Citizens Plan Cleanup Effort At Meeting
A sparsely attended session at the Benson Lumber and Commercial Company buildings reorganized the street cleaning effort. Milton Fairlee was elected chairman and Dr. J. N. Morrison pledged police and health department cooperation to extend sanitation, with an adjourned meeting set for April 4 to boost participation and urge broader backing.
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Benson Lumber and Commercial Company
Milton Fairlee
J. N. Morrison
Board of Trade
Community Meeting Invites Ladies To Attend Tuesday
A notice urges all ladies to come out to a Tuesday night meeting. The call emphasizes welcoming women and contributing their voices to the discussion.
St David News Items Outline Local Visits and Road Woes
Special correspondent reports John McRae and family visiting with friends. Wishworths returned from Douglas after weeks away. Kempf and Gladys Holcomb of Benson in town by auto. John Merrill took teachers to Benson on business. Next Sunday April 2 the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association ends for season. Traffic via Benson and St David increases with poor Santa Catalina road and rutted Vail highway.
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John McRae
Mr. Wishworth
Douglas
George Kempf
Gladys Holcomb
Benson
John Merrill
St. David
Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association
Benson and
Santa Catalina Mountains
Vail
Tombstone
Keep the Dollars at Home Mr. Farmer
An appeal urges local shoppers to support town merchants over distant mail order sellers. It argues local businesses pay taxes, fund roads, support county government, and increase land value, asking residents to keep dollars circulating locally.
Tungsten Property Sold Near Benson Sparks Whetstone Activity
Reports say tungsten claims eleven miles southwest of Benson in the Whetstones, now owned by the American Tungsten Company with option to a Colorado firm, to be taken over on the fifth of the month with substantial down payment. Jonathan Gordon of Tombstone helped bring in the buyers, and development work suggests strong value. Meanwhile the M. E. Church renovation nears completion with a new floor, revived belfry, fresh paint, interior papering, and improved doors as J. W. Cull and M. K. Sipe, plus congregants, push to finish.
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Benson
American Tungsten Company
Colorado
Jonathan Gordon
Tombstone
M. E
Messrs
J. W. Cull
M. K. Sipe
Compromise Sought on County Road Bond Proposals
In a shifting bid to fund road improvements, two county bond petitions may be merged into a single plan after weighing the risk of voter split. The report notes that both projects are paused pending a workable compromise.
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Board of Supervisors
Etz Barn
Benson Coal and Ice Company Ad Item
Local notice invites readers to visit the Benson Coal and Ice Company for coal ice and soda water supplies.
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The
Benson Coal & Ice Company
Miramonte Notes and Visitors Include Returning Gulliver
William Gulliver returns home to plant corn after a period away. Miss Dorothy Farnsworth visits her grandmother Mrs. Eliza Martineau in Miramonte. Fort Huachuca residents Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Fry visit with son Thomas Fry. Mutual Improvement Association shows The Face at the Window to a large audience. Minnie Lintz visits Miramonte school. Mrs. Archibald Mitchell improves health. Relief Society meets at Mrs. Edward Lofgreen’s home. Elders Egebert and Hegard of the California mission advise locals. Robert Jean travels to Tucson for Southern Pacific work. Mrs. Heber Davis goes to Huachuca mountains to visit her husband. Gem Second Hand Store seeks baby buggies and wheelbarrows.
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William Gulliver
Dorothy Farnsworth
Sonoita
Eliza Martineau
Oliver Fry
Ft Huachuca
Thomas Fry
Mutual Improvement Association
Minnie Lintz
Miramonte
Archibald Mitchell
Ft. Huachuca
Relief Society
Edward Lofgreen
Egebert and
Hegard
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
California
Robert Jean
Tucson
Pleasant Surprise Party For Miss Hilda Trask
Friends planned a birthday surprise for Miss Hilda Trask. Guests lured her away with a fake message then greeted her at home. The evening featured music games conversation refreshments and warm wishes for many happy birthdays.
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Mis Hilda Trask
Miss Trask
Hilda
Presbyterian Church Sunday Services April
Presbyterian Church lists Sunday school at 9:00 a.m. preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Also note a for sale item offering a second hand irrigation pumping plant capable of irrigating forty acres, apply to Benson Water Company's pumping plant.
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Presbyterian Church
Benson Water Company
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Jennie Curtis
Maier Bros
General Merchandise
Hiwo & Coo
Arizona
WD Martinez
Tungsten Property Reported
M. E. Church
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Mexico
Villa
E Pomerene
Parley Fenn
O. K. Wallace Curtis
Benson Canals
Rosetta Scott
McGuire
S. J. Johnson
Roy Farnsworth
Mr. Wood Judd
Johnson
Miss Pearl Roberts
Phoenix
Ryan
Squire Thornton
Elsie
Julia Treu
Claude Sipes
Mountain Meg
Marguerite Wilson
Edna Gribble
Beauty Lynn
Ramond Mahoney
Dickey Brown
Heber Davis
Huachuca Mountains
Gem
Stella Smith
Rhyanna Jones
Addie Gillett
Isabella Trejo
Hilda Trask
John Castleman
C.E. Goetz
Cecil Jones
Jewell Trask
C. L. Rucker
Mesdames L.S. Trask
L. Blacklidge
H.w.etz & GO
Bank OF Benson
Panamas
C. E. Goetz
Benson, Arizona
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