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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1920
Page
4
The Tombstone Daily Prospector presents subscription rates in advance two dollars and fifty cents for one year and one dollar twenty four cents for six months. The notice proclaims itself as Cochise County’s oldest newspaper and notes entry in Tombstone.
A century after independence, Mexicans celebrate amid political turmoil yet renewed hope for closer ties with the United States. The piece notes past tyranny, recent elections, and a rising sense of amity on the Arizona-Sonora border. Americans in Naco and nearby towns are expected to join in the observance as the mood shifts toward progress and cooperation.
The Bisbee Review reports Southern Arizona Good Roads Association members urged collaboration on a state good roads program. Dwight B. Heard, father of the highway commission bill, may speak on November 2 to address questions, with a focus on fair cooperation that benefits all counties, especially southern Arizona, and not just Maricopa.
Two women debate the loss of money and the meaning of advantage. One argues private schooling and travel benefit daughters, while the other asserts self reliance and local work teach worth. She notes that true value lies in useful effort, not in opportunities that set some apart.
A fragmentary history piece discusses the Tombstone Prospectin and the State Miner, noting the Epitaph weekly derived from daily editions, plus references to Cur Bill and rustlers, Sunset Magazine writer Fred Beckholt, and old Arizona venues like Cage Theatre and the Barp boys era.
An El Paso Herald letter argues small towns retain residents by reviving local culture. It suggests updating existing venues into communal spaces like clubhouses or social centers, hosting events, and giving youth roles to curb outward drift toward cities.
West Or: N Y youths misbehave prompting police to order bedtime at 6 30. Parents warned to bring minors to court to address juvenile delinquency concerns as program operates briefly.
The piece argues that delaying bedtimes to curb mischief is costly yet has merit. It notes sleep deprivation shapes behavior, praises early bedtimes, and mentions elections and precinct division as potential reforms. The rambling text references the Warren precinct and a new board of supervisors, suggesting political overtones.
A compact editorial note laments wasteful public spending and hints that voters should push for swift justice. It argues lawyers would falter if the public exercised more prudence, regardless of a cause’s merit.
A reflective piece urges parental and community support for education highlighting enduring need for schooling, daily parental involvement, and encouragement to teachers to foster students’ progress and lifelong learning. It stresses sustained interest beyond the morning школьный start.
The article depicts 11000 American farmers and Canadian acres this summer transferring food production to the Dominion for profit, driven by high US costs. It discusses land prices, potential shortages, and a shift toward intensified farming, with at least one veteran urging diverse strategies while others relocate to cooler regions.
A fragmented line questions economic ownership and control by workers across various sectors, imagining a society where laborers own workshops, rails, oil wells, groceries, pulpits, shops, jails, streetcars, and buses, and asks what remains for common people under such a system.
Regnats from the Forest Service show re planted burns and logged areas prospering. Western states tied to lumber industries unite with federal and state forest services and timber makers to promote productive conservation and private land–government cooperation for future raw materials.
At Phoenix hearing, mining interests protested a 25 percent freight rate rise, arguing it would cripple operations and force mine closures. Dowell of Copper Queen and others warned increases would halt production, citing ore shipments from Bisbee to Globe and Humboldt to the smelters.
A U S fire department and a Pacific coast Fire Prevention Bureau representative survey the district after the Mowly fire, estimating losses near 250000 dollars and planning an educational campaign to curb carelessness. Whitewater-Cotton growing in Southern Springs valley reports success as Prescott final survey of Paradise Verde reservoir project begins.
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