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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1911
Page
2
An obituary notes Patrick Ford, 79, Army of the Republic veteran and former Prescott resident, died recently at the Soldiers Home in Washington, D. C. The filing mentions assessed valuation rates and a state board meeting but centers on Ford’s death and his service.
The section reports on a range of Arizona news from Bakersfield locating Territorials man in hiding to a southern agrarian fair in Willcox. It notes Phoenix censorship talks for moving pictures and vaudeville, county poor farm supervision, city finances in Bisbee, church leadership moves, and government appointments including surgeon general of the Arizona National Guard.
Cranaton states the Colorado River is losing itself in a gigantic underground channel south of Yuma causing water to flow toward the Salton Sea and possibly into the Salton area. The report warns this unseen path could alter regional water distribution and availability.
A train load of garbanzos from Tepic territory arrived at Nogales customs for warehouse and onward shipment to Galveston, then Bilboa Spain. Customs valued a consignment at 70 Mexican money per lot, with single jumping beans sold in eastern U S cities for 10 to 25 cents.
William H Taylor issues an order directing publication of notices of application for letters of administration. The bearing date is Monday the Sunday of September 1911. The matter concerns the estate of Toivo Pasnanen with final discharge as administrator sought.
Arizona Indian Seminary in Tucson will open around September 20 for Indian mission students from Arizona tribes. Rey Wo Logie, former Douglas Presbyterian pastor, arrives as superintendent and plans the opening while the Presbyterian board delays building plans to test the venture’s permanence.
A tentative explanation for the Hindus captured in Cochise County by Inspector Kinoes and detained at Tucson immigration, who were trying to transport a trunk from El Paso to San Francisco. A local acquaintance suggests their belief that anything touched by Christians is contaminated and that they carry their own cooking implements to avoid religious defilement.
A lake of what experts believe to be the most valuable nephsitam is found in the Zuni hills of New Mexico, drawing significant interest from many Arizonans.
Reports describe three sharp earthquakes near Asante Fe New Mexico with deep growling sounds resembling volcano activity. Residents felt tremors along the Arison line but no definite damages or injuries are confirmed.
Democratic leaders announce a statewide rally to be held in Phoenix on September 2. Chairman Dillon says the call for a committee meeting will go out soon and invitations will be sent to Democrats statewide. The rally is billed as the largest ever held in theaters with prominent party leaders expected.
The Tombstone Patric Schople opened this morning for the term with 15 pupils enrolled. Superintendent Elle Niblo says enrollment may rise this week and outlines age and entry rules for the Bret two weeks of schooling.
The article lists the latest assessed valuations for Arizona with totals for land and improvements, mining property, town and city lots, livestock, railroads, and other property. It notes the total property valuation at 99,815,100 64 with exemptions reducing taxable value to 98,032,808 64 and highlights Maricopa County leading with 21,580,244 24 in the statewide figures.
Robert Finney, pioneer rancher of the Verde Valley in Yavapai county, reports wild excitement over indications of oil bodies. Locations stretch from Bex Canyon to Camp Verde strip, about thirty feet long and two miles wide, totaling ~50,000 acres. The agricultural sector abandons the plow for prospecting monuments. Finney fears many locations lie outside the mineralized belt. Three large companies have been formed.
Local rail and street arrivals feature Judge Charles G. Johoroo’s return from Tombstone to Tooietoor and other residents including Miss Edna Nevins and President WW Stovall in the Arizona oil area travel to and from Tucson, Douglas, and Columsda Springs with updates on health and business activities.
Fragmentary tribute notice with scattered names and phrases mentions Kean Charles and family wealth but lacks clear event or dates. The readable parts suggest a wartime memorial or homage to a political figure in Arizona with uncertain context.
Attendees at a Tombstone Democratic meeting praised Col Pickett and urged votes for him in the Senate race. Attendees included attorney WG Gilmore, Harry Shore, Clerk et EB James, with many residents and supporters of the Hermitage area, Cochise and Mohave counties cited as backing Pickett. Local figures, ranchers, miners, and editors were present, while speakers extolled Pickett as honest and connected to historical frontier figures.
An Attorney General opinion states any qualified voter listed on the great register of a county is eligible to vote in the upcoming primaries and the December 12 election. The great register includes 1908 names plus those added up to 21 days before the election of constitutional delegates.
B A Taylor a noted merchant from Gleeson spent several hours in the county seat by auto. Since the first of the month six marriage licenses were issued by the probate court. James Wadkins to wed Bertha Violet Christophel and RF Hadan to wed Violet Hawking are listed. Parcard arrived from Doug to conduct business. Rockfellow plans a Tombstone stay at her mountain home. McKinney shifts from butcher to ranching near Gleeson. his summer sales boosted Bisbee, Douglas and Tombstone markets. Pick Murray delivered cattle from Greene Company to L Cummings. Duplicate assessments by Porter McDonald are advancing and expected by the 18th to the county tax collector.
E A Stoker secretary of the North amctions Normal school reports from Phoenix that 12500 dollars have been appropriated to build a dining hall and kitchen for the institution. Erection will be completed this year with 500 dollars per year added to the maintenance fund.
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