Tombstone epitaph., 1914-04-19
Looking Backward
 Twenty Six Years

A guy from the east. in eepding a letter back home this week, gV. thi' out of his system. much to the en' ioyment, probably. of the tende'tee' back there. ''Lsst night l strolied from my shack on Toughnut street to the Bird Csge theatre. where passed an tbonr watching the ''humanny" and other "vsristy" scts. and then dropped into the Bucket of Bl' cd and had cowboys delight" after "hich 1 went to the Can Can restaurant and had . square meal on c rouid table. Picking up copy of the Tombstone Epitsph I read that the Lucky Cdss, Ground Hog. .Cruci6xion ard Resurec. tion mining claims were located in this district-well I guess Tombstone has rsIaes enough that are odd. which will amuse you "Yanks" for some time to come. Yet wi,hall these odd names this town of Tombetone Is without doubt unsurpassed as . hesi'h" seekers paradise and shocking as the name i., will come day he 'osp crowdtd with beal,h setkers. Out here no one dies except he is shot or kicked to death by c burro. Az for old sge, 1 s.s three elderly women. none under ninety, dancing the Bos ton Glide and the Long Branch at the Firemens' ball ls.t week. They dent uie out here unless its with their bovts on-,hey dry up snd blow swsy-a sort of windy cremation
 He fl a.ed in at the wave of her hard,
 And isnderly pressed bis suit; But all of . sudden he fosted out
 Ou the wave Of her fsti er's boot.
 Winter has again takeo c seat in the lap Of spring Don's take your winter ,hirt of until the first oi June.
 Barney R'ggs was at last report in San Diego sni doing we'll.
 Mrs c Granville Johnson has gone to California, sumhoned tbither by news oi the serious iilne-s of her mother.
 James Goyie. e1 Chief of Police, cane up iron Tucson today.
 Col HsfIord received 26 new birde and will hcist q brand new eagle to- day.
 Sheriff Slaughter leaves today for Yums with four prisoners.
 LW Blnn snd John W Donbsr have entered into e new. paper con- troversy We gave Blinn credit for better sense than to notice this "wbat ie it."
 The ice var ss now on and we are getting ice very cheap. One com- psny has cut to two cents . pound and the other followed with the sn- nouDcement that they would actually be giving it assy-that at their prices DO one should be without ice-st one and three.fonrtbs cents pound. This ie cold war between the two ice compsnies. but il they keen it up and get hot under their collars it will melt in price, much to the sstisfsc- tion of the heated customer. A most delig btful card party wac beld lsst night at the home of Mrs E , A Shattuck on Fourth St. G H Kelly, . representative of the Tucson 8 ar. came in yesterday and will remain few days so ss to cool off. He admitted, on cross exsmins- tion thst.ir Hsdes was any hotter then Tucson this week, then be va. going to get . ticket elsewhere when the time came.
 The Supreme Court at Washington yesterday rendered CD opinion affirm ing she constii iiuticnslity of the Ed mupds- -Tucker-Id Idaho test oath. ir. tended to keep the Mormons f:ou voting.
 A rumcr comes from Frisco tba the Conteption mine is to stsrt he pumps and levy . tribute on the o be mines benefited thereby.
 Rumor says that the Emerald vii close down shortly.
 | The St Louis Globe Democrat cell
 John Dunbar of Phoenix "a gifte
 prevasicstor.
 The county cash box was opened to
 day by Treasurer McAllister and . the coin found to be present
 Mexico wants to trade Lower Cal iorpis for Ariaons. This piece of il
 formation on top of sAe epdesvor
 Crook to saddle che Apsches on 1,
 ought Co create the long looked f'
 boom.
 somsone started tLe story lsst nigl
 that she cave st the Copper Queen b.
 entombed 3s men-oothipg 70 1t b
 NaHm osone.