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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1914
Page
2
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A collection of 1914 Cochise County notices announces candidacies and re election bids for state senator sheriff county recorder and justice of the peace. Names include William M. Riggs Harry Wheeler Owen Murphy and A L Godfrey with Democratic alignment and election date November 3.
Voters in Tombstone are urged to support the cabinet post at the November 3 election. The notice requests backing for the constable seat and emphasizes local governance.
A 34 year resident and heavy taxpayer pledges a strict business approach if elected supervisor. He fully solicits inquiries into his past business record and calls for accountability in county governance during the general election campaign.
A nonpartisan candidate announces for justice of the peace of the Tombstone Precinct citing public sentiment from the recent primaries and seeking votes from all voters regardless of party affiliation.
Tuesday a drunken brawl in the Mexican settlement left Guede lups Valdes dead and Vastelld badly injured by stones. Eight suspects jailed. officials seek more attackers. Authorities report a prior group dispute over $1000 in returns and a wider melee near Contention, Fairbank, with two more Mexicans carved up and held for the Superior Court.
Arrangements are made to begin a mill scale study of western yellow pine at Plagetait Arizona around October 1. The objective is to measure lumber yields from logs and establish specifications for grading logs into merchantable qualities. The study will help determine timber standing quality and allowable waste due to defects.
Readers waking before dawn can glimpse the periodic comet named for German astronomer Johan Franz Bocke in the northeastern sky. It rises around 3 am and fades with daylight, a sight first reported by an eastern university observer from a photograph taken Thursday night or early Friday morning.
Under new management L K Kettlewell has assumed charge of the Bonnyeide Rooming Tour on Sub street between Alien and Tough Bot. The building has been renovated and remodeled. interiors are neat and clean and up to date.
El Paso Tombstone Phoenix region readers hear of a big race replacing the abandoned Albuquerque Pohepts lanto contest. Merchants claim the shift aims to benefit Arizona more than Mexico and Albuquerque. The proposed route via a cow path is incomplete with only four entrances and draws interest from locals as a major event with over 20 waters.
State civil service announces upcoming examinations for auto machinist ferryman dairy husbandman and other posts. Prisoner J F McCaistion travels from Arkansas to Arizona to obtain A H Hill jailed for forgery in Florence. An Arizona airship destroyer dubbed Arizona No 1 is offered for government or foreign use. Camp meeting for Seventh Day Adventists set in Phoenix. Mexican national Aguirre returns to Mexico to avoid deportation after a Douglas inquiry. Wagon accident injures Bill Quain. Cattle grazing allotments discussed as forest officials plan, and highway work improves a Douglas to Bisbee route. Arizona State Fair promises enhanced mining exhibits. Servians head to New York for departure to Serbia. Sisters reunited after 42 years. Joe Brown dies in Douglas at 120 after long mining career.
In Phoenix on September 30 local interest grows for the Shrine visit of Imperial Potentate Frederick RB Smith of Rochester and a party of notable thriners from California. They travel from San Diego and Los Angeles via a special California team to accommodate attendees, boarding the Phoenix train October 4 to reach the canyon by 10 am. Initiation of over 100 candidates is planned for the canyon ceremony.
Medical ad cites Dr Miles Laxative Tablets for comforting children. Claims gentle action, candy-like chocolate flavor, appeals to kids, and refunds if first box fails. Box of 25 doses priced at 25 cents, distributed by Miles Medical Co Elkhart.
Forest Supervisor John D Tional Forest, to Coco Pingetaft, Athens, transferred from Apache National Forest. Drake resigns as Forest Supervisor. District Forester Guthrie in Albuquerque announces move. Frederic Winn becomes Apache National Forest head after promotion. Rutgers College 1992 grad.
Announcement from the governors office states Frank H Herward of Tucrup is appointed chancellor of the state university in Kereford succeeding Riv. Loren W Whealey who resigned to take a church post in Oroville California. Hertford, previously chancellor, left months ago for a trip abroad and now returns from Europe to assume duties.
The Board of Supervisors closes with only two resignations announced. Republicans and Progressives face need to replace candidates including WJ White for Sheriff and Representative hopeful Join A Rock fellow who declined to run. Intimates say he will back the Democratic side.
The Southern Pacific Railway filed with the corporation commission a plan to issue bonds totaling 53.74 par value to cover expenditures in New Mexico Arizona and California. Key items include a $224 261.53 depot at Oakland a $27181.73 Sacramento River bridge and $105 372.37 tracks from San Pedro to Wilmington. Smaller entries list Tucson division motor cars and rail renewal costs.
In Phoenix on September 28 lawyers discuss new measures on the ballot this fall. Confusion over the 80 percent Citizenship Law sparks questions whether “qualified electors” means Arizona only or includes other states. A response from TC Power cites a Phoenix attorney saying courts will decide, leaving woolgrowers worried about employing naturalized workers from New Mexico.
Prescott reports a deed recorded in favor of Fraok M Murphy by the widow of Diamond Joe Reynolds. The conveyance includes 250 Prescott lots and funds in the Back of Arizona, the Silver Trail, and Charlesony mine interests, reflecting Reynolds’s lasting friendship with Murphy and the railroad enterprise linked to the Santa Fe main line system.
Wm Riggs and John Rock, county supervisors, visited from Douglas by Ford to inspect roads and the San Simon area. They promised a San Simon Sutt bridge and indicated funds may be approved to repair the San Simon Paradise road benefiting residents and the Willie Rose company.
Wanted to buy live Gila monsters and crakes. Pay $2.00 for each live specimen. Also buying three for $2.50. Enquiries to Earl V. Sands Tombstone PO Box 337 Arizona.
Court filings include numerous divorce actions such as Benderson, Baster, Harmon, Chaves, Mailory, Lopes, and McParlead along with replevin and quiet title suits. Probate and guardianship items list petitions for letters of administration and guardianship for Ayala minors and other estates with notices to creditors and settlement of accounts.
The Bisbee Ore comments on Douglas calls to move the county seat from Tombstone. It argues Tombstone risks losing its courthouse while Douglas seeks the gain of mining prosperity, warning removal could spark taxes and political battles between Tombstone Bisbee and Warren District. Special legislators would face voter resistance.
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