Arizona republican., 1922-04-12

again, but this just made them more.
determined than ever.
cannot remember where they said
they met Ed Scheffelin, the disccv-
erer Of Tombstone but somewhere IN
this state, and he travelled overland
with them One night they made
their camp where Scheffelin lies
buried now, and it was early one
morning after breakfast, while
camped there, that he said to them
that he thought he would take 2
stroll and see what he could find.
Father told him he would find his
tombstone" When he came back
he told the folks he found a better
camping place. so they packed UP and
moved on. Thus Tombstone was dis
covered.
My mother cleared the sagebrusn
away with her hands and they erect
ed the first building in Tombstone.
They built an entire block on Fourth
street, the first substantial building
erected there. The postoffice was in
this block. They engaged in the
butcher business. opening the first
butcher shop there. ! have often
heard them tell of slaughtering 80
sheep. 20 hogs and 12 and Is cattle,
SO you may judge for yourselves the
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There wasn't any bank there to be-
gin with, and again they kept the
miners savings, taking care OF many
thousands of dollars.
Money was plentiful and they made
considerable. Father owned several
large ranches and at one time was
considered the heaviest single tax
payer in Cochise county.
/ want to relate an instance where
mother was entrusted with box
containing valuable papers. do not
remember the names of parties con-
cerned, but many early settlers may
know of this case.
This man was widower with two
small children, a boy and girl. His
wife died in Tombstone, and her
body was shipped to San Francisco
for burial The children were placed
in school In San Francisco.
He had located a rich prospect, so
remained in Tombstone to develop 1t.
few years later he took sick and
decided to 90 to San Francisco to.
see his children and try to recuperate.
Before he left Tombstone he brought
this box. with key, to my mother and
told her to keep it and under no
condition to let it out of her possess
sion. In case of his death she should
see II1dI Ills Two GlAANAN go 80 %Nff~
contents which were valuable papers.
He died soon after going TO san
Francisco, and his wife's brother
hired a lawyer in San Francisco to
handle the estate. They knew motn-
er held everything valuable TO them
in that box. One day this lawyer
came into the butcher shop and tried
to get these papers from her. he
tried every means and one morning
he laid a check for $4,000 on the
meat block and he said:
Nov, Mrs. Bauer, will that be
enough for those papers2
She said she handed him the check
and said:
.sNo. thank you, Mr.. -; that nor
no other amount can get those pa
pers, They belong TO those babies
and will see that they will get
She did. TOO. They inherited their
fathers estate, and the last hearl OF
were both rich and living in San
Francisco.
NV eldest brother was tie first
white child born in Tombstone.
There were eight Of us children. Five
of. us were born in Tombstone.
Father lost very heavily IN
droughtss in '93 and '94, and in ,9S
Tf19y moved TO 6lSDSS. Ivy Will "a
the butcher business there. They
accumulated there again and retired
from active business in 1910.
must not forget to say that we
have mazy clippings from newspa-
pers that speak in the highest es-
TEEN of them, of their integrity and
honesty, and how they were appreci-
ated as residents wherever they
lived.
They worked hand in hand togeth-
er. Mother was a good business
woman and much Of their success
was due to her keen business ability.
They shipped many carloads Of
hogs, sheep and cattle out OF the Salt
River valley every week 10 Bisbec.
Their buyer then / well remember
was James c. Hanmels OF Glendale.
Father died in March. 1914, and
mother on July 4, 1920. Ny love
for them and for my native state
prompted me to write this article.
am 33 years old and have lived here
in this state all of my life. To me
it has no equal and ! think ex-
pressed myself clearly when / wrote
the song, Il Love You, Arizona
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