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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1910
Page
2
The Tombstone Epitaph lists editor and proprietor William Hattich and announces a Sunday publication schedule. The notice includes pricing of $3.00 for the year and mentions monthly timing.
The Tucson Citizen argues that full statehood will spur investment and immigration in Arizona, expanding tax base and taxable wealth within two years. It says state costs will be offset by rapid growth, citing experiences of other territories upon admission to the Union.
The measure provides for a 52 delegate Constitutional Convention to be apportioned by counties from 1908 vote totals, with selection by Governor proclamation. Elections occur between August 19 and September 18, with male citizens 21+ who resided in the territory for 12 months eligible. Re-registration follows Governor’s proclamation, but 1908 voters remain on the great register. The convention would convene in Phoenix the fourth Monday after the election, between September 12 and October 10, and may stay up to sixty days.
Lieutenant Robert L. Collins of the Eighth cavalry at Fort Huachuca arrived with the remains of Corporal Wm. F. Benney of Co. F Fourth Infantry, who died of pneumonia at Rodgers hospital after being taken from the train en route from the Philippines to Fort Crook. The body will be taken to Fort Huachuca for interment.
An old classified notice offers one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh not curable by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The document also contains a testimonial of F S Cheney, claiming years of honorable business conduct and financial ability, signed by Jerome, Kinax & Mavis, wholesale druggists.
A long column of small items covers diverse Arizona news. Topics include crime in Zacatecas, missing goods near Naco, plans for a Flagstaff department store, forest fires in Catalina mountains, school changes in Phoenix, population estimates for Bisbee, land surveys, stock movements through Tucson yards, and public building funding for Phoenix and other towns.
Word from Naco reports calm with no demonstrations yet. Cananea fears trouble at the camp, while officials claim the revolutionary movement is quelled. Mexican soldiers under Captain Cisneros arrive at Naco from Cananesco on a special train, guard the customs house post offices and telegraph building. The fort's commanding officer at Fort Huachuca is ordered by Washington to hold two troops in readiness to move to the border if trouble develops.
The president proclaims a federal reservation around the Rainbow Bridge in Navajo County to safeguard the natural wonder as a national monument under congressional authority. The piece notes debates on necessity and references Roosevelt and House plans regarding ending protection versus avoiding vandalism.
A Phoenix doctor offers to buy tags for dogs in the Nomelese pound and keep them alive rather than be euthanized. The narrator notes prior humane acts by Dr Mahoney and hints at ongoing private efforts to spare strays.
The 190% operation year reports show 29 telephone firms in Cochise County with gross earnings totaling 1 373 970 75 and revenue to the territory of 3 139 72. Firms listed include Bisbee Improvement Co Courtland Telephone Co Chiricahuas Tel Tel Co Douglas Improvement Co Riggs Telephone Co Tombstone Telephone Co Jomel Telegraph Cable Co Western Union Telegraph Co Wolfe Fargo & Company Express and others.
The much anticipated motor trial set in Douglas has shifted course as the case proceeds toward Bishee, with authorities confirming the move and schedule.
Wednesd: H McFate and J B Cupp are in the city from Courtland on court business. M W Jones arrived on the morning train to stay several days. Fred Jones from the immigration department in Washington has returned to Los Angeles. P J Tenaney and others arrive for court matters. Towns plan July 4th statehood ratification meetings with Tombstone participants noted. Several local attendees and visiting dignitaries are listed in a brisk county seat scene.
Care will be sent to Benson to accommodate the cantaloupe crop now reported nearly ready for market. Material has been sent to Hengon for 204 cantaloupe crates, with more to be placed as needed. The Benton crop is much smaller than that of the Imperia.
Fragmentary text suggests discussion of average prices and delivery standards in Chicago markets. No clear events, names, dates, or entities are identifiable from the readable portion.
Forty four Chinamens are slated for deportation to San Francisco next Saturday. The party will be escorted by Marel Overlock. They were ordered at various points in Arizona. A skeleton of an unidentified Chinaman, dead for several months, was found on the De La Cavoa ranch near Tucson. Authorities indicate the Chinamen were murdered.
The mayor of Tombstone Arizona Territory announces that on the first day of November 1907 a land entry was made at Phœnix Angina Territory for a tract in Cochise County. He lists sections and townships, notes a United States patent issued, and invites claimants to file statements by July 1910 with purchase price of 5 dollars per lot.
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