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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1920
Page
1
The article explains Maricopa County shifts from local road funding to backing a statewide bond issue to advance highways. It notes tensions with other counties, the Townsend bill battle, and current road projects from Douglas to Bernar dino and Santa Cruz progress, with County Engineer Sid Smyth preparing for flood impacts and upcoming year funding.
In Willcon May 15 Cochise and Graham county residents partner with D A Gilchrist to fight prairie dogs. April saw 102 farmers assist poison experts in treating 35175 acres with poisoned grain and carbon bisulfide. Foremen Watt McCall Homer Brookerson George Morgan Ike Deadmas and Chas Busenbark led effective work in Sierra Bonita Eurekas Chiricahua Kil Cattle areas. Mountain View Pearce Webb districts reduced prairie dog depredations, setting an example for statewide progress toward complete prairie dog elimination in the two counties.
Nogales Ariz May 15 Lucas B Rodriguez a local merchant was robbed of ten suits and other goods valued at 360 from his home. He was forced to attend to his store in a dress suit after thieves took his clothing leaving him in a night shirt. Suspects said to be linked to another recent theft were traced by two women relatives.
One dead and four seriously ill after consuming canned string beans and beans in Florence region thirty miles southeast of Phoenix. County Physician W G Randall reports botulism bacteria as the cause, likening to recent ripe olive poisonings nationwide.
In Phoenix on May 15 the court allowed chemical analysis of bones and a whitish subetaner said to be lime, claimed to belong to Reuben Cervantes a 11 year old Mexican boy and brother in law of Mahr Singh. Evidence included cloth, jewelry and a bone fragment found in a ditch, Martin ranch, or desert.
In Tempe and Tempe linked by Eighth Street crossing, the Arizona Eastern, the town, and the state highway department settled a dispute over the crossing. The commission will allow its use if the old crossing is abandoned and obstructions to view within 560 feet are removed. City plans to buy the orchard and brush to keep the line clear. Also noted, Yuma district plans about 24,000 acres of cotton and the Casa Grande Vakol mine to be operated by eastern capitalists with $200,000 machinery installed.
Bisbee Junior High School baseball team defeated Tombstone High School 5 to 4 yesterday afternoon at Schuster Park. Umpire Joe Carpens earned satisfaction from players. no incidents marred the event. A return game is planned in Bisbee as local players seek redemption. A large crowd attended.
May 15 1920 letter argues for building the Charleston dam to revive water supply and climate in Tombstone Arizona. Writers urge renaming the city Charleston to attract health tourism, noting westward migration, dying eastern farms, and the need for a vast sanitarium to serve future generations.
Dr C D Marsh, secured by the Agricultural Extension Service, toured counties with county agents to advise stockmen on avoiding loco weed losses. The effort, tied to Western range study, aims to prevent poisoning in Arizona livestock. A May 14 note references nationwide buy plans for Marinette land near Phoenix by Southwest Cotton Company for 1 million dollars, tied to Goodyear subsidiaries.
Phoenix reports W J Donnloe purchasing agent ordered 20 pounds of potatoes for Florence state prison and Fort Grant industrial school as experiment in evaporated potatoes. Priced at 2.315 cents per pound the plan aims to cut costs by using soaked dried potatoes while preserving flavor.
An even dozen marriage licenses were issued during the week ending today by Clerk J. E. James of the superior court. Most parties were Cochise county residents. Licenses list Ramon Diaz and Pilar Baca. San Jesus Reyes and Julia Orde. Alfred Goodenstein and Lie kzie McCormick. Joseph Morabe and Catherine Moore. Norman Rice and Ida Colman. Franz Guerrero and Sara Jaramillo. John Reed and Cira Gay atacar. J. Y. Pruitt and Cora Cole. Flaviano Daniel and Rosa Paco. ie and Vera Harris. N. M. G. Noriega and Mercedes Lianes. Robert L. Davis and Carrie Teeples.
Cochise County Nurses Association hosted a Thursday night reception at the Nurses Club honoring Mrs. E. O. Burkholdt who leaves for Los Angeles to join her husband. The event featured yellow daisies and mountain flowers, with Miss Kathryn Siechrist presented as Mrs Burkholdt.
In Nogales on May 15, Mrs. J. Chatham widow of the late Judge J. J. Chatham, awakened by her daughters Martha and Grace, frightened intruders who entered at 5:45 am. Mrs. Chatham rushed out as one robber advanced from an adjoining room and attacked him, causing the burglars to flee with some pistol and a few items taken. The incident ended without major injury.
A $100,000 hunting lodge and moving picture headquarters are planned on Mormon Lake, 25 miles south of Flagstaff. Promoters Edward & Hard, Phoenix real estate dealers, organize a company and plan to lease the land from the government.
Crowded auditorium marks end of term as nine high school and twelve grammar school students receive diplomas. Prof. C E Tilford is presented with a gold watch by the student body in appreciation of five years’ service and says he plans to return next year.
After months of delay active preparations begin for the Maricopa county four million dollar highway system. Twohy Bros of Spokane signed the contract at 3 PM yesterday with John Twoby E Hackett and A F Jones confirming paving preference for concrete over bitullith concrete.
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