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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1918
Page
3
Aug 27 Bisbee Warren district schools add a full time school dentist Dr Johnson whose first task is a thorough tooth survey of every pupil with care and cost guidance. Superintendent E Philbrook expects benefits to dental health and student well being as school dentists remain rare outside large cities.
Aug. Not ier reports sulfuric acid and other reagents in high demand from copper smelters while power is scarce. Warren district and Bisbee face insufficient electricity. Jerome and northern properties could benefit from more supply. Bisbee Improvement Co expands, but contracted capacity limits impact as new resources push development.
Governor Hunt announced two appointments and one reappointment to the Arizona State University board of regents. Mrs. Marshall of Tucson fills the term of Rudolph Rassmessen, J. H. Chapman of Winslow Mail succeeds Dr. Whittmore, and Dean Scarlett of Phoenix is reappointed for his proven work.
Bisbee August 27. The Warren district shows ahead in new ore development with the Dean near entry into ore on its 160 foot level, promising to become a major copper mine. Calumet and Arizona continues Junction area exploration beside the Dean with an encouraging outlook. Copper Queen on Sacramento hill makes steady progress, signaling renewed life for the district’s copper production.
Pima County shows interest in a Bankhead Highway route from Tombstone through Benson to Tucson as a proposed 17.5 mile construction. The plan, outlined by the Pima County Highway Commission, calls for a borderland highway across Pantano Wash near Clenega ranch and along Agua Verde Creek to the county east boundary. The project, estimated at a road bond issue, forms the most significant option under consideration.
The Capital Scenes Committee in Washington refused to authorize Los Angeles to proceed with the Second Street tunnel. The plan, long under consideration, promised to aid the northern business district and northwestern city areas but stalled due to wartime conditions and the need for federal approval.
Aug 25 Robert Beaster aged 12 years son of Mr and Mrs Beasley of Upper Lowell Bisbee was electrocuted after touching a high tension wire feeding mining shafts in the Warren district. He climbed a tower as his twin James called for help. Mrs Beasley rushed to the scene but the child died as the current burned through his neck.
Governor G W P Hunt praised Arizona men at Camp Cody saying about 2000 Arizonans are in camp with only four on sick report. One recovering from appendicitis, one in quarantine, two with minor ailments. He noted women employed in several laboratories freeing men for active service.
Supervisor Joan Rock returned home this morning from Bisbee after a brief campaign trip from his ranch at Turner. He aims to meet as many voters as possible regarding his bid for reelection as supervisor but has limited time due to official duties and personal business.
A Washington telegram confirms Howard Vail was killed in action in France on July 24, the first Phoenix boy to die in World War I. His mother received the notice after a letter from July 3 indicated he was in good health and just back from the front. The letters hint at a major forthcoming action and officers urged men to write home.
The Arizona Federation of Labor denounces a proposed draft provision, arguing it would conscript workers only after industry consensus and government action. President asserts opposition to the plan and criticizes Gov Hunt for backing the draft.
Evans and Woo H Heady of Los Angeles plan to build a factory at Yucca Arizona to extract sisal fiber from Spanish bayonet and yucca plants along the Colorado river. Portable mills will be moved to remote points to process tran smillmens and reduce costs for cordage material from Pacific Islands and Central America.
Aug 27 Phoenix report notes Lt. Col. Wh of state institutions returns from Fort Grant site where new dining rooms and laundry tanks are being erected. School placed under military discipline, 140 boys adapting to training and planning army service. Food largely from a garden tended by boys. girls learn domestic science and weaving. A new feature is a brass band of 24 players. Leroy de Ladd Hy of the commission.
While rounding up goats a few miles west of Douglas, Frank Knornschild and Geo Slater noticed goats scattering in all directions. A large deer among them frightened the herd, but after the deer was chased and eluded, the goats were finally gathered.
Jerome barbers have rolled back from recent raises to 35 cent haircuts and 75 cent shaves, returning to former levels of 25 cent haircuts and 50 cent shaves after losing much patronage. The move aims to win back customers in the Jerome area.
Aug 27 Phoenix report outlines federal guidance urging Arizona farmers to market wheat promptly to ensure supply for mills. It notes limited wheat in Los Angeles for Arizona milling, a $2 minimum price for intermountain grain, and inspection requirements while detailing state loan data for farmers through May 1918.
Mrs J S Hanson of Courtland spent the day in Tombstone as the guest of her mother Mrs A Kiaw.
In Prescott Arizona August a federal court adjourned after Judge W T Sawtell attempted to recall a witness to attend a funeral. Mickey Scanlon was sentenced to six months in jail and a 259 fine for resisting an officer at Jerome. Judge George Myers later ordered John Fromback of Prescott to six months for failure to register for the draft.
Aug. 26 Clifton reports restlessness in the Isbor fields over alleged wage stagnation. Labor leaders, awaiting a federal labor review after mediator Hywel Davies fell ill, press for higher raises seen in other Arizona copper camps. State Federation of Labor backs the agitation.
Ariz county officials and their deputies, to be advanced by Pinal County to first class status, will not receive raises until January 1 1919, per an opinion from County Attorney Richardson this week.
Aug 26. Whisky saved at least one life during a pursuit in Arizona where officers Posten and Grant chased a Mexican bootlegger. A fusillade scattered bullets hit liquor bottles in the fugitive’s sack, forcing abandonment of the contraband. Also, Mrs. E P Grover of Mesa says she knew Haan the captain of a German submarine off the Maine coast and once employed at Booth Harbor fish hatchery.
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