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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1920
Page
7
Nine or ten dollars for a pair of new shoes We can repair your old toes to look as well and last you much for fraction of that amount Only the best grade is used Our workmanship as well as material is guaranteed Send shoes by Parcel Post and they will be returned promptly.
Public notices announce homestead and mineral land filings in Arizona with names of claimants witnesses and dates, including Thomas M Kuels Garden Canyon and Lyle T Ormison Bisbee. officials Marshall and Scott White coordinate first publications in June 1920. candidates list for county offices follows in May 1920 notices.
Multiple notices including land claim filings by Margaret Aigo of Tombstone with witnesses listed. candidates James Allison and A C Peterson announcing runs for county assessor and state superintendent of schools. a Corporation Commissioner bid by an unnamed candidate. a fire report from Albuquerque. and a Navajo Apache Telephone hearing set for June 15 to resolve service competition disputes in Holbrook Snowflake and Cooley areas.
Dr J Wilson and Mrs Carol Strowbridge wed at noon with Rev C W Stark officiating at the Hughart home in Tombstone. The couple quietly left Willcox, dined at Tombstone Cafe with guests, then traveled to Bisbee and Douglas for a 20 day honeymoon across northern Arizona including the Grand Canyon. Dr Wilson, a longtime Willcox physician, and Mrs Strowbridge are celebrated by local friends who plan a royal reception on their return.
Officials report the Jerome mine shaft is dry to the 300 foot level and drift water is being pumped out. In three to four days a full examination of all workings will be possible.
Casus R Knoles of Buena Arizona filed intent to prove Homestead Entry No 63ni20 NN Section 29 Township 21S Range 1 E G and B Me dian with Tombstone US Commissioner June 3 1920 Witnesses Ivan J Boyett Jesse Boyett Ed Bryan Paul Hart Knoles Others listed Chase Marshall Register First publication May 2 1920. Officers and offices listed for land office and physicians advertisement follow.
Three Mexican bandits who robbed and beat two Chinese workers in a Patagonia store Sunday remain at large as Sheriff Earhart and deputies renew the search in the Patagonia mountains. The holdup yielded only 2.95 dollars. Both Chinese men showed injuries but were able to attend to base nose today. Forty locals joined Sunday and Monday in the manhunt.
The corporation commission granted four insurance companies the right to operate in Arizona. The firms include Mutual Life Insurance Company of Des Moines World Auxiliary Insurance Company Limited of London Law Union and Rock Insurance Company of England and the Bankers and Shippers Insurance Company of New York.
The Garbanzo growers union of Sonora and Sim handle the chick pea crops through Nogales and have financial terms with W Grace & Co of New York City. The crop is valued around 6600.04 with most warehouses and payments routed via Nogales banks. A $10,000 Grace warehouse is being built in Nogales along Grand avenue to process the harvest.
Sheriffs chase three bandits after they robbed Lut Chang’s general store in Patagonia yesterday afternoon, beating two storekeepers and others. The assailants fled toward the mountains with a $77 reward posted for their capture.
Dr R K J Hight, state veterinarian, urges Arizona legislature to fund cooperation with the federal government to stamp out tuberculosis in cattle. The report cites a factor in border patrols and discusses explosive hazards and refinery plans at Nogales and Dragoon Marble Co. with local witnesses summoned.
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