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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1907
Page
3
The Board of Supervisors held its regular meeting to review county affairs and approve standard actions. Officials discussed budget allocations, contracts, and public works items, with routine votes recorded for each agenda item.
The Tombstone Arizona county board met at 9 am approving advertisements for free cement on two Mule Gulch bridges near Bisbee. They addressed back taxes including Bunkerhill Gold Mining and appointed help, and discussed abolishing the county immigration commissioner post. They ordered burial prohibitions and waterway work in Johnson Addition and accepted the Johnsen Addition map.
The document records county actions including tax assessments and refunds, exemptions, and corrections for multiple properties. It notes approvals for road overseers, road work, and public improvements such as fire safety measures, lighting, and plumbing. It also lists school land leases and payments for county services, with a continuation date of April 5, 1907.
Dr. George B. Goodfellow has been appointed chief surgeon for Randolph lines with headquarters at Guaymas. A longtime Tombstone practitioner, he has resided in San Francisco and will serve as chief surgeon for Arizona and Eastern, Ar 2008 and Colorado, Maricopa and Phoenix, Gila Valley, Globe and Northern, Canmen, Yaqui River and Pacific, and the Sonora railway.
A review shows the grand jury returned 58 indictments in court including four for murder four for arson with a deadly weapon four for assault with intent to commit murder two for aggravated assault one for rape one for sodomy twelve for burglary eleven for larceny four for forgery one for bigamy two for robbery three for receiving stolen goods two for embezzlement one for libel two for breaking jail one for obtaining money under pretenses and one for perjury.
Kimbrough, a seasoned Southern Pacific brakeman, was crushed between rail car bumpers at Benson crossing Saturday morning. He had been brake-man for months and was detailing to couple a cut train when the cave in closed on him and he died instantly.
San Francisco dispatches report a new cut off north of the Sunset line. E W Harriman plans a route alongside Box Canyon and the Phoenix & Eastern to San Carlos. Santa Fe President Ripley and Harriman reportedly settle their Arizona dispute by sharing tracks, with fast freight using the new line and passenger service likely remaining on the Sunset route via Tucon.
Observed by A Homgland a voluntary weather observer in the Huachuca mountains. Total rainfall 177 inches for the month with 26 clear days and 3 cloudy days. The latter part of the month was casually cold and the entire fruit crop destroyed by frost.
Monday's Daily reports a flurry of movement in Tombstone and nearby towns. Tarbell plans a Santa Ana visit to see family, Stumpf family to settle in the city, and Huachuca Water Co. officials traveling for business. The piece lists many locals visiting, traveling, or facing legal matters, including attorneys, sheriffs, and miners, with several mentions of nearby towns and operations along with court actions and a round-up start date.
The list notes marriages and licenses in Bisbee Pirtleville Douglas and surrounding towns. Couples include Sutton and Elizabeth Stofel of Bisher Angius and Ange Jovanovic of Bisbee Bernat and Rosina Novin of Pirtleville Barton and Balyte Martines of Bisbee Portillo and Jonesay Aveda of Pirtleville Connelly and Rose Horn of Douglas Gray and Emma Little of Lowell. Licenses issued from probate court.
The district court adjourned Saturday evening to resume Monday for a few days. Judge Bean must travel to Phoenix on the 17th to attend a supreme court session. When court convenes next, orders will be made for drawing the trial jury, which will begin work on Monday the 72od.
Dr. C W Brandon indicted for criminal libel. bond fixed at 3000 with sureties J M Connell and L C Shattuck. Abeling E Sparrow also under bond. E F Fisher of Douglas indicted for aggravated assault. bond set at 400. Robert Kneale indicted for assault with intent to commit rape, released on 1000 bond.
The piece notes rising gasoline demand and prices while supply lags, then pivots to health advice urging Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for a range of ailments. It promotes the product as strengthening, with claims of universal aid and a stamped, guaranteed genuine bottle.
A historical item notes that a Chamberlain herbal remedy is claimed to cure croup and ringworm. The snippet highlights the ages or ailments targeted and reflects period medicine advertising practices.
Spring advances as a large cattle roundup begins at Robinson's ranch near Tombstone in Sulphur Spring valley. Report says about 6,000 young calves will be branded during the season.
The Santa Fe plans to abandon the bridge over the Colorado River at Needles and reroute near Salome. The Amboy to Ash Fork segment will be dropped due to grades, shifting the main line away from Mohave county towns like Kingman and Seligman. A branch may remain. new mining areas around Salome and Harqua Haris could develop with rail access via the Arizona & Colorado line, now controlled by Santa Fe.
Over the past week Tucson Chinese merchants laundrymen and restaurant keepers subscribed 1000 and sent it to a relief committee in China to aid starving Chinese there. Tombstone Chinese also contributed liberally to the effort.
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