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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1910
Page
3
A jumble of mortgage filings and deeds from Bisbee and Douglas shows transfers among Anderson, Yedk ley, Phipps, Morris Arone, Schoell, and others. Mining deeds and relinquishements surface alongside sales of land and chattel mortgages, with notes on local residents returning from Los Angeles and a new automobile delivery wagon for Copper Queen store.
Colonel Pickett visiting Douglas discusses a proposed direct primary style plan. He urges aspirants to sign a joint agreement to submit claims to a primary, allowing voters to choose the two foremost candidates for the senate seat. He cites Tennessee examples as precedent for the method.
In Tombstone, Luis Paredes, after a ten day sentence for stealing trousers from Miners store, returns to the county seat to serve another sentence for stealing more trousers from Copper Queen Store. Arizona figures JL Is Alexander and Lloyd B Christy buy forty acres six miles south of Prescott to erect a $5400 hotel as part of a planned resort with further improvements.
Fifteen Russians in national dress with utensils, recently left Calexo and reached Yuma on Wednesday. They plan to cross into Mexico soon, passing through Cochise county en route, drawing strong street interest as reported by Yuma papers.
A Washington dispatch notes the pension roll in Arizona on July 1, 1897 shows 742 beneficiaries with total annual payments of $142,805.58, averaging $192.55 per pensioner. The rolls rise as grants go to surviving decrepit pensioners while deaths shrink the count.
In Tombstone churches yesterday worship featured Methodist sermons by M H Needham on Two Kinds of Doubters and Pride and Hope of Our Nation. Episcopal services led by Rev Bolt from Bisbee drew good attendance. Emile Barrett led Congregational Sunday services. Julie Wwad led the Christian fellowship. Congregational Sunday school reported higher attendance. Regular preaching resumes October 1.
Arizona has 350 citizen soldiers at Camp Atesosdero, California. Their actions in the Spanish American War drew national attention for bravery under fire and helped elevate Arizona’s standing for statehood recognition.
H Britton Gottsberger, head of Miami Copper near Globe, visits Pinal County to inspect copper properties held by the Lewithans in the Kelvin Bay district. His Arizona venture follows a Tennessee tenure where acid production rose and value of sulphuric acid matched copper matte. Lightning strikes Williamster caves two miles from town, damaging nothing besides Postal Telegraph wires.
Acquisition of Rock Island stock by Boelyer Dodge interests signals a trunk line from the interior toward the coast. The move links El Paso to San Diego via a Dawson era path, with Spreckles road between San Diego and Yuma slated to join. Phelps Dodge and associates gain control, pooling Moore holdings to prompt a transcontinental Rock Island expansion and extensive development.
Mulford Winsor resigns as territorial historian and announces candidacy for the presidency of the constitutional convention. The letter from Reeves today confirms the decision. Winsor is among Aczeng’s best known young men with strong qualifications and a long history of study in initiative referendum recall and progressive legislation.
A hearing in Tucson opened on a claim of about $20,000 by the Lazzard estate against the United States for stock losses and otter depredations by Apaches in the 1860s and 70s. Treasury official John Stanbury and Washington attorney Harry Peyton preside. Mr. Worsley represents the estate, with locals aiding valuation. Commissioners plan to visit Cochise County next week to gather further evidence.
A disputed claim challenges Judge Dee's election to a constitutional convention. The argument alleges a federal law prohibits holding ten offices simultaneously, asserting the official cannot legally represent the county in the convention if federally held. Coconino County residents claim legal representation is improper.
El Paso & Southwestern passenger train derailed near Los Palos last night after a soft readied incident. Two passengers were seriously injured, including Mrs JT Marek of Bernardino, Ariz. Police report a earlier acid throwing on Octavia Street and a letter from Alaska asking about the case. Police hope to trace the writers as attempts to locate Miss Corcoran fail.
A San Francisco dispatch reports a postal card from Yuma Arizona and a slang letter from Alveka delivered to the family of Miss Ruth Wilson. Police follow leads to the whereabouts of Van Camp Redfern the youth tied to the case.
A birth is reported for September 19, 1910, in Tombstone to the wife of H. F Eckerman, a son named Erxex.
An El Paso dispatch reports Jose Monteria shot and killed three cowboys after the comboy had killed his con. Monteria is known in Arizona. The tragedy occurred on the upper Gila river in New Mexico. No further details are provided.
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