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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1908
Page
2
Epitaph notice from The Tombstone Epitaph lists weekly edition details with editor and proprietor WM Hattich and subscription terms offering one year for three dollars and six months for a dollar fifty.
Editorial notes Tombstone as a cosmopolitan city amid immigration debates and local politics. It defends Tombstone's county seat status against Douglas and Bisbee while urging unity among pioneers and townspeople to preserve growth and prosperity despite factional campaigns.
Newspapers and local groups in Bisbee and Douglas press for moving the county seat from Tombstone to Warren or Douglas. Supporters from Bisbee and Warren District reportedly unite for Warren as the site of the new courthouse, while opposition voices remain.
The text mocks county seat removal debates and the county board’s grandiose phrasing. It contrasts ceremonial resolutions with practical governance, noting Warren’s shift among towns and the empty show of “whereases” and “be it resolved” phrases against the steady December yeomanry of Cochise County. It references Douglas Benson Ky reen Dos Cabetes and a banknet in a satirical tone.
Gov. B. Wilcox of the district court received a new Keesler automobile with a 40 horsepower engine and placed it in commission. The machine, described as handsome, is tested on the prairie where fences and telegraph poles are scarce. If it runs freely, the nearest doctor will be summoned, as implied by the scene.
Cochise County delegates to the convention include 41 representatives such as H W Fes, Bistow, A Batter, J Hendy, LA Brown, J M O Connell, John Hughes, Major Barton, Charles Bailey, MJ Cansingham, W Holley, JC Krnghom, Robert Heoinesey, Clint Moon, RH Campbell, Joseph McKéehan, and others from art's Canyon Hereford, Huachuca, St. David, San Simon, Tombstone, and Paradise Valley districts.
Mark Twain jokes that prohibition cannot work in practice. He says he supports temperance but mocks the law’s effectiveness. He cites absurd methods to make or obtain alcohol from everyday items, imagining a public failed safeguard.
An advertisement extols Barebattabyewer as a popular physical exercise with wide appeal for all ages in the United States. It also praises Hosterter's Bis ters for 54 years of cures, claiming to treat headaches indigestion sleeplessness fever and ague and other ailments with a money back guarantee.
Special to Tix Lowes reports that during the night in Lowell, Deputy Sheriff George Huramn and Captain Harry Wheeler shot and killed Arnett after he fired twice at them. Arnett, also known as George Weed, had been sought for robbing a Chinese vegetable sender in Bisbee canyon and had relatives in Texas. He was about 50 years old and unmarried. The body was moved to Lowell and the officers were exonerated.
Last evening in Tombstone, pupils of the fourth and sixth grades staged aFestiv of Flowers cantata in The Tele. Young performers wore costumes representing garden scenes and sang tunes in keeping with the piece. The school officials and parents praised Miss Martindale for directing a polished program and praised local talent.
The article notes Clark's road heading south from Mospa to Rioville along the Salt Lake line, aiming to connect Mexico to British Columbia via a new Grand Canyon route. It highlights grading on a railroad, opening vast land via the Utah-Nevada Development Co, and a productive fruit region along the Maddy river country for cattlemen. It also mentions 1907 Transvaal gold output totaling $136,750,008, with Johannesburg as the center, illustrating a restricted productive belt.
Prohibition failed to reach the two thirds margin in Maricopa County local option voting held Saturday. A heavy Phoenix turnout favored the wet side, with about three percent more votes supporting repeal than expected, while the county overall showed a mixed result across precincts and noted stronger wet sentiment in Phoenix.
Prominent Apache Mike Turns, a leading Apache figure, arrived in Mayer near Prescott to testify before the grand jury and at the May term of the district court opening Monday. He has long sought U S citizenship and has urged his people toward civilizational change.
A local report states sixteen Chinamen are brought to Tussoa by immigration inspectors for deportation. The group, all from Northern China, is noted for conversing with other countrymen in their dialect. Interpreter V. F. Pastels of Renson is the only local speaker of the dialect while he served four years in Northern China.
County Treasurer James presents April receipts totaling 47,522.65 with diverse contributions: justice, sheriff, county jail, back tax returns, county assessor, school and personal property taxes, territorial school money, recording fees, and probate court collections for fees and marriage licenses. Main figures include 52,005.00 in county contributions and 26,775.75 from sheriff, plus 2,068.20 from probate court.
A severe sand storm swept the Tu son division of the Southern Pacific near Etranes New Mexico Saturday night into Sunday morning. Winds had raged along the east exit all day and intensified causing a sand cover on tracks between Straues and El Paso. Several rails were down and many sections blocked as crews telegraphed headquarters in Taeson and rushed workers to clear the line. The disruption delayed service for several hours as the track was swept clear by an army of laborers.
Mexicans celebrated Cinco de Mayo with decorations in national colors and flags. About two fans traveled to Pearce to cross bats with the Mexican team from that camp, showing festive sportsmanship and cross-cultural rivalry.
The first consignment from the April term district court was taken to Yuma last evening by Deputy Sheriff Poeter McDonald and Munson. Vicente Garcia was convicted of burglary and sentenced to one year. Modesto Ramater faced charges including robbery and burglary, also sentenced to one year.
Arizona rail officials will visit Phoenix on May 7 to confer with the Maricopa Commercial Club on freight rates. The people of the territory expect a substantial reduction in rates. Representatives from the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads attended the conference.
A party of about ten to twelve Apache Indians from Fort Apache, led by four Miuawe, are not on the warpath. They head to Fort Huachuca to join the Apache scout colony. The band camps below Tombstone for one or two days en route in easy stages.
The gardens around Tombstone delight court visitors from Douglas and Bisbee, making the idea of moving the county seat elsewhere seem a travesty on good judgment. Locals call Tombstone richly endowed by nature, a blooming joke at the prospect of relocation.
The Tombstone area hosts F C Earle of El Paso Smelting Co and M Parle of Horehal Mining Co visiting for inspection while El Paso residents praise local hospitality. Salt River Valley in Arizona plans large orange cultivation expansion as water supply improves. Arizona Experiment Station warns that chewing oleander is deadly to animals, with a case in Phoenix.
A vintage display at A Wentworth’s resort saloon showcases Bucking the Tiger, a fall scene recalling Tombstone’s rough frontier era. The repro captures famed locals and a retrospective arcade of danger and prosperity, evoking a mythic eighties frontier spirit amid Apache threats and gold country romance.
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