Made in Arizona and the 1909 census debate
The piece surveys Tombstone as a residence favorite and praises El Paso Herald's 28th year with a new building. It notes Hearst led income tax polls, reflects on Alabama's stance, and argues for a factual, businesslike national census led by Taft to keep politics out of counting. It mentions Mary Baker Eddy, Arizona sugar, and a skeptical grafted city government claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso Herald
Herald
Southwest
Arizona
Taft
Col W . Greene
Arizona Will Be State Says Col Pickett at LA Club
Col HL Pickett of Tombstone told a Los Angeles Hassay Tampa Club audience that Arizona will become a state in 1910. He praised its copper and mineral wealth, ostrich farming potential, and orange quality, claiming it will outshine Alaska and Florida in production and value.
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Los Angeles
HL Pickett
Tombstone
Rockies
Arizona
Northwest
Portland
Seattle
Alaska
Lesid
Arizvos
Cochise
Tombstour
Alasks
Ariezona
The
Golden Gate
Florida
New York
Calliores
Arizove
Congress of the
United States
Cave Creek Falls in the Chiricahuas feature dramatic drop
The Paradise Record notes Cave Creek Falls in the Chiricahuas as a sheer 250 foot drop with a total fall near 400 feet within half a mile. Visitors are advised that in high water the falls are spectacular and worth a trip. Access is from Paradise or Cave Creek Canyon via Fisher Route, about seven miles from either Paradise or Portal, near Chiricopus cave.
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Paradise
Chirieahuas
Cave Creek Falls
Cave Creek Canyon
Chiricabus Cave
Crystal Caves
United States
Portal
Paradive
Smelter Nears Completion at Johnson Camp
The Bret whistle sounded to mark first steam to the boiler of Ark zene United Mines 125 ton smelter at Johnson. Workers surged to finish the plant while the company develops ore on Mammoth Republic and Chicora properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Ark
Overlock In Tucson Takes Office As Arizona Marshal
Charles A Overlock took the oath as United States marshal of Arizona in Tucson on Monday with Associate Judge Campbell administering. He will serve as marshal, succeeding Ben Daniel. A bond of 20000 was posted. Deputies named include Don Willits, Harry Wheeler, Harold, Will White, and Carr. Backing from Hoval Smith aided most appointments except Willits.
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Overlock
Charles A Overlock
United States Marshal
Arizona
Tucson
Campbell
Ben Daniel Lock
Tuc—son
Don Willits
Daniels Administration
Feld
Harry Wheeler
Arizona Rangers
Harold
Phosnis
Carr
Bisbee
Will White
Hoval Smith
Willite
Tombstone Forms New Baseball Team The Revenues
The Tombstone county seat announces The Revenues baseball club with Vernon Kendall as catcher and captain Thomas Taaffs as pitcher. Lineup includes Harry Kendall W Yoho Guy Eads E K Springer manager C Aanders Alfred Godfrey departs Tombstone for ICCF Supreme Lodge session with delegates from Arizona.
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Lates Baseball
Tombstone Baseball Club
Vernon Kendall
Thomas Taaffs
Harry Kendall
Yoho
Guy Eads
E K Springer
Aanders
William Lowe
Ben Edeon
Alfred Godfrey
Tombatore
Beattie
Supreme Lodge
ICCF
Godfrey
Arizona
H J Snider
Prevott
NM Metrovich
Tucson
Phoenix People Encounter Whales
A steamer carrying Phoenix residents along the Alaskan coast collided with two whales at about 8 pm on August 16. Passengers included James H McCrock, WH Code, Dr A J Chandler, Walter Talbot, and Dr Ancil Martin. The Dolphin struck the whales, both sank, one disappeared, the other likely killed as water ran bloody. the largest whale reportedly about fifty feet long.
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Phoenix
James H McCrock
WH Code
A J Chandler
Walter Talbot
Ancil Martin
Alsakan
Sigway Ives
Artesian Water Drilling Yields No Surface Flow Near Fairbank
Fail to Strike Artesian Water Buck Hatherly operating Mr Mackey's drill for the 5 P company at Fairbank reports the bore passing through valley fill into bed rock without tapping any dowing water. Water found in upper gravel elsewhere near Fairbank and at Benson, St David district shows contrast to lack of surface flow at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Hatherly
Mackey
5 P
Fairbank
Benson
St David Farmng
Benson Press
Santa Fe Railroad to Hire 500 Indian Workers
The Santa Fe Railroad plans employment for 500 government wards to build a Parker to Bengal railroad. E 8 Colgrove, an Indian employment agent, visited Prescott. The government will supply copper colored laborers from tribes such as Yomas Mohaves Wallapsis and Chimuuvis to work for the chosen contractor. The government monitors conditions to ensure fair treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Parker
Bengal
Colgrove
Indian Employment Department
Prescott
Parkerton
Colorado
Benge
Stags Celebrate Second Anniversary in Tombstone
A Stag club anniversary party was held at H W Smith's residence on Saturday evening. Members included PA Smith LF Kacheobecker G O Gallen LA Hatchinson HW Smith Bachelder and J Overeas. The evening featured vocal and instrumental solos, a cornet piece, a quartet, a duet, and a comic sketch titled One Broadway. The Stags then departed for home.
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Stag Club
Tombstone
H W Smith
Messra PA Smith
LF Kacheobecker
G O Gallen
LA Hatchinon
HW Smith
Bache der
PA. Smith
Bachelder
L A Hutchinson Cornet
JC Norcross
Messrs
Vamith
Kochenbecker
Hutchinson
Race for Railroad Commissionership in Arizona
Three candidates vie for railroad commissioner with WP McNair of Cochise favored by local supporters. McNair, a veteran railroad man, leads due to extensive experience and Arizona's rail mileage and shipping centers. Governor Sloan appointed McNair to the vacancy left by Lime Ely, a move expected to be formally announced today and strongly backed in the territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WP McNair
Cochise
Vatadar
McNair
Chise County
Phoenix
Sloan
W P McNair
Douglas
Lime Ely
The New Two Cent Stamps For Local Post Office
The local office expects within two or three weeks a consignment of the Hadeon River Discovery stamps in 2 cent denomination. It commemorates the discovery of the Hadeon by Henry Hadeon three hundred years ago and the introduction of steam oxidation by Robert Fulton in 1807. The oblong stamp features an engraving of the Hudson with the Half Moon sailing upriver and the Clermont at anchor, in the same color as existing two cent stamps.
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Henry Hadeon
Robert Fulton
Hudson
Endorsements for Statehood Poised to Pass
Reports say endorsements for statehood will likely pass at the dry farming congress in Billings Montana and at the territorial fair in Phoenix and Albuquerque. If figures like George Glenn er Bill T and Heney are secured the effort appears certain according to a Sun dispatch.
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Congress
Billings
Montan
Phoenix
Albuquerque
George Glenner
Bill T.I
Heney
Why Editors Grow Wealthy
A humorous quip on editors profiting from life events. It notes birth payments to doctors and ministers, editor fees for write ups, wedding notices, and obituary columns with escalating sums, ending with the editor’s large obituary fee as the final punchline.
Big Lens Reaches Lowell Observatory
Mining enthusiast 3 B Cox arrived after weeks in Flagstaff with news of the large lens for Lowell Observatory, the world’s largest. The express charges total 1200 dollars. It will be installed by mid September to study annual celestial conditions.
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Neveral
Flagstaff
Cox
Lowell Observatory
Thet Point
Buffalo Bill's Associate Dan Martin Killed by Lightning
Dan Martin, a former Indian scout and associate of Buffalo Bill Cody, was killed by lightning while gathering bay on the Gilea ranch near Phoenix. He accompanied Buffalo Bill during early northern Indian warfare and held several government bravery medals.
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Dan Martin
Buffalo Bill
W. J Cody
Gilea
Phoenix
Sunday Martin
Pneumonia Warning Advised by Druggist Ayer’s Pectoral
An old medical notice urges readers to seek a doctor for pneumonia symptoms such as a hard chill chest pain fever and prostration. It recommends giving Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral if a doctor cannot arrive, then follow the doctor’s instructions.
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Ayer
Mining and Court News From Tombstone District
Visitors arrive from Douglas Benson Hereford and Gleeson while district court opens September with a divorce Ed Sand v Lukea Sand. Bruce Wilcox visits Tombstone from Hereford. Several mining figures plan trips to Tucson Los Angeles and Houghton. Simson, Gibson Ray and Woolery depart for Brick Range hunting trip for two months. George Howard recovers from surgery and Rex Buckman resigns as assayist for Tombstone Consolidated Mines company.
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District Court
Ed Sand
Lukea Sand
D Taylor
Bruce Wilcox
Tombstone
Herefod
HC Williame
Tombstone Con. Mines Company
Tucson
George Scheerer
The
Vally
Nnsrods
Brick Range
Graham County
Simpson
Gibson
Chae Ray
Lon Woolery
Albert Rex Buekman
Tombstone Consolidated Mnes Company
Tucaon
Houghton
Mic
State School of Mines
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Animals Can Enter After Being Dipped
A Treasury Department and Bureau of Formal Industry notice states that tick-infested mules imported at Nogales may be admitted after dipping. Grant Brothers planned to import 800 mules for grading for the Southern Pacific, with $24,000 duty protested. If permitted, the mules would cross the border after treatment, with dipping involving passage through a crude oil vat.
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Treasury Department
Bureau of Formal Industry
Nogales
Grant Brothers
Ontit
Courtland
Southern Pacific
Mles Acros
Train Service Disrupted by Floods West of Yuma
Advices from Yumue report the Southern Pacific railway demoralized by floods west of Yuma. Several miles of track including sections built to replace washed out lines have been inundated. Roadbed undermined and large quantities of track carried away. Traffic crippled as the rainy season continues, likely to exceed prior delays.
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Yumue
Southern Pacific
Yuma
Pactic
Delegate Cameron’s wife handles crisis in Minnesota
Delegate Ralph Cameron departed Inet night or Rochester Minnesota with his wife who will oversee a noted specialist there. The sudden move cancels his Cochise visit for now. Mrs Cameron has many Tombstone friends and officials hope her illness is not serious and she will soon return to Arizona.
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Ralph Cameron
Inet
Rochester
Minn
Mr Cameron
Cochise
Cameron
Tombstone
Arisona
Mining Bond Notice in Turquoise District Arizona
Public notice states that the owners have bonded the Geronimo Little Jap Little Hope Homestake and Headlight mining claims to W. C. Humphrey of Douglas Arizona on June 10 1909 in Turquoise Mining district Cochise County Arizona. The undersigned will not be responsible for any expenses for labor supplies or otherwise furnished or contracted for mining during the term of said bond to W. C. Humphrey or assigns. Dated June 10 1909.
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W. C. Humphrey
Douglas
Arizona
Geronimo
Little Hope
Turquoise
Ochise County
Arizons
Lsbor
Avid Mines
D.W
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Chiricahua Mountains
Cochise County
Mr.Hearst
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Kansas
Les
Uaies
Col. Pickett
Santa Fe Railroad
Ariscos
Clea
JJ Hilburn Ie
John Macy
Biaboe
Big Copper
WP White
Preas
St Bryant
Gleeson
D L Cunningham
Taylor
Bistee
WE Boggs
Hereford
George Howard
5Ere Hospital
Arizna
Abe
Havecise Hospital
S. P
Cardus
Cardut
Mra. Rens Hare
Pierce, Fla
Cardui
Gerdui
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