Tombstone Weekly Epitaph from Tombstone, Arizona • Page 1

-FW-'---- SE-. fr-v i. AMWM. tjf min fiaTfirnmifc-rMiiii" ii 4 4 'A- A yiv 4 y. A 1 rs The Toaabrtone-Epitaph Published Every Sunday Iftoiping Gives all the news of the I county, state and general.

a (1 in ore especially events and happenings of interest to the people 01 Tombstone and Cochise ronntv. VOLUME XXXXI SOLONS RECESS TO GET DOPE ON OMNIBUS BILL BOTH BRANCHES OF LEGISLA-1 TURE ADJOURN AJNTIL TUES-, DAY MORNING AND ATTEND SESSION OF ARIZONA ROADS CONVENTION TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING ROAD NUMBER OF. BILLS REPORTED ON BY VARI OUS COMMITTEES. PHOENIX, Feb. 11 ISoth houses ot-the Arizona legislature adjourned to-1 day until Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.

In view of the omnibus appropriation bill for state highway construction, which has lieen looming un ahead of the legislature, memliers of both houses were anxious to get as much information and as many opinions as possible on the extent of construction at a time when there was a loud demand for retrenchment. Ac-. cordingly, it was decided that the members would attend the sessions of the Arizona Cloud Roads Association tills afternoon and tomorrow. i The house spent the greater part of the forenoon session in committee of the whole ami remained in the committee nearly all afternoon, clean-Ing'tip almost the entire calendar. The "senate had adjourned at noon.

1 While in committee of the whole, the house recoramenilee trie follows) ins measures favorably: House bill 92. providing for of election boards In towns of less than 200 population. House bill requiring hides of slaughtered animals to be retained a specified time for Inspection. House bill bZ. providing that sink- ins funds state, counties and mu.1- iclpallties might lie invested in Inter est-bearing Iwnds of described char-' House bill $7.

providing for transfer of case from- superior court to "another In the same -county. House -bill 100, adding to the crlm- IlbelTaw definition of the of cttwflife as a giiide to conduct, nrniilr-tlon. stated the Inten ftlphVa. prevent In thi. Ih, .1 i uoeiMK o.

uro.l.u. OT ft directed at -rfAln rlasA nf motion Dlcturps. laid. House Mils 107 and 10S. relating to of documents and'so-preine court reports from the offic" the secretary of state.

House bill 96. forbidding advertisement of alleged remedies for social "diseases was recommended for Indef inite postponement on the "that newspapers of the ready placed them under tbe ban. pubic health biu for the suppression of social diseases also was unfavor -iWy reported. YAVAPAI LEGION POSTS INVESTIGATE LEASING OF BIG TRACT TO JAPS PRESCOTT. Feb.

,11. A committee of the 'Yavapai County Chamber of. Commerce met tonight at Clarkdale, rf with the American Legion posts of Jei 1 CUrkdale and Jerome and, with resl-j k-b Vapila nfffer rt Minf All i ow" Vvltece JPwese cofontzafion of tr c- '-Beater creek ranchjands. ft. 4 Ac2r to.tifk&le port mt lte 'ceuaty com- l- JO Wel aiaraeraack; to Jap- -f-'.

-je'a i wu-Hw-rjof oHeatahi are. Z.t tr.f-.J.. Ill BIN I II II II Kioauuaewl 'tetfttg aaaos farmers "of Verie'Talley. ihMfttBiffliffia -f im--. arts 3c zrtux 4 LINCOLN Born Fe-b.

12. 1809 -K SlS. lBLk v( I lHFJfcM 'Ts; P-9B HwiV k-B-B-B-B-B Hlk-jHHHHHT ill kbmHv--v'4Km I iH9BHB I iB-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-k-v I 'rL B-B-B-B-B-B-BL 1 mBBBBBBBV PV V''' r- I T-C 0 YlVf tCciL B- Mi BF 3 i Jr' BBaaiaB-M-iBaaa--HiML-iBBBiiaMi Not many men an: rcuiciiihcH'd I- anvlxMlv but 40 or 50 years after thev are dead. A few carve out careers that are memorable, and of these oiilv select half dozen in the world, perhaps, receive universal i iiomage. Uf these is Lincoln.

Jle nimi tji-p liim i nmnm, .1.0 i mi, wnjii jiiiiiicuin in iiiervfiiarv men. ail wci- sional Sublime idealist should 1k. i- i -r 100K on ineoU WJt friednliness. Not many of us i Itisttt lir iittJtnw wmiI.1 l.r.A iyiiu. iiau it I 1IU JSU I11L1C UXlt'ClUllUIl.

nm noi-Tniif' nt hearts and new 'hope a i cinitt ot tne backwoods, lie product of the small towiu'lic i 1 vnn oraiorj-. miniDie, plodding youtji. lie rose to lead mankind to a new vision of hrotlierhood. i vhen the nation is full of unrest, when want and the I. hard stmrrli for oxiateTifn ulinnf tX sronndjip-im, liard straggle for existence seem about to ovcnow-' had ai-jcr us, let as pause and take a new lease on couraec.

ItiJ' Tne, was not for a day that a Lincoln was born in America Tt was not in vain that his life was passed ainont; our fore-' 1 fathers. "tW him hr linr- "i HOUSE ASKED TO REHWB HEROISM Of MtZONII MMN WASHINGTON D. O. Feb. tdramaUc appeal to fthe house to n- I ward the hero 1 v- heroic war explsit of Lieut.

Isaacs. IT. S. who step ped- forward In another man place to become a prisoner on board a Or- man? submarine-after Ms ship; the President Lincotauhsbecn torpedoed Ji WMC. ncpmenuiiTe EacTe.

Democrat, of Texas. The speak cr'sftfd Isaac's record would standout TOMBSTONE. COCIIISE COUNTY. ARIZONA. SLTXI)AV.

was a idaiti man. and the I.r.c... and thanks Providence that a HttJe awe, and vet with; c6uld have hewn to the an''Ain'-- a r(1 lit 1 nkonn nlfwnui Tnm 1.A-. -1 rvpnu liwnui ailU UUIUI 1,11 IOH tin. t.

to thoussnds. An uncouth' viaa, IW1LI1 llllL-lll 111 IIHIIIV became a master! Aviiterr A leamed to thrill the. wnrbl as one of the most daring feats or the world war, "When the submarine captain de manded aiT-officer said Kagie. "Isaacs walked forth and an- nonncol that his commander. Percy FnAr finer alifa tn fffio jW.

Foote. now aide to the secretary of probably had perished and heHras ready to go. For eleven days while a captive nf the U-boat he i learned facts about the German navy's plan of operations which were of the utmost Importance to the allied fleet. With this ln mind, he escaped at the, risk of his life" Mr. Ea.le continued, "and was so badly wounded and beaten that now, at the age of 29, be is physically unable to stay In the tna-jr.

M1" i Being Erected in Tombstone Another mill for handling of silver- lead ores in the Tombstone district is i I now- an assured fact through the pnr- cliase of an up-to-date couibiuation (mill by Joe Uest and Thos. Saumlvr. cock. The mill will be erected on their property which is located b-Jtween the State of Maine mine and 'Aja Hill. The mill has been purchased from Casa Grande, where It I worked only a short time and a soon as it arrives work of Installing 'the machinery will begin.

Mr. Ileit i and Mr. Sauuderiock propose to mill! all low grade ore sinking their shaft where they expect to cut larger bodies of both low anil high grade; silver and lead ores. lie- sides low grade taken from the shaf( Jtliej liiive "eicral larze dump to bij jiiBoii Ills face; hi hands and feet run through which will net them more! hind In mi hfildlli" i-lialn. tile other than enough to pay for the mill.

This makes four mills that will be' In operation in the Tombstone dis-1 I trict inside of two months, the Old i Guard mill being ready to start soon, while Bert Holland and associates will start up next week. The mill jf jthe Tombstone Cooperative company which Is now in the course lof erectlon.wlll to start wil'i-jin a monrh, and when all four mllU 'are In ojeratIon an added impetus In the milling of sliver and lead ores Is looked for in Tombstone. McDonald Files Answer in Chief "1 4 tllll-C wis rinse to flio tfft of tli J. I. McDonald, through his at-his jtorney, Fred Sutter, today filed answer In the Superior Court In the case of C.

lllackbnrn vs. I'orter M.C--Donald for the settlement of the chief of police status of Tombstone. an er of the defendant is Th gthy and represents a Mo- uan an" uemurrer ana An- mSt, i ISoth the Motion to Ouash and Demur- T'r" mwh, the plaintiff, follows: MOTION TO QUASH. Superlor Court of the state of Aiizptia. in and for the County of Cochise.

ITIIL UJu of c-'- "'-ackburn-. Plaintiff. JlcDOXALD, Defendant. Comes the ln the above-entitled action, and moves the Court to quash the information or complaint' of plaintiff filed herein, on the following grounds: I. Plaintiff ought not to have or main tain this suit against this defendant.

apPears on the face of the information or complaint filed herein that It was not signed by J. F. proprietors are said to' 'county Attorney of Cochise County, l-- been fined $100. The saYoons of Arizona. jr.

iwa. i- i- said information or complaint In thei nature of a quo warranto was never filed nor signed by the said J. F. Ross, County Attorney of said Cochise County, and is not his information and complaint against this defendant. HI.

liecause said information or com-(Continued on Page Five) vt.i 7 FEKKl'AKY 3:5. 1921 EX-GOVERNOR HUNT DESCRIBES EXECUTION IN SIAM; SENDS PICTURES; NATIVES THINK HANGING BARBAROUS I'KKSCOTT. Feb. 10. J.

J. Sanders of I'rem-ott jestcrday recelv. ed a letter from George I'. Hunt, United States minister to Slam. In iwhUh the former governor of Arizona enclosed five buttons made of Slam- ese buffalo horn inlaid with pearl, and four grewsome photographs of a Slam ese execution.

The head or a tiger was worked in the pearly inlay of the buttons, and they were made by Slam ese prisoners. The first picture relative to the ex edition showed the doomed man with hands tied being conducted to the inlace where he was to'be beheaded. i (On one side he was flanked by a num er of barefoot soldiers, on the other by civilians with a number of cu, I u. I ipusity-scckerg bringing up the rear, world. In this dense Jungle the tlg- Shows Vktlm at Block.

ters. elephant, and many species of X''e next phoiograph revealed theTvicious and poisonous snakes live an I victim kneeling at the block in an no doubt will continue to lle in a attitude of prajer, a very serious look-1 jattcl a tiiHii holding chain, the other (end of which was fasterfed to the' i wrists of the prisoner. The third picture; was of the inihan- py man firmly fastened to the exe cutioners block. His limbs were held rigid by 1kih1s and there was a clotl aiKiui ins eyea, i ne nec-K- wuere xuo swordscKjn was two Indie- hllw-r I.l.i.l- yn 101,11. 13 iuOLai y-Ll.

-J X.i the right oiiiiuiii-u me -riraiuiracr testing the keen blade of' the We went into calling Tor his strength for an effort to win the $lfi when the head is clean- l)" severed. I Shows Execution. i The fourih and last photograph was snapx.Ml Jusj as the sharp blade pas ed beyond the severed neck. The ex j-cutioner had not regained his bal-'the a lice, but was in a whirl, the sword, were used, years ago. I have seen the iapiearing as a flash of light.

instruments of torture in the. and the trunk was unmoved from its! position, so firmly had It been liouml. Walled off by a piece of canvas, wliU.1i lermltted only the numerous heads to show were a large number of specta- tors, who did not seem to reflect In their faces much horror at the scene they had witnessed. The letter of the former governor to Mr. Sanders, follows: "I have your letter of November 3th and it was on that mail that came In on the "20th of December that I ha I with spikes driven Into it.

The vic-deflnite news of the disaster that be- tlm was put inside ot this ball and fell Arizona, and while we were an- praised liy a brief cable message cf the national result, I was in suspense i until the 20th. The state election, was a disappointment to me, yet I think all of my former officials supported i the Democratic ticket, as they should, It was a great upheaval I will admit, but I cannot siibscribe to the view that the Democratic fftirty has gone to Its eternal doom. "I think that primarily Presided! Wilson's conception of a league of nu-, AGUA PRIETA SALOONS AND GAMBLING HOUSES CLOSED! According to Information received here, hard liquor and gambling em-inrfums In Agua Prieta were closed late Wednesday by Mexican federal were closed by order of Pablo Oonzal I jer, presiciente municipal, according to, I Information. I IRISH WILL MEET, i PHOENIX. Feb.

11. Several hun-; flred delegates are to attend the first state convention of the American Association for the recognition ot the Irish Republic to be held in Tucson next Saturday and Sunday. jiwiT tt-su rjit M. EM ir-HT3rr Minus was the vision of a great man that in the years to come will be si recognized. The propaganda that was launched, against Wilson and the was enough to league of nations swamp it, which it but it will live i nevertheless.

C'oiuerning his recent trip to 'in search of trees and plants to be used for relief of leprosy, the for-! imr governor says: "Korut is situated on the tableland for northeast Siani. one of -the most 'forbidding places In the world. It covers many million acres of land, all in the tropics ami nearly all iunele. i IOwinf, to certain physical reasons, no air currents reach this section and it is oil" of th'1 hottest places in ih.lril HIV wild state until the end of time. Ko- (rat Is about I -IM flenlian Zt miles from where the 'wild elephants still roam monanhs continuously for 4o years.

all they rturtt-y. k-v Only White People. "WV were the only white people in' that town, and when we went outi 'with the hostile Indians, of the over- crowds of people for some; distance Xodoubt.lt was the first time some of them had ever seen a white skin. Whtie'fiiere I- iiispect.il I t- I. i.l ine-wiaior monuien as mey call it he is oast 77 years of ace.

but tit 7II. IUIW 14IC JIIIOUM "I.U- 't aI1)- formality, and found it rath- that is the only way he or anyone, t.r primative, surrounded by Walls would know- it, for he is hal which are the guards tower They climb up on crude ladders which are taken away as soon as they go; on guard. After the Insim-tion they' "-t kMl' I'lm busy from morning showed us with a great deal of pride to night. And In connection with thU old instruments of torture that health. Mr.

Fourr has a rec- ij.iwinn hut in ihlu nf the way place I saw some of the most smoked. cruel things of torture I have ever Arizona was a prlmltlvrcountry 63 come across. As they took pride ago when William Fourr got showing us the ciscarded instruments of torture realized prison reform, 'had arrived in Siam. for If they used! ally, he hailed from MissourL After them they would not be shown with engaging in placer mining" for' gold such pride. They told me it was on tbe ilasaayamn and Lynx creek.

many years since they had been used. I William Fourr went to Yuma aad took Describes-Torture Instruments the job of carrying tbe United States "The first Instrument of torture 'mail by mnleback between that town shown us was a great bamboo ball then the elephants rolled it alon; In this manner the victim wa. Impaled until he died. This tion was done in full view of the, populace to impress them as they do In Arizona and elsewhere when they i hanga man. Then two narrow boxes resembling coffins having two small holes In them where the victim was placed and slowly suffocated, Another instrument of horror was; a large iron book which was fastened (Continued on Pace Fire) CULL FOR WORK ON STATE ROADS FOR UNEMPLOYED PIIOKNIX.

Feb. The time rnn-lmif-t imnrnveinpnl nn large scale Is the time -when labor is not being used to the maximum by private Industry. This was the keynote of addresses today in the first day's ses- sion of the Arizona Oood Itoads asso- elation by State Senator, J. 'H. Larsen.

Dwight B. Heard. State Knglneer Thomas Maddock and others. Various speakers Indicated al (Continued oa Fags Five) tihsmr. mvmtw '-J? -h Tombstone Epitaph Subscription Sates.

One i'ear $2.50 Six Months 1.25 Siiltrh' Copies .05 Address: The Tombstone Epitaph Tombstone, Arizona. I'M HER 11 STATE MEETING WILLIAM "DAD" FOURR. WELL KNOWN IN TOMBSTONE AMONG OLDEST OF ARIZONA CATTLEMEN; FOUGHT INDIANS IN THE 70S ANO HAS BEEN THROUGH TURBULENT TIMES; 77 YEARS "YOUNG" AND ACTIVELY "ON THE JOB; MADE HOMES IN CO. CHISE FOR Py.T 40 YEARS. Vi PHOF.XIX, Feb.

11. Among the Many v. til known cattlemen in I'hoe- fi- itcin: the annual convention of the Arizona Cattle Growers' association there was none mure Interesting than William Fourr, better known an "Fncle Hilly" Fourr of Dragoon, whose ranclt-iu Cochise county has been his A story of Williar; Kourr's life ii a story of the early history in Ari- of llloii0t- striifflea nf linlahfMi of bfr the state anil HnTeT it up Willi lll OlllSllle world. His family records tell Fourr Iiearty as a man of 43. rides round his ranch every day -n hors- back attending to ills many duties can cial: but few men of his as during all his life ha never tasted whisky, nor has he eer off a stage at I'rescott In iwi, hajlng come from Kort Cralng.

dim 1IIM UC W. tlUHIClinia UiUBUV .11.. 1 with the Tonto Indian prevented that occupation from becoming: monoton- I ous. I Mr. Fourr married Miss Nunn in 1X67 and went to Cochise county and started in the cattle business, in which he has been engaged ever since, Tombstone then was In Its boom days and life was full ot excitement in those parts.

Ills ranch, which is one of the bast known in the state, ia but five or six miles from the famous Cochise Stronghold, where the Indian warrior Cochise, with his hand of followers, stood off a large force of soldiers for weeks until finally treaty was made with him. William Fourr took part In the i first cattle round-up In Arizona on the San Pedro. He also attended the i first cattlemen's convention ever hell in the state. He never held a poll- tlcaLolfk-eN nor ever sought one. Of the family of 12 born to Mr.

COCHISE PIONEER COWMANATTENOS Mrs. Fourr, seven are living. The son, Koy Fourr, was in th service in the world war and died of pneumonia in far-away Siberia. His body was brought home and now rests in Arizona. Among Fourr's well-known sons-in-law' are Dave Adams, supervisor of Cochise county and well-known cattleman and- Indian fighter, and W.

J. and E. Bennett. (who hare large cattle Interests near Tombstone, and Jas. A.

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