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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1916
Page
5
Recorder of Record listings show numerous real estate actions in Cochise County including warranty deeds for multiple properties transferred between individuals and entities, bills of sale, quit claims, and mortgages. Notable entries include transfers involving J Miller, Miter, Le Winnlie, Margaret Hobson, Warren property, and the Bank of Poupias amid a batch of Douglas Bisbee and Naco area parcels.
A Douglas page lists new superior court cases with damages sought, estate and deed actions, incorporations, and mortgage notes. Entries include damages of 350,000, notes on property transfers, and multiple deeds and incorporations, with firms and individuals named across land, stocks, and mortgage transactions in Arizona.
Frank Buckles reports a trek across Sulphur Springs valley where debris and a government gun were found. A prospector packs a mystery item into Turquels as residents note railroad plans, school closings, floods, and political activity across Tombstone, Bisbee, Globe, and surrounding counties with a mix of local names, events, and concerns.
Phoenix May 30 The corporation commission announced no major rulings on railroad operations. The cement block rate from Douglas to Phoenix Mesa and Tempe was refused lifting from 15 to 25 cents per hundred. A. A. Batts found El Paso to valley rates similar. The second ruling denied a $2.50 spotting charge for unloading spots designated by the consignee, protecting firms undesignated spots from extra fees.
Neg Creighton of the Arizona News Bureau visited Tombstone on mining business near the Letson group in the Warren district and left for Los Angeles. Mrs Mary Holland visits Misbee. Fatty Kern from Turner and Grant Warner with Bill Adams travel Bisbee. Mrs Rockfellow injured by a horse wheel. naturalization papers and initiations at Knights of Columbus in Bisbee. Sheriff Wheeler trips to Johnson. Murphy returns fromBisbee after Knights of Columbus event. Teo headed to his Turner ranch. Huachuca Water offers free cemetery water on Decoration Day.
Grant Warner, Charles Bachelder, and Tony Clochetti plan a three week trip starting via Tucson to Phoenix Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon then Roosevelt Dam and Globe They expect to be away about three weeks and will likely enjoy the journey Also Mrs Douging Gray and Douging Jr depart for Los Angeles and coast points for the summer months J No Gaines and J F Ross return from Bisbee and Douglas on official business At Bisbee Larkin guilty of maintaining a disorderly home to be sentenced later Memorial Day observed with cemetery decorating and exercises Pearce visitor Dr Bryant of the Commonwealth Mining and Milling Company in town on business Each item reflects a local brief from Wednesdays Daily
Congressmen Hayden backs a bill to advance funds for road construction across forest reserves and Indian reservations in Arizona. The measure aims to unlock thousands of square miles of needed highways, with supporters citing potential passage this session and funding repaid from future receipts. Local visits include Douglas businessman Modesto Piccolatto and Tombstone court business by Giacoma Brothers.
J H Jackson shot and killed Judge Charles F Witcher in Globe on a Sunday afternoon after accusing him of disrupting his home over mining property. A crowd watched as Jackson fired multiple times, hitting Witcher in the abdomen. Jackson was restrained, arrested, and jailed.
Ben C. Woods president of the local Typographical Union denounced the mail order scheme at a labor mass meeting. He warned it harms the community as part of an alleged antiunion drive by the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association. Bert Wilkinson of the State Federation of Labor supported the mail order plan, calling it part of an open shop campaign. A committee was formed to confer with merchants.
Senator Ashurst of Arizona won Senate support for a $10,000 appropriation to build a bridge on International avenue in Nogales. He also secured the release of 800 head of cattle owned by McCall and Herron of Douglas, which had been held by the customs collector Hardy.
A Cochise county boy Guy L. Pige serves with the expeditionary force of U S Marines headed for Santo Domingo aboard the Salem to protect American interests during the revolution. Marines are described as always prepared to move at a moment’s notice and to hold the situation in hand. Sergeant Pyle, son of Solomon F. Pyle of Stark, enlisted at the Los Angeles recruiting station on September 14 1918.
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