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Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
Large Shipments of
 Arizona Sugar Beets

The shipments Of sugar heets ye'- terday amounted to l60,00O pounds, making g total of twelve carloads dui- ing the first three days. A line b wagons has been steadily passi"i over the scales at the weighing sts- tion since early morning, and t'day' ' shipments will probably exceed 200 0V0 lbs.
 The record so far shows that tl' yie.d runs from i5 tu 9 tons to Il acre. At an average of twenty to' per acre, the crop should he A payin one The factory pays Si 50 per tn" f. O b Mesa, for heets containing per cent sugar. For each additions per cent 9 cen is added to th prlce. IL is thought the beets average more than Is per cent, whi' W II give the growers at least s5 D ton for their crop -Mesa Free Pre-
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
Catholics Preserving
 Famous Old Church

Bishop Granjon of the Arizona dio- cese of the Roman Catholic church, has begun the work of repairing the famous old mission church of San X,yier del 5ac, on the Papsgo reser- vation. nine miles south of Tucson. The b shop has at hand several thou sand dollars, contributed within the churches of hIs diocese for the making of repairs essential to the further occu- pancy of the noted church. It has been expected that congress would vote $lO,UUO for the restoration
 structure, but the bil appears to have been lost. The church was guarded by Papago converts, even through the times when the Spanish friars were driven fro.n the reg.on. It IS about 3OO years old and is a rare attract on to the tourist.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
Mining in the
 Dragon Range

The Oragoons are sg-in coming t' the front and there is cuu.lderabl mining activity in that range at tn present time. The most encouragin. news comes from the present wurs being done on the Black Diamond which comrsny has gone through al kinds of trouble. The present man. agment has & umber of men at worl doing some extensive development werk in the old workings and then efforts have met with pronounced sue cess. In the upper tunnel the miner after driving rhe tunnel in distance of about 70 feet uncovered one of tn largest bodies of high grade ore thS' has ever beal found in the mine, ano the extent of which has as yet mol besn determined.
 The smelter is running and turnin. out its regular quoto of matte daily which is being shipped East for re fnement.
 The company at the present tim has about one hundred men on tn pay roll and the number will be in- creased as soon AS the other develop ment york in contemplation has beei started.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
Mind Fails of
 Ruined Contractor

In a recent issue of the Dougla Dispatch there appeared an advertise ment which carries A story Of pathos and tragedy. Tn notice is oue of chsttle mortgage sale to satisfy the judgments Of the Keystone Driller company against one Hugo Corsi.
 Who Corsi is many in Douglas will remember, but where he is or why he disappeared probably no one ID the city at this time is aware.
 When the recent war between Rus sis and Japan broke out Corsi had a contract to drill wells in Msnchuris along the right of way of a great Man churian railroad. He was at the hrigth of great prosperity and his drilling outtit- along the line were in themselves a fortune.
 But the var swept his wealth away. He was held in the seige of Po,t Ar
 bur and the troops destroyed his out. fits. Unable to fill has contracts with the railroad and fa,lins to collect any- thing for the work he had already done. he emerged from the Port Ar thur seige ruined man. Filing su'i against the Russian government Ol
 shich he WAS a olish subject, for the sum of $lOO,OOO damages he came C America, broken in health and penni- less, hoping to get fresh start ID lift ar at least to tide himself over unti ne could get settlement with tn, Russian government.
 He got contract few months agt tp drill one of the new Douglas vel, for the D. I company and he seemed to be getting along splendidly with the work when his mind seemed te nave failed him.
 Without an explanation :o any body and leaving his men still at work ht re lted a wagon and eft the city. He said to the liverymsn that he wanted to drive 70 Naco and ire enough the outfit was found there. but Corsi va. never heard from again. Water wa. struck in the we'll he was drilling onl, A few days after he left. This was foul months ago.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
Registration is
 Coming in Slowly

The new registration of qualified v,ters of Cochi.e county as ordered ty the hoard several months ago is not meeting with the returns that the county officials would Ike to see. rhis year Cochise county witha full r-gist atIon will lead every county in the territory. The last county regis tration show 526l names, while this year the number will be m the neigh oorhood of 65c0 to 7OOJ. In Marco pa county they hope to reach 5O0U. Coo! ise county having tLe largest majority of voters should see to it that 1t e rolls the largest majority against the joint statehood question, and to do this it wilI require spme work on the part of every citizen in the coun- ty to see that all are registered. Up to this morning there have only been a0oO names sent into the coun- ty recorders office, less than were turned in two years ago at this time.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
To Circumvent
 lndolent Mexicans

There is A plan on foot that is car- ried out will mtan a saving of consid- cradle to the taxpayers of Cochise county For years the county jail ha been the home of a number of Mex icans who are being continually sent up from one place CT another to .erve time sentences. A number of them no sooner get out of jail than they inn mediately proceed to break the law and get back into the jail. It is a home to them. They are ted we'll aud have nothing to do, have a good place to sleep, better than they generally have m the outside, and the kangaroo court" keeps them supplied with to- bacco from tie fines collected in the jail from new prisoners arriving and what V sitors contribute.
 There is now a movement on foot between the county officials on one s'de and the government officials con nected with the immigration service. to place a number of s1is class under the ban of public charges. .and under 6 section of the late immigration law they can be deported to the other side of the line and kept from coming into the country by the government inn posing a head-tsx on them of g.. If sucn plan is carried out it will mean the saving 10 CochIse County of Sc eral thousand dollars per year, as the coun- ty jail is filled most of the time with that class of citizens. At the present time over three-fourths of the prisoners in jail are Mexicans. Of course some of them are held Ln felony charges but ;here are about thirty at the pres. ent time that are held on misdemesuor charges and many of whom are serv ing out -econd or tLird sentence since the firrt 'fthe year.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
cochise County
 Source of Revenue

County Treasurer J. N. Gaines has lied his monthly report with the board If supervisors for the past month a. $ required by law and it shows somr interesting figures as to the revenue md expenditures of tbe county 'or the as. month. During the month ther. VAS received the sum of B, ,767 92 o this amount the largest portion wa. shat collected by Sheriff Hunt for gam bling. and other licenses, amounting to S5,6Il 10. The next largest amount was that collected from back taxes, amounting to $l ,366 47.
 The returns from the county re corder's office for the month of July or instruments recorded during ths I. .,priod contributed the sum 0: sl,- lI4.S0. The next item of any size was q at of $5O0, which was sent over by Judge Hogan of Lowell ss the amount of cash ba bond deposited m hi .,urt, and subsequently, forfeited. fn the appearance of 6 man charged witl lony.
 r.ie- United States government con t ,buted the sum of $237 .5o as tn. amount of its quarterly rent for tn. ,-e of offices for the U 5 m irsh al and iistrict attorney in [ e court house.
 The district court, through the clerk ieorse E. Wncjx, paid m tus sun of ;l 9 collected as fines, while Mir, james reimbursed the county in tn. nm oi $l4 per court decision.
 The balance of the receipts are made ,p of the fines turned in by the Va r,ous justices of the peace and $l6O.a5 that the probate court received as fees for the month. Against these mounts there vas paid oLt $l7,O35 3S, leaving "a balance on hand July 3I of $sI,- 47443.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
Marriage Licenses
 Recently Issued

During the past few days the follow . Lg marriage licenses have been issued y cupid's agent, E. J. James, of tn orubate court:
 Robert West of Lowell to wed Gladly Dial O Bisbee; J, aquin Enriquez l. we'd Ciprisna Guerra; Thoma' larsarage of Douglas to wed Mari Nahaige of Bi-bee; Juan Hernande; to wed Ruperts Flores. both of Doug as. One license was refused, d Doug as negro asked for license to wed {, Iexican woman of the same city. Tn, r-quest was refused on the groun' that the statutes pr ohihits the int, r. marrying ol Negroes and Caucasians
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
From Friday's Daily.
Judge Doan drove down to Fairbsnk

Judge Dosn drove down to Fairbank last evening to meet his JaughieI-in- law, Mrs. frank Doan, of tucson, ~ho wiii spend q fes days here on a visit to Judge aud Mrs. f. M Doan.
 A. |. Smith and wife are visitors today irJm fearce.
 Mrs. George Back will leave next week for California, wIere she wall speud d lew weeks on vIsit to her daughter, Miss Alpha.
 Mrs. Joe Bishop and children left this morning iUf Lowell, where they ~Ill spend few weeks with Mrs. .. WIIdes.
 Mrs H. Nj. Woods of isbee vas in the city yesterday on a visit to Mrs. Wm. Luttey.
 A. V. Moves left this morning for Cumpus, Sonora, where he will re- main for some time, and t.ke cvn- contract in that vicinity for some railroad grading.
 $. E. Hunte, of Phoenix, is Tomb stone visitor and registered at the Arcade.
 A. E. Davis, of Natchez, Miss, spending few days here on a busi- ness visit.
 NJ. E. Gilbert of B,sbee is here for a lew days and may conclude to locate in Tombstone. Il c. l. McReynolds, chairman of the , Republican County Central Con-
 mittee, was a Tombstone visitor yes tesday stopping over on his way from
 Bisuee to Phornix, where he goes to , at end the meeting of the Territorial
 Central Committee called for Satur
 day. While here Mir. McReynolds
 managed to hunt up few of the
 isithiul G. O. P s and get their proxies m his pocket for the- meeting called
 m Bisbee week. |. Col rom Fitch, one of Arizona [ most picturesque pioneers and fo
 years one of her most prominent law
 yers, known the length and breadth o u the territory as "The Silver TongueC 'e Orator of Arizona" name justly be-
 slowed, has returned U Phoenix call @ ed by the song that memory sings it m the ears of every ArIzopan who wander
 from within her magic boundaries The Phoenix Gazette says Col. Fitch ;, after an absence of almO-t ten years
 comes to Phoenix with view of local
 ing there aga D.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
Recent Events in
 Society's Domain

On Friday even rg surprise p'r.y was tenderrd in hnn"r oi M'-s Lillian Holland at her home, A numher oi friends of the popular young lad gathering 10 make her birthday most pleasant and exceptionally mem orsble event. That they succeed d goes without saving. The merry mrty came prepared and the evening vas most eni'yahiy spent. Mis. Ho'- land was the recipient of many frl c : tations on the hap Y erei.t, and r vas a late hour ere her well wishe: took their farewell.
 A pleasant party of young eopl we're entertained at the cosy home oi frs. A. Baron on Saturday evening ir .onor of Miss Grace Tar ell Heart, were played and engaging games 0 much interest occupied the tire which sped only too swiftly. Re- treatments were served and the jo'll ,arty, brilliant with good cheer an' socisbihty, touk with then man! pleasant recollections of most enjoy ,hle event.
 At the residence of Mrs Ge rg Ratferty, last evening, a most enj " able social hour was spent by a mum ber of Tombstone friends. Some uric inal and unique guessing contes, were engaged in, keeping those pres ent in a most excellent humor. .pirit of pleasantly pervaded the at nus here that made of the surround ngs a delightful bower Of coneenisli, xcelled only by the kindly di-positio ,f the cha ming hostess, who ente rained .ayishly with sn ey" singly
 he comfort of her gueste. Refresl cents were served, and vocal and Il
 trumental music added to the occ
 lon while the party took reluctal areweil.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
Interesting Figures
 on Arizona Pen

The report Of Superintendent Jerr, Millsy of the territorial prison for tn, year ending June 80, 1906. recent, filed with the hoard of control, is yer, interesting and well prepared docu. ment.
 Prisoners were received from the diff terent counties of the territory during the year as follows:
 Cochise 33, Coconino s, Yuma 4, Graham 10. Gila '. Muhave l, Yavsp IT. Maricopa 36, Navajo 5, Pima 3 Pinsi l, Santa Crua3.
 During the year l2S names were wiped of the rolls in the Following manner: Expiration of sentence ll6 psroled 4, died ,, pnrdoned l. escaped l, by order Of supreme court 1.
 The increase durin. the year was 3l as against 35 the year before On Ju.! l, 1905, the enrollment was S29. Add ed during the year l59 Total ASS Discharged during the year, the l:' mentioned ahove, leaving on hal Jnne 30 this year 360 prisoners, C which 9 are United States prisone, The classification of th SC enrolle June 30 was as 10 lows: Whites, ma l29, female 1; Mexicsns, male l9s Indians, maie IS; negroes, male + Chinese, male ? Total 360.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
From Ihucsday,A-Q Daily

Edgar Thompson of Douglas is in the city az . witness before the dis trict court.
 Chas Wiles, the Lowell barber, formerly of this city, was here yester- day n buriuess trip He reports Lowell as rapidly comin. to the front and tha considerable build.n is gG- ing on.
 W. H Goode, the Lowell butcher, was Tombstone visitor yesterday on cJurt busii ess. w. H Winters, of Bisiee. who has 'aen spe iiins week in che city ol a ! visit tp friends lef. this m ,rning for G obe.
 John Walker will leave next week for Chicago and from there he will g, to Mackanac Island in Lake Superior to spend his vacation.
 Last evening Wm. McCsuslard. the genial manager of the Machomich
 Cigar Store. was made the recipient
 of present by a number of admiring
 friends who assembled at his home 10 attest their inaliena ole friendship and commemorate his birthdsys The pres sent consists of handsome crockery
 set, is of ancient design. and is , highly appreciated by Mir. Mcrausland who delights in displaying his gift fol
 public gaze. Joseph Huber returned last evening from short trp to B.sbee and Doug
 las.
 w.. T. Fowler, the Huachuca min
 ing man, was in town this morniDi
 from Carr canyon. He spoke en {, couragingiy of the mining outlook il
 his section.
 Edward Barry. representing the H ii McNell t'O., was lOmOStone VIZ = tor today 'n the interest O. his firm T. The McNeil Co. is popular througi ? out Aiizona, it's envistle standli. being constantly on the increase s T. Mir. Barry succeeds on his occasion, 70 calls
 Attorney Watson .f Douglas is the city having several ca,es before Il n court.
 Attorney Ben Goodrich expects II, leave in few days for Los Angeles C n- visit to his family.
 Col Wm. Herring, returned to h E home in Tucson yesterday after spe n 'e few days here on court and mimi N matters. ,v Ed. Wilcox has gone on an exten VI ed trp to the Pacific coast and W Id visit Los Angeles, San Francisco al n- Portland.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05

While it is not a generally known a:t the largest life insurance polio, ,ver written within the confines oi she Territory of Arizona was written pn Bishee man The amount oi the policy and the sum which tb. heirs of Hovsl A. Smith, mining man and prominent in the npbuild- ing of the Warren district, will get, in case os his death, is sl0 900.
 Walter Coger, of the St. David Ar. tesian Water Co, was in the city las, eniug. He reports encouraging pro. gress in sinking the deep we'll.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
Will Leave Shortly
 For the Capitol

Chas. Bowman expects to leave in few days for PLoenix, where he goes to meet with the territOria! board ofequalization, who will go over the abstracts of the various counti g and fix the territorial tax rate. The general impression is that the terri torial board will not make any material changes from the asses. ments as turned in ny the assessors of the variols counties.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
N 0 TIC E.

No.ice is hereby given that th' Annual Stockholders Meeting of Th' Arizona 4 Colorado Railroad Com psny, w.Il be held at the offices of th' corporation, Room (, in the Hit nge' Building, at Tucson, Arizona. or Tuesday, September 4th, 1906, for thu purpose of electing Directors to servs for the ensuing year and for the trsn-' action of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
 CHAs. F.. WALKER,
 Seer tary. Tucson, Arizons, July p. l9o6.
 First publication July z9, 1906.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
County BastiIe
 Rapidly Filling Up

The county jail at the present time contains fifty prisoners, thirty of whom are held to await the grand jury. Or those now in that institu. ton only eleven are white men the balance being exicsns. since sun
 day the quiet village of Fairbsnk i.. sent up eig''t new boar,ers. Tn. l... felony prisoner to register wss from Pearce named Francisco Ramire.. who is charged with horss stsaI;.,
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
"0h! 1t Twas a Most
 Ridiculous Affair."

Everybody was there, including the Band boys and for short while every body worked over time, the Bnrlesqn- CTS, the spectators and the toot up boys. The Burlesq Ie ball game was grand success and was thoroughly en- loved by the large crowd present. Two hines played, picked team on one side, and 10 Burlesqners. the "Bum- pire" and two kegs of "iog of Mill wsukee" made up the oppo-ing team The implement of torture used for A bat was piece of 2x4. while the ball, cannon shaped, was evidently design ed as e high-rolier Olr representative ove heard one of our "gum chewing iassies' telling how the game came of to another girl, who had come down town with her shOe-string drag ging in the mud, and this is the way she unbosomed herself: "Oh! my! goodnes, mel Why dear you should have been there. It was just too fun
 ny to last. Laugh, why I laughed i t,ll heard something break-'sw me it was a plank was sitting on. Oh! fudge! you should have seen One Lung Bobbing Bass, the Bumpire, stood around like an exclamation point yelling you're it"-or maybe he said "out"--as the players thought he talked in foreign tongue, for they paid no attention to what he said
 You see the point was, that every frl- low who got home got glass of studs. and l never saw so many fellows get ting "home." And, oh. dewdrop, some of the girls things those fellows had was a caution, plusbed twice when ] recognized some of our sets lingere, oh! it was SO funny Paul Iced Tea Murphy was the catcher. They say he caught a cold being near the "draught." And the stopshort was cute little Shfty Sallie Garret, the cute little thing, she would throw a ball and then waddle mp to the "iog keg" just like a duck. And, oh, my gam drop, but that Shoot 'em in Bass, he was the pitcher or wash bowl or something. he was throwing that G. A. R. ball right over the plate or saucer, but tween you and me, lemon drop, he had his eye peeled on the "malt extract" continually. Nov down on the first base was a picture no artist can paint, it was Drop Stich ] McCsusland, the Belle of PhilsdeIphia, oh, he was simply grand, no relation to the Liberty Bell though and say. chocolate drop. you should have seen Cooked Hat Took. oh. grand player and. little butter scotch, when a ball came his way he fell over like ten-pin. but taffy, do you know he always fell toward the "foam fac tory" Oh, dear me, you should have been there to see Major Breeches Hughes running around catching flies. but he didn't catch many. Do you know that Ed looked for all the world ike Tor dor from the Swedish settlement near Fairbault, Minnesota; i; oh yes. peanut brittle, let me tell you about that Ham Sandwich Howe, ju-t cavort;ng around there with a waiter in one hand and A quench thirster in the other. That LIZ BloOmer Walker was there too, actually had troubles O his-her own was actually borrowing safety pins during the whole game; and oh sough drop, you should hay.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
Doings in the
 District Court
IHURRDAY, AUGUST ,

The attenti ,n of tha district court was taken up this forenoon in the 'rial oi tle case If Max G Zsitlin vs he singer Manufacturing Co.,, through it's agent at D,ugiss, f,r damages. Judg- neut WAS given for $50 and costs.
 h the case pf Houck .Deiter, the whoi, sale liquor firm of Fl Paso, vs Joseph Gnbi le sni wife, n igment ,a- E Ven far the sum oi S65l. Judge Doan poets to leave on h. summer vacation shortly. He expects to return some time in Septemo Der and sill hold few days session the latter part of the month so as to clear up the calendar before the term is finally closed.
 An application will be made in the morning for writ of habess corpus m the case of the Territory vs Harry Leary and Joe Burnett, charged with breaking into a boxcar st Douglas A few days since, and who are being beld to await the action of the grand jury The car Is said to have been loaded with lumber, into which the defend ants went to sleep. It is contendeo by the defense that the car was un sealed.
 FRIDAY AUGUST 5
 In the district court today Judg D1an was busy clearing up the cslen dar fl number of cases. He expect to "wind up" the business of the tern on tomorrpw, which will probabl, close this session of court.
 Mrs. NJ. Watkins of Douglas wa grauted decree of divorce from Wn Watkins today. Mrs. Watkins is il the employ O! ths telephone compsn.. At Douglas.
 In the matter of granting the WIT of habeis ,rpus in the case of Harr l.aary and Joe Burnett, the court dc nied tine same on the showing mad and ordered the d d-fendants r-mande to the custody of the sheriff. The f are held to await the action of t. grand jury on charge Of st'emptin to commit burglary by breaking u seal un box car.
 II A motion for a new trial has bee '' filed in the Huachuca water ctse that company and was denied. I'll v judgment and findings in the ca We're Ii ed today. It Is probable tn q the case will be appealed to the s, preue court.
 d The judg nent in the case ot Will l. vs. the Southwestern Smelling con n pany was also filed and the proper will be sold at sheritf's sale.
 A number of suits for back tax thlt had heeu filed last year by II
 Attorney McGowan wee dismissed
 lay on motion of the new tax ittorne n Mr. Gilmore, and will be iii d again
 CIV cases. This was made necessa
 oy,ng to the ruling of the court I ,. .arding the plead nss. which were al 1 e amended.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05

seen Blue Belle Snitzpatrick on thI.d well actually one third of her-hin, never got on third at all. T Lay the freight JOnes was there but we soon got next to his skin g me Funny thing, stick ca dy, but every tune a fellow got home they all hit the "suds from Milwaukee" and SO did the band bo.s.'
 Alter the slaughter was over th. baId marched back up town to th. stirring rirain- oi that oeautiful ba.- lad "she Could but She D du't" and the affair was voted . bowling success,
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
Are Discharged From
 Arizona Penitentiar)

Kate Nelson and Wm. Birch, wht sere each sentenced to a term (" TWO years for violation of the Ed nunds act, were discharged from he prison last Sunday. their terms. with the allowance Of six days pc, month for good behavior, having ex- oired. They came from Coch's ,"unty. Kate Nelson was the onl, somsn in the penItentisry during lcr term,-Yuma S,n.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-08-05
Youth Perishes
 on the Desert

A l5 year old Mexican boy lost ris way and pcrished in the desert ihe Altar district, Sonora, fe lays aga. He died of .hirst a iev ours before his body was found The trailer who found the tody said that the boy had been blInd 10 ,ome hours b fore he died. He had walked into arroyos and cacti in his van anierings, as only 8 blind person would.