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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1913
Page
3
Filed with the county are chattel mortgage notices and property actions including a mortgage from Garland Cotter to JW Dowdle on Douglas property, and possessor rights documents by James F Cheshie and W C Parke concerning land. The text lists names, prop rights, and incorporation items linked to Herschel Mining and Mill ing Co and Masso mines.
John T Hendrickson and others transfer property to Pearline Davis in a formal bill of sale. The document references a Benton property and includes a line noting agreement with Smith for 1300 units of value.
Deputy Sheriff A W Howe of Tombstone Arizona acted bravely near Whetstone on train No 34 to lift a man from the track just as the engine approached. The Safety First Committee of the El Paso & Southwestern Railroad commended him and expressed thanks for risking his life to save another.
Seventeen convicts were granted parole after deliberations by the state board of paroles and pardons at the penitentiary on Saturday. Nine indeterminate sentence prisoners were paroled. eight determinate sentence men were released. Names include Henry Lawson and others. most appeared at the board previously.
Tonight marks the debut of the Bebieffelin showing three times weekly with the Ivey Orchestra providing music. Tickets are 20 cents for adults and 10 cents for children as Four Feels of Fifty and nightly picture changes are planned, per manager Joboson. Several local residents arrived in town for court sessions and mining business while jurors, officials, and visitors gathered.
The Forest Service reports only 144 grazing trespass cases in the past fiscal year amid 138 million acres of national forest and over 20 million head of livestock grazing. About 32,000 grazing permits issued. 20,000,000 animals grazed. Twenty cases were dismissed for lack of proof. most violations settled through permits or conferences.
Arrangements described to shift cavalry patrolling the border from the Douglas area. Ninth Cavalry to discontinue western patrol toward Neco and Forest Station and move units toward El Paso with Thirteenth Cavalry. Fifth Cavalry will assume western division duties including Neco and Forest City areas, gradual troop transfers to Douglas.
Arturo Martiere a 29 year old Merican solicitor and thief is shot at the L D McCartney store in Douglas after an assault by Murrieta. McCartney surrenders to police and is released on 5000 bond for preliminary exam. Marrietta dies after surgery with 15 intestinal perforations.
H P Merrill of the Bank of Benson and Benson Lumber Company visits for court business. He notes settlers arriving daily and homesteads forming in the San Pedro farming area, predicting it becomes a leading state farming region. Merrill, newly appointed postmaster for Benson, will assume duties next month and plans to stay several days before returning home.
In the superior court Monday afternoon the justification of securities for Albert Steinfeld on an $800000 bond was heard. The proceeding was continued to Friday. Testimony included Col Epes Rendorf and L J F Isegar. Steinfeld has appealed. Judgment against him dated July indicates payment of $401251.37 to Bilverbell Copper Co.
The state corporation commission filed a reparation claim with the interstate commerce commission for 144.65 against Calibrote Pine Box and Lom ter company of Williams for overcharges on carload shipments. Railroads involved include Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe California and Arizona Southern Pacific and Arkansas Beaters. The shipments from Williams to Globs were charged 15.0 per carload instead of the 4.80 rate set by ICC Order No 2821, which the carriers are said to have ignored.
The moving picture show at the Sobieffolm last night was well attended and enjoyed by all. Four reels of Fortunes of War a Civil War drama and Hearts in Confith a rural comedy were shown with manager Johnson planning to repeat the program tomorrow night.
Judge Sawtelle issues order for United States grand jury to convene in Phoenix on October 2 with the trial jury called for October 21. On November 17 he travels to San Francisco with two other U S judges to hear injunction cases at the United States District Court for Arizona.
Robsot Rinehart president of the Paso Auto club leads a party of pathfinders on a preliminary Borderland route trip from El Paso to Phoenix for the upcoming coast to coast auto race. They will map the route and provide valuable information on multiple points. The party will reach Tombstone midweek.
Cochise attorney J o Gung l and Miss Betler Lowdermilk wed at the Ss Rite hotel, Tucson, at 1 pm. Rev J F Record officiated. The couple plans a coast wedding trip before settling in Willcox. Gung l is noted Cochise county attorney. his family includes a Camp Grant matron and a Cass Grande physician brother. The bride is sister to Clay Lowdermilk, a former University of Arizona student and Rhodes Scholar at Oxford.
The Wednesday schedule lists Dawn of Nette Wanted a Wise jlo Hurry Get Rich Quick The Honeymoowers performing tonight at Bebieffelia. Visitors include Mrs H Hamburg from Hamburg and Helen Young in Tombstone with friends. Capron dancing party planned at Gage Hall Friday with ice cream parlor refreshments and Ivey Orchestra. Ernest Ivey returned from a Willcox Pearce Courtland Geeson trip.
Douglas notes that Franklin B Harding of Weetra Mining and Exploration, a leading Arizona mining engineer, took a 90 day option on copper claims in the Dragoon mountains through Osers K Goll. If completed, the deal could total 150000 dollars for some of the region’s finest properties.
Five Chinese restaurant keepers in Ange Prieta are jailed on a peculiar charge after a Chinese restaurant dispute with a Mexican customer who offered Sonoran script instead of state money. The proprietors allegedly repudiated state currency and were held for accepting nonstandard script in their business.
A Washington dispatch reports Charles E. Hardy of Tucson Arizona will be sent to the Senate soon as collector of customs at the port of Nogales to replace Cornelius O Keefe who has resigned. Hardy is endorsed by Senator Marcus A Smith with backing from Senator Henry A Ashurst.
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