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Tombstone Epitaph

Location

Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1909

Page

4

Tombstone Consolidated Mines Company hailed for enduring effort

The piece lauds Tombstone Consolidated Mines Company for its long term reform of the sea district. It notes vast challenges from unwatering to rebuilding a standard shaft, praising the firm’s energy and faith and predicting a century of fruitful results with a forthcoming harvest as the district nears a millennial era.

Tombstone Sea District Tombstone Consolidated Mines Company

Injured by Gasoline Explosion Reported in Bisbee

Word from Bisbee today says Roy Larkey and W P Owens were injured in a gasoline explosion and both suffered severe burns. Owens is a well known newspaper reporter.

Bisbee Today Roy Larkey W P Owens

Cochise Republicans Question Cold Shoulder in Appointments

From Friday's Daily Mrs Weld Tombstone visits Mrs Geo Farrington. The Cochise Republican leaders and rank and file protest being ignored as Gov Kibbey filled all appointments. An unclear reflection notes a quarter century on life’s highway and a plan to engage despite fading glory.

Weld Geo. Farrington Cochise Gov Kibbey Anvireres

Legislature Vetoes Segregation Bill in Arizona

Phoenix reports Governor vetoed the High Tower segregation bill for omitting rural counties, while lawmakers debate a new measure. Several bills were signed including militia funding, county Greenlee creation, and a law boosting livery and meat stock rules. Local option and cigarette bills stir mood as adjournment nears.

Phoenix Ribbey Calson Vorates Monumentelaase Elnime Theatres Wand Lane Greenlee County Tempe Shaw Heal Prion Boards of Sxperviors Ge On Moore Arizona Wonix Ofelock Auperi

Tombstone mining move to develop Copper Basin ledge

Supt A T Schuster of Tombstone Gold Silver Copper Co directed sending a large supply of mining material to the Shelor group south of town. Work will start on the Copper Basin claim and the Shelor tunnel, already in, will be extended to tap the outcropping ledge. Copper samples noted and rails and dump-cars shipped. work to be pushed in a sparsely settled area away from central business district.

A T. Schuster Tombstone Gold, Silver & Copper Co Shelor

Gaines in Critical Condition After Delayed Operation

A Los Angeles letter reports Ex-Treasurer J. N. Gaines remains very weak after surgeons postponed another operation for appendicitis. Physicians warn the delay could be risky, but Gaines is still hopeful for a recovery and may return home soon as friends rally.

Los Angeles JN Gaines Caines

Anti Cigarette Bill Enacted Section 1 Penalties Enforced

The bill bans sale distribution or possession of cigarettes and related items by any person or agent. Violations incur fines from ten to fifty dollars and jail costs. repeat offenses risk higher fines up to one hundred dollars and up to six months in jail. Sales to interstate operators are exempt. The act takes effect after December, likely 1900s era phrasing.

Bimsell Cathet

Phelps Dodge Co lays out dividend plan for new corporation

Boston disputed says the initial dividend of 24 percent on the $50,000,000 capital stock will be paid from current quarter earnings. A $2.50 per share payout requires $1,250,000 for 500,000 shares. The new Phelps Dodge & Co Inc will rely on subsidiary earnings. directors of Copper Queen Detroit and Moctezuma have issued dividends only when warranted.

Boston Phelps, Dod Co Law Phelps, Dodge & Co, Inc Copper Queen Detroituma Stag Canyon Detroit Moctezuma Phelps, Dodge & Co. Inc Phelps, Dodge & Co Allied Estates

It Is Now Up to the School Trustees

A fragmented report notes a bill passing over the governor’s veto to both houses yesterday. It mentions school trustees and integration issues with references to eight individuals linked to a former group within a school. The text is garbled but implies political action on educational governance.

Nabor Pacheco Jr shoots Kena Cain in Windsor lobby

Thursday's Daily reports Nabor Pacheco Jr, son of City Marshal and former Pima County sheriff, shot and fled Kena Cain in the Windsor hotel lobby Tucson. At 23, the youth’s action follows a sequence of associated town news including plans by Speat Brothers to open a Gleeson branch mercantile store and broader railroad-driven settlement in the valley from Courtland to Pearce, with Wilcox and Courtland noting most wetting efforts and a rising home-building wave along the Wilcox to Douglas corridor.

Nabor Pacheco, Jr Nabor Pacheco Pima County Kena Cain Windsor Hotel Tucson Pacheco Lins Speat Brothers Gleeson Courtland Busi Mesere Spaulding Mexico & Colorado Pearce Big Vale Wilcox Douglas Groupe

Making Progress At the New Camp

The Southern Pacific nears Courtland within three miles as grading continues toward Gleeson and a land spur. A Pearce Douglas branch to Gleeson runs about ten miles, with Court land spur midline. James Herron starts a bank and services in Merron addition near McPate townsite while Court land Brick & Cement Co. builds concrete blocks for several projects.

Southern Pacific Courtland Gleeson Pearce Douglas James Herron Merron McPate Courtland Brick & Cement Co

Courtroom activity and estate matters in early Arizona

Transactions in the courts include suit for damages over ore shipments, probate orders appointing administrators for the estates of Lena Eicks Benny Eicke Carter minors and others, and several divorce and quiet title actions. Governor Kibbey is noted as a veto governor, with a history of many vetoed measures.

Benny Eicke RB Sims Carter Jesse Yoakam N. WS Gibson Ab-tract Company Ve AV Lewis Justice Court Martha Ashwen Va Albert Ashburn Kibbey Arizona Messares

Governor Kibbey Names Appointments Across New Territorial Bodies

Governor Kibbey announced a wide slate of appointees to the new commissions and offices formed by the current legislature. The lists include railroad commissioners Sime Ely and George Stoneman, and others such as AJ Doran, Packard, Mulford Winsor as territorial historian, and members for law examination, livestock, and library orphans in various cities.

Sima Ely Phoenix MO Bicknell Tusson HF Andrews Prescott Territorial Statt O Kibbey Sime Ely M O Tucson Walter Bennett Penix George J Stoneman Globe Board of Examination of Law Edward Kent EE Ellinwood Bisbee J M Ross George M Brockaway Florence James Scott Pinedale H J Grey Jerome Jono Hennessey Flagstail Sheep Sanitary Commission Thomas Armstrong H H Wilkinson A H Baker Territorial Library OH Christy George Puseh J W Stewart Livestock Sanitary Board Foster E Rockwell Andrew Kimball Ff Thatcher KR H Forbes Tae Territorial Sle O C Parker HM Maus Bureaa WA Clark United Verte Mine WF Staunton Tombstone Consolidated Co Tombstone SH Whipple Charles Kinball Crown King Miner Phos Armstrong Hampton Plining Code Commission Lewe St Aeann Dee Mynsiderativin

Colonel Pickett Returns Home from Washington Tour

Col HL Pickett, who left Tombstone for Washington DC to argue cases before the Supreme Court, returned yesterday. He witnessed Taft's inauguration and traveled through Virginia, Tennessee, and other southern states, while press reports followed his extended journey. The colonel promoted his hometown and the territory, aiding the public image of the region.

Col HL. Pickett Tomberstone Washington, D.C United States Supreme Court Taft Virginia Tennessee Colonel Pickett Arizona Tombstone Bas

Firemen Ball Grand Success at Gage Hall

The Protection Hose Co dance last night at Gage Hall was a grand success. The Tombstone City Orchestra provided superb music and dancing was excellent. Guests wore shamrock and green in honor of St Patrick, making the evening memorable for all attendees.

Protection Hose Co Gage Hall Bormanie Tombstone St. Patrick

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