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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1922
Page
6
Delegates from Cochise County gather in Douglas for the state convention vote. The meeting selects 22 delegates and 22 alternates from seven districts and unassigned delegates to Tucson, promising unity amid debate on juries and prosecutions.
A menacing black hand letter appeared on a Phoenix counter warning a merchant to leave the street stand alone. The note mimics a rival gang threat and includes fingerprints, a skull motif, and a poster warning of further action. Police expect to identify the writer soon and may hand the case to federal authorities.
Phoenix May 9 The attorney general's office asks Arizona citizens serving as jurors to be more zealous in murder trials. It notes juries often fail to reach a verdict and urges prosecutors to redouble efforts, warning that homicides will be severely punished unless clearly justified.
Gov Thomas E Campbell announces Frank E McCrary of Florence as special patrol investigator. He will act as the governor personal representative in follow up work related to paroled inmates of the state penitentiary and industrial school.
Warren Wie department, the youngest in the state, received the governor's flag for the best fire prevention record and the fewest fires in 1921. Other departments entered included Bisbee, Douglas, Lowell, Mesa and Yuma.
May 7 Copper Queen Branch of Phelps Dodge reports ore shipments increasing from the Southwest with zinc and silver rich loads. Monthly Tealom tonnage ranges from 0 to 1000 pounds while ore carries about 14 ounces of silver and 150 dollars per ton in gold. Southwest ore shipments set a district record as trials of zinc ore to Brent smelter continue and Lowell mine samples feed the refinery demand.
In Flagstaff on a Wednesday forenoon the coroner’s jury announced a verdict that the cause of death of George W. Harben could not be fixed. Prospective witnesses were present but not heard and may testify at a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Rt. Kidd. Chemists in Phoenix reported no findings clarifying the death.
Prairie dogs on Hugh Campbell cattle ranges near Seligman will be targeted with poisoned grain and gas this week. L L Laythe, assistant to D A Gilhrist, head of the state biological survey rodent pest extermination department, will lead the operation after arriving in Prescott and proceeding to Seligman.
Tucson May 7 Bradford Duncan announces formal call for Democratic county convention to be held Tuesday May 9 in the grill room of the Santa Rita hotel beginning at o'clock yesterday.
Governor Campbell appoints 21 Arizona citizens to form the states first illiteracy commission. The group will meet May 9 in Phoenix during the first state illiteracy convention, coinciding with U S Education Commissioner Dodo J Tigerts visit.
Early morning blaze gutted the Old Pueblo club roof. Firefighters battled flames for twenty minutes. by 11:20 p.m. the roof was nearly extinguished though interior water damage was extensive. Fire officials could not yet estimate total losses. In Douglas and Agua Prieta, crowds watched a bullfight turn to farce as tame bulls and a drunken Mexican disrupted the arena, prompting fines for the organizers.
Phoenix dispatch reports Eugene Meser Jr. of the War Finance board urging a one year continuance of the War Finance Corporation to aid agriculture. The measure has passed the Senate and faced telegrams from Arizona groups urging Representative Cary Hayden to back the bill. Hayden pledges active support when the measure reaches the House.
In May the state treasurer and staff prepare to compute interest on outstanding warrants. The process follows deposits to the Bankers Trust company from the sale of a $1,000,000 tax anticipation bond issue. Raymon R. Earhart, state treasurer, directs the work with George Erhardt as deputy.
State Engineer Thomas Mardock announced the division of highway maintenance into three districts due to increased mileage from federal and bond funded roads. Each district will have a dedicated supervisor as state highways expand about 50 miles monthly in the past six months.
Acting governor Ernest R. Hall issued a proclamation designating Sunday May 14 as Mothers Day in Phoenix. The declaration urges residents to honor mothers and their contributions to family and society.
State game warden Joe Vo Prochaska says an elk hunt will open in Arizona this fall. He visited the Sigreaves National Forest below Holbrook and indicated plans for a real hunt session this autumn.
About seven prisoners convicted in U S district court since the April term were taken to Prescott yesterday morning to serve sentences in the county jail. Judge William H Sawtelle ordered the moves from Fort Leavenworth Kansas to the Vasapal county jail as needed.
former Arizona supreme court chief justice Dr Cunningham announces in a Phoenix letter he will locate in Globe to practice law. He has spent several months in San Pedro California awaiting his plans.
Flower shipment from Mesa will go to Whipple Bar racks in Prescott for Hospital Day on May 11. More than 600 World War I veterans convalescing there will receive the visit and flowers.
Hon E J Planizan justice of the Arizona supreme court will serve as toastmaster at the Cameron banquet to be held at the Hotel Adams on Tuesday evening Senator Ralph H Cameron will attend as guest of honor.
April trade in the Arizona customs district totals 1,092,003 with Nogales handling 510,881 in exports and 325,30 in imports. Douglas exports reach 87,150 and imports 7,918 as part of the month’s activity.
Mexico announces an 850 mile automobile highway from Nogales to Tepic Nayarit under Divisional General Angel Flores as military chief first zone Mesien. Route to connect border with one of Mexico’s richest regions and link to Rosales canal work anticipated.
Interest in irrigation and power from the Colorado River grows across the nation as demand for the Agricultural Experiment Station leaflet increases. The first edition sold out. a second edition is in preparation detailing the river’s water supply, irrigation and power potential with emphasis on Arizona projects.
U S education commissioner J. 4. Tigert told a joint Rotary Kiwanis audience that education is the greatest factor in modern business. He warned that a state with a poor school system cannot be prosperous and praised Arizona for its many boosters and few knockers.
Thomas A. Flynn former United States district attorney and Joe Holub former assistant United States district attorney have taken adjoining offices on the third floor of the Monihan building to conduct a law business Flynn has been appointed master in chancery in the Arizona district of federal court in Nogales hundreds of southern Arizonans attended funeral services here yesterday for Ray Serreux one of the best known stock growers of the southwest who died Saturday in his horse on the Vota ironia road after long finals
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