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VOLUME XXXX1Y
TOMBSTONE. COCHISE COUNTY. ARIZONA. STXDAV. MAY 7. 1922
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OPERATIONS OF
BOX C R
BANDITS
GO INTO MEXICO
CONFESSIONS MADE BV LEADERS
OF GANG OF BOX CAR THIEVES V
ARRESTED HERE THURSDAY TO
OFFICERS TODAY. INDICATE
THAT LOOT STOLEN FROM
THROUGH FREIGHT FINALLY
FINDS WAY TO MEXICO; MORE
ARRESTS EXPECTED OF MEM
BERS IMPLICATED.
That the organized gang of boxcar
thieves, which has been operating in
Cochise count) for over a )ear, ex-,Eas) Come. Eas) Go
tends down across the .Mexican line. Written b) Arthur Eckerman
was contained in confessions gained i Sweet and Low Song Girls
toda) b) Sheriff J. E Hood and J. J
Kelly, special agent of the S. P. from
members of the gang arrested here .
two clats ago
And the officers have"
iiuquestionabh captured the leader of
the ring, is pro en be)ond doubt they
state, in the confessions of -two of
the Mexicans. Jose Martinez and Pa
bio Perez, in which the) net only
bared their operations concerning the
vbolesale thefts, and dospositiou of(
wares, but implicated man) more
from which arrests will follow.
Perez, the officers believe. U the, Tlle j,1til writen b Arwnio Alar
ring leader of the gang, and is class-, tz Arthur Eckerman. and Roland
d as a "bad hombre." Both Perez
end Martinez, in their statements im
plicated alt but three of the 13
rested here Thursdaj. besides others
not et arrested, giving dates and
goods stolen from through merchan
dise trains between Benson and Co
chise. The three men released, whom
the officers believe had not been here,
long enough to join in the operations j
xv ere mere bo)s. The) were Arnulfo
Armenta. Francisco Armenta and P.
Galvez. Ten of the pri-oners still
being held will be given a hearing '""UK-MX. Ma) G -Harry Smith,
before V. S Commissioner W. A.j&ear-old son or Mr. and Mrs. Er
Fowler either late this afternoon or, "est Smith, or 817 North Eleventh ave
Monda) morning, charged with tne1" W!lrf 3lost S"'"
fedreal offense of robbing Interstate seball struck him dlrectl) over the
freight (heart while he was watching a base
That members of the gang worked la" same on a Tacant 1ot at the cor"
together and separatelv in effecting
entrances to the box cars and mak
ing away with the loot, mostly shoes
and clothing, was the gist of the con
fessions. Once removed from thet
cars the loot would be cached for
several dajs in the brush, 1oth Mar
tinez and Perez stated, and
would
then be transported to Tombstone byi
wagon, some of it disposed of here ' the c ity rrom Los Angeles usexpect
and the rst of it taken across thejedly last night bort!v after the fa
Mexican line, where the Mexicans tality.
said they had plenty of buyers
waiting to take the goods off their
hands. Each time a raid on the box
cars was, made Martinez told the of
ficers, bis share would be at least
from 70 to $100 in money, besides
liquor, which would be taken in ex
change. Further arrests and recovery of
stolen goods are expected to be made
In different parts of tne count) as a
result of the 'confessions of the two
made today, and the entire ring
broken up, the sheriff and special
agent said this afternoon.
GOVERNOR CAMPBELL
GOES EA3T TO HELP ,
IRRIGATION MEASURE
PHOENIX. May . With 11.500.000
worth of Arizona tax anticipatory
bonds stowed away In his grip. Got.
Thomas R. Campbell left
Phoenix
last night enroute to Washington, D.
C where he will appear with sev
eral other governors before the house
committee on May 11 in the interest
of the Smlth-McN'arr irrigation bill,
now before the house for consideration.
School Children
In Delightful j
T7 J 1 it
-Hintertainmeni
I'uder the direction of their teach
ers. Miss McClelland and Mies Young,
thf pupils of the Eckerman school
)esterdav gate a program which ev
ervone enjojcd immense) and which
proes great credit to both the teach
ers and pupils
Following is the program:
I The Star Spangled Banner School
The Cat and the Mouse
i l Areulo Alvarez
I Her Father's Will Japanese Plav
' Cth Grnlj
(William Tell Itn Grade
The White Carnation Kecitation
Marj Josephine Woolery
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Secret Society
Written b) Koland Henshaw
The Stor) of
AH Cogla Turkish
I'la) . 4th Grade
Did You Pass?-
Kecitatlou
Odell Elliott
Sir Perchal, The Bov Mght .
6th Grade
Vacation Daxs Song . Bo)S
The Quest Recitation
The
Uernice Chad nick
Children's Houi Recitation
. Ola Florence Welch
Henshaw were acted out 1 the pu
pils of the various grades anil de
ar-is.rTe particular mention
serve particular mention.
Struck Over Heart
By Baseball, Boy
Dies From the Blow
ner of Thirteenth avenue and Roose
velt street lato )esterday afternoon
The fatal blow came from a foul
, ball which had been missed bv the
catcher.
The bo) was placed in an
auto a"d rushed to the Physicians'
I building, but he died before reaching
J ""ere-
The rather or the boy arrived in
ESTAVER IDENTIFIED
AS OKLAHOMA LIFE
TERMER; GOES TO PEN
TUCSON, Ariz May 5 William S.
Estarer. claiming Detroit as his home
and now is charged with the murder
of Mrs. Anna C. Johnson, wire ot a
Denver contractor, and whom police
antholtles declare Is Paul V. Hadley,
i escaped lite termer from the Oklaho
1 ma penitentiary, today was removed
to the state penitentiary at Florence
'or a'e keeping. His removal from
the county jail here, where he has
been held since his arrest, shortly
j after the murder of Mrs. Johnson, was
ordered by Judge S. L. Pattee, of the
superior court,
EsUtct. who has been identified as
an escaped life term prisoner from
the Oklahoma state prison. Is charged
here with having slain the Dearer
woman near Yuma. Ariz. last Novem
WEEKLY REVIEW OF
MINING ACTIVITIES
Copper Situation A gradual lm-
provement has been noted during he
nast month with an increasing firm. 1
ness in the price of copper. While
orders for Maj deliveries have been
large It is felt that no nice will be
sold at Ihe low April prices. There
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seems to be an increase in confidence
as well as an Increased demand and "le excitement in the Dos Cabezas
particular on the part of foreign I district over a reported gold strike
hii)ers juear the propert) of the Central Cop-
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the construction of a power clam onl
the Salt Kh er near Mormon Flats.
The dam will cost about $6,000,000
and will furnish 47,000 horsepower
which will be used at the mines
around Globe and Miami Transmis-
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I s ion lines from the Roosevelt
.
now connect wan v uer cent or tne
(power requirements of the state but
'are onl) furnishing 13 per cent.
Globe An Important discover) has
fit-en m.iiie hv the Iron Can Conner
i contemplating the Installation of a
compan) of a previous!) unknown'
small retort for the extraction of the
vein which has now been opened up(
(quicksilver on the ground, the dis
for 150 feet and which, for a two-1
Itance from the railroad being great,
foot width, runs 11 per cent copper!
i Morenci The breaking of ground
and 20 ounces in silver. This vein'
for the-new mill of the Stargo Mines
was opened on the S0O level and at-
(Companv. Inc. will start during the
tempt is now being made to locate it ' . . .
;net week. The plans have been
vu cut; upjei icteis i lie teui ruus
north and south Instead of the usual
east and west.
Oatman Since the success of the
Oatman United in developing with
diamond drilling in the Oatman Dis
trict, man) other companies have
taken up that form of development.
Eleven companies arc now using dla-
moud drills for exploration purposes
.,uc .uu, cUU1Ru,c- -re ,,rcuc,u6 m
that District, the United Eastern, the
Tom Reed. United American and the
JTellurlde
.Miami I'rtparations are now lie-
Ing made to blow In the fourth rever-
beratorv furnace at the International!
Smelter which will bring that smelt-j
Increased Noted I
In Issuance Of
Marriage Licenses
This week's showing in the issu
ance of marriage licenses to Cochise
couples shows a considerable im
provement over past weeks. A total
of eight bliss tickets were Issued out
of the o4ce of Clerk J. E. James, of
the Superior Court, as follows:
Enrique K- Orellana, of Los Angel
es, to wed Maria Mora, of Naco.
Itavmont! E. Thompson, of Dos Ca-bezas-.
and Margaret Richards, of El
Paso
Robert Bech and Nina Domlco. both
of Blsbee.
James DInsmore, ot Lowell, and
Milly Rowe. of Bisbee.
Jas. O. Banks and Margaret Smith,
' both ot Fort Huacbuca.
Gus Frank and Anita Kynast. both
of Douglas.
Frank Perez. Jr.. and Ruth Rhodes
both of Bisbee. ,
Carlos H. Fanner and Coral Baker,
both of Douglas.
ber, as he, the woman, and her bus
band, Peter Johnson, were enroute
from Tucson to California in an auto
mobile. He was tried on this charge
two weeks ago, but the jury was un
able to agree on a verdict.
At the trial, Estaver claimed the
woman was slain by a bandit who
made an attack on the party for the
purpose of robbery.
The husband of the dead woman
testified Estaver had made the attack
and fired the, saotaat killed Mrs
Johnson. "
er be)ond Jls rated capacit) for pro-
ductlon. a it has been producing IS.- j
000,000 pounds monthh from three
furnaces. The second furnace has
been blown In on the Old Dominion
property which will bring production
t lose to 3 ftuO.000
V Cabezas There is consldera-
' hie pti lttmenr In tlie
! fit'ior mnod In th-lt l-lnltl- .rualmiil I
to resume oierations and to start
gold mills The find was made on
the Sliimax Extension propertv which
Is under bond and lease at the pres
ent time.
rneontx Itenewed actlvit) is not-
.1 In the Mazatzal quicksilver field
north of Phoenix where the Arizona
jV.uU.kIIver corporation is Installing
ImachincT) and placing a crew of men I
completed and the construction will
be under ihe direction of the General
Engineering Company, of Salt Lake
Cit). Many hundreds of carloads
Jjbvs1 Seen shipped from this proper
ty to the smelters and the in ill will
make'this unnecessarv.
Jerome The steam shovel oiera-
tlons of the United Verde Copper Co.
ha,. reached ,np burnng ore wh,ch
. the) tt ere uncovering and considerable
ju,(lllu l3 ,,inK rncountem, Q1U, to
th heat of ,h(, ,,,,,, drl1 , put
i in for u!astng dml hich will make
some special explosive necessar)
The ore being taken out now Is being
sent to the crushing plant at Clark
dale.
Tucson Cowmen
Have Narrow Tilt
Whan Tar flvortnrne
When the Dodge automobile which'
thev were driving ran off the grade
this side of Schieffelln monument
shortly after dark last night. Bud
Parker and Bud White, cattlemen or
Tucson, who are here as witnesses in
the Benentt case, narrow lv- escaped
serious injur). Parker, who was
driving, was the more serlouslv in
jured Tf the two. the car pinning him
underneath for 15 minutes until help
arrived. White was thrown clear of
the machine through the windshield.
Both suffered contusions and scratch
es about the face an." arms The car
was almost a wreck, breaking two
wheels. A telephone pole at the side
of the road broke the windshield as
the car left the road, serving to
swerve It further down the eight foot
embankment.
BIG CATTLE DEAL
MADE AT NOGALES
NOGALES. Ariz, May 3,-One of
the biggest sales recorded here In
many months was consummated to
day when J. G. Hall, of EI Paso, pur
chased 1X00 bead from Harry Saxon
and the Sorrels brothers. Santa Cruz
county cattle raisers.
At present there are many cattle
buyers In Xogales examining herds
ot cattle from Sonora and on the
American side of the border with a
view to buying for middle western
and Texas markets
! Strike Running 'TWO BIG EVENTS
$700PerTon;N HISTORY OF'
PHOENIX. Ma) t-C. It AnguNo
la. mining engineer who has been de
i eloping the old working'- of the
Lost frenchman mine, near Castle
Hot Springs, announced vesterda)
that he hail uncovered what appar
ent!) Is one of the mot important
gold strikes made In this part of the
j-tate for )ears His discover) con
sistb of free milling gold running. '
according to assav reiorts. about
3 1 I
n ton. while selected ample
run between JGO0 and $700 a ton The
sir rw nnr tn aiip frut 1utrru injl '
uic ucvuia in 4) iwu tuut t j,xt, uiiu
the assa)t. are of samples taken from (i . n OAHDNEIO
onl) 15 feet below the surface En j During the last ten dais two big
glneer Angulsola Is dexeloping hise4t.,.ts hae taken place in hlghwa)
proiwrties, con-isting or fie claims lni-tor) in Arizona, the first was the
with Kansas Cm capital successful meeting of the Itankhead
Hlghwa) Association at Phoenix
SOLD CATTLE
WII.1.COX. Ariz, Mav C Johnson
&. Cook ncentl) shipped three cnr
loads of beer cattle rrom Benson to ,
California point-. They also report
the sale of a large lot of cattle In
Nebraska to be delivered Mav
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The prices were satlsfactor)
This
lot was shipped out from here during I
the drought a vear ago and has been
on pasture in Nebraska. The lot was
made np bv a number ot cattle own
ers here, who have been anxiousl)
waiting for a sale and returns from
the shipment. This will be good
news to all parties interested
Local Campaigns
Planned During
TradeHomeWeek
(Special to The Prospector)
PHOENIX. Ma) .".- A series of lo '
cal campaigns, each conducted by a
local organization, but with the Arl
'zona Industrial Congress co-operat-
ling to make the movement "tatewld"
i in scope mat is wnat tne iraue all
iHome Buv Arizona Products" week.
to be observed Ma) 2227, win i.
Plans for the week announced
b)
i tic vuuitiTT-'a r hi iiiu -(ixru inai lit
ry tommunlt. ,e campaign will
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tni
J,,e ., ,oca, moment bv- a local or-
ganlzation for local merchants. Suc
cess or the week, therefore will de
pend on the people or each locality
itself
In a number or the larger cities
(Continued on Page Five)
iiJHRJITES
III ARIZONA NEED
nMUIZATION
PHOENIX, May 5 When the Illit
eracy conference meets with theUnl
ted States commissioner of education
in Phoenix May 9, Miss Elsie Toles.
state superintendent of public in
struction, will present some startling
figures showing the need of Ameri
canization work in this state.
These figures pre based on U. S.
census bureau reports, and show a
total ot 33,923 Illiterates in this state
during the year 1919. and a total of
39.131 for the year 1920, or a percent-
1 age of 15 J.
The detailed figures for
1920 are as follows:
Illiteracy Statistics.
Total number of illiterates 10
)ears old and over 59,131
Native white Illiterates . 3,232
Foreign born white illiterates 19.T91
(Continued on Page Five)
ARIZONA ROADS
I DURING PAST TEN DAYS TWO
BIG EVENTS HAVE TAKEN
I PLACE IN STATE. SAYS ROADS
WRITER; BANKHEAD CONVEN
, TION AND MIAMI-SUPERIOR
I HIGHWAY: COCHISE ROADS AL
SO RECEIVING FAVORABLE RE
PORTS, AND REPAIRS NOW GO
I ING ON AND MORE PLANNED.
which did more to advertise the high
wavs of Arizona, than the la)man
might imagine The delegates, almost
to a man. saw the best roads of Arl
zona for the) travelled from Phoenix
to Miami, thence to Xogales and back
,to Phoenix, and several or them rod
over the Nogales to Tombstone high
wav and quite a number got to ride
ovtr the Tucson to Rodeo section, so
that the roads of southern Arizona
were seen bv enough delegates to fill
the papers of the north east and south
with "wonderment" for some time to
come And what they didnt see they
were told about at the State Highway
Department's booth at the exposition
hall.
The second event ot importance
was the dedication of the Superior
Miami highway, the great "emancip'v
tor hlghwa. which annihilates dis
tance between the great Salt River
valle) and the Miami Globe mining
district and cuts freight and express
rates in excess of all computive costs
on the Investment The saving and
earning capacitv of the people, on
each side of the mountain tunnel in
that part Of th- etate ! increased be
vond measure
Another event is the repilring of
the Apache Trail, a general asst and
the greatest, next to the Grand Can
)on publicity aset we have in Ari
zona.
All these things add to the welfare
of the entire road system of the state
since they keep us continuallv in the
public eye in the world of motordum
as well as cutting Individual expenses
Locally, we can report stead) pro
gress on the Nogales-rairbank sec
tion of the Tombstone-Nogales state
highway.
Another piece ot information is the
statement by Count) Engineer Sid
Smjlh that he will at the very earli
est moment place the St. David
stretch of highway in first class
shape and that the road from Buena
School to the troughs will receive his
attention a little later on These
two short pieces ot road probably
need repairing more- than any two
similar stretches In the county, and
the announcement by Mr. Smith is
well received by the people who trav
el over either raod.
The state highway department has
announced that bids would be called
for May 20th cevoring five miles of
paving on the state highway com
mencing at the west limits of Tomb
stone and running five miles east to
ward Bisbee.
OFFICERS UNEARTH
SCHEME TO DEFRAUD
PHOENIX, May S With the arrest
of a man giving the name of John R.
1
Clark at Tempe yesjterday, county
and federal officers are of the opinion
they have unveiled a new scheme to
manipulate fraudulent checks on a
pretentious scale.
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