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Tombstone epitaph., 1920-06-13
X PROCLAMATION OF REWARD.
Executive Department,

Executive Department, To All Men to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greetings:
 Whereas. official information has been received to the effect that sometime during the night of the 9th day of June. or the early morning of the 7th day of June, 1920. Jacob Earhardt and his wife. Barbara Ear hardt. were most brutally assaulted in their home at 19.. West Van Bur. en Street, Phoenix. Arizona; and
 Whereas. further official informa- ton has been received that both Ja- cob Earhardt and his wife, Barbara Earhardt. died from the effects of the assault on the 7th day of June, 1920: and
 Whereas. the murderer or murder. CTS are at large and not yet appre- hended, and in connection with their apprehension, it has been represent ed that a reward offered by the Sta.e of Arizona might greatly assist in bringing the murderer or murderers to justice:
 Now. Therefore. l. Nit Simms, Act ing Governor of the State of Arizona, by virtue of the power and authori. ty vested in me by law. do hereby offer reward of One Thousand Dol. lars (s1.0OO.0o) for the arrest and conviction of each and every per son who shall be shown in a court of law to be guilty of this murde.. Such reward or rewards shall be paid on receipt by the Governor Of Arizona of a sworn claim or claims in the usual form, from the person or persons credited with the capture of the aforesaid fugitive or fugitives, provided that such claim or claims ehali be accompanied by the certi- ficate of the County Attorney of the county wherein the conviction is ob- tained to the effect that the charge against the state is in compliance with the terms and conditions of this proclamation.
 In witness whereof, l have nereun. to set Jmy hand and caused the great seal of the State to be affixed.
 Done at Phoenix. the Capital, this Sth day of June. in the year of our Lord, 1920.
 MT SIMMS,
 Acting governor of Arizona. ATTEST: R. E. MCCLELLAN
 Acting Secretary of State.~
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NEARING ON CHARLESTON DAM PETITION

The hearing on the creation of the San Pedro irrigation district which win come under the Charleston Dam project will come up tomorrow, and word from the St. David and Ben son districts is that a large crowd of farmers will be here to appear be- fore the board to contradict any pro- tests that may be entered toward th {. creation of the district It is under stood that Attorney Fred Sutter of Bisbee, representing certain interests will appear before the board protest ing the creation of the district. and the farmers will be on hand to take in the proceedings. Attorney Joseph Hansen for the petitioners has pre- pared a quantity of data to present to the board, besides securing ad- vice of the State Water Commission. CT It is confidently believed by those interested that no monkey wrench will be thrown into the wheels in order 10 delay the pro csedings.
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the data will be brought before the board in writing before action wiil be taken.
 Expressions from the large deiesa- tion of farmers present at the hearing are filled with optimism to the effect that step by step the slow and ts- dious preliminary work toward the ultimate realization of the Charleston Dam Is gradually being overcome and that some day in the not distant future the pioneer farmers of the San Pedro Valley will realize their dreams. The Supervisors have prom. ised their earnest cooperation.
 A large delegation from all sec tions Of the valley was in Tombstone to attend the hearing and will be in Tombstone again at the final meet. ing on the 2sth.
 Fred sutter represented the Bo. suiIlas Land ( Cattle company, K. E. Pickett, the E. p. ( S. W. R. R. co.. John E. Sanders. the Apache Powder Co.,. and Joseph Hansen. the petitioners.
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TOMBSTONE RI WINS FROM PEARcE

The Pearce High School team mo- tored to Tombstone yesterday for a return game with the Tombstone Hi team, which they defeated in their town recently by one run.
 The game was played at Schuster's park yesterday afternoon, and before the game it was evident that bad blood existed between the two teams over certain difficulties that arose during the game played in Pearce. The local boys claimed unfair actics and offered many and various alibis for the game in Pearce.
 When the teams appeared on the ground it was evident that the Pearce nine had the advantage of years oyer the locals. who immediately began a campaign of scouting and pleading for assistance from the Tombstone club. Carpena and Hill were finally induced to lend their aid to the school boys, and the work of this battery resulted in a score of IS to in favor of Tombstone. Had the teams bee, more evenly matched the local boys would have been denied this aid.
 The Tombstone Club has matched a game with the Pearce men, which will be played the 18th or goth.
 A game with Bisbee is now being arranged for. and 1t is expected that the contest will be held on the local diamond.
 In . practice game following the game between the school teams, the Club won over the local Mexican nine by . score that ran off of tho score card. The club boys nsed bot. ting practice. e was evidenced by the number of clean strike outs st tAs hands of the Mexiesn pitcher. and if they hope to make . slowing asainst Disbss they win have to spsnd . few evenings vSslding ths stick.
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TRIED TO BURN
 ERHARDT HOME
 AND HIDE CRIME

PHOENIX, June 10.-That the in-
 human sIayers of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
 Erhardt made an attempt to conceal
 all evidence of the YYendish crime By setting fire to the house was added
 information made public yesterday
 by men of the sheriffs office who
 are hunting for evidence of the iden. tity of the murderers.
 A roll of twisted newspapers, par itially burned, was found behind . china cabinet in the dining room.
 Blood on the newspapers was evi- dence that they had been placed ir
 there by the slayers after the double crime. But this very fact prevented the carrying out of this added fiend- ish purpose. for the blood-soaked Inewspspers would not burn suffi.
 cientiy to ignite the woodwork of the cabinet or the floor and thus all evk dence of the horrible double crime was not wiped out and which may result in detection of the murderers. About $ suspects have been ar. rested by the police department and
 the sheriffs office aad al released
 but two after being Questiosed elose' ly rgarding their movements oa sun-
 1ay night and Nosday morning. Ol
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PLAN FOR PEOPLE 70 CHOOSE DELEGATES

yJohn D. New6ury. Douglas, chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Cochise county, is mail. ing the following letter to all demo crats in all parts of the county:
 Dear Sir: The method adopted by the state democratic central commit. tee in selecting the delegates to the democratic national convention at San Francisco gave no chance to the voter to express his or her choice for president and therefore he dele gates are without an expression from the people. It has always been one of the cardinal principles of the democratic party to not only abide by the will of the majority, but to seek and insist upon getting an ex- pression of the majority in all mat ters.
 To the end that an expression of the will of the voters of this county may be had the democratic central committee have decided to hold . general "prefsrencs vote for presi- dent" election to be held throughout the county June l2, 1920. TAis vote wf1 b certified to by the chairman aad secretary of the committee and ths dslsestss froa this county vill bs fslssstsd to constdW saDs ih- stEsetisas to cast thsir vots b fhs esavsasssa Sos ths Dsnoa receiving
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ADAMS ANNOUNCES
 FOR coRPN COMMISSION


 In this issue 1. c. E. Adams an nounces his candidacy for corpora tion commission. subject to the action of the Democratic voters in Septem- Der.
 Mir. Adams, who is at present chair. man of the board of Supervisors of Cochise county. having been elected to the long term in 1918 by receiv. ing the highest number of votes. has received assurances from all parts Of the state relative to his candidacy, and in announcing himself today he states he believes that Cochise coun. ty is entitled to a representation on that important Commission. As a member of the Arizona Supervisors Association Mir. Adams has one of the widest acQuaintances about the state on probably any man in public life in Arizona.
 He has been a resident of Cochise county and Bisbee for 25 years, dur. ing which time he has been identified with public life almost continuously / in one capacity or ansther. He serv ed Bisbee as mayor for two terms during which time he was father O! many public improvement measures including the construction of the present city park at a cost of $25,O0t which he did by public subscription solely. not having incurred a single liability for the city.
 Before that time he was engaged IT business and at one time was mana ger of the Copper Queen store foi F years before entering into busi ness for himself He has made a sue cess in handling business for him self and others and states he believes he can do so as Corporation Commis sioner for Arizona
 As chairman of the board of super visors he points to the record of the board and its accomplishments dur ing his incumbency and although h; is yet entitled to two years more on the board, he believes that hs can do greater public. good as q member of the Corporation Commis sion, should the Democratic voters decide to elevate him to that office
 MT. Adams has countless friend: in his home county, who have pledged him active support, he states, ana when his candidacy has become known about the state, he is conf dent that the voters will support him, since he feels that his long year: of public life has duly qualified hin to fill the position with credit.
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the highest number of votes as shown

the highest number of votes as shown by the returns.
 The committeeman from each pre- cinct will select a convenient place to hold the election and appoint two judges, who will receive the votes. make and keep a poll list and count and certify to the results. The poll list. together with the certified count and the ballots will be sent to the chairman of the county central con- mittee. John T. Newbury. at Douglas. Arizona.
 There was never time in the his tory of the nation when the election of president meant so much to the people as at this time, and it is the patriotic as we'll as the personal duty of every voter to take an active part in the choice. not after the nomina- tions are made. but to see that the right man is nominated.
 The democratic party has enacted more constructive legislation during the last eight years than did the re- publicans in its 25 year control. 1t has proven itself capable of meeting the needs Of the nation in time or peace. and of coping with the emers- encies of the great world war. and no democrat can afford to be indiffer- ent to the urgent need of democratic success. nor be misled by the false and frivolous criticisms of the repub- lican party. aided in it's propaganda by slush fund of millions of dollars furnished by Wall streets satellites. urge upon every voter to express his choice, and to use his efforts to get his neighbor to do the same.
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BURGLARS KILL
HELPLESS PAIR


 PHOENIX. June S.-City and coun. ty officers tonight were endeavcring to find clues 10 the one or more per sons. probably burglars. who early this morning attacked MT. and Mrs. Jacob Erbardt in their home, beating Mrs. Erhardt 10 death and so ser ious.y wounding her husband that he died late today.
 Erhardt and wis wife, aged and re- puted wealthy. lived in the western part of Phoenix. Erhardt had beer . farmer. The dead woman and aer husband, who was still alive but un- conscious. were found on a bed in the;r house early this morning by a son, Jacob Erhardt, Jr., who is city fireman. A large pool of blood in the kitchen indicated that Mrs. Er- hardt had been attacked there, after having been awakened by the noise Of ihe intruders gaining entrance and having arisen to investigate The the ory of officers, expressed tonight. sas that Erhardt was asleep when his wife was being beaten to death with some blunt instrument, and that he was attacked. possibly by tte second of the intruders, if there were two.
 A 5loodstained hammer was found outside the house and was believed to have been one of the weapons used. But some of the wounds in. flicted on both the man and the won,- ar were sharp. as. though made by a ssry sharp and rather small hatchei such as fathers use.
 The woman's body had been car ried into the bedroom and placed on the he'd beside her husband. When officers investigated, they found the honse had been thoroughly ransack- ei. which led to the belief that the murder had been committed by bur. glars in search of hidden money. The younger Erhardt said he did not DC lieve there was more than $20 in the house.
 It had not yet been determined to- nigh: whether anything had been iakp:. Officers succeeded in obtain. ing number of finger prints, which. it was believed might serve, in time, to Identify one or more murdered.
 iNeishbors living near the Erhards home said today they heard noises. as of distant shouts in the early morning hours, but thought they cane from boys swimming in . near by canal.
 Beside Jacob Erhardt, IT,, a iea. tenant in the fire department, tie couple had two other sons here. Ali Erhardt and George Efhardt. the lat :er being deputy state treasurer.
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Winkelman, with Judge Snyder at the helm. has reported $2s7.44. This is in cash and represents a wonder full achievement for a town of less than 400 people.
 From the Baptist women of Chand. Ter was received last week $40 which was raised by an election day dinner held by the society.
 Each state in the union has been given some definite territory in Ar. menia and Syria. To Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming has been given the responsibility of sup porting the men. women and children of the city of Mardin, in the relief district of Aleppo. In addition to the 4,ss0 orphans who are being cared for in the 13 orphanages in this dis- trict, theer are several thousand ref. ugess who have ned from the mors danssross districts sad have located in this less disturbed area.
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FAST DRILLING
 BOWIE OIL BASIN
Special Correspondence)

Special Correspondence)
 BOWIE. Ariz.. June s.-Drilling at the well of the United States Oil ( Refining Co.,. in Bowie Basin is go- ing steadily on. Every detail of the complex drilling outfit has been put in place and instantly responds to the hand of the driller in perfect coordination. A visitor to the well site is amply repaid even should his interest confine itself to the spectacle of the big drilling machine at work. Few Arizona people have ever seen drilling for oil by standardized me- thods, and many of the visitors t1 the well come to learn something about a new industry destined to be- come an important asset of this state
 As the well goes down the com pany is encouraged by the constant presence of oil accompanying the slush discharged by the slush pail. and the slush pond immediately be. comes the center of interest for the crowds during the operation of bail. ing out. It is then that faith in the success of his test we'll gets it's real impetus as each oil enthusiast gah. CTS a dash of oil on his fcre fingers from the brink of the pool.
 Casing is carried down immediate. ly behind the drill after a casin3 length has been cut. The well is as straight as plumb line and each length of casing. when screwed in place. settles into the we'll with a few taps of the hammer
 Driller Keller says he will average 90 feet daily in depth while the fo.' nation continues as it Is now, and the company estimates it can prove the field during the month of July An adequate water supply for boil | CT use is always serious problem in desert field, and this question has been one of the great concerns ia the present work. The water at the well site carries such large content of sodium and magnesium chloride as to absolutely prohibit Its use in the boiler. For a time fresh water was pcarried by truck from the town oi Bowie. 16 miles distant. at a heavy cost of time and labor. Happily. the water question has been once and for all settled by the sagacity and enter prise of Manager Washburn, who has developed an abundant supply of water by constructing a series of converging trenches on the bed ol the San Simon river. T. mile from tho well. collecting seepage water of good quality into a sump. from which i! is raised by a hand pump into tanks placed on a motor truck and deliy cred to the boilers as needed
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DELL POTTER AND
 OTHERS PULL BIG
 ROAD eoNEHEAD

The Southwest Highway associa-- tion, composed of Greenlee, Graham and Gila counties, Arizona, and sev- eral New Mexico counties, held meeting last week in Clifton. and ac- cording to the Lordsburg Liberal. resolution was adopted recommend ing an imaginary transcontinenta, highway which would start some where in New Mexico. pass over or through the Mogollon mountains in Grant county to Clifton and thenc. west.
 This highway would eliminate E, Paso, Deming. Lordsburg and all points in Arizona on the Bankhead highway. The following from the Liberal tells of the Clifton meeting which will be interesting to all who are acquainted with Col. Dell Potter:
 With only two of the nine border counties represented. and five of the south-central counties of New Mexico and Arizona at the meeting of the Southwestern Highway association held at Clifton, last Saturday, a reso- lution was crowded through over the protest of the two counties, approving a segment of national highway, the existence of which is yet probler,ati- cal, starting most any old place in central New Mexico and ending up in the middle of Arizona.
 Everything was like honey in the honeycomb' until the last hour when Greedy Grant and Greedy Gila' aid ed and abetted by Cocorro. Sierra and by portion of Greenlee, egged on by the furious oratory of Col. Dell M. Potter, who has heretofore posed as a friend of the Bankhead highway forced a resolution, under protest of every border county represented, ap- proving segment of an indefinite na- tional highway. as yet not authorized.
 "Hidalgo and Luna counties fought the measure. but were out-voted by those who blindly thought it would be great to put something over. but who have probably discovered long before this that they put big block in front of the wheels of progress, as far as the association's usefulness is concerned.
 If greedy Grant and Gila think they will ever see . southern nation al highway pass up Fl Paso and the chief cities on the west to the coast, they sure have got another think com ing.
 ~In this connection 1t might be we'll to say that Arizona has some mighty good roads and many of the best road builders in the country. Some day these roads win all be connected up and become . part of the southwest ern highway system. There win soon be spleDdid highway Ieadinss from Lordsbury to points on t1e Arizona border nom Duncan ts Rodso."
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FEAR MOS VIOLENCE
 AGAINST SUSPECTS
iN ERHARpT CASE

N ERHARoT CASE PHOENIX, June S.-Fearing mol violence. the Phoenix police authori ties today threw . wall of secrecy around developments following the murder of Mir. and Mrs. Jacob Er hardt, pioneer residents. who were clubbed to death at their home eaFiy yesterday morning. Four suspecta lave been placed under arrest but their names snd svidsacs asainst them wss wieAAeld.
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IRRIGATION DISTRICT PETITION HEARING

INHioAIION OiS hiSI PETITION HEARING
 Az a result of the hearing on the petition for the creation of the San Pedro Irrigation District before the Board of Supervisors today. follow ing protests entered for the exclusion of certain lands within the proposed boundaries. all landowners whose acreage can be proven to be unirri- gable under the project must file their petitions for withdrawal on or before June 18th, when the board will finally at an adjourned session to finally consider the matter.
 When the supervisors convened this morning for the purpose of hearing protests, if any. on the formation Of the proposed irrigation district. . number of protests were entered. chief among them the eoquiIIas Land q Cattle company, asking exclusion of several thousand acres Of land, which it is claimed. will be absolute iy unacceptable to irrigation. Two more protests were entered, The Fl Paso ( Southwestern Railroad com pany, for exclusion of right of way and traekase within the district and that of Curry, Mcdonald and Edwards representing the Apache Powder com pany, for exclusion of certain hiiiy land on which the powder project Is being constructed. Others 1t is un- derstood will enter their exclusion pe- titions before the 2sth on hiIIy and uneven lands which cannot be placed under irrigation under the Charles ton Dam project.
 The session lasting the entire morn- ing and we'll into the afternoon re- suited in much discussion pro and con relative to the irrigation district and proposed Charleston Dam, the fi- nal resuIt being that, following com potent legal advice from attorneys Tor both sides present, any person or corporation desiring exclusion Of anirrisabIe lands must enter protest on or before three weeks from the date of hearing. In order to allow ample time within the law, the board ct the date oF hearing on the 2sth, when the protests will be filed.
 A the matter new stands, . spirit sf ee-opsr4tien nexer before -dispiayed sINee tiss charisstea Dam sas psp- pesed, now exists for the ultimate construction of the dam and facts and figures wore presented today sub st.ntistins the propesed project.
 Data complied for bfth sides shows 4hst in the wsiehberheed ef 3oyooo serss, mostly Irri0abss will come un- 6sr the project and following exeiv- sisn ef possibly % per cent of this - hiiiy and uneven lands thst will net take water in the seishbeebood ~ z5,ooo acres ef land will remain 4sst can bs incorporated into the ir- siSstSea aistriet, wbIeh will st the psspsr tIass prepsss the construction ss sise chassssesa oam.
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ARIZONA AMONG THE LEADING STATES IN
 NEAR EAST RELIEF

Arizona is named among the states that are leading in the Near East Re- lief campaign. This state is reported to have about 80 per cent of her quota raised. These leading states are giv-
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