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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1921
Page
6
In New York on October 11 silver rose to 721 4 to 721.2 cents an ounce, gaining one cent over the weekend and marking the highest price quoted this year. Dealers say London’s slight drop shifted the gain to speculative demand, with no evident revival of inquiries from India and China.
The University of Arizona football team overwhelmed Bisbee Legion Eleven in Tucson, scoring early then marching steadily to the goal. Right Halfback Landrum ran in a third quarter touchdown for the Legion while Quarterback Thomas returned an interception 43 yards for a score in the final period.
Oct. 11 in Phoenicia police report Perry of the immigration service chased a Mexican man through Douglas after a papers check. The suspect fled toward an Indian school area before being captured with a crowd helping. Authorities planned deportation after a court approved auditorium construction at the site.
Charles 8 Fowler collector of customs and Chief Clerk H E Berner stayed in Tombstone en route to Douglas to oversee official business. Mrs Fowler accompanied them. They traveled from Tucson via Grove and praised the dirt road as the best they had driven. Berner, a former Tombstone citizen, renewed old acquaintances.
James Mulvenon, chairman of the local Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, traveled from Prescott to Los Angeles with ballots from district members on a strike proposal. The count will be kept private in LA and later sent to Chicago to be combined with other districts. Mulvenon oversees Phoenix, Ash Fork, Wickenburg, and Parker.
Tucson reports Maricopa County supervisors will join the movement to place signs along the Southern California tabled route of the South Western Bankhead Highway, a bid urged by Phoenix and Tucson boosters as tourism traffic. Director Larkin of Mt Lowe Observatory endorses Dr A Douglass as successor to retiring president R B von KleinSmid after a Tucson visit.
CHRISTA CHRISTENED LACK CAT DOS CABEZAS Oct 6 The new Mascot and Western gasoline car arrives in Willcox on its initial trip Friday morning J P Williams reported the start time 2 45 for Mascot station The motor is strong reliable and an improvement over the old It is named the Black Cat Two conveyances operate alternately The steam unit is Haley s Comit while the gasoline unit is Black Cat If they live up to their names they should be very speedy
Tempe announces a sale of 135000 in municipal coupon bonds on Oct 11. Proceeds will fund the purchase of an electric property from the South Side Gas and Electric company. Corporations and local authorities named in the issue.
In Pom erene Arizona Oct 11 a majority of land owners sign petition to be exempt from the Charleston dam project claiming Benson canal provides adequate irrigation and no need for water from Charleston dam. The Benson canal is full of water and lands are being thoroughly irrigated.
Truck loads of Mexican cotton pickers from Douglas and Cochise county pass through Tombstone every few days en route to the Salt River Valley. Transportation is provided by the Arizona Cotton Growers association. With work scarce and the Salvation Army soup kitchen closed in Douglas, many are willing to go to the valley to pick cotton.
Miss Helen L Brown Cochise county school superintendent urges clerks to enforce a new law requiring trustees to be elected on the last Saturday in October. New terms begin January 1. Petitions from candidates must be signed by 10 percent of voters in the district and filed 10 days before the election. terms vary by district type.
Bond issue for the Bankhead highway faced approval hurdles as Maricopa County officials refused to permit the project without a bond, with U.S. marshal custody affecting Blodworth a former bank cashier released after conditions. Border towns and chambers urged steering the route toward the Pacific coast, backed by cattlemen and civic groups seeking $20,000 bonds per segment.
H B Titcomb of Tucson announces Southern Pacific de Mexico plans to extend lines to Guadalajara creating direct railroad connections between the west coast of the United States and Mexico City. Titcomb, new SP de Mexico president, just returned from a week in Mexico and says the link is a major need.
George Popovich a Slavonian was charged with arson in Bisbee after a fire at a Laundry Street residence Saturday night. Firefighters found a box of kindling saturated with coal oil and a tub of wood also soaked. Popovich denied any connection to the oil or fire.
A regional agriculture event at Cochise Memorial Park on Wednesday October 12 invites all attendees. The Phoeah Salt River Valley Grape Growers Association reports 610 entries or signups, signaling strong local participation and interest in horticulture and grape production.
The state presented evidence on Walker's role as deputy treasurer in an embezzlement case, amid clashes with defense. Receipts paid by M. F. Bane and Walker's handwriting were challenged, jury temporarily excluded, and Judge Lockwood ruled on admissibility. Testimony from Guy C. Welch and George Brown supported the argument that funds may not have reached the treasury, with more corroboration expected as the trial continues.
New York October 10 The Yanks stopped the Giants rush for the pennant by winning game five 3 to 1 at the Polo Grounds. The Giants scored in the first inning but were shut out thereafter. Batteries Hoyt and Schang for the Yanks Nehf and Smith for the Giants. Score by innings Yanks 001 200 000 Giants 100 000 900.
The New York Giants beat the New York Yankees 4 to 2 to even the World Series. Babe Ruth shelled a ball over the right field fence in the ninth. Batteries were Mays and Schang for the Yanks, Douglas and Snyder for the Giants. The score by innings shows the Yanks with 2 runs on 7 hits and 1 error, the Giants with 4 runs on 9 hits and 1 error.
New York Giants beat the New York Yankees 8 to 5 as slugging dominated. Toney, Barnes and Snyder pitched for the Giants while Shawkey and Baker worked for the Yankees. Game featured heavy hitting with 13 hits for the Giants and 6 for the Yankees.
New York on October 13 John J McGraw hailed the Giants as the happiest man in the world after they captured the eighth game of the World Series. The Giants scored the lone run in the first inning with Nebf and Snyder catching for the Giants Hoyt and Schang for the Yankees. Glendale plans to reopen Pacific creamery.
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