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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1906
Page
2
Minutes record a regular board session noting a time span of one year six months and a total cost of $8.00 for proceedings coverage. The entry reflects formal actions and financial details from the supervisors meeting.
Cochise County Arizona minutes reveal the Board of Supervisors auditing and approving district attorney advised fee bills for justices of the peace constables in Bisbee Douglas. Several claims adjusted with specific amounts paid and refunds ordered for taxes and assessments. The board also addresses jail salaries road matters and adjourns to July 2 1906.
The passage extols miners for earning clean money from the earth, noting their industry and honesty. It contrasts a few parasitic figures who seek unearned gains with the general respect owed to miners for labor and wealth created through mining.
Sailor J. J. Huffacker returned tonight from Phoenix where he testified as a witness in the case of Hallie Jenks charged with the killing of Bedie Jones at the insane asylum. Jones was sent up from Cochise County days before the alleged crime. Huffacker and Constable Geo Hamm of Lowell were witnesses for the defense. the case draws wide comment and the verdict is awaited with interest.
A Prescott society note describes Mrs Jack Wilson wife of Jack Wilson as severely traumatized by a major quake. Agnes Conlin formerly misses well known as a marriage matron. The event left her mind strained and led to health decline. Nicholas White a longtime Pinal county resident since 1884 is reported dead.
An aged fragment discusses who should decide best. It contrasts maker or say so authority with disinterested testimony and a claim of experience in healing women.
The Salton Sea has risen dramatically since its creation with hydrographer W D Smith measuring increases in depth and shoreline. Reports note the sea now sits about 35 meters deep and is expected to rise another 15 feet in the next three months, affecting regional agriculture and infrastructure as Colorado river flows and irrigation concerns loom.
Washington dispatch reports the conference committee on the statehood bill delaying its report again while a compromise allows Arizona and New Mexico to vote on statehood at the next general election. The action is said to have been moved by Senator Beveridge. A fire in the Guardian office at state ford, likely incendiary, destroyed personal texts and papers before it was extinguished.
The court convened at 9 30 am with a reduced jury panel after exemptions. A special venire of 15 and another of 30 were ordered for today and Tuesday. Lists of jurors, cases, and dispositions include dismissals, set for trial, and divorces. Several cases were moved, adjourned, or deferred. Arthur Vezina burglary verdict of second degree. Anton Forras guilty of attempted burglary. Austin Machichi not guilty. several divorce actions advanced or granted. and Dr. Bacon registered at Copper Queen hotel.
F Augustus Heinze enters Cochise county mining with a $250000 ground purchase in Hua chucas mountains. Montana investors, led by Mitchell Fowler and Campbell, will forward payment to transfer the Ramacy canyon Princeton group property to Heinze and associates. A San Francisco engineer reports rich ore and copper prospects. surveyors prepare patent data as Heinze expands in Bisbee area.
The Tucen Citizen reports a Cocopah Indian threat to attack Yuma following the fatal shooting of a Cocopah by Deputy Sheriff Molina while guiding a suspect to jail. A Mexican consul sought charges, sparking fears of an armed descent on Yuma, later quelled by reservation crowd control.
A quirky editorial note contrasts truth telling with social pretense. Fred G. Bernandy arrives in Paradise from El Paso after a several day wait for ore shipments to a smelter. The Bisbee Evening Miner reports the first grade ore at 1,569 per ton and second grade at 58 per ton from a 13 ton shipment.
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