Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1916-01-02

Sheriff Harry Wheeler and his efficient force of depu-
ties have established the reputation of capturing
cOnahand booze than any other Sheriff in Arizona and
booeggers throughout the state have as hard shedding
they do Cochse county truthfuy be said that
theirs is hard graft, especially when caught Judge
Lockwood has been handing sentences under the law,
putting them to hard labor the county roads besides
cash fine. We venture the assertion that bOotlegger
who has been nabbed and handed stiff fine and
at hard labor will not attempt to again become
bootegger The Prospecor proud to record the honor
due Sheriff Wheeler and his deputies upholdng the law
when it is known fact that they have to make the
rests and the convictions under the hardest OF cir
cumstances A man who buys booze will. ninety mine
times of hundred, not 'sQuea' the bootlegger
who sells it him. and it is therefore necessary for the
officers Cvho are well known every one about the
county, capture the voators with the stuff in their pos
session. bringing it into the state in order to
dence enough convict And from the number of boot
egger caught convicted and booze destroyed believe
said before the honor goes to the Cochlse Sheriff
Office.
Tomorrow is the last day in which you can do your
Christmas holiday buying and at that it is late You
ought have had your Xmas package off to their des
tination long before this
Pretty soon it will be Now for your New Years
Resolutions instead of DO Your Christms Shopping
Early"
Cheer up, boys, cheer up. only days to
leap year.
During the absence of the office force this morning
someone we'll posted the hanging situation in Arr
zona sneaked in the front door and left hanging the
wall of puzzle, which the devil hasn't been able
to make out yet Three cravats 1--WE suppose repre-
the neckte party at the state penn hung the
WALL black one representing Villaobos, the second
lOudecored green representing Fatn, and the third
deep brown. on which was labelled, kerneen. The
ouy solution nave been able to make is that its
ing for Valobos lots of loud noise and joy for Fan
M q deem StIld Ppr Of llr
readers could suggest more plausible solution.
Messrs Hayhurst, Bowden and the city police force
making Christmas far from pleasant for the
bootlegger They doing excellent woIk and deserve
the c0rnmendation of every law-abidng citizen The
worst feature of arrests made however is that every one
feels certain only the outer edge of the whskey ring
being touched What they see is the of the
higher-ups Douglas Dispatch
Money spent here stays here. But the money sent
of town to be spent with other merchants helps to-
build up that town instead of building up your home
Why not spend your money at home, it will give you
chance to spend the same money again
The people of Cochse county will probably elect Char
ley Roberts the state senate next fall The from
Dos Cabezas tells all grafters where to head n and we
hope to see him in the next senate.-Dunbars Weekly.
The Tucson Star says that the Senator Weeks head
quarters have flooded Arizona newspapers with cuts of
Ralph Cameron carrying few lines saying that Arizona
will send Weeks instructed delegation to Chicago 1T
further says that the newspaper Offices already
stocked with cuts of Cameron.
This office has few to spare also.
Our contemporary the Houston Post, in speaking of
big scraps says that the Bryan plan of Love Me and the
World in Nine is solution for international disputes
1t is entirely different proposition from his old song of
Hear Me and the Coin is Mine"
Whether three cent fare is equtble all over Arizona
not will be given another hearing shortly and its dollars
GOuphnutS that the subject for another
the courts.
There will be need of a bond issue for good roads