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VOLUME XXXV

TOMBSTONE, COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA, SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1915

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SKELETON

Believed to Have Been Body

of Woman. Long Cov

ered With Sand '

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PHOENIX. July 3 What promises

to lie one of Hie deepest mvsteries . , .

4 ". Iay to attend the setting of the crimm-

rver turned over o :he sheriff's officer ,

,-.-- ... , lal.alendar in the Superior court hy

for seising, has comt to light, with the ...

Judge Lockwcod. for the coining term,

finding of rt srltlet". (Wtiallv buried . , .

Most of the dav was cnsumed in

in the river bolt' t abou: a mile be-i ,

I the Selling of the criminal cases sc. far

low the hridg r Tempe I . .

toward ihe end of the- month, with

' . sl-clcma was discovered by ' . ,

I four niurdfi :rialf on the list, wclud

several wiys. wh i first nolieed a shoe

' ing a large number of bootlegging cases

protruding from the ground Further .... ,

and tin balance being mai.e up of ir.

inve'tigation uuoovered an entire ,

. , ous other oficns Tucdav the jurv

skeleton. . ... ,

Mill report tor the July term, and it i

From the shoe, which is the onl :

highly probable thai a special venire,

article of clnthisg to be found.it his,

owing to -ome of the jurors uracil nv

Ix-en established pretty thoroughly , . , ,

ing Uft he coun'y. will lit neressar.

that the bones are ttose of a young ,

vc-man. The heel oT the shoe has

worn oil slightly, and several tacks

driven in the side.

On one.finger there was a ring, evi

idenlly made out of had rubber or

cutja percUa. A set ha been carved

on the top of the ring1.

The ..ttw-rrs are tkarVing lb!'' hrmr

on v.lv tig tlu mv'e-y. ei'be' bv tlu

ring or the shoe. The riug is of an

uniq'ie design and an effort will be

made to locate its origin. .

The- recoids at thr1 sheriff's office

sbow no one missing for the past year

or so.

THIEL RESIDENCE HAD

HARROW ESCAPE DOR

ING YESTERDAY'S FIRE

Yesterday during the big fire, sparks

flying fioni the burning building ignit

ed the roof of llie residence of Mm. O.

Thiel on Safford street several blocks

distant, and it was only through the

heroic andsquick w.rk Mrs Thiel and

-,rr daughters thai their home was

avrd. The fire was extinguished nil h

she e.uden hose, but not before it had

.consumed a part of the roofj

TOMBSTONE

TOWN TOPICS

TERSELY TOLD

RepresentatWe Doyle Back

Representative Oscar Doyle returned

home yesterday from Phoenix where

he attended the extraordinary session

of the' Arizona Legislature. Mr.

Doyle, when aked about another extra

session, simplyi-'epiied: "Let us hope

.and pray that it will not h-ppen."

On Business

Manager Harry Evans of the local

teieohone exchange returned home

last evening from Bisbee. where be

went on business matters.

Telephone Official

K. L. Burgess. District Manager

with headquarter at Tucson, and If

L. JlulcJiifc. Traffic Superintendent

rationed at El Paso, ot the Mountain

States Telephone Company wete visit

, ,n. Tombstone yesterday, una regu-

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..i .-.... ion. Thev found

tar trip

affair in the local omce J" " --

onfition.

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iison visitors

- Deputy sheriff Wm Dennett and wife!

SETTIHB OF GRIM-"

iNAL CALENDAR

HAD

Cases Set Include Four Mur-

der Cases; Calendar Runs

Well Into the Month

1 Possibly every attorney in Coehi-e i

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, county was present in Tombstone to- 1

CUHOGE MEMBER OF

Fl COM?

PHOENIX, Jul 2 -.ov Hunt an

nounced tht apMJiiitiin-ni of Slate :

Senator D. H Cridte of Solomon

.Vtll?. CrfWy'snsaty- 4S ii-icb r of j

the slate fair sommission, to -succeed '

John J. Keegan of Olobe resigned. j

Claridgets one of Ihe most promt-

neut residents of Graham county and

::ir"

especially among agrt-

The other members of the fair cam

mission arc J R. Henderson of Cochise

county and Homer K. Wood of Vava

pai. It has been a long time sinci

Graham county was lepresented in

the fair commission.

NOTICE

On the 2()ih'of this month I disposed

of all my interest in the Peerlrss

Pool Hall and I hereby notify all per- j

sons that I will not be resjonsiblc for '

.any accounis against that

j business from thai date on.

place of I

STF.VK CUERRA.

of Brnson were visitors in the county

seat yrsterday, having motored up and

returning home in the evening

Painting Stare Front

Work was started today painting

the front of the Wolcott store in the

Wolcott block, which is in keeping

with the clean-up and paint-up move

ment now on in the county seat.

Visitina Mother

Mr. and Mrs. J. Hansen and daugh- j

ter. Miss Cecylle, arrived in the city

today from their home at Douglas fori

a brief visit with Mrs. Hansen's j

mother. Mrs. A. Klaw.

Courtland Visitor

m. Holmes of Courll.u..! "was a

visitor in the county seat today on

business matters from his home at

Courtland.

Stores Will Clcse

the day on which

Monday, the 5th

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our Independence Day will be observed

throughout the land, owing to the fact

that the 4th falls on Smday. we are

adsised that all local business houses

including all

public offices, etc , will

remain closed throughout the entire i

day. Jt would trierelore be wise lor all

customers of the stores to make their , ,enl ror aa,e

purchases on Saturday. The court ; Size 12x12-5 feet walls- in fine con

bouse offices will be closed and in keep- diii6n. Also' fly to cover. Price $25.00

jng jrith the patriotic observances, the i HOSMER, 2nd and Safford streeet.

Prospector" will not print Monday.

RELIEF SHIP SAILS AFTER ARCTIC EXPLORER.

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Photos taken as uhlp left by America

To relieve tbe Donald It. SlacMillan

to rind a supposed hidden continent lu

two vean' upplie'.

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ARIZONA AUTOFiOBILE

LICENCE CUT IN HALF

FOR LAST HALF KFJR

I'ilOKNIX. July Fiftj-six ante

mobiles licenses were issued yesterday

t,j Stcretary of State Osliorn's office,

the semi-annual rate going into effect

esterdav and the price of a license

good until' Jan 1 being just half of

what it cost before yesterday. Day

lefore yesterday a Ford license for the

balance of the sear cost $5: now it

costs $2 50.

YOUTH HASJmH AND LEB

SEVERED WHEN TRAIN

RUNS HIM DOWN

VL'MA. July 1 Edward Neahr. the

vear-old son of Mr Ghito Ncahr of

this city, had his left arm and leg

! mashed yesterday morning at 7 o'clock

while gathering ice in the Southern

Pacific yards

There are two versions or how the

accident happened. One stated that

while crossing ths railroad track a

moving car hit him and run over him.

mashing his left arm and left leg. The

other version of the accident states

that he was going after a piece of ice

when he was hurt- When stooping to j

get the ice, a companion near him gave i

him a push sending him under the Fred Castle ran upon two mountain

moving car I lions in the Dragoon mountains last

Young Xeahr was rmhed to thejSnnday. They ran off upon seeing

Yuma hospital and late yescrdy after. I him, while he in the meantime built

noon Dr. Kotts and J A. Kethcrside

amputated the injured parts. The leg

was amputated at the knee and the arm

at the shoulder.

Flnt Introduction of Artillery.

In the reign of Louis XIV bronze

, cannon were used. Canvas cartridges

, and grapeshot first appeared. The

howitzer and mortar were evolved.

. ,

Explosive shells were introduced Into

, Dutch ana EngllOi armies. About the

rr 1700 vmiam 111 receded the

organized hie guns Into regiments lit'-i

permanent gunners. Heretofore men

had been detailed as needed.

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exiKHlltlon e.ut out by the American

the antic Captain Tickles, with tlie

LOOKING BACK

WARD YEARS

W TOMBSTONE

Interesting Items that Ap

peared in the " Prospector,"

this Date, 1891; Remin

iscent of the Pioneer Days

The town is decorated in its gayes,

(dress Every house in the business

.portion of the city is covered with

bunting. Tomorrow will be one long

to lie remembered in Tombstone's his

tory. The mother of Mrs. T. F Hudson

1 died last Saturday. Mrs- Hudson is

at present- at the South Pass ranch

where the telegram announcing the

painful news was carried to her.

According to the Yuma Times that

town is soon to be surrounilea uy a

netwoiu oi raiiroaos mat win scnou-iy

' 'nt rfere with the modern Arizona

i method of riding a jackas .

' , j.trs. pauj it. VVamefcror, returned

last nicht from California where she

; haJ hcc sptnding a few weeks.

A. H. Emmanuel was allowed $10

with which to decorate the court house

and cu can scarcely see the brick

work through the bunting.

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Castles in the air

A man sent over from Willcox today

ra released on a writ of habeas cor

pus. He nan been sent to jail lor .hi

days without any alternative. Our

esteemed friend cx-iudge Barnes must

have had a hand in that sentence

NOTICE

Owing to the extremely dry weather

and danger of fire the exploding of

fire 'crackers or any yther explosives of

any kind is prohibited within the city

limits.

By order of the City Council.

GEO, BRAVIN.

City Marshal.

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Mitenm of Natnral IfNtorv lat July

xebooner Cluett, left .New York with

BILL OPERATE ARIZONA

BREWERY AS SOFT

DRINK FACTORY

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PKKSCOTT. July 2 Local bnsi- j

ncss men have made arrangements to

operate the big plant of the Arizona i

iirewing company, which has been

shut down since the first of the year,

when Arizona became a ' dry" state.

"Near beer" and other light beverages

will be manufactured. After Aug. 1

the plant will employ a force of til to

50 men.

COURTHOUSE FOUNDA

TIONS FIRMER, Sli

BIG MILL STATREO

The court house foundations over at

Tombstone set firmer, if anything, by

reason of the jolting of the stamp mill,

.the action of which has brought smiles

to all Tombstone faces since the recent

resumption of operations, after idleness

of j ears. Bisbee Ore.

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"Prospector" Fire Photo

Patrons of the Crystal were well

, pleased with the reproduction on the

screen of'the big fire yesterday. Just

as the flames appeared above the roof

; of the burning building. F. Tapia. staff

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photographer, obtained an excellent

view which shows the flames and

smoke appearing from all sides of the

building, and the quick work on tl e

part of the "Prospector" in having it re

produced on the screen was well appre-

Iciated by both the people and nianage-

i ment ofthe Crystal.

From Bisbee

Joe Best arrived in the city yester

i day from Bisbee, to join his wife and

children on a visit with Mrs. Best's

, mother. Mrs. Alice E. Hill.

Tripple Appointed

. The appointment of of Eugene J (

' Tripple to the office of duputy land !

commissioner was announced yesterday

.by State land Commissioner W. A.

Mocur. Witn the appointment Mr.

'Tripple bcipmes secretary of the state

, land department and also chief clerk, a'

position which he has h.'Id for the last

three years under the state land commission.

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PHENOMENA

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Strange Happenings and How

Versatile Arizona Editor

Accounts for Them (

I Referring to the "Prospector's" re-1

, cent article on the strange phenomena

oicurringin the Whetstones, when it I

was discovered, by a resident, that

the old oak trees were producing honey,

F.ditor Billy Speer. of the Arizona Re;

pub'.ican. of Phoenix, treats the subject ,

thusly j

"The Whetstones are rich in phen.

omena The Whetstones are moun

tains in the vicinity of Tombstone

Tliey are also in the vicinity of ether l-s of ne civil code of Arizona. l!li:t.

points in Cochise county, but we es which says that "where the first of

pecially mention Tombstone, for it was' January, Fourteenth of Fcburary.

through Tombstone that the truthful 'Twenty-second of February, Thirteen

narratives of the strange happcrings I h of -Mav. Fourth of July, Twelfth of

tillered to the outer world. The filur October. Twenty-fifth of December, or

was the Tombstone Prospector, whose ,arlMir day. th? Monday following shall

I owner and presiding genius was Col. be observed as a holiday.

Hill Haltich. Wc feared, when Col ' ' " now certain that the people of

Hattich retired, that the Whetstone (Tombstone will observe Monday, gen

1 would becume commonplace, but their jal

reputation for phenomena seems in a j

fair way to be maintained by the i In observance to Independence Day

' Messrs. Giragi. the new owners. 1 the Prospector was advised th af er

" "We learn with what would lie iPoou that ou Monday the local mines

lam-irrmrnt.if we learned it from auv lanu "Olkings of the Bunker Hill Cb

Other source than the Prospector, that

the old. out trc-rs iu Use Whetstones arc

producing honey this year. The honey

ls formed in glr.bules on the ends of the

acorns, and it is said to be of an excel-

lent quality. Unless promptly gather

ed by all the bees in Cochise rounty

which have abandoned the more la- j

bcrious process of extraction from

flowers and are falling for this melli- '

fluous get-rich-quick scheme.

"In order that, that section of Cochise j

may become known literally as a land j

nt mill- an, I nr.n ..- it tc nnli1 nppcean

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now o discover tne v.enraura nigri,

the Bull weed, which is found in most

parts of the country, and, we suppose

in the Whetstones, in the act of yield

ing milk

"Remarkable as this story of melli

ferous oak trees is, it lacks something

of the interest of an incident of the

Whetstones, chronicled som; ye3.-s 3go

by Col Hattich the peculiar way in

which a valuable gold deposit was dis

covered. A ledge of rock projected

above the surface of the earth for a

long time wi'hout enlisting any atten

tion. It was only noticed that the cat

tle kept licking the rock, presumably

attracted by some saline property.

But one day a native noticed on the

flank of one of the steers a coating of

what appeared to be bronze dust. He

secured enough of the dust to investi

gate and found it lo.be gold. The next

thing was to trace it to its source. The

scientists of the Whetstones readily ar

rived at a solution. The cattle had

licked it from the ledge and when they

sweat, the gold which had thus been

subjectedo a sort of bovine smelter,

or reduction works, was precipitated,

iifon the hair."

SCHEME TO

SHIP LIQUOR INTO

ros A Js'GELES. July 2. Through

. tne arrc,t af prri Lavcrlin, federal

officials discovered today a scheme to

'snl-p iquor into Arizona as baggage,

Laverlin 'checked a trunk to Tucson

and then attempted to secure a refund

on his ticket. A number of men here

and in Arizona are under surveillance.

IY WILL BE

OBSERVED IN

TOMBSTONE

All Public Offices, Stores and

Bunker Hill Mines Wijl

Close for the Day

Although many people are not aware

of the fact, it is obligatory in Arizona to

observe the Monday following any one

of a number of holiday dates.which are

named by the statue book of the state.

where the date falls on Sunday Thus,

Monday 5 must be observed by the

bank, the observance of holiday hours

of the postoffice, the closing of county

offices, s.ores etc.

This is provided for by Section :i,-

will declare a holiday fur all its cm

p!o)cs,inc!udin0 the general ofpee force.

This will allow all. these who desire to

go to different parts of the county or

out in the county tr do so, returning to

work Ttwsday.

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WITH BIG THINGS

PHOENIX. July 1. Asking to be

relieved from making monthly reports

on account of the mall size of the

company and the fact that it operates

solely within Arizona, a communica

tion was received today from the new

Mascot & Western railroad compauy

by the corporation commission.

The communication states that the

road has been classed by the Interstate v

Commerce Commission as a class III

road because its operating revenues

will probably fall far short of $100,000

per annum.

The lettcrfurthersays that the I C C.

has relieved the road from making

monthly reports required from larger

systems. The Mascot & Western is

fifteen miles long.

Catholic Church i

Independence Day will be celebrated

with special services. At Sam. low

mass At !l;30 a. m High Mass by

the choir of Tombstone. After the

second mass, Sunday School for the

American children, Airs. Wm. M.

Cavanaugh Superintendent and at 4

.p.m. Sunday School for the Spanish

fc

ng children. At 7:30 p. m

. Spanish sermon and benedic

tion with the Blessed Sacrament.

Confessions at any time. I will be

I here until the thirteenth.

Rev. Joseph M. AvmmT, C M F.

'Visiting Grandmother

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Miss Gladys Land spent yesterday in

Tombstone from her home at Benson

visiting her grandmother, Mrs. A. W.

Harwood.

Gleeson Visitor

Barney Bono was among the visitors

in the county seat yesterday on busi

ness matters, remaining over today.

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