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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1910
Page
4
The coming territorial fair touts Cochise County as a record setting event with a landmark attendance forecast. The county’s exhibit aims to showcase its vast resources in minerals and agriculture while envisioning a future of irrigation, dam building, and widespread homesteads under a growing mining and farming economy.
New cases in both courts include divorce action Margaret Bauer v Albert Bauer and appeal Kieffer E Billings versus J R Combe. Various probate items list administration letters and hearings for estates of Ashley Gird Rodallegas Sanchez Kirkland Welch, with guardianship and final account matters scheduled through November.
Cochise county grand jury concluded a five day session after reviewing 62 cases. It returned 28 indictments, 24 ignored, and 10 referred to future action. Several defendants faced varied charges including grand larceny burglary and murder, with sentences handed down and many prisoners to Florence for confinement.
Martin Costello travels to Tucson to manage Thomas Steele’s Cochise holdings while KB Webster serves as a juror. J. Rock returns from a ranch visit near Barbacomari and irrigation ditch work proceeds. Philips of Tucson visits Tombstone representing New York Life. J. Wyatt of Arizona Gold Mines is in Tombstone with Patt sgonie and South Fass business. Court Reporter Walker covered a major tard case. Ory Cantrell assisted. Awaited Friday night attorney arrivals for court calendar. Patrick Waleh, 65, committed to asylum after lunacy evaluation for delusions and fear of imagined enemies.
Alderman Shelton G Dowell and other Douglas residents returned from the Quijoto mountains where a placer property is under development with a Quinner crusting machine. Dowell says attention is growing as several claims are located and others are acquired by purchase. Work has not begun in full but is expected soon. He plans to talk after activity starts.
Secretary George U Young orders the official Cochise county count of delegates to the constitutional convention re sent to Phoenix by Clerk H E Berner. The report will list votes by precinct and per candidate. A telegraph note says the vote was drafted by the convention, not its final purpose. Near Jerome a dog was bitten by a rattlesnake but recovered fully.
A heated session of the Arizona constitutional convention centers on women’s suffrage and the recall. Messages to Representative Connelly from Cochise County denounce his push, urging him to leave Douglas and even calling for drastic measures. Delegates react as telegrams are read, some urging referral to the military and public defense committee.
Four large and handsome faves cent mrrients at from Oregon. They were consigned Ito D Davis.
Friday report notes Daly Los Angeles has arranged legal counsel for a jail-related matter. The Tombstone project will have full representation at the territorial air event in Phoenix this month as preparations ramp up for larger dollars than ever.
Porter McDonald reports inspecting over 1000 head of cattle at Turner in the county for shipment to California. The herd, valued for Ventura buyers, shows good condition given drought and scarce rain. prices were not learned.
The city council under Meyer Wentworth will hand over a solid balance sheet to the new administration. The present regime retires by the 15th with a nearly 410 debt to be turned over, cash and bonds totaling about 2300 plus free department equipment and a current surplus for debt reduction, while police and marshal efforts kept expenses down and vagrancy under control.
The county board of supervisors plans a transfer of nearly 100 patients from the local hospital to the Douglas poor farm, with about a hundred to remain for auxiliary use. The move, expected to take place December 1, follows praise for the hospital’s management and notes the favorable water and climate of Tomtetone aiding tuberculosis care.
A grand jury report commends the county officials for efficient maintenance of public spaces after a thorough investigation. Citizens agree the praise is well deserved, noting orderly conditions and responsive oversight in the community.
The executive committee of the AOUW debated combining member insurance with proposals from the Fraternal Mystic Circle and the Equitable Life. The committee advised lodges to accept the Mystic Circle plan while preserving current AO U W insurance rates and features in the merged structure.
The Arizona constitutional convention hears the legislative committee report on duvet legislation based on proposition No 4 by A C Baker Maricopa county The amendment plan is revised in three forms and will spark a major fight The committee favors an elective amendment process requiring a two thirds legislature call a convention by petition signed by 18 percent of last election voters and a simple majority to pass.
HL Travers of Huron North Dakota died when a Pullman car on the Rock Island line near Taxicuma Oklahoma burned Thursday morning. A woman passenger Alice Holland of Bisbee Arizona and the absent conductor and porter left the car. she was rescued, he suffocated and burned.
The first show under new management at Schieffelin drew a large, appreciative audience. Miss Benty Mulbern sang two illustrated songs to success with no heavy encore, while Miss Haxel Yoho impressed with piano selections. Management plans more feature acts for Sunday.
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