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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1910
Page
3
A digest of instruments filed and recorded in Cochise County including mortgages satisfactions releases and transfers. Entries name parties such as Dagen Stewart Frankenberg Newman Dobson Lynch Ryan Pirtle Co Bisbee city and Arizona Trust Banking Co with properties in Douglas Bisbee Warren and surrounding areas. Counts show sums and descriptions of parcels along with lien statuses and public notices.
The quarterly teachers examinations were held today before County Superintendent Stover at the central school and will continue tomorrow. Spelling arithmetic and grammar were tested with applicants present including John R Melstyre Bisbee Charles Nink Pearce Mita May Ballard Cochise Miss Ette Allison Dovgina Miss Lilly Roberts Rodeo New Mexico Mattie L Lindsey Pearce. Supt Stover called the spelling test a difficult yet important task from the territorial examiner’s office.
A New York dispatch reports that Phelps-Dodge seeks to dominate copper. The plan hinges on the El Paso and Southwestern line through Tucson to tidewater, enabling the company to dictate terms to a proposed merger.
Monday headlines report Major J C OConnor and Senator Eugene Lee among visiting attorneys in Tombstone for court actions. Local officials including County Superintendent EB Stover, Mayor Arthur Heney, United States Commissioner John Crowley, and Sheriff Bob Reed arrive for board and district court matters as dozens of residents travel from Bisbee, Nogales, Benson, and Fairbanks for official business and family events.
A Southern Railway passenger killed near Tuccos Georgia yesterday after an unidentified man, with a ticket from Toccoa Arizona to New York, attempted to jump from a car window to commit self harm. A porter, trying to stop him, grabbed him by the feet causing the man to strike the wall of a cut through.
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Sheriff Harry J Saxon and wife, Nogales Stone visitors, in Tombstone for a week. City Attorney Fred Sutter of Bisbee in town for O Connor trial defense. Justice of the Peace William Shilliam of Benson in on board of supervisors business. A N Gage of Tombstone Consolidated Mines departing for Phoenix on business. Joe Kline of Douglas and Cronin of Wickenburg among arrivals. Misses Helen and Emilie Axtell to visit relatives in Leavenworth Kansas then Philadelphia and Bridgeton New Jersey. Kennith Brown undergoing eye surgery in Douglas. Mrs. Brown’s fears for eye and pupil. Rethherside, territorial insane asylum superintendent, visiting Tombstone for probate court matter. Ed H Hotopp arrives on Bisbee business. Miss Mary Barkedale from Willcox in town. Mark Chipman returns to town. final account of Walter Dykeman estate approved and distributed to Sophia Young, Florence Rogers, Ida B Alien, Chase Dykeman.
George August of Douglas County was examined by the lunacy commission in probate court and found to be suffering from melancholia with disconnected irrational conversation. He was adjudged insane while confined in the county jail awaiting trial on grand larceny.
In the matter of the estate of Frederick J Clark the property was distributed: Emma Clark one half Jessie one sixth Ben Clark one sixth and Carrie Clark one sixth. The estate consisted of personal property and a town lot at Heneo. In the matter of the estate of Donald McPhan deceased July 5 at 10 am has been set for interested persons to appear and show cause by order why the sale of real estate should not be decreed. In the matter of the estate and guardianship of Carrie Clark minor Emma Clark appointed guardian. In the matter of the estate of Byron W Clair deceased the whole estate valued at $50 000 shares of stock in the Pewnee Mining Company was assigned to the widow Eva A Clair.
Woodmen of the World Boot Camp No. 18 led a memorial march with four visiting neighbors and the Tambetone Band to the cemetery. Paul Smith read the memorial rites as members laid wreaths and flowers, then returned to the hall in parade order. The event drew widows, orphans, and the public, enhancing the camp's standing in the community.
The board meets to order voter registration for the fall election and review planned county actions. A 700 foot hat stake award went to F Mackey at 3.79 per foot. A new polling precinct is set at Light in Sulphur Spring valley and R E Prede’s liquor license at Wilcox is revoked for irregularities. The clerk is to advertise hospital and poor farm bids, and an extra $500 is approved for a mineral exhibit. The Go Sup’t of Roads is told to record road maps, and tax appeals are studied with the attorney general. A probation camp is opened near Globe for juvenile reform.
Major George H. Kelly of Douglas, veteran newspaper man and president of Consolidated Printing & Publishing Co., visited Tombstone to monitor Republican moves and share editorials. Allen T. Bird of Nogales Oasis joined from the border to attend the OConnor trial, bringing court records for use in the case.
Rev C W Meyers pastor of the local Congregational Church resigns effective July 1 after tendering his notice. He plans a month’s vacation on the Pacific coast before taking another pastoral charge. He came to the city last August from Louisville and is praised for character and service. Fellow congregants express regret and prayers for his future success.
By a 42 to 24 senate vote the administration lead withdrawal bill remains in order while a motion to substitute the statehood bill was ruled not in order.
A list of visitors from Santa Cruz county roles as witnesses to the O Connor murder cave in town includes C F Harrison D Coughlin Harry L Vaughn George C Everett Charles A Hankerd Edward Ragan Fred H Berry Mee Thomas Ewing JT Heady Henry Mobailey Carp MJ Doyle K Valenzuela George D Gros Frank Daily Francis Duffy and M Roberts from Lochiel Jefferson Patagonia Nogales and Nogales area communities.
Washington dispatch reports annual readjustment of presidential postmasters salaries in Arizona with increases. Postmasters at Clifton Douglas Flagstaff Globe Jerome Kingman Mesa Metcalf Phoenix Silver Belt Tempe Tucson Willcox Williams Winslow Grand Canyon each receive $100 raise. total rise at Grand Canyon $200.
Customs receipts for the Arizona district at the Port of Nogales for May reached 50000, the port’s highest monthly total. The May figure marks a 60 percent jump from April, with the current fiscal year to date up about 30 percent over last year. Heavy cattle shipments from Mexico to the United States largely drive the surge, while Mexican importation of American goods also remains strong.
Arizona Elks aim to send a decorated special train from Phoenix to the Detroit convention to secure strong Arizona representation. Trustees including E B O Neill say the plan would attract Midwest attention and generate substantial publicity, potentially surpassing all prior Arizona advertising efforts.
The El Paso and Southwestern plans extensions from Benson to Tucson Port Lobos and Phoenix to move eastern business stalled by the Southern Pacific’s rejection of eastern freight. Freight from Tucumcari, NM to El Paso must go to the Southern Pacific in El Paso yards for westward haul, about 150 carloads daily, prompting the extension to reach Sante Fe in Phoenix.
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