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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1911
Page
3
The Cobise County records list numerous items including deeds certificates of sale warranties and satisfaction of mortgages. Entries cover mining claims transfers in the Huachuca and California districts water rights and various property deeds in Bisbee Willcox and Douglas along with related instruments and liens.
The clerk’s office received a consignment of vegetable seed from the Department of Agriculture for distribution and display at the office. Grace Hicks hosted an informal lawn party with friends last night. Mam Marrowia visits from St. David, and J. A. Rockfellow with wife return from Bulphar Springs Valley. Charles Moss of Benson Beer and Ice travels to Tombstone with Charles Batch elder. A. Hettern, Cochise mining man, arrives from Bisbee for property work. Attorney WG Gilmore attends a hare stealing case prelim in Benson then heads to Phoenix for territorial supreme court. Mrs. E. Tjame departs for Safford with Clyde to pursue studies in Arizona. E. H. Stover inspects San Simon schools. A B Chevees of Phoenix and B S Gibbs of Yuma, special interior agents, survey land offices during a Warren mining district inquiry. Edger Axtell returns from Douglas after eye treatment.
The Tombstone Troop heard a history talk at the Congregational church about early Arizona frontier life. Professor T A Rockfellow described Butterfield road era, Apache Wars, Geronimo and Cochise Stronghold, drawing strong student and parent interest.
County School Superintendent B H Stover announced that the territorial superintendent approved life diplomas for Cochise county teachers Catherine Finnegan G W Woods Loise A Stewart Mabel Small Cora B Thoms and Kate C Caron Two Tombstone teachers also held. The quarterly teachers exam in Tombstone city led to second grade certificates for William Hunter Maude Rich and Lucy Miner all Cochise county residents.
Debate at the school featured high school students arguing for free trade with the Dominion of Canada while eighth grade pupils spoke against it. The affirmative won with Lillian Choate Fenton Smith and Jesse Sanders for the high school and Henrietta Ruckfellas May Noyes and Tom Brandt for the eighth grade.
Dr A E Douglas professor of astronomy and physics announces the wireless telegraph station at the university will be completed within days and begin sending and receiving messages. The system will receive signals from San Francisco to the west and El Paso to the east with large stations at both ends.
Rebels led by General Juan Cabral killed 90 troops at Arizpe and have moved toward Hermosillo with about 700 insurrectos demanding the city’s surrender. Hermosillo is under threat as troops are diverted from the capital and two trains are readied to move forces to the area. A Colorado train was captured and express service for La Colorado Minas Prietas halted. The southbound train arrived eight hours late with no clear explanation.
William Lutley and Chris Fitzpatrick arrived home from Mexico last evening. Lutley had been mining about 18 miles south of Douglas and Fitzpatrick had worked in the Yaqui Valley for two months. They said American operators face no molestation from federals or insurrectos while rebels gain recruits daily and are mobilized in the mountains of the western republic.
DL Cunningham, an Arizona convention leader, predicts Arizona admission at the extra session next month. He says the state constitution has drawn nationwide acclaim, buoying supporters and shaping a bipartisan push for two new states while promising relief from territorial governance.
The Courtland Arizona mining firm Flourice Mining and Milling reports a cyanide plant of forty ton capacity planned near Pearce two miles east. Water access delays started with a failed well at nine feet. A second effort near a 65 foot shaft reached 85 feet with indications of water.
A train carries federal troops through Nogales en route to Hermosillo amid rebel activity along the Sonora river. Insurgents block trains, threaten engineers, and recruit from Mazatlan, while Hermosillo officials brace for assault and towns like Le Colorado report troop movements and seized supplies.
Special dispatch from Redding California reports James Kirby of Bibee was killed last week by a rifle discharge he was handling carelessly. The incident is described as a fatal accident with the weapon misfired while in his possession.
Daily clerk AH Gardner arrives from Tucson after a brief business trip. Cattle inspector McDould processes several hides bound for El Paso tanneries. Salvation Army member from Biabee seeks aid. HE Berner visits Phoenix and chats with Col Roosevelt. Attorney Harry Pickett travels to Biabee on business. A Poughkeepsie man bequeaths $100,000 to a woman who refused him years ago.
Mr. R. B. Huse, vice president of the Development Company of America, arrived from Cuba and tours Tombstone and other sites to assess resumption plans. He says the property has proven value and intends to confer with Prescott officials before a potential directors’ meeting, with a view to restarting operations. He will visit Tucson Imperial Congress Poland and other holdings after Tombstone.
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E E Ellinwood of Cochise County urged against judiciary recall as a constitutional provision, echoing Col Roosevelt in Phoenix. He, a prominent Arizonan lawyer and Democrat, helped craft progressive back laws and statehood prospects, speaking during a brief Tombstone visit on legal business.
Almost all members attended the Boy Scouts business meeting at the Club rooms. Carmel Giragi and Wille King were assigned as patrol leaders. Four patrols reported strong enthusiasm for upcoming activities. A scouting trip is planned soon and troop meetings will be monthly with entertainment. County Sept. of Schont Stover to address the boys within two weeks.
Two German miners on Chenebargis mountain near Schoolma'am and Sunrise mines built a hand crafted stamp mill. They supply raw material, forge iron work, and operate the mill by hand earning about an ounce of gold daily. Their feeding device and simple automating feed impressed observers as they plan upgrades for modern machinery.
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