Tombstone epitaph., 1922-02-19
ROCK ROLLING WAS SUCCESS.

ing m the work. Rock Rolling" Day in Tombstone yesterday was a thor ough success. Picking Admission Day. Arizona's tenth birthday, for the event the packers of the move ment selected day that was agree able tu all as the big turnout evi. denced.
 After lunch furnished Dy tha wo- men had been eaten on the big rocks surrounding the Schieffelin monu- ment. the men folks. assisted by the women and children. Tit in" and be- gan rolling the big boulders from the right of way for the driveway which had been previously staked out by IT.. NJ Eckerman and party. Everyone gave hand. with the result that within three hours rocks weighing all the way from pound up 10 several tons were cleared out of the proposed roadway, and J. s. Chambers was the first 10 drive his car around the course after it was completed, to be followed by every auto there. forming d procession which broke in" the new road.
 F C. Marshall. local merchant and soda water manuactUrer. distributed
 isxcases o soda pop to the willing workers.
 The new driveway around the mon nment under which lies the remains of Ed Schieffelin. founder of Tomb stone, will give everyone a chance to drive around the big tomb and view it from all sides. which was impossi. ble heretofore. The big rocks were around the road and when surfaced a little. which will be done within few days. the road will no doubt be used more than any other around Tombstone. it is figured. for every visitor and tourist that comes to the historic city always wants to get good look and picture or two of the monument. where Ed Schieffelin's re- mains lie. Su
 Appropriate to the movement con ducted yesterday d paragraph taken from the San rancisco Examiner of Sunday morning. July 4th. 1897, which devoted a whole page to the burial of the intrepid pioneer who made Tomb stone possible. will not be amiss
 The sheet taken from the San Fran cisco paper of that date is now the heirloom Of Frances Crable. having been handed down to him by his step father. Billy Harwood. who spoke the final sad rites at Schieffelin's funeral when the body was laid away under the present monument He said:
 We are here tc consign to Mother Earth all that remains of one of her noblest offspring-an advance courier of civilization. whose life was spent in blazing paths of progress He was q man indeed. true to all the ennobl- ing instincts which contribute to ster- ling character"
 When Schieffelin's will. disposing of an estate of s100.009 was opened. this paragraph explaining why the great monument stands today. was found:
 Tt is my wish. if convenient, to be buried in the garb of prospector. my old pick and canteen with me. on top of the granite hills about three miles westerly from the city of Tomb stone, Arizona. and that monument, such as prospectors build when locat- ing mining claim, be built over my grave and no other monument or slab erected And request that none Of my friends wear crepe Under no cir cumstances do I want to be buried in any cemetery or graveyard"
 His wishes were respected" the ar ticle continues. when on the 23rd day of May. 1897. the bells of Tombstone tolled his requiem. and all that was mortal of Ed Sehieffelin was placed in a grave hollowed in the hill nearby on whose crest he slept the first night after he crossed the San Pedro. In the grave his pick and canteen rest with him and above it the rocks are piled as he wished they should be piled"
 And that everyone who visits Old