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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1922
Page
8
Tombstone daily sees crowds of visitors while legal and civic matters unfold. Attendees and witnesses from McNeal to Gleeson converge for court and town business as weather turns cold and a storm looms.
Wednesday brought legal rights in the county seat with court happenings and plans for a new stove at Crystal theater. Snow reported in the Huachucas with no rain yet. The city council meets tomorrow at 7:00 PM to transfer office duties after the recent election. Court cases include land suit near San Simon and a man adjudged insane to the Phoenix hospital.
The Huachuca Water Company reservoir in Miller Canyon received four inches of snow last night. Sheriff and Undersheriff conducted official business in Bisbee Courtland while town residents dig bait near Fifth and Allen streets. Mabel Blyth of Des Moines visits her father in the county seat. J H Davis of Bunker Hill Mines confined with mild illness but expected to recover quickly.
Friday to Tucson visit notes Bisbee business moves. Grant Bros Shoe Store owner visits Bisbee on a mission. Paving of 42 foot stretch near Cochise Stronghold area advances. curb work and removal of a cottonwood tree to avoid interference. Drivers urged to use crossings and avoid jaywalking. Cooking at Camp's features Mrs Staniger famed for quality meals. Armory dance organized by Tombstone Girls Basketball Club with Brandt’s Orchestra. ticket sales strong for Saturday night event.
Dill McPherson spends Saturday in Bisbee with friends while Gen John C Greenway from Warren passes through Tombstone en route to Tucson. A. E Davis and A H Gardner and wives head to Nogales for a day with friends. Jim Wolfe pioneer rancher from Lowly Springs visits Tombstone for business and old friends. Fern and Carolyn Halliday entertain teachers and friends at their home. Attorney Geo L Taylor of Bisbee spends the day at the county seat. J P McDonald hosts a Tamate feed for friends at Mrs Dalgleish’s residence. Six marriage licenses issued by Clerk J B James for Downer Nabarette and Gonzties Reed Curios Herrin Dorame Kelton Faward Aly thea Douglas Aly thea. Visiting daughters arrive in Tombstone to see Mrs Wm Magnes and daughters. Tourism through Tombstone boosts local revenue. road funding linked to tourist traffic. Mr Sparks and party travel to Phoenix. Sparks mourns mother’s death.
A Cadillac carrying General Hay of Camp Jones his wife and two officers crashed on a grade near Benson. General Hay and others suffered severe injuries with a fatal risk to his life. Mrs Hay and the daughter were seriously hurt. An ambulance rushed the injured to Camp Jones and Tucson doctors were summoned. Blood and debris covered the scene in what witnesses called the bloodiest wreck they had seen.
Colorado river commissioners led by Herbert Hoover converge in Santa Fe to draft the seven state compact dividing the river basin into upper and lower divisions. Utah Colorado Wyoming join upper division. Arizona Nevada California form lower division. Agriculture favored in water rights. work targets completion by the weekend with possible extension into next week for formal ratification by state legislatures and federal approval.
Harvey Wold and Everett Thompson escaped Maricopa county Jail after noon. Wold, alias known in Southern California, faced embezzlement charges from a local auto firm. Thompson, a federal prisoner, was charged with interstate transport of a stolen car. They fled through a shaft in the roof and slid down a grain pipe according to investigators.
J W Ross elected justice of the peace in Prescott while his father Henry D Rows wins the Arizona supreme court post on the same day, defeating Poulson by under 75 votes. Tabulated results show Rows ahead by 53 votes in another race, reflecting a tied Ross prominence in state judiciary. A fragment notes a local friend’s death in Mexico City and a separate rail and high school project.
The Neales Democrat reports the Rambler fishing boat disaster near Guaymas. Eight men aboard include Brophy and Bert Howell. The crew, led by Mardy, search for Brophy after he is swept overboard as the vessel lists and sinks. Efforts fail. Brophy’s body is not recovered. The accident occurs about 25 to 30 miles south of Guaymas near Point Lobos light.
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