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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1907
Page
3
Local listings note various instruments filed with the county records including incorporation filings, contract sales, mortgage satisfactions, and property deeds. Shifting transfers cover Copper Queen Miners, Hart ond and Warren mining districts, and Bisbee properties with numerous named parties and multiple trusts and associations. A Los Angeles shipment report mentions plumes being shipped from Yuma, valued at $2,500.
Ed Crane of the University Experiment Station at Yuma reports a test crop of White Bermuda onions yielding 000 pounds per acre from a thirty foot wide strip harvested across the field. Wholesale prices in Yuma ranged from 24 to 33 cents a pound, suggesting an income of 625 to 50 per acre. Nearby crops included Inez Jane and July tomatoes producing 13,521 pounds on half an acre for about 624.60. A seven acre tract also grew Rockylord cantaloupes, yielding 144.60 in value from July 5 to September 7.
The National Education Association gathering will be held in Los Angeles from July 1 to July 2. Railroads offer a special round trip fare through September 30, requiring registration at NEA headquarters and a $2 membership fee for validation. Arizona teachers have rooms at the Hollenbeck Hotel as headquarters and are urged to register there during the week.
Arizona cattle and sheep sales moved to Kansas City last week with nine cattle lots from Chiricahua Cattle Co priced from 4.70 to 3.65 per hundredweight. Arizona growers Campbell and Francis H G Lockett William McIntyre Robert Walton and the Babbitts of Flagstar reported lamb and sheep sales including a top lamb at 9.30. Three fourths of the sheep lots were Arizona sheep.
A Mexican woman seeks separation in Graham county courts after a year of marriage to a Chinaman. Kingman shipped spring wool worth about 100000 gmunds. Mohave County grows as a sheep country. Clifton plans a 2600 dollar Fourth of July program with funds to come. A camera study of eleven children shows eleven nationalities. Bisbee proclaims itself cosmopolitan. June 19 marks emancipation day commemorating Lincoln’s abolition of slavery for over four million people.
Immigration inspector Charles T. Connell notes a recurring anomaly where Orientals communicate in writing but not speech. He recalls a Chinaman's tale about how Japs, Chinese, Germans, and Spaniards all recognize the numeral two, yet fail to convey its meaning verbally across languages.
Washington June 8 President Roosevelts six shooter caused a stir as he prepared to lay the cornerstone of the Masonic Temple. A Mason tied a white apron, exposing the revolver and triggering snickers before the president joined the laughter.
A major Tombstone mining agreement closed Saturday involving Minnesota investors via Pickett Bowman to acquire a Sonora copper property near Hermosillo. The bond was set at 200000 dollars, with Loranger of Duluth endorsing the prospect as a top surface showing. The Minnesota party, including Charles Bowman, departed for Sonora to start development on the claim.
The University Agricultural Experiment Station at Yuma reports Champion Dwarf tomatoes from the farm there are adapted to Arizona soil and climate. The very bright smooth peel, hard-cell interior, and firm flesh suit commercial use. About 40,000 pounds will be shipped from the Yuma farm to Tucson this spring, signaling broader cultivation across the state.
Cole Younger, once famous outlaw and Kansas City railway president, passed through Tucson en route to Sonora to inspect mining property. The Civil War guerrilla leader rose with Jesse James, later famed for robberies across Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota, inspiring dime novels and outlaw lore.
A clipped public health notice notes serpent bites are common in India and mentions related stomach and liver disorders. It references jaundice, dyspepsia, and liver complaints in connection with bites and general health concerns.
The Schieffelin hosts Damon and Pythias on the 25th inst with a cast of about twenty five local performers under Prof Lawrence McCarty. Presented under the K P lodge auspices the drama promises a crowded house and strong local talent after McCarty, veteran director, has staged the play over five hundred times nationwide.
Salt water was encountered by Southern Pacific drillers at Cochise at about 940 feet. The salt water at 20 strong threatened to contaminate the fresher water found at 840 feet, which could not be used in locomotive boilers. Plans include plugging the hole below the fresh water to keep it salt free. The Paolrector is invited to attend the Arizona Normal School commencement on Thursday June 20. Senior class night is Monday June 17, followed by the declamation and essay contest on Tuesday and class night on Wednesday.
Movements include Albert DeSalles departing for Hisbee with a Thursday return planned for court, while Ike Tyee, Charles Kreuder, and J Machomich came back from a brief visit to agonia. Misses Critchley and Benedict return from Tempe to teach Tombstone schools. The Tombstone baseball team lost 13 to 7 to Pearce but eyes a rematch next Sunday at home. Local dances, graduations, and a Tempe Normal School student group are noted, with court adjournment and juror departures shaping the town’s cadence. Deputy Bauer heads to Yuma. Tex Murray sustains injuries after an accident near Gleeson. Bev Benedict heads to Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk, Va.
A quaint scene unfolds as Mise Alice Swain presents a bouquet of prize dahlias and verbena to Ourdeak this morning. The Paris imports won the world medal for symmetry and color at Judge Swain's expo, a high honor he cherishes as access to the inner circle or a rare glimpse of the young giver.
The report notes high fruit prices in Arizona as the Yuma fig crates fetch twelve cents per fig and a crate of twenty five cantaloupes sells for 32.25 dollars, equating to a dollar twenty five per melon, affecting a Los Angeles hotel proprietor.
W C Sheppard, a Southern Pacific agent at Salton, was bitten on the right thigh by a rattler that escaped. He was brought to Yuma at 11 oclock Monday night and treated by Dr J B Kethherside before being sent to the railroad hospital in Los Angeles. He attempted to draw out poison with his lips as locals sought aid. the wound swelled severely and local care was judged impossible.
The record for freight handled in May shows Benson on the Southern Pacific yard handling over 9 000 cars. El Paso and Southwestern interchange reached 3 021 cars, up 450 from April. One switch engine averaged about 300 cars per day in good conditions.
A Sun reporter spoke with U S infantrymen passing through Yuma last week. They had just returned from the Philippines where they participated in pacification and “crevolent assimilation” of the natives. The soldiers described great hardships from voracious mosquitoes fevers and close confinement as heat lingered but cooled by sea breezes.
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