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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1911
Page
3
A Bisbee county ledger lists numerous realty and chattel mortgages deeds satisfactions of mortgage and warranty deeds involving diverse parties such as AO Friedel Warren prop Jessie Bradier H L Byres and many more. The notices reference properties, mining claims, and business assets across Douglas Bisbee and surrounding districts with amounts and dates interspersed among adjudicatory and administrative notes.
A Washington dispatch reports the house committee considers the constitutions of Arizona and New Mexico for full statehood. Statehood will be the next matter taken up by the house after debate on the free soil bill concludes.
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution protesting the proposed Territorial highway route from Tucson to Douglas. They argue the plan bypasses Tombstone, St David, Benson and other Cochise communities, denying local residents the benefits of the project. They urge the Board of Control to reconsider and reroute to serve Cochise County.
Board of Contant directs funds be extended to construct a Territorial highway through Kishor Tombstone 8 David and Beoron at the earliest date. The measure requests funding from Cochive County taxes to cover the expansion as per the Board of Supervisors and local taxpayers wishes.
The Tombstone Chamber protests a proposed Douglas to Tucson route via Tombstone and Fairbanks. It argues a route via Tomlestone and St David serves more people, preserves historic sites, and supports county officials and tourism. It urges an alternate path through ForErest and Hachuca to maximize benefit.
Large cattle buyers led by Geo P L Watkins of Deming and Sam Long of Imperial Valley closed deals for cattle from Reeves and Jobo Haberstock herds. Surveyor J A Rockfellow and Arthur Harwood prepared for a surveying run, while H Bodkie returned from Warren District. Silver Thread mine hosts various tests with early smelter shipments planned. Cattle Inspector Worter McDonald toured the southern county. Tombstone Common Council met in regular session. Papago Indians encamped below Tombstone selling pottery to residents. John Rooney returned from California, heading to Bisbee. Mexicans celebrate patron day with nightly watch parties and prayers. K Menteban returned from Patagonia mining properties, optimistic about the Patua/Patagonia district’s future.
Judge J F Duncan spoke to Tombstone Boy Scouts at the Congregational church recounting Bisbee history. He described Bisbee’s early judiciary, noting he improvised laws to fit cases as the territory formed. Serge Danese officiated the first marriage in Bisbee.
The judge recapped Warren District mining history from its beginnings and the Mule Gulch prospectors who forged a major copper camp. He narrated Heath gang violence in the early 1880s, including eyewitness accounts of murders and his Bisbee hold after which Heath members were executed. He will speak Tuesday evening May 16.
Hon Frank M Murphy president of the Development Company of America and Tombstone Consolidated Mines visited Tombstone in his private car Santa Fe, accompanied by Drake and Longacre. He planned to travel to New York today, optimistic about Tombstone mining prospects and pending reorganizations, with announcements expected next month. George C Reeve died in Washington after a final illness.
Judge Ben Goodrich will retire from active practice in Arizona and resign as attorney for the T. C. M. Co. Malcom Ross of Ellinwood & Koen will replace him. The move signals continued cordial ties among the Copper Queen interests and Phelps Dodge affiliates in Arizona.
Tombstone Boy Scouts held a well attended meeting with reports from patrols and a new Tenderfoot oath. The Wolf patrol challenges Bisbee youth for a ball game at Lewis Springs. Col H I Pickett of Toll stone gains police favor in Arizona senate race. A Tombstone Mexican fined or jailed for disturbing the peace. Oil project sprinkles 140 oilers on the Phoenix Los Angeles road to reduce dust.
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