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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1911
Page
3
A dense list of property transfers and mortgage satisfactions ties up Douglas Tombstone and Willcox areas. Deeds, mortgages and quitclaim actions involve Arizona and Mexico Realty, Kingman, Castaved and multiple buyers including Williams, McNamara and Kilmer, with various farms, houses and businesses impacted. Community news notes visits from Thomas Sutton of the Bishop Candy Co and local officials, plus repairs and hospital reports.
Archie Littleton, a mining man with extensive Sonora interests, reports El Tigre region ore mines operating in northern Mexico. He cites shipping delays caused by a political dispute and notes resumed shipments last week to shelters along the line.
A tribute commemorates a devoted student athlete whose charted path blended academics and sport. The note highlights her perseverance and continued professional success, reflecting the sincere wishes of American friends for her enduring impact.
The board ordered a local option election for Willcox and Due Cabreas while excluding an election at node towns. Petitions for nearby towns were deemed faulty and not petitionable due to voter eligibility rules. The measure hinges on petition validity and local action remains uncertain until further court guidance.
Cochise county supervisors insist they acted in the people’s interest in the territorial highway dispute. They forwarded a resolution to the governor after opposing the route favored by the territorial board of control, citing petitions from local boards of trade and taxpayers. The letter asserts cooperation with the board of control while urging a route that serves the county and stops near Bisbee before the city limits of Bisbee.
The regular monthly report to the board of supervisors shows Cochise County in excellent financial condition. Figures list Salary Fund 12015 08, Road Fund 44622 98, General Contingent Fund 3 008 40, Unspent School Food 4016 19, School District Funds 10 262 85, and other funds totaling 134205 09 in the aggregate.
Announcement from the Los Angeles Department College of Medicine University of California commencement held at Barlow Medical Library. Miss Grane Tarbell of Tombstone appears among graduates with high honors as degrees conferred. Tombstone friends extend congratulations.
Wednesday's Daily reports John J Pearce returning from Pearce to tend mining properties. Douglas figures attend Cochise county bar and district court. Various attorneys and officials from Douglas and Tombstone appear for court business. Water meters arrive for Hachuca Water Co. Coroner inquests and preliminaries noted. Trial jurors count 36 on panel. discharge expected in about ten days.
The City Council fixed the 1911 tax rate at one percent, with 25 cents per $100 for interest on bonded debt and the remainder for the general fund and municipal operations. City Treasurer Harry Rafferty and City Clerk Hogher report a healthy exchequer with $2,233.97 total, $1,930.73 in the general fund, and a current year tax roll decline of about $50,000 to $220,966.10. Tax collection begins with Tax Collector Bravin targeting delinquent accounts by July 25.
George Noble Todd, a California mining engineer, visits Tombstone from Los Angeles. He has developed a hydro electric process for treating platinum ore and recovering metals at very low cost. Todd seeks to establish a plant in Tombstone or nearby, inspecting local districts for feasibility.
He and the Huachucas and Dragoons conduct a general inspection of Cochise county minerals and are favorably impressed. He expects to stay several days in Tombstone.
A. L. Grow of Tombstone completed a mining deal in the Turquoise district Cochise county. The purchase covers several copper claims including the Brennen Warnekrop O Connor Buchanan and Guttechalk estates. Total price 45 000 dollars with staged payments through a First National Bank of Tombstone escrow.
Prescott report notes twenty three inmates at the Pioneer Home with most having fallen on hard times. Hon Jim Doran is in charge. Names listed include Louis B St Jones Yavapai Norman Lee Grito William Baxter Dorlan Fain Far Maricopa OLeary Fuster Harvard Hardy Pather Thar doha Gree Holloway Wixted Chapman Catallero O Donnel Murphy Pinal and others.
The Los Angeles Examiner manager in Phoenix fuels talk that William Randolph Hearst plans to acquire papers in Arizona. The Gazette cites Hearst’s possible move to purchase the Tassa Star and expand to three small towns, with tenure talks under way in Tacoon.
Report from the Sulphur Spring valley notes the artesian well reaching over 1400 feet, drilling continues with the potential of a large water strike. The project spans Holbrook Jerome Kingman Moren Ray Safford Williams Winslow Flagstaff Mesa Yuma, with salary changes and funding impacts for local towns.
A Washington dispatch notes Arizona takes first place in total copper production for 1910, surpassing Montana. The United States total output rose slightly from 1909 to 1910, with 1910 production at about 1,089,150,500 pounds versus 1,092,951,624 pounds in 1909.
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