Citizens Plan Clean Up Meeting For Street Department
A small turnout met at the Benson Lumber and Commercial Company building last Tuesday to reorganize the street cleaning department. Milton Fairlee was elected chairman, Dr. J. N. Morrison pledged support for sanitation, and an adjourned meeting was set for April 4. Each attendee became a committee member to urge improved town cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson Lumber and Commercial Company
Milton Fairlee
J. N. Morrison
Board of Trade
Ladies Invited to Tuesday Meeting Urged to Attend
A notice invites both men and women to a Tuesday night meeting. The ladies are especially welcome and urged to attend to lend their air. The time of the gathering is highlighted for all attendees.
St. David Items and Local Happenings
Special Correspondent notes visitors from Benson and Douglas. McRae family spent Sunday with friends. Wishworths returned home from Douglas. George Kempf and Gladys Holcomb of Benson visited by auto. John Merrill escorted St. David teachers to Benson on business. Next Sunday April 2 the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association meets for the season. Bee Hive work may continue. Roads and traffic described as badly cut up with Forderland traffic via Benson and St. David. Santa Catalina road impassable and Vail ore teams roughen the State Highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kempf
Gladys Holcomb
Benson
Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association
Benson and
St. David
Santa Catalina Mountains
Vail
Tombstone
Keep the Dollars at Home Mr Farmer of This Community
A local appeal urges residents to spend dollars locally rather than mail order to distant sellers. It emphasizes community benefits such as taxes, road maintenance, and county government support that come from spending within the town. The message calls on residents to bolster local merchants and increase land value by keeping dollars at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etz Barn
Tungsten Property Sold Amid Transfer Plans
A report says tungsten claims eleven miles southwest of Benson in the Whetstones, now owned by the American Tungsten Company, with an option to a Colorado mining concern, to be taken over on the fifth of the month. Purchasers will pay a considerable sum as part purchase money. Jonathan Gordon of Tombstone helped interest the present owners. Development shows dam value, signaling activity if the transfer occurs. Also, the M. E. Church is near completion of repairs and renovations with a new floor, papering, doors, exterior painting, and a raised roof on the belfry, as J. W. Cull M. K. Sipe and congregation assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
American Tungsten Company
Colorado
Jonathan Gordon
Tombstone
M. E
Messrs
J. W. Cull
M. K. Sipe
Compromise Sought On County Road Bonds Plan
Local reports indicate two rival road bond petitions may be paused as a compromise seeks voter support by uniting the plans. The Western Union extends small commissions service for distant patrons while Villa bandits clash with American troops in Mexico with several wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Mexico
Villa
Benson Coal and Ice Company Advertises Coal Ice and Soda
The Benson Coal and Ice Company invites customers to obtain coal, ice and soda water from its local shop. It promotes its range of household essentials and emphasizes reliable delivery and service in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Benson Coal & Ice Company
Miramonte News Mix of Visits and Local Happenings
Miramonte residents greet William Gulliver’s return to plant corn and Miss Dorothy Farnsworth visiting her grandmother Mrs. Eliza Martineau. A drama by the Mutual Improvement Association thrills a large audience at the Miramonte school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gulliver
Dorothy Farnsworth
Sonoita
Eliza Martineau
Oliver Fry
Ft Huachuca
Thomas Fry
Mutual Improvement Association
Pleasant Surprise Birthday Party For Miss Trask
A group of Miss Hilda Trask’s friends organized a surprise birthday gathering at her home after luring her away with a fake message. The reception featured music games and refreshments as guests greeted her upon return. Attendees included Stella Smith Rhyanna Jones Addie Gillett Isabella Trejo John Castleman C E Goetz Cecil Jones Jewell Trask C L Rucker L S Trask and L Blacklidge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mis Hilda Trask
Miss Trask
Hilda
Stella Smith
Rhyanna Jones
Addie Gillett
Isabella Trejo
Hilda Trask
Messrs
John Castleman
C.E. Goetz
Cecil Jones
Jewell Trask
C. L. Rucker
Mesdames L.S. Trask
L. Blacklidge
Presbyterian Church Services Sunday April 2Te
Sunday school at 9 a m. Preaching at 11 a m and 730 p m. For sale cheap one second hand irrigation pumping plant capable of handling water for forty acres. Apply to Benson Water Company's pumping plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Benson Water Company
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John McRae
Mr. Wishworth
Douglas
John Merrill
Jennie Curtis
Maier Bros
General Merchandise
Hiwo & Coo
Arizona
WD Martinez
Tungsten Property Reported
M. E. Church
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
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
Miramonte
Minnie Lintz
Archibald Mitchell
Ft. Huachuca
Relief Society
Edward Lofgreen
Egebert and
Hegard
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
California
Robert Jean
Tucson
Heber Davis
Huachuca Mountains
Gem
H.w.etz & GO
Bank OF Benson
Panamas
C. E. Goetz
Benson, Arizona
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