Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-26
TOMBSTONE NOTES

| WCAC PAdyCO, CIle following WINNING
prizes: Mrs, Ruth Ciiacoma, ladies
first; Mrs. Irene Miller, ladies' second
Miss Thelma Cox, ladies' consolation
Mr.. SoderStrom, gentlemen's first; Viii.
liam Lutley, gentlemen's second; H
Morris, gentlemen's third Door prizes
were won by Barto Davis and Scotty
MCGEE
Mrs. Irene Miller he's opened a
beauty parlor in the Modern Shoppe
Mrs. Miller, who has recently arrived
here from Tucson is planning on
locating permanently in Tombstone.
There is decided shortage OF
houses in Tombstone, according to
! people who are endeavoring to locate
May families have recently moved to
Tombstone and are staying at the
camp grounds and hotels until homes
are fixed up for them.
H. D. G. Buford, Otto Duffner and
! William Brakeley of Paradise, have
been spending few days in Tomb
stone on business
Bruce Stephenson of Douglas, spent
Tuesday morning in this city on court
business.
The trial jury for the spring term
of court which opens February 26 will
be drawn Saturday morning, January
28. The jury box, from which the
trial jurors will be drawn for the COM
ing year, was drawn Monday morning
and consists of 1900 names of Cochise
county voters. A grand jury box was
also drawn, but is very rarely called
for In fact, it is over 20 years since
the last CochiSe county grand jury
was in session.
Judge Jacks of Douglas, spent a few
hours in this city Tuesday on legal
business.
A S. Porter, postmaster at Webb,
spent Tuesday in Tombstone on buSi-
ness.
A w. G. T. u assembly was held in
the high school auditorium Sunday
evening et which time several local
young people competed for the silver
medal which is not only reward for
their efforts but entities them to go
to Tucson to compete in the state
contest held in that city. Miss Jean
Marcia was given. the medal, the judges
deciding that her speech, which was
a quotation from Secretary Wilbur,
was delivered with the fervor and ef-
feet which was due such an article.
Other contestants were Miss Gather
inc Giacoma, Jack Hutchinson, Robert
Axtell and Dorothy Berquist.
Miss Anne Marie Stevens spent the
weekend with Miss Norma Barr in
Tombstone. Miss Stevens is a teacher
in the Pearce high school.
Mr.. end Mrs. Dan Leedy of Tucson,
are spending few days in Tombstone
visiting friends. Mr.. Leedy is plan
ming on locating in Tombstone in the
near future.
William H. Kelly of the Tombstone
Epitaph, was unanimously elected to
the presidency of the Arizona Press
club at meeting held in Tucson last
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Kolb spent
Monday afternoon in Bisbee on busl-
ness.
Several prisoners have been received
in the local Jail during the past few
days. Three boys were brought up
from Douglas on ai7charge of auto
theft, having stolen Ford car out OF
Tucson, end being apprehended in that
city. Their names are Jack Rogers,
William Cook and Eugene Burn1ce
Wright. Arthur A. Bailey and Paul
Croker were brought up from Doug
las on alleged car theft. Six new
federal prisoners and one who mas
been in the hospital at Tucson were
brought down Sunday to start serving
sentences in the local jail. They were
Ricardo Reyna, Tomas ESpinosa, James
Watson, Ignacio Loya Corral, Anasta-
clio Herrera and Ignacio Ma.ldonodo,
who were all found guilty of violating
the N. P. A. Guadalupe Ochoa Will
enter the local Jail to finish his sen-
tence after being confined for several
weeks in the federal hospital at Tue
son.
Bob Dalgliesh narrowly escaped serl-
Gus injury Sunday afternoon when the
car in which he was riding sKldded
on the soft dirt on the Tombstone
Fairbanks road about a mile from
town turning turtle and pinning Dalg-
liesh beneath it. The car was badly
damaged, but the driver escaped with
a few cuts and bruises. JOHNNIE
WYATT, another local youth, turned ms
car over at the same point and while
escaping injury himself baby damaged
the Ford car he was driving.
]. A. Hildreth of Lowell, spent
few hours here Monday afternoon on
business.
B. G. Thompson of Douglas, was
Tombstone visitor Monday.
Sheriff James Mcdonald and Dep
uty Sheriff Farrell Of Tucson, spent
Thursday afternoon in this city, re-
turning two men, William Cook and
Jack Rogers, to Tucson to answer TO
fI1oft oI1oT,Oo
B. B. Hopkins, forger, who was re-
Gently apprehended in Douglas atter
passing several bogus checks IN thaG
CITY. plead guilty and was sentenced
to serve from five to seven years IN
the state penitentiary. Hopkins Will
be taken to Florence shortly
There will be dance in the Crystal
hall Saturday evening after the show.
The Six Harmoniacs will turnlSn
music for the occasion.
Many Tombstone people attenoeo
the dance at Benson Saturday evening
given by the Powder Monkeys OF the
Apache powder plant.
Miss Edith Macia, who has recently
been appointed postmistress at TOMB
stone. has announced that Joe Hood,
, former Cochise county sheriff, VIII pc
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