Tombstone epitaph., 1922-02-05
TWEEDLE-DUM

TWEEDLE.DUM
Well! Well! Well! Again Douglas newspaper
has waded into the mie to gather hunk of mud to hr
at the city of Tombstone
But this time it is the staid Republican Sheet the
douglas Dispatch. which has opened fire (or in truth
should say stopping mud instead of Major Kellys In
ternational which is continually harping about court
houses and county seat removal.
To read the Dispatches editorial columns this morn
ing would lead believe that the editor had bad
night out in Aqua Preta he has been grossly msin
formed as to conditions i'll the Cochse county house
Not to mention the editorial blunder entitled: .RoaC
Fund Intelligence, which reads about integently
one of Ralph Inghrams explanatory letters regardn.
the Cochise county % per cent fund.- and smacks largely
of Tom MaddOck's fine hand the editor of the 0spatcl
follows right up under his LEAD eddytorul and pre-
tends to pull something funny. In fact he has made
SO plain that he is trying to touch the risibtes of hi
readers that it is about funny a crutch.
The heading of the masterpiece is entitled 'Layn.
Carpets With Shovels the heading itself representa-!
the soundness and consistency of the Dispatch editor
judgment. 1t would not be treating readers, ant
those Cochise county people who have not the pleasure
of reading the Dispatch in ightful manner if we die
not herewith lend little space for the reproduction
the most smelly and foolish editorial published i,
COchise county, not excepting the days of the Arizona
Kicker Witness the volley of mud:
Armed with picks and shovels, workmen
have been engaged in laying new carpets in the
court house at Tombstone. 1t is said that visi-
tors will hardly recognize the place when they
get through. Digging deep in the corridors of the
second floor they found particles of the original
built. Successfully each layer marking the
passage OF time, was unearthed and shoveled out
the windows.
All the courts and officials adjourned and
left town while the prehistoric digging in
progress. Those who have occasion to the
county court house concerned in plans for
making the structure sanitary. The casing of
prospective brides and grooms as they enter the
building in search of a marriage license has in
creased greatly during recent months, and the
effect of OdOrs on oratOrical effulgence has
The antiquity of the Cochise temple of jus
tice attracts many tourists, but few venture with
in its walls. 1t seems to threaten early end
commission of building inspectors and san-
tary engineer should report it. Whenever
they do, pubic-spirited citizens of Douglas will
likely respond to the popular demand and pre-
sent to the county a new and fitting structure
in which to house its official family
It is true that the Cochise county house is be
ing treated to covering of its floors and the
or for the equpping of the workmen with picks an
sioves if that is the and it, for once, the Dspac
is right about anything, easily explain The dill
they removing with shoves is that which has bee
tracked into the building by undertaking Douglasite
The Cochse county court house and it's location hav
been constant of worry and chagrn to certai
Douglas people for the past twenty The Dspatc
that the 'public-spirited people of Dougla
will present Cochise county with fitting structure
house its official family Let recite little histor
Drung quite recent county seat removal agitatio
certain DOugasites set about finding site to offer tn
county for the construction of court house in tn
Smleter City. 1t the blow that broke the camel
back The real estate sharks OF douglas slapped to e
strong and the site offered And the Dispatc
speaks of public $piritedne$$!
The carpet TRADE of the Dispatch gives every ev
dence of being the branstorm of Johnny latel
for it is so different from all past performances Of til
Dispatch probably it is just new mode of submarir
attack framed for the purpose Of touching the purse
Cochise countys taxpayers It is known that certai
Douglas contractors have been aching to get their paw
into the Cochse county cash box for many years. an
since the pickins have been rather slim since the wa
the revival of the county seat removal bugbOo is in Orde
But as far as the Douglas papers rantings col
cerned they will fall deaf The taxpayers of til
county administered singing rebuke to the Dougls
gang in 1915 that should make them hold their peat
forever But the desire to make connections with tt
that slap in the face, such the election results pr