Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-07
TOMBSTONE

A special request made to the board
of supervisors and the county board of
health by county cattle men asking for
the appointment of a special cattle in
spector was tabled until after the July
meeting of the board at the last
meeting held here Monday.
The request came from numerous
cattle men who attended the meet
ing and asks that the Greenlee county
system of inspection be adopted in this
county to prevent the sale of tuber-
cular cattle to meat markets and
slaughter houses in this county and to
afford greater protection to legitimate
cattlemen.
The matter of an overhead crossing
at Bisbee Junction was settled at the
meeting when full right of way was
given the county over certain prop
erty near the Junction The overhead
bridge has been completed by the
Southern Pacific Railroad company
and the road will be built over this
bridge within the near future
Because of the special activity now
being carried on by James T. Gentry
county attorney, toward the collection
of back taxes the board received a
large number of affidavits and requests
from people seeking to clear their prop
erty. Approximately half the day was
spent in going over this material.
James Edward Tilford, age 7, only
son of MI and Mrs. S. Z. Tilford, or
this city, died at II o'clock last Wednes-
day night at the Calumet and Arizona
hospital in Bisbee following an illness
OF several days.
n Funeral services were held in the
local high school building Friday after
noon at 300, after which the body was
taken to Los Angeles for burial The
floral pieces were beautiful. The Til
fords nave many friends here who
sympathize deeply with them in their
bereavement. Mr.. Tilford has been
principal of the local high school here
4or several years past.
More than 100000 in taxes was col
lected by w. M. Cox, county treasurer,
on last Saturday, the last day on which
the second installnent of 1926 taxes
could be paid, according to an official
report made public yesterday
The largest payment was made by
the Phelps Dodge corporation, whose
six months bill totalled $295,00O. The
second largest taxpayer was the Calu-
met and Arizona Mining company, who
paid $2O1 00O The Southern Pacific
company came third with $176,000,
Shattuck : Dem Mining company
fourth with $4,000, and the Apache
Powder company fifth with $4,000.
The following marriage licenses were
issued this week by the clerk of the
superior court: Thomas Bentley to
wed Helen Jones, both of Tucson; Al
berto Encinas to wed Manuela Cabal-
lero both Of Douglas; David G. Gavin,
OF Douglas, to wed Jewell Cooper, of
Bisbee; Jose Alonzo to wed Bruna
Viday, both of Douglas; Francisco
Acuna to wed Reyes Nunez, Bisbee.
Douglas attorneys who visited at the
court house this week are Bruce Ste
phenson, David BenShimol, R. N.
French, H. c. Beumler and W. G. Gill
more.
The following are the cases filed in
the clerks office this week: William
Quinn VS.. Pauline Quinn, action for
divorce; Taylor and Wilson VS.. Wallace
McKeehan, action for debt; Luz Burrell
VS.. Ygnacio Burrell, action divorce;
George c. Whitley VS.. frankie M.
Whitley, action divorce; Jose G. Vas
quez VS.. Rosa Navarro Vasquez, action
divorce; State of Arizona eX rel, etc,
VS.. Jose P. Borrego ct al, set for May
f.12, 1927 for oral argument on law
zindn
set for May II, 1927, for oral argument
on law points.
Mr.. and Mrs j. T. Gentry, r. H. Cor
nelius, j. E. James, G. A. Randall and
the Misses Nollie Merritt, Francis
Toland and Ruth Inwood were among
the Tombstone people who motored to
Douglas to see the Follies.
Work on the new service station
which which is being erected by the
Woolery Brothers on the junction of
the Coronado trail and state highway
No. 80 is progressing rapidly. The brick