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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1910
Page
3
A scanned county ledger lists numerous chattel mortgages warranty deeds and realty actions including Beulah D Hanks to L Hanks and Jennie B Elliott to Bank of Bisbee. It notes satisfaction of mortgage for Curtie M Jones and Bank of Bisbee to Jennie B Elliott and other mining claims transfers and powers of attorney amid local notices and community items from Douglas Bisbee and Tombstone.
An El Paso Herald item describes a king Schrader of Chicago and crown prince James Alexandria Dowie visiting El Paso. They belong to a sect linked to Zen City and the Dowie religion, wearing flowing black robes and hats. A priest Valinj o and sister Valiejo assist, with mentions of New Jerusalem origins and a Phoenix orchard frost-prevention meeting on October 29.
Blake will cover the western and southern parts of the territory while Godwin works north of Phoenix. They expect to complete the work early next summer.
Northern Arizona papers and Western New Mexico outlets note Miss Charlotte Hall’s gathering date for her history of Arizona. Her work aims to compile regional events and personalities into a published chronicle spanning local histories and notable milestones.
The Phoenix fair commission met and announced a fine response from Walter Douglas of the Copper Queen. Cochise county will provide the Copper Queen band for six weeks at no expense to the commission. Douglas will hire and pay the band, totaling about 1800 dollars.
De Witt Clinton Frots writes in the Sun's El Paso Times about numerous old mines in Sonora that remain undiscovered. He suggests that some day these sites could make a handful of luckier prospectors millionaires.
Philadelphia takes game one in the series played in Philadelphia as Chicago loses 4 to 1. Phillies players and fans celebrate the opener of the event.
Multiple cases in Los Angeles and Bisbee courts include appointing receivers and foreclosures against International Gas and Light Co and others. Writs of attachment target land and crops on China Place near Hereford. Also filings for name change to Charlee Cook and several estate matters with hearings set for final accounts and distributions.
The Phoenix Board of Trade and its committee extend an invitation to the Southwestern Conference on Tuberculosis to hold an annual convocation in Phoenix probably January 1911. Its aim is to discuss tuberculosis problems in the southwest, curb migrant consumptives, and promote local relief efforts. The motto is Every community must care for its own consumptives.
The Rev M C Needham preached morning and evening in Tombstone church services marking his return from the annual conference. He spoke at the county jail in the afternoon. At Congregational Nat The Rev Deck delivered two sermons on doubt and extra mile religion. The Young Men’s class won the Sunday school banner on the condition its class continues next week. The Christian Endeavor discussed the social question with the pastor leading. Regular services were held over the weekend.
The General Convention approved dividing Arizona and New Mexico into two Mission Districts each led by a bishop. Bishop Kendrick now serves both territories and will move to New Mexico with Santa Fe as See City. Arizona will elect its own bishop, with headquarters decision pending.
George Brown a Finlander employed at Itri Fike’s ranch near Naco escaped serious injury when his team of horses hitched to a hay rack charged a railroad crossing on the EP & W line. The near horse was cut near in two and hurled 46 feet, the other horse tossed farther but unharmed. Brown was thrown several yards and only bruised. The hay rack wrecked and cowcatcher dented.
A Globe dispatch reports Inspiration Copper Company disposed of 20,000 shares of treasury stock at $10 per share in New York. The sale nets $2,000,000 and funds the erection of a proposed concentrator on the local property.
Arrangements have been made for the first irrigation census of Arizona. In about ten days two investigators will tour the territory to visit every pumping place or irrigation project. They will collect data on installation time and cost, maintenance expenses, water distributed, lands irrigated, and crops grown. The investigators are Harry Blace of Phoenix and Frack Poe, Prescott territorial surveyor.
Members of the Postmasters association of Arizona will meet in Phoenix from November 10 to 12 to discuss modernizing post offices. The convention aims to outline features of operating posts along up to date lines and share best practices among Arizona postmasters.
An 19th century style advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh by acting on the mucous surfaces. It mentions a monetary offer of one hundred dollars for a testimonial of success by J Cumxer & Co., Toledo.
Tuesday Daily Aligh notes the October district court term prospects including property sales and county hospital closure plans. It reports on officials health, court sessions, and that Judge Fletcher M. Dean will convene the April business and open October term next week with grand jury to assemble.
Fair Commissioner Goll plans to resign after this year’s county fair to take a key role with the Fish and Game Commission. His district includes Cochise and Santa Cruz counties, with expectations to begin new duties around December 1.
Philadelphia defeated Chicago 9 to 6 in the second game of the World’s Pennant Series, staking a strong early lead in the series with a decisive victory.
Sonora cattleman John Dowdle warns thousands of cattle lie within a quarantine strip east of the Nacozari railroad to the Texas border, covering prime range in Sonora. He laments a healthy band of roughly 100 miles not included and criticizes the line as drawn. An advertisement for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy follows, touting its efficacy against croup.
Lake shipments of cattle will go to eastern and western markets from Cochise county. Benson reports $3 carloads shipped from Yallas Cattle Company and Rooke renter cattle sent to Benson. Willcox notes a large shipping season with thousands headed to California and eastern markets.
The Review reports a belief that the man who killed Stanley Johel, a muddle weight fighter, shot him at a Missouri farm and had recently been in Bisbee and worked in a mine. The killer of Ketchel allegedly used the name Walter A Hertz, but claimed Walter A Dipley after capture. About two months earlier Dipley left Bisbee with a companion for Webb City, Missouri, home of Ketchel’s killer.
The Phoenix Board of Trade issues a call for a meeting in the board of trade building during fair week. Representatives from all commercial bodies of Arizona will gather to consider forming a state organization for Arizona. The plan has been under study by officials of the board of trade and chambers of commerce and is seen as leading to good results.
The text notes typhoid inoculation as a late but growing preventive in the United States. It states Douglas is trying the program with reported satisfaction and no adverse results, and that several individuals are described as probably immune to typhoid attacks.
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