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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1911
Page
2
Treasury details list Poe Year ix Months and subscription rates of $3.00 for years and $1.50 for six months. Editor is Ms Hattich and the notice appears in a Sunday edition.
A long digest lists court actions and local notices across Arizona. Harnson Albright sues Hotel Adams for 7000 for drafting plans. Prescott storms injure James and wife at Montesuma Street. deposits at Phoenix post office emerge. government plans for Colorado River irrigation and roads progress. various mining, railroad, and civic developments appear in Tempe, Douglas, Tucson, and Phoenix with references to officials, proposals, and fund allocations.
A misreadable 1912 declaration from Zion City Illinois claimed Christ would return to teach heal and restore, presented to Mounton court. The county clerk ruled the paper could not be filed as an instrument though it was properly acknowledged and sent back to Chicago with the filing fee.
The first annual conference of the Mexican Methodist church in Arizona will start in Phoenix next Wednesday after 9 o clock. H Blanton Parks will provide. The Arizona conference split from the Colorado conference last year and covers Arizona and New Mexico as part of the African Methodist organization. A public jubilee concert featuring twenty waites trained for the event is planned for Tuesday evening.
Affection toward calling a strike of the employes of the Harriman lines is deferred until next Friday due to the railroads refusal to recognize the Federation of Shop employes. A strike affecting Araous lines is also expected.
The Cochise County couple will have two marriage licenses. Mies Flore Shiram and Mr Crassud were wed in Tucson. a Cochise license was unused outside the county. Probate Judge W F Cooper confirms only a Pima County license will finalize their marriage with Rev Fr Timmerman’s certification.
Mere B Holland and daughter Miss Lilian Holland departed yesterday for Los Angeles to spend several weeks at the coast. Chairman G J McCabe and Supervisors JJ Bowen and Jake Scheerer arrived to hold a session of the board. Associate Justice Fletcher M Dean accompanied by Miss G Doan, a St. Louis teacher, arrived for the third session of the district court today. Doan will take part in the teachers' exhibit today.
A large group of teachers travels to the city for quarterly examinations under County School Superintendent H Stover. The event runs through today and tomorrow as applicants from multiple towns appear to take tests. names include Georgia Holland Tombstone Anna Beauchamp Atterts M Fully sum Katy E Fulguum Martha Centre Wileor Mire DOAL Mote and Mr Richardeon Rodeo Iva Utterback May Dillwan Whitewater Williams Pearce Marie Lauien Mute Apache Mrs FW Adams Dragoon Ethel A Davies Paradine GC Hassell and Mrs GC Hassell Bistee Grace Kerbaugh Courtland Gladys Dean Ruby Ament Douglas Anna Four more are expected to attend.
The Tombstone community mourns Judge G. W. Swain a longtime pioneer and public official. He died in a tragic incident and was honored with a Masonic and Knights of Pythias funeral procession. Swain, 61 or 62, forged frontier life from Nevada to California before settling in Tombstone. He served as Justice of the Peace city Recorder and city Attorney, later contributing to mining efforts in the Dragoon region. He left a wife and five children.
Brackmen of Williamson and Stull valleys captured about thirty wild horses on the Tonto divide as part of a range cleansing effort. The operation targets wildlife overpopulation and range degradation.
The village progresses with installing pumping plants along the line near Beranee and Plagne to support El fare and Southanetern extension. Arthur Urothers Company leads dig operation and material supply for concrete works and equipment delivery. Project projected cost appears nominal at about zero dollars based on current contracts.
Tuesday dispatches report various court, legal, and social notices in Courtland. Officials including Sheriff White and Road Superintendent Eilers surfaced with county matters. attorneys from Bisbee arrived to address district court issues while local figures moved between Tombstone and Douglas for official business.
A recruitment notice invites applicants for posts serving in the Philippines and the Isthmian Canal zone. It promises starting salaries around five dollars monthly with later raises to eighty five, plus quarters, maintenance, laundry, and living expenses. The examination is in Tucson on September 20 for qualified candidates to gain foreign land experience.
Foreign bankers gained control of the Claes Consolidated Mining properties in the Swanana district for 640 dollars. George Mitenell, the principal, is disputed as the owner for years, with 20 miles of railway and development costs cited. Negotiations and past ownership disputes are noted in the report.
County Surveyor John McNeish and assistant arrive for today's supervisors meeting. McNeish has been surveying new roads from the northern county toward Fearne, following a Good Road Association committee request to map routes for incoming settlers. The effort aims to ease fence blocking on the old county road and improve county connectivity.
Four freight cars carrying grading gear were attached to the Besson train bound for Fairbank. The load includes Fresnos scrapers slips wheels and a steam shovel. The equipment belongs to Reimitz who holds the subcontract for the first five miles out of Fairbank. Accompanying him are men to be employed on the project as the Southwestern extension from Fairbanks to Tucson advances.
In an evening match, Dr. Hughart Rev Bodkin and Mrs. Boggs beat Mrs Hughart Miss Tartell and M Telin in a handed Ocquet. Earlier, Rev Bodkin and M Telin defeated Dr Hughart and Conductor Davey in a four handed game.
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