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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
5
The Territorial board of equalization in session at Phoenix reports higher property values across counties, predicting a tax levy drop to $1.1337 per $100 of assessed valuation. Maricopa leads in value, Pima ranks fifth, with total territory assessments at $39.083 million, up $229 thousand from last year.
The article reports that Gooper, who had left Tucson politics for Los Angeles, now intends to run again for district attorney. Benton Dick resigns in Gooper’s favor, Roscoe Dale weighs public candidacy, and Republicans fear Judge Brenman as a strong opponent while Democrats show little urgency.
Arthur Phipps and wife visited, eyeing Sonora mines with G W Henry of Tombstone aboard the International. G W Crowe, president of the Patagonia reduction works, attended on business. Several executives, managers, clerks, and bankers including Shirley Christy, W P Miller, Vic Hanny, Mrs T H Schuster, M R Harlan, A Sandoval, E J Trippel, Dr Crepin, Edward Tyrrell, A S Donan, J S Curtis, S E Ivory, O B Steen, Co M Burkhalter, A N Gage and others appeared in Tucson for travel, business, or leisure. Canary canary-breeding notes and Willard hotel furnishings also appear alongside local ads.
By November 1 the S P company and Rock Island plan a premier through train from Chicago to San Francisco via El Paso and the S P line. The daily service will use ten trains, with mail, library smoking, dining, and two Pullman cars. First class tickets only, electricity lighting, ornate furnishings, and an onboard library. A prize of $100 will be awarded for the best name.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a powder to loosen tight shoes and ease bunions and sore spots. It claims relief for swollen feet and sweating with a cure for hot feet, available at druggists for 25 cents, with a free trial by mail from Le Roy New York.
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