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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1922
Page
1
Hoard of 3 contends for 7 percent federal fund. Mankins, clerk, says legal action is planned. Reported tensions involve state highway funds, repub officials, and a push to resume county paving programs amid political turnover and administrative questions.
Statewide road report shows mixed conditions across southern Arizona with segments from Tucson to Florence and Nogales rated good to excellent. Several stretches including Ajo to Sentinel and Gila Bend to Yuma are fair or temporarily advisories due to high water. routes to California and Phoenix show improvements with most corridors now listed as fair to good.
James E Long, a machinist at the Caper Queen smelter for about 15 years, died at his home yesterday at age 67. He is survived by his daughter Miss Cora M Long of Denver. Short funeral services will be held at the Ames and Dagan chapel Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The body will be shipped to Denver for interment. Phoenix plans 60,000 acres in Salt River valley to be planted to Pima cotton.
Rain yesterday drenched the county with widespread showers across Bisbee Tombstone and surrounding areas. Officials report variable rainfall with a heavy burst near Miller Canyon and substantial water runoff impacting rural farms and the guide routes between Bisbee and Tombstone.
A public notice from Phoenix reports the governor signed a bond bill as part of state warrant actions. The article notes oversight and related measures, with implications for payments and regulations under the new law.
A Cincinnati Times-Star item reports a sensational claim about a novel Arizona cactus seed said to offer intoxication. The piece cites alleged Northwest Indian and Oriental peyote use, describing sleepiness morbidness and increased hilarity and gambling urges as effects.
The Senate adjourned until Monday amid efforts to resolve the financial code impasse. Efforts to adjourn were debated as members left the city, with discussion on amendments and committee actions affecting agricultural improvement and code management.
Greene Cana and Copper Company advance improvements to its smelter at Cananea. Flotation processes cost about thirteen hundred? The operations will not resume until the work is finished, likely two months hence. Officials say modernization should lower operating costs, but restart depends on copper market conditions.
W G irimm of Nogales will be arraigned in police court on a reckless driving charge after an auto crash Wednesday night in which Miss Opal Humphreys of Bisbee and HM Ochoa of Nogales were injured. Four others in the car, including Minetta Sauthoff of Bisbee, escaped injury.
The body of Edward Cain was buried at the Gould Camp United American Mine after funeral services conducted by the Masonic lodge in Kingman Arizona. Sheriff and numerous friends attended the rites with Gus Olsen cited amid floral tributes. Cain, a miner, was connected to a case involving alleged theft of high grade ore valued at $4,000 from the United American Mine.
Tombstone resumes rail service after a temporary bridge closure caused by a Watervale mine fire. The first train reached Tombstone yesterday, ahead of schedule, with the Western Mail and other freight moving through while work continues on a permanent structure under Superintendent Guy. Weather and mining reports indicate cold nights, improving irrigation prospects, and ongoing ore shipments from Dowkles and nearby works.
Twelve Mesa men are charged in connection with an alleged flogging tied to a Ku Klux Klan affiliated group. They appeared before Judge Kinixbury and entered not guilty pleas, awaiting a preliminary hearing in the same court tomorrow morning with U.S. law officers expected to be present.
Maren Amtek Pohinl, a fencer, fell and sustained an injury while working on a lens above Canc hular. He was taken to Copper Quest hospital, where doctors reported the injury as non fatal and the matter was reviewed by officials with no evidence of malice found.
A Tucson man was charged with the murder of 22 year old Loulee Krentzer in an automobile on a lonely road. He told officers the girl shot herself in a fit of anger over his plans to move to Baltimore and rejoin his wife in Cleveland.
The Gila County board of supervisors urged State Engineer Thomas Maddock to widen the three miles of a road from Miami west to standard state width. They propose the county advance funds for early construction with promise of later reimbursement by the state highway department.
San Simon Valley Bank sues in Superior Court over a promissory note of 1000 dollars dated April AE payable by December 2 with two missed monthly payments. Plaintiffs seek mortgage security foreclosure and a sale of collateral to satisfy the balance, naming defendants Warner and Browas and wife.
Fragmented text notes dates and figures about a Globe court session. Mentions a grand jury meeting March 20 and trial date March 28. References to Marshal Curnutt and Deputy, with unclear proceedings and jail terms.
A Phoenix Bank receiver was appointed today by Judge Jenukes to oversee the bank’s affairs. Aris Whoenin and Avilen Baumert Te were named in the procedural order as part of the appointment, with the process noting the date February and the status of the appointment.
Max J Ritterrathe, a Mesa resident now based in Los Angeles, claims to have invented Colt Light, a heat free lamp for motion pictures. Demonstrations before scientists cite four years of work, with the device producing pure white light suitable for hours of exposure without burning. A Phoenix report notes a building boom in the Salt River Valley as context.
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