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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1910
Page
3
A compilation of deeds mortgages and property transfers listed by county recorder offices in Arizona. Entries include Marshaling of properties in Douglas Tombstone Benson Courtland and other towns, assignments to banks and trustees, satisfactions of mortgage and quitclaim actions involving individuals and firms.
A Phoenix Republican reply from Aunt J Beveridge thanks Mr Beveridge for supporting Arizona statehood. The letter praises his efforts and asks for a personal visit next November. It asserts Arizona will lead in noble ideas and calls Arizona’s people fighters for progress.
JP Orme, president of the Water Where association, returned from Washington and told the Phoenix Democrat that Democratic senators Bailey and Newlands deserve praise for advancing Arizona statehood. He said Bailey secured a promise from Republicans to not vote for the statehood bill if Democrats would not oppose an administration railroad bill, making statehood possible in that session.
W F Smith and J W Walker voyage east from Phoenix to finalize payment for the Four Metal group of mines in the Huachucan range two miles north of the Mexican line and seventeen miles east of Nogales. The control price is $50,000 with much already paid. On return they plan a 2000 foot tunnel and expect copper ore runs around three percent with an estimated $3 per ton in ore.
Red Stoddard narrowly survived a runaway horse wagon near Walnut Gulch while returning to Courtland. The tongue slipped, the wagon toppled, one horse died from a broken splinter, and Stoddard suffered severe bruises. He remained unconscious for over an hour before a passing team helped him to safety and Dr. Rosenberg treated him.
The note discusses potential steps for Arizona to adopt a state constitution within a year. It covers submitting a constitution by February, calling an election for constitutional delegates within thirty days of the statehood bill, holding the election around September, convening a constitutional convention by October, and submitting the constitution to voters in January and to the President and Congress in February.
Jun e brides in Cochise county show rising marriage licenses with twenty one issued so far this month. The latest is Fred Pounds to wed Annie Mulkey of Dragoon Summit. Last June there were thirty five licenses and this year is expected to exceed that record.
D. EB Murray arrives in Rome as a visitor coming from El Paso.
Many out of town guests arrive in Tombstone for court business and summer visits. U S Attorney Joseph Morrison and other officials travel from Tucson for several days. Local residents from Douglas Bisbee Dragoon and Courtland appear in court and on personal visits as city officials consider street commerce and a Wells Fargo license issue.
The Republican organization of Arizona backed by national funds has begun purchasing Arizona newspapers. The Daily Silver Belt of Globe is the latest target, expected to pass to new owners on June 25, with T. Williams Jr. of Tucson Citizen as editor in the deal. The agreement followed the statehood bill passage by the Senate. L. P. Wallett will lease Congress Hotel at Prescott, taking possession July 1.
Springfield dispatch reports Governor Richard Eston Sloan of Arizona visiting Hamilton Ohio to meet his mother-in-law Mrs Mary Brown at 806 Campbell Avenue. He arrived after leaving Washington DC and predicted Arizona would be admitted to statehood by July 1911.
Crowds gathered Sunday at the Yuma reservation near the bridge for a twins welcome event. Mike Jefferson and helpers built a shelter for the big tribe feast and Rev. J. A Cronch from Tombstone performed the sprinkling christening of the two babies in a Methodist ceremony.
The Tri State Telephone and Telegraph, a Bell subsidiary, ordered copper wire to close the El Paso to Douglas gap connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific. It is already linked east of El Paso to Dalin, New Orleans, and the Atlantic Seaboard up to New York, with plans via Tombstone to Tucson and Phoenix and Los Angeles. The 300000 pound wire will be strung quickly and the system also connects northward through Denver.
Arizona ranchers near Toltec and Casa Grande have joined to operate five gasoline traction plows on desert land. They plow 40 acres daily planting grain and sorghum and will soon plant a crop of beans. Officials estimate potential cultivation could reach 6,000 acres early.
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