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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1908
Page
2
Publication notice for the Tombstone Epitaph edited by YM. Mateson, announcing weekly Sundays issues. Subscription rates shown include one year and six month terms, with prices listed and editor details.
A lengthy antique essay wanders from August in Tombstone to political invective. The piece laments Republican misalignment and praises Democratic principles while linking local court expectations to the county’s wealth and busy civil docket. It praises court efficiency and the judge’s hard work.
Mark Smith spoke last Sunday at Lewis Springs praising clean honest Republicans while noting a man who does his duty to family country and God is a Democrat at heart regardless of party. He praised many citizens who attended the event.
A damaged 19th century ad describes “favorite prescription” for women’s ailments including periodic headaches backaches and pelvic discomfort. It claims the medicine can cure long standing diseases and warns it may avoid surgeries if used in time. It invites correspondence with Dr. Pierce for private consultation.
A listed group of Nimrods leaves today for Rice station on the G V G N to strike for the Apache country and stay about a month. A second party departs tomorrow with Ollie Simpson Lafe Gibson Walter Giteon Bert Beach James Kelley Charley Ray. Pete Pistonetti, fifteen, carried by a bullet wound to Sulphur Springs valley and Bisbee for surgery, making a remarkable endurance ride.
A Tucson child Miss Ryland 12 rides a bronco at Carthage Ohio fair beating thoroughbreds while her father Col Ryland runs a hotel and keeps a string of horses. The report praises her speed and poise on a rugged Arizona mount amid condition comparisons from the organizer’s tally.
Washington dispatch reports T. Pana of the United States Forest Service has returned from the southwest after studying the natural propagation of western yellow pine on the Prescott Coconino and Sitgreaves National Forests in Arizona. The research seeks practical means to reproduce yellow pine, a key regional asset critical to lumbermen and the public alike.
United States Attorney Alexander will press a suit to set aside Olie Craven entry to 160 acres in Cochise County for alleged false final proof. Craven and two associates are accused of conspiring to defraud the government by claiming fourteen months residence and cultivation, with witnesses to back forged proof. The action marks the first of several cases planned to curb homestead abuse.
John A. Greice editor of the Golden City Register sues eight members of the Modern Woodmen of America camp in Golden City for 111000 alleging four ribs broken and injuries during an initiation ceremony on April 10 while he resisted being branded.
E J Perrin sues in the U S circuit court to recover 112000 with interest and costs from Col Greene a copper king of Canada Mes for 2000 acres of Del Babacarari land along the Babacamari river in Arizona. Perrin alleges Greene bought the land in Sonora and promised payment on delivery of a deed but has not paid. Deed tendered May 12 1908. Perrin seeks judgment and costs.
One hundred dollar reward offered for a deafness cure by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Claims deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian Tube mucous lining and catarrh. Advertises cure through constitutional remedies as local applications fail.
The piece notes a dance in September, praising climate and suggesting August and September are equally pleasant. It mentions festivities around Gage ball ext Friday eight and the naval good time as expected, with cultural chatter about weather and social life. Col. L. Pickett is indisposed after returning to Tombstone, with Dr. J. E. Bacon visiting and rumors of bronchitis, though care is in place and recovery hoped.
A. B. Rogers and John Pfeiffer were deemed insane after long confinement at Yavapai hospital and were moved to the territorial asylum in Phoenix. Rogers, a carpenter and ex first class mechanic, fell deranged while at Fort Whipple. Pfeifer, a miner and mill man, was well skilled and earned top wages. Vieier, a Tombstone resident of early days, is noted in their misfortune.
Tombstone set to reopen in September with eleven teachers led by W Triler as High School principal. Faculty includes Mary Williamson in 7th and 11th, Helen Axtent 6th, Ernestine Chowning 5th, Josie Critchley 4th, Lillian Buck 3rd, Josephine McPherson 2nd, Ada Halderman 2nd primary, Helen Benedict 1st primry, Blanche Thornton primary principal, and P12 McLaurin as assistant.
Republican delegate nominee Ralph Cameron appears in Globe and plans a non speaking visit to Safford to meet voters. He will then tour Bisbee Douglas Tombstone and possibly Tucson before launching his active speaking campaign mid month.
Washington debates leprosy policy as Tombstone Arizona reports a local case. Officials call for federal action to establish humane isolation and treatment, urging law makers and the press to press for prompt legislation to protect communities from future outbreaks.
Word from Leadville and vicinity indicates growing interest in the Dragoons with miners and businessmen arriving daily. An accident at Leadville No 1 shaft left a worker with powder smoke exposure and a fatal fall from a 300 foot bucket. George W Swain, active in mining, speaks of promising outlook and renewed activity in Black Diamond and the J. B. Angina property returning to operation soon.
A fragmented note indicates a shift of activity from the five yap affair to the Nugget site. Great Western work progresses quietly and with evident optimism, signaling a destined bonanza for the property as plans unfold.
Reports from Washington list patent grants to Arizona residents including Davier at Clifton, Xnapp at Yuma, Molt at Douglas, Worthen at Tucson. Sullivan appointed forest guard in Chiricahua, Black Diamond post office discontinued, mail to Pearce. Prescott deputy surveyor Guthrie stationed, and national forest districts update. Public domain acreage totals show 12,005,121 acres surveyed and 7,480,210 acres unsurveyed, totaling 19,485,331 acres.
The governor proclaims a general election in the Arizona Territory for November 3, 1908. It lists eligible offices by county and asks voters to elect members of the Legislative Council, House of Representatives, and county officials, with various precinct provisions and a tenfold reward clause for Penal Code violations.
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