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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1920
Page
4
The Benson Signal reports a flood of public worry about Charleston Dam plans. Editors argue 3,000,000 for dam and equipment, 5 per acre interest, and 12 per acre yearly upkeep seem high yet compare to potential land value gains and increased production. The piece notes most district residents favor pursuing abundant water despite uncertainty.
An old Franklin tale recalls a crowd at an auction and a plain man asking how to handle heavy taxes. The response cites taxes of idleness pride and folly, urging heed to Good Advice and quoting Poor Richard. Franklin’s timeless words echo in today’s times.
The Douglas Dispatch denounces alarmist columns on removing dangerous rock points along the Bisbee Tombstone highway. County Engineer Sid Smyth plans to borrow idle Bernardino Rodeo funds, with repayment by July first, to remove the rock cuttings without delaying the Bernardino Rodeo project, a move labeled prudent.
A caustic 1920s critique rails against political ambition and public folly, praising dull honesty while lampooning politicians and social climbers. It ridicules inflated ego, feigned courage, and the fixation with style over substance, noting how gall shapes politics, fashion, and literature. The piece cites examples from finance, apparel, and publishing to illustrate pervasive conceit.
Reports from many parts of the state show smallpox continuing and spreading despite mild cases. Between May, 38 cases across three counties signal rising incidence, with exposed individuals forming severe or fatal outcomes. The state board urges 14 day quarantine for exposed persons and mandatory vaccination for school return to curb the outbreak.
A local inquiry into Liberty Bond pricing tracks offers from a bank, a brokerage, a cigar store, and pawnbrokers. The $100 third issue 4 1/2 per cent bond yielded offers from $90.17 at quotation to $83 from a small dealer, with fees and interest considered, revealing wide variability in value.
A mine owner with ready silver, lead, or copper ore postpones extraction due to taxes. The article argues Uncle Sam relieves old miners but not other precious metal producers, hindering profits and raising costs. It calls for government action to rehabilitate the mining industry and boost production.
The piece argues teachers are underpaid and understaffed with 35,000 fewer teachers than needed and 65,000 makeshift instructors. It cites a 100,000 effective shortfall, lagging salary gains versus other costs, and rising retirements, urging readers to consider the crisis.
Women who testified before the Senate Public Health Committee questioned why Congress funds millions to raise better hogs yet ignores child welfare. They argued lawmakers favor big business lobbies and food production for farmers, while women and children have had little political voice or lobbying power in Washington.
A Department of Justice report highlights the American Woolen Company’s first quarter profits signaling potential full year gains, amid a broader critique of profiteering. The piece threads social and political change from imperialism to Bolshevism as a warning of volatile times.
T. D. Cashel of Phoenix announces his candidacy for Corporation Commissioner. He brings twenty years in tariff rate making, eight years directing Southwestern Tariff Bureau work, and hands on study of public utilities statutes and Interstate Commerce Commission decisions. Born 1848, Corrievivenia, he is regarded as a Western pioneer and first mayor of principal.
A bus driven by A B Scheppke and a Buick driven by James Ewing collided yesterday at the corner of Tove avenue and the alley behind Heidel note. J Hartners, a patient at the park sanitarium, was thrown from the bus onto the pavement but claimed no injury and boarded Southern Pacific train No 1 bound for Prescott. His companion Mack, also bound for Prescott, was uninjured.
Aboy 3 May. M Eugene Durfee Douglas architect returns from Fort Grant where state projects were approved. He was chosen in Witte s as architect for a new Willcox high school costing about 60000 dollars with a 500 seat auditorium and modern facilities including manual training and domestic arts. The old building will be used until spring. bond election next month is viewed as formality due to strong local support. The new school will meet needs for the next decade.
May 27 plans to reestablish a tourist camping ground near Tucson were debated at a Young Men's Business Club meeting. Committees were formed to inspect sites and plot methods to raise about 2400 dollars needed to finance the proposal.
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