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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1908
Page
4
Arizona prepares for a territory wide election next Saturday with all districts voting for school trustees. The article notes women will vote, emphasizing schools as core to government and future leadership. It references a New York girl paralyzed by dancing, courtroom trials, and comments on Maxim's noiseless gun and Kentucky politics.
The Bisbee gathering marks the Arizona-Sonora branch of the American Mining Congress. It urges the federal creation of a Mines and Mining department to boost practical and scientific mining education, research, and dissemination of industry information for mining and metallurgical fields, benefiting the region and nation.
The bank failure at usbee caused little market turbulence and did not affect business in the copper city. Arizona financial interests remain confident, believing the suspended institution will quickly recover and resume operations, preserving the general economic footing.
This week shows no clear message from the president yet but the week isn’t over. If matters loosen, he could turn his attention to the Arizona situation as the week develops.
The fragment notes uncertainty about Uncle Joe Cannon's effectiveness in shepherding efforts, leaving observers to wait for fuller details on his leadership and impact.
Invites promise a stylish Chinese wedding as Jessie Lim Coon weds Chas Gap at Presbyterian Church on Saturday night March 28, 1909. Rev Breckenridge to officiate. Couple’s families include Lin Coosie, a South Meyers Street merchant, and a Tac eon native.
A quartz specimen shown at the Prescott National Bank, about half quartz and half gold, valued at $60 for the gold portion. Collected from the Rich Hill area after a recent run, the specimen mirrors the county’s famed richness. The bank exhibit includes about $500 worth of county samples for visitors to view local resources and advantages.
The remains of Doc Goodwin a famed roper rider and sharp shooter known for cowboy contests and Buffalo Bill's show were brought to Fort Huachuca by C C Parker from Fort Huachuca. His death caused by hood poisoning followed a leg injury after slipping through a floor at a ranch house near Fort Huachuca.
A decision is expected soon at the Phoenix land office in the contest brought by A J Frenoughty of Bisbee against Don Lais Land Realty and Mining Co. The firm seeks mineral patents while Frenoughty argues the 168 acre tract is better for agricultural use and valued at 10000 dollars.
E W Spears proprietor of Poe Wood & Coal plans to ship 150000 cords of mesquite wood to Los Angeles within two to three years. Wood from lands along the Gila River will be cut and handled from a station five miles east of the place on the Southern Pacific line. Spears controls vast Gila river lands and will employ many choppers and buy wood from Papago Indians.
The friends of Supt. E. W. Walker of the T. C. M. Co. will nominate him for school trustee at the Saturday election. Walker would contribute to a high standard of public school excellence in Tombstone. Other names may appear, but no official list was released. A Washington special dated the 25th reports D. B. Bisbee of Tucson named assistant chemist in the agricultural department.
An advertisement claims deafness arises from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube and can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It asserts catarrh causes nine of ten deafness cases, promises one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, and offers free circus circulars.
Undersheriff Hopking and Chief Ravin arrested Lee Leonard in Visalia and sent for a California officer to take him back on forgery charges. Leonard plans to accompany the officer, and his wife and child will return after learning of the arrest. Citizens started a relief subscription for Mrs Leonard, who arrived here Monday with no means.
The Phoenix Gazette said oil was struck forty miles north near Del Rio but later sources deemed the claim a practical joke. A Santa Fe office telegram suggested the report originated as a prank while investigators found the drilling still in solid rock.
Douglas Gray, president of Machomich Met. Co. of Tombstone, returned from Bisbee where he attended the Ariana-Sonora branch of the American Mining Congress. Tombstone was represented on the directorship, with officers named L. W. Powell president and J A Lewandowski, James Douglas among the vice presidents. A committee on membership will be formed to authorize subcommittees across Arizona and Sonora.
The Harriman group slashes first class fare between San Francisco and Portland to 10 and second class to a small rate, forcing competition from the Northern Pacific Steamship Co. to match or lose traffic. The move could cause reduction in passenger services on many San Francisco to Portland steam schooners.
The Los Angeles Express reports that Asis Mendes Pichelo Albarri and Ramen Diaz owners of La Revolucion a Mexican daily in Los Angeles were on trial for criminal libel. Detective Talamantes led the case before a jury drawing attention from Mexicans backing La Revolucion. The article criticized police actions in arrests of Magon Villareal and Rivera alleged revolutionaries.
Sam A Leroux of Biabes was committed to the asylum after being adjudged insane. Deputy Porter McDonald transported him to Phoenix yesterday. Leroux tried to circulate a petition demanding Copper Queen pay him $30,000,000 and threatened violence if unpaid. Officials restrained him fearing self or others harm. Examination showed mental derangement, with hope of cure at the asylum.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture team led by Thomas H. Kearney arrived in Phoenix to study Egyptian cotton for irrigated soils in the Salt River Valley. Walter T. Swingle and T. Mason accompany him. initial Yuma experiments show Egyptian cotton yielding one to two bales per acre of 500 pounds. Reports from two Dorn buyers praised Egyptian cotton’s adaptation to the area.
Mr. Ralph Rigge and the troupe from Globe arrived today to a large audience. Rigge has visited Tombstone before and recalls early West landmarks, adding pleasure to his visit. Tombstone residents remember last year’s successful visit and welcome the company again tonight.
Governor Kibney, returning to Pharoix, said conversations with prominent Republicans in Pima, Cochise and Graham counties show a practically unanimous sentiment for William Howard Taft. He believes the Tucson convention on April 18 will instruct Arizona delegates to vote for Taft.
ML Van Staulen of Lowell, special agent of the Arizona Savings & Loan Association in Phoenix, visits Tombstone. Diphtheria concerns rise in Holbrook and Snowflake. Recent marriage licenses: Henry J Tatum to Berths Lacy of Rodeo NM, Ernest Maken to Rose Roedell of Lowell WV, McCarty of San Simon to Irma Moyer of Portal. Col Longbottom and daughter Mire Callahan visiting from Columbia Ohio. King hosting. Flest National Bank in Bisbee reports deposits of 25,102.00 secured by 25,000 in government bonds and 25,000 surety bond.
The Maricopa Commercial club forwarded complaints about Wells Fargo Express rates to the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington. The Phoenix Democrat notes merchants have long voiced concerns, and the commission has not alleviated the issue. Examples show wide rate differentials across routes, prompting calls for direct action to the commission.
Plans advance for a new post office building at Yomer with private parties stepping back from the project leaving the initiative unclear and unfinished as of now.
From Friday's Daily Mew Geo Davy and family left for Douglas for a few days with friends Steve Bryant who was confined to his room at San Jose House but is now able to sit up and enjoy sunshine George Whitman a county seat visitor from Hereford General Manager W F Staunton of the T M company returned from Sao Ren Williams former Copper Queen superintendent at Binbee arrived on an important business visit Williams remains a major mining authority in the west Taft buttons appear in Tombstone a Huachuca snow storm blankets the range and Dr H Hoghart shows a cow with a rubber tire tuning out for his calling.
A Chihuahua correspondent warns that Japanese activity on the border is underestimated by the US war department. He cites nine months of Mexican scouting in northern Chihuahua and Sonora, noting many crossing paths from Juarez to Casa Grande and reports of plans to invade the United States via the western coast after landfall, observed by Mexicans and Musicians in mining camps.
At the Fhoemix board of trade a Rhode Island style marvel egg was displayed weighing three and a half ounces with eight inch circumference and six and three quarter inch width. The egg came from a black Minorva hen among about 200 birds as yet unidentified by Mr. Ware Fen.
The corner stone for the new Methodist church at Cartwright, Maricope County, was laid on Sunday with proper exercises.
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