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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1922
Page
2
The Pioneer Newspaper of Cochise County Tombstone Daily Prospector announces subscription rates in advance for one year six months and single copies with prices listed. The publication notes its status as a second class matter and is printed by Giragi Brothers.
A fragmented discussion on radium use in hospitals, its high cost, and safety concerns then shifts to a reflective piece on politeness. The piece questions patient reactions, the cost of courtesy, and the elusive aim of pleasing everyone as natural tendencies clash with effort and expectations.
Douglas Banker and C. B. Homer win prizes from a Legion automobile drawing held before noon with Temple Williams drawing numbers blindfolded. A large crowd watched as the seventh ticket won the Studebaker light six touring car and the eleventh the Dodge coupe. Local residents defend against claims of crooked work. Willcox road work advances with two bridges finished near Bowie and one mile of the Dos Cabezas to Willcox road nearing completion.
Nogales Ariz Sept 17 Plans and specifications for a new federal building to be erected in Nogales were drawn up in Albuquerque and will be received from Washington. Edward F Winkler the man who confessed to taking part in an attempt to hold up the Golden State Limited on the Southern Pacific near Tucson. He was handcuffed and led by officers and signed extradition papers. The building will cost between 850000 and 8100,000.
Arizona Supreme Court sustains Mohave county ruling in the Tom Reed Gold Mines versus United Eastern Mining case involving more than five thousand dollars in gold ore. The three ore bodies Sideline Big Jim and Tom Reed were considered parts of a single ore system that shifted over time into United Eastern claims. The court notes long elapsed time since the connection and awards Tom Reed mine its costs in both trials.
Gordon W. Wilder, a Missouri licensed traveler, was jailed after police charged him with mistreating his wife in Nogales Arizona. The couple arrived Friday by automobile and Wilder allegedly crossed into Sonora and drank heavily before returning in a drunken state and assaulting Mrs Wilder who sought aid from Associated Charities. Wilder, a former civil engineer who helped lay out the border boundary, is held pending further action.
Prescott Arle Sept 17 John Grogett 25 and Theo dore Hollis badly injured in a motorcycle crash on the Prescott road en route to Jerome where one sought work. Grogett died from a skull fracture. Hollis is badly bruised and shaken. Police brought the injured to the city hospital.
Yesterday marked the final day for filing in the city primaries. Only two candidates submitted petitions with City Clerk W. M. Cavanaugh Hal Smith sought the Democratic ticket for chief of police and C L Cummings ran for mayor on the Republican ticket. With others abstaining both major tickets appear blank this year.
A warrant is issued for A. B. Van Zandt, 22, bookkeeper at First State Bank of Patagonia after he disappeared from Patagonia last Wednesday night with $2,200. Van Zandt, formerly from De Leon Texas, is believed to be in Magdalena Sonora Mexico.
Nogales Ariz Sept 18 After a week of police, parent, and railroad efforts to locate 13 year old Barsil Farrand who left his father C N Farrand at Nogales with 1800 dollars to cash he has been taken in charge by authorities in Ontario California according to dispatches received here today.
Clerk M Hancing of the board of supervisors urged all candidates on the primary ballot for state county or precinct offices to file their expense statements by September 22 or within ten days after the election. Only a few candidates had filed so far, and failure within five days will incur penalties.
The trial of William E. Acker on a murder charge linked to the Iver Boge case near Prescott will begin Monday morning. Acker is said to admit being present at the Enge attack, but claims his companion Burge did the assault. Burge faces a separate murder trial at the same jury session, date not yet set.
A rear garage at 912 19th street was completely burned last night. A car owned by R H Dickey was moved to the front of the house minutes before the blaze. Citizens aided in the effort and a belief sparks from the exhaust started the fire.
Prescott reports the state will demand the death penalty for Iver Enge's slaying as jury selection exhausted due to objections to the death penalty and circumstantial evidence. Judge Sweeney postponed court for 100 more jurors. Enge died after a knife attack near Prescott. Acker, charged with complicity, admitted participation in the assault. Official canvass of primary votes completed showing totals for Republican and Democratic candidates and amendments.
Parker, Sept 14. Harold Matatahy Waite, hereditary chief of the Mojave, marries Mire Motlle D Grane of Searchlight Nevada, a member of the Chiehserisithe. The ceremony, performed by Justice E Day of Parker, unites two prominent families amid a tradition steeped in tribal rites.
The big caterpillar tractor led by Paul Foots's Eldson completes the RTS block and will add a WYE turn for west to Fairbank traffic. They will continue ditching toward Fairbank, with grading on the hill and state maintenance crews under Ger Russel Noyes moving from Crane's ranch to Government Draw.
The Arizona state fair commission plans a county by county pre prelim contest with Cochise county to select its fairest daughter for the statewide beauty pageant. Maricopa county is excluded from the initial plan and the winner will be titled Queen of the Arizona state fair.
Isabelle Ferguson files suit in superior court against Yavapai Land and Cattle for unlawful possession of a ranch on Burrow Creek straddling Yavapai Mohave counties. She seeks restitution $1000 costs and tolls with claim of homestead after four years residence. Husband Clarence Ferguson allegedly quitclaimed land to Wayne Ritter who may have conveyed it to defendants. She says ousted March 20.
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