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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1914
Page
3
A garbled OCR list shows multiple real estate transactions and security interests. Entries include warranty deeds, land transfers in Bowie and Bisbee areas, chattel mortgage, and mining claim filings. Names such as Lillie Eldredge, P Eldredge, H Johnson, H McKay, J Selazar, Mary Boury appear with properties and prop numbers.
A period piece recounts events and political jibes as George W Cheyney returns home after business with territorial schools. It notes his Congressional delegate nomination and reflects on local races, newspapers, and remarks about the Mormon issue, the cemetery fund suggestion, a possible boarding house trust, and moves toward free trade in the Western Hemisphere.
Bank Duncan in Duncan Arizona was robbed of about 3200 by two masked men at gunpoint who locked the cashier in the vault and fled on horseback. A posse pursues the suspects as Sheriff Wheeler and Deputy Bowden head to the scene to pursue the robbers said to be hiding near Dos Cabezas.
The Bisbee delegates left yesterday for Phoenix while Tombstone’s delegation arrived today. Emanuel received a note from Judge Sloan about leaving Tucson for Tombstone. General Grierson praised for Arizona with a plan to abandon Fort Grant Fort Bayerd and Fort Lowell and move troops to California. Apache scout attacked SP Depot in Tucson injuring a brakeman who defeated him. Thomas Conwey, known as Mootty, was torn to pieces that week.
In the Tombstone area near Lordsburg an early ride on a brakebeam is noted as dust and heat rise. Florence Enterprise reports John P Clam accepted a thousand dollar clerkship in Washington while Fred Hawke battles pneumonia. County politics fuel strong talk on Sheriff Slaughter and county division as delegates meet in Finn and Cochise counties. The Mexican Fourth of July passes quietly as naturalization efforts fill stage and city jail crowds.
At Tuesdays board meeting the resignation of D B Hotchine was accepted and Minnie Lints was appointed to fill the vacant county school superintendent post. Lints, a Mills University graduate with years in public schools, will assume office October 1 after Hotchine’s resignation takes effect.
Daily notes BH Hattich former bachelor editor of the Paogrector and Ertrain returns to Tucon with parents after several days in Bisbee and Douglas. Local Diamond games see State win 13 to 0 Regulars 11 to 8 Mexican team 12 to 4. Naturalization day in superior court before Judge Lockwood with about forty examinees and one hundred witnesses. Saw mill installed by E H Reever. Board of Supervisors canvass primary votes. Mrs Baines opens boarding house. HM Eckerman remodeling building for Studebaker garage. Brace returns from Colorado Springs. Bisbee visitor I B Roscoe. Deputy Sheriff William Bennett visits Tombstone. Jo Page visits from Willcox precinct. Major Georges H Kelly in county for supervisors. Mrs D E Elliott and Mildred Marra back from Bisbee. Allen Street lined with applicants for citizenship. Douglas Gray returns from El Paso. D B Hotchins travels to Phoenix for county school business.
Tuesday notes show visiting attorneys including Jobo F Rone reciting the Democratic nomination for county attorney. Douglas editor Oscar K Goll arrived for board of supervisors business and returns to Bisbee tomorrow. Deputy sheriffs transfer six prisoners to the county jail as sick list closes.
Fire at Balke curio store No 83 35 West Adams Street shortly after midnight caused about 50 000 in damage. A cigarette started blaze damaged rare antique glass articles and many items collected from travels. Water and smoke ruined much of the stock with little insurance.
Lena Tracy leaves Tombstone for Douglas to join the new term teaching staff. Business visitors include J M Bledsoe of Hood and Bledsoe, Oscar K Goll Bisbee City Editor, and attorney Win Cleary Bisbee. Campaigning Deputy Treasurer Frank Demarest heads to Benson Willcox and northern towns. Rafferty and Wilson travel for official matters.
Tombstone voters head to city primaries on October Sed with petitions filed for Democratic nominations. Mayors candidates include W F Kuchenberker and C. Bravin for City Marshal, plus ward councilmen and police chief hopefuls. No Republican filings were listed.
Government surveys resume for a Charleston dam irrigation plan in San Pedro valley. Estimates vary with figures around 1 to 2 million dollars, aiming to irrigate tens of thousands of acres and boost local land use. Historical interest resurfaces after years of no action.
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