water Company's plant was sold today by Special Commissioner H. E. Berner under foreclosure. The bid matched the judgment plus accrued interest and costs. A new company formed under territorial law will take over immediately and begin improvements. A Mexico dispatch notes Federal authorities in control in northern Mexico, with revolu tion reduced to two small bandits.
Meg and Pete Hook visit the city from Cananes as Mee hosts. Laird George Wilson returns from Yort Huachuca on business. A W Howe and wife back from Binbee. Weather reports mention light showers across Arizona. Govt lowers patent fees on mining claims. Charles Kreuder to return from New York visit. A R English back at his office after two months of rheumatism. Goldfield promoter jailed seven years for selling treasury stock as mine funding. First conviction on this charge. others may follow.
The Tombstone hove team returned from Douglas defeated yet not crestfallen. They posted the best running time among contestants, but could not crack the coupling or be broken by judges. Fans claim they were robbed, but the team accepts the loss as sportsmanlike and vows to compete for the Kreuder Cup next year.
A Gila county man asked President Roosevelt to join his Africa hunting expedition. Q. W. Thomson, famed cattleman and hunter, wrote to Teddy Roosevelt seeking a place on the trip. He is awaiting a favorable reply and is arranging travel plans, staying at the Lantit house in Phoenix.
The Arizona Firemen's association holds its fourth annual session in Tucson at the A. O. U. W. hall on the fourth. Delegates attend, and officers elected for the year include C. E. Ballas of Phoenix as president, H. G. Carson of Tempe as first vice president, C. M. Henkel of Bisbee as second vice president, J. M. Schott of Phoenix as secretary, B. Y. Barkley of Tucson as treasurer, and L. V. Russell of Tucson as general organizer.
A recent act of Congress raises the amount apportioned to Arizona and New Mexico for public roads and schools through timber sales from national forest reserves. The levy increases from ten to twenty five percent, affecting territorial funding levels.
Detective Waltera of the Southern Pacific force captured the burglar who entered the Southern Pacific depot and took nearly 300 dollars. John Douglas, an ex convict, is jailed at Willcox after a period in Tucson city prison on suspicion. Douglas had just been released from the Territorial prison at Yuma.
Ranger John Anderton received a bad fall while rounding saddle horses near Mormon Lake last week. His horse stumbled into a box hole, throwing him head first onto rocks. He was unconscious and remained so until the following morning.
Reliable assays advertise gold at 75 cents, gold and silver at $1.00, and a $1.60 rate for gold silver copper. They promise prompt mail service, buy placer gold, retorte and victors, and offer free mailing envelopes and price list from Capes Assay Co at 1596 Court Place Denver Colorado.
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