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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1921
Page
4
The Pioneer Newspaper of Cochise County notes a folded missive with Tombstone as a post office routing point. Aimed at mail distribution, the piece references a second class clerkship matter and newspaper logistics.
Readable fragments describe a political representative and a territorial station with garbled OCR. The text lacks coherent facts, dates, or identifiable organizations to form a clear news item or action.
A Douglas editorial discusses House Bill 83 and the Arizona reclamation plan. It argues the measure will not add state debt, will raise property values, lower living costs through local food production, and spur population growth with productive farmers while addressing referendum questions and constitutional rules on submission to voters.
Tombstone prepares a three day Fourth of July festival with participation urged from Cochise County and Douglas. Major Geo H Kelly proposed a White Mule hunt in the Dragoons as a lead feature with local support sought to ensure a safe, celebratory turnout for residents and visitors alike.
Rain showers pound Colorado and New Mexico causing floods while Arizona stays bone dry. Nogales endures a long dry spell as reservoirs and water holes run low. Cattlemen and residents alike urgently seek rain to replenish creeks, tanks, and water supplies. Weather expert blamed for uneven distribution. residents joke about old fashioned soaking storms.
The legislature faced sharp opposition from mining representatives who attacked a proposed state school fund raised by a per capita levy. They argued counties should fund their own schools while also resisting highway funding. The piece notes mining leaders seek to protect their long term interests, fearing state bonds and credit tied to broader development.
The article extols the Borderland route from El Paso to the coast and the Old Spanish Trails from Florida to California as two great transcontinental highways. It lauds pioneers, promoters, and Col. Lester for their work, notes government aid paving the routes, and envisions ocean to ocean highways providing year round travel from terminal to terminal. It emphasizes how travelers will choose these two routes to go east or west and seeks to guide tourism toward these highways.
The Arizona Cattleman notes a $400 million wage reduction for 31 railroad groups effective July 1 and a 20 percent passenger fare increase authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission to start June 3 in Arizona. The combined impact could reach about thirty two percent for many residents, with the railroads saving and bolstering revenue from higher fares while labor bears the loss.
City council meeting last night disposed of considerable business. Reports read including that of city marshal Blackburn covering four months. licenses adjusted and reports filed with sworn statements. Streets work discussed with Cummings. $700 transferred to street fund, several hundred more expected from street taxes. $1100 spent in past month cleaning and surfacing, with coarse oil mill dumps used as nominal cost. Attorney fees of $176 for Palabio contest paid after discussion. Bond advertising deferred to a later date. Budget preparations for 1921 begun. council adjourned to mayor’s call.
Supervisor D A Adams reports residents of Texas Canyon plan the annual picnic on Friday in memory of their late mother aged years. For two decades the Adams family has hosted the event on her birth day drawing neighbors from across the county. This year the basket lunch gathering will invite all to attend with various sports planned and dragoon activities noted.
Maria Martinez 22 an inmate of The Ranchito Nogales restricted district died after setting herself ablaze. She was taken to the hospital after the 11 PM self destruction attempt and died at 11 AM. Nearby ranchers note extreme drought with scarce feed and water in Huachucas as forest guard Alt Bonds and miner Joe Halcro recall historic vegetation decline.
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