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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1908
Page
2
Amid a rate war between packers and wholesalers Tucson enjoys 14 to 20 percent cheaper prices for commodities and staples. The public approves of such competition hoping it spreads to every city in Arizona.
A reader lauds Cochise County’s newspaper for typographic neatness and artistic printing. The note highlights editor White as a hustling newspaper man and printer, with Benson’s young journal seen as beneficial to the territory’s development.
Audit notes thirty territorial banks and twelve national banks in Arizona with total capital and undivided profits near 14 6 million dollars. Cash on hand and drafts exceed 35 percent of deposits while loans total about 9.7 million. No territorial bank faced failed payments. auditors deem system sound and improving.
Douglas prepares for a three ticket field as Democrats Republicans and Socialists enter the race. An opening remains for Hearst's Independence league to add interest and choice for voters.
An advertisement touts Dr W Pierce of Batavia New York offering a free addressable health guide. It claims cures for heart valvular and other affections via extracts from standard medical works. Readers are urged to mail a request for the sae ss and the lure of unparalleled results is emphasized.
A study of scattered items shows talk of Tatt, Hotter, and Anna Goule amid municipal election forecasts in Nogales and Bisbee. Reports touch on Bonaparte selling farms, Justice Department actions, claims of presidential writer's cramp, and tensions in Republican circles. The Prescott Courier mocks politicians fishing in a plaza fountain as indictable offenses loom. broader anxieties cite a slow economy, air of peace, and looming coal hoarding ahead of a heat wave.
Letter from Hermosillo dated March 21 reports Yaqui attacks in Sonora, Mexico. It claims Americans including Wood Baker, superintendent of the Santa Nava lines, were murdered or abducted with families driven into the mountains. Authorities weigh steps to rescue and assess the broader danger to U.S. citizens.
Legal notices report civil actions in Douglas County court as rapid filings near the April term. Leo C Dossar for Be nenza Helt Copper Company seeks 27155 55 from the company president R Allyn Lewis over advertising debts. L J Overloos & Co sue the Or pheum Company for 1511 25 for materials plus 200 in lawyer and court costs. W Faust sues the city of Dougia over a tax deed to a lot. divorce suits listed include Wood v Woot Coble v Coble and Chivers v Chivers. Phoenix Gazette mentions local poultry and egg business and J C Jackson’s ranch near the city.
Mrs J P Morgan on a eastbound stop at Holbrook bought Indian curios as a train halted briefly. In Maricopa county Friends poultry farm reports incubators thriving with eight hundred chicks hatched this spring and orders for over one thousand more.
Deputy reports a serious incident near Fort Huachuca in the Waite City area where Misate Coran accused of stabbing Charles W. Domest in an altercation. Coran fled into the Huachuca canyons, was captured by Lt Sheridan, and held at the post as authorities arrange transfer for examination of the victim who is in critical condition.
Sheriff Jack White and deputies captured Leonard N Walker at Fairbank after a Tulare county warrant. Walker, wanted in Visalia for forgery, forged a check and fled. His wife helped by mailing a letter, and a money order and telegram linked to Fairbanks Arizona led to the arrest and detention in Tombstone awaiting Sheriff Coline.
The Phoenix Democrat reports bones found during water main trenching in Phoenix may be Aztec chief remains. Observers cite wall proportions and seated posture as evidence of high status. The buried skeleton suggests an important figure, not ordinary remains, with ritual burial implications.
Prominent visitors including executives from Dallas and from Teton observe 400 acres of company property in the district. T. CM. Co. President Shelor says directors will visit Tue-y son next week to authorize automatic development and hire a substantial work force. Current officers listed are J. W. Shelor president, J. M. Swith secretary, H. E. Heighton treasurer, A. Schuster superintendent. Directors include Barker and others, except Schuster, all Tevidents of Tucson.
The text outlines apportioning delegates to the territorial convention meeting at Tucse op on Thursday May 25. It specifies six delegates to the Denver National Convention based on votes for Delegate Mark Smith and the last territorial section. It notes a rule allowing one delegate to reach five votes or track beyond 25 and assigns portions to Arsrome counties.
The Arizona Supreme Court, after brief arguments on a writ of mandate over Cochise County property taxes, announced opinions will be handed down next Friday morning. A key case involves the constitutionality of a territorial statute allowing counties to hold prohibition elections as Joseph Thalheizer seeks an injunction against the Maricopa supervisors. If Kent denying the injunction is sustained, Maricopa County must call a prohibition election immediately.
The secretary of the interior announced unappropriated public land covering about 2 568 acres in Santa Cruz county near the Huachinas national forest will become subject to settlement on June 1, but entry and filing on settlement will not be allowed until July 1, at the United States office in Phoenix.
The First National Bank of Bisbee failed to open this morning and issued a brief note that it is under the Comptroller of the Currency. Deposits show 220000 dollars, with expectations of full liquidation. County records indicate a nearly 740 dollar deposit exists, though bonds worth over 8000 are safeguarded in the treasurer's vault.
Grand Chancellor J N Newbury from Leadville visited Tombstone today. He said the trip was informal but praised growth of Pythian in the territory and noted rising local reports. He met with Pythians and planned ongoing Casey group work near Leadville and other nearby bond projects.
W H Neal of the Four Bar Cattle Company sues R J Koontz in district court to stop fencing a reservoir site Neal located in Sulphur Spring Valley in 1900. Neal asserts he filed a Gling at the Phoenix land office under law and Koontz plans to fence and occupy the forty acres. A temporary injunction restrains Koontz from taking possession until the case merits are resolved.
Tucson readers report mining men arriving from Sonoce claim negotiations with Mexico and Yaqui forces are near. The Sonora government seeks peace, allowing Yaqui and Indian groups to stop warfare while mining labor resumes. Local officials note costs of ongoing conflict and troop needs.
From Wednesday’s Daily a Tempe young lady faces accusation tied to a threatening pistol incident. A young man’s alleged intimidation prompted an apology demand as details emerge from local reports. The Arizona Prospecting Company forms in Lowell and will report progress. Tucson notes 6 percent of deaths in city origins involve migrants. many deaths involve Mexican babies. Grocers target unlicensed sellers of butter and syrup. licensed grocers seek city court relief. Holiday drugstore burglary at Mesa yields $10. Supreme Court hears Grace case. Tucson man faces execution next Friday.
Funeral held in Phoenix for George E. Brown a longtime Maricopa resident and pioneer. He served as undersheriff under Hacky O'Neill in Yavapai County and helped capture four train robbers who stole 365,009 dollars in gold from a Santa Fe train.
The Phoenix visitor Miss Elizabeth Ridgely of Boston, wintering in Phoenix as a Hotel Adame guest, will wed Rudolph John Eustance heir to Baron Eustance of Denmark next August. The wedding links fashionable New England society with Danish nobility, ending a romance sparked during earlier visits to Denmark.
Tom Willis of Florence and K G Brady of Tucson closed a deal with Caviness for 1200 head of steers aged one to three years. Hurleys of Phoenix are the sellers. Prices are 14 17 and 20 dollars per head. Stock gathered on the San Pedro and driven to Winkelman for loading on Phoenix & Eastern cars.
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