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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1922
Page
8
A jumble of local notices from Tombstone and nearby towns. Candidates like A J McKelligan and M Blumenthal visit. officials from Bowie to Bisbee ship in for business. Rain lightly freshens the district as schools reopen and a new U S commissioner Merrill takes office.
Thursday column reports J F Ross Bisbee County Attorney on brief business. Tourists throng Old Spanish Trail. Mra Josephine Rock Tourist Hotel proprietor and Geo M Wales visit Bisbee. Court Reporter J M Phillipowski and family in town. Mr and Mrs Clinton of Waco Texas visiting A W Gardner. Pay delay for lack of asphalt delays state highway work from Tombstone. Fred J Crenshaw and Lessie Bernice Hopkins wed in Tombstone with Judge Albert M Sames officiating. Attorney J T Kingsbury and family in Bisbee visiting Mrs Kingsbury's parents. Wm R Beddow of El Paso, old friend of H L Hutchison, visits.
Friday items report Miss L Grace Kolb returning from Los Angeles after a month away, quail season timing, Wm Frazee’s eye injury and recovery, Bisbee Legion Auxiliary benefit dance to fund radio gear for Lefon Home, Vista Park event on Sept 8, Cottage Rooming House renovations in Tombstone, and Sheriff Hood receiving two full blooded bloodhounds from Bert Youst to aid criminal pursuit.
Storms brought scattered showers to parts of the county with Tombstone receiving two or three showers and Miller Canyon reporting a quarter inch in 24 hours. Huachuca Water Company’s reservoir held 740000 gallons by midafternoon. Deputy Sheriff Leaky jailed Dorsey Burnett on highway robbery charges. bond set at 5000. Various local visits, medical updates, and marriage license activity noted.
In Bisbee on September 7 a preliminary examination tied Felipe Lopez and Jose Munoz to the Canyon attack on Enrique Lora. Both men were ordered held for further investigation on charges of resisting an officer. Four other Mexicans arrested earlier were released. Munoz claims he was at home during the incident and not involved. Police plan further arrests as inquiry continues.
Word reached Tucson today of the appointment of Mr. Cloonan as secretary of the American section of the Mexican boundary commission. A former Arizonan, he once served as agent for the Southern Pacific at Red Rock between Tucson and Casa Grande on the main line. He was a Republican candidate in 1916 for the state corporation commission.
Phoenix report states state game warden Joe V. Prov chaska, after an August 19 appendectomy and a relapse, was again operated on by Dr A M Tuthill at St Joseph's hospital last Saturday and remains hospitalized.
Prescott Sept 7 Joseph P Dillon was appointed sheriff of Yavapai county by the board of supervisors succeeding Warren Davis who died yesterday Dillon previously served as United States marshal for Arizona for eight years with headquarters in Phoenix His home is in this city
A candidate for reelection explains a Benson Benson district roads funding dispute. He notes Willcox and northern county areas receive less attention, defends his residency and finances, and pledges to keep roads in the district passable while urging voters to consider past support and future plans.
An Austrian miner, Aric Jugovich, 27, working for Shea Copper Company in Jerome, was instantly killed after a bucket fell 243 feet when a chain attachment gave way in a mine shaft. Deputy Mine Inspector Matthew Hall said the bucket broke loose, sending Jugovich to the bottom of the shaft. another miner jumped aside and survived unhurt.
Cattle shipments are resuming in Willcox Arizona with plans for heavy hauls soon. Page and Misonhimer shipped two cars of calves last Saturday and expect 110 cars of calves two cars of beeves and three cars of steers this coming Saturday. Nogales shipment of seven cars planned. Johnson & Cook to ship four cars calves and two cows. Rainy periods earlier in the season brought scattered moisture but no widespread rainfall this summer.
The readable text mentions Mr and Mrs Shaw and Miss Zupha with references to a school event and painted rooms. The fragment notes occupations and a lack of full details, suggesting a local notice about a school activity or home project with involved residents. Further context is unclear.
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