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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1913
Page
2
Giragi Br Brothers publishers advertise the Tombstone Epitaph with one year subscriptions and single copies priced at 34 dollars plus 19 cents sales tax.
In Pearce residents report visits from Cal vint Glenn and family as well as Renaud, with courtland trips by auto. Local mining work advances seven feet daily at Commonwealth Extension mine under J J Hill, while Davis and Remington prepare assessment contracts. Ducks and quail are plentiful as hunting continues. a jail escape incident is briefly noted and residents plan ongoing travel to Bisbee and Tombstone.
Mille a new arrival from South Carolina urges Phoenix trustees to set up a separate school for two Black children at the high school, but the board balks citing cost. Assistant Attorney General Lew T Carpenter says he can compel compliance.
A grand jury in a federal court yesterday found Hiram McRas not guilty of using the mails to defraud after fully considering the case. The youth’s lack of interest in wealth and small-scale scheme helped him escape conviction. McRas, about twenty, lives in Globe and Miami vicinity and promised reform after Judge Santelle’s lecture. The jury also ignored charges against Joe Aree and Ignacio Padtrege, but returned about a dozen indictments in total.
A complaint filed in Maricopa County Superior Court alleges Marvhal Mostarger, through Sulvertrain and Sexten of Mesa and LW Stillwell of Salt River Valley Bank, used an escrow to transfer a $3500 MacDonald street property to Smith. Smith allegedly paid $100, deed recorded early, and $2500 loaned by Stillwell.
A L Westgard vice president of the National Highway Restoration and director of transcontinental highways visits Phoenix with Mrs Westward and Harry Orr. He reports mapping 12 000 of 20 000 miles and identifies Borderland and another Arizona route via Tucson and Phoenix with connections to New Mexico and Globe. He notes official approval of the Borderland path and surveys road surfacing and materials.
Florence dispatch reports the criminal libel case of Colton Wamiee in the Florence superior court early this week. The trial centers on alleged letters to Senator Reborst to block Thomas F Weedin's US land office appointment. Weedin is accused of stealing a sewer pipe from Florence. Wamiee was indicted, the first indictment quashed, and reindicted with a prosecuting witness Col Weedin expected.
Attorney General HA Davie says he will file quo warranto proceedings to oust Corporation Commissioner FA Jones. He has reviewed the complaint, found some questions, and advises that the application will be pursued in the coming days with Davis and associates involved.
Arizona will be well represented at the International Dry Farming Congress held in Tulea Oklahoma with Marron Fracer 1 Prescott collecting exhibits from across the state. The Dry-Farming Congress has approved 1600 for this purpose. Professor AM McOmie of the Experiment Station has prepared material for Tulsa. Director BH Forbes will deliver an address on Climatic Factors Affecting Dry-Farming Practice in the Southwest.
A joint county teachers institute will run mornings and evenings during fair week at the high school. Superintendent J A Rigging of Macopa county leads the program with specialists invited to keep teachers up to date in the profession.
The commissioner of the general land office in Washington DC warns Arizona land office officials that applications for reinstatement of canceled entries are often filed directly with the commissioner's office. Instructions require these Arizona land applications to be filed first in the Phoenix land office so records reflect the action and all affected parties receive constructive notice of pendency.
Announcement from the traffic office states an extra coach will run El Paso to Phoenix on No 1 during the state fair. A sleeper will operate between Douglas and Phoenix, arriving El Paso & Southwestern at six o'clock and leaving on No. The regular Phoenix sleeper from Tycson departs as usual by the Golden State Limited. Pacific management urges travelers to take the Douglas sleeper and avoid No 9 for proper Phoenix connections.
A district department official states that Marshal Overlook of the District of Arizona was asked to resign after reports claimed otherwise. The official says Overlook’s service had been wholly satisfactory and records a good performance.
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