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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1917
Page
12
The Phoenix Gazette laments ruined vacations due to poor Arizona roads. Cochise county officials trace the key I W W fund in Arizona directly to German hands via Hermosillo and Guaymas, as reported to Yuma Sun.
The office reports receipts of 337355.77 for the fiscal year ending June 30 1917 and notes the total compares favorably with prior years. The nearing completion of a report highlights improved revenue prospects.
Bar silver rose to 82½ cents an ounce in New York on Wednesday, the highest quotation in almost thirty years, with a concurrent new maximum reported in the London market.
A Washington dispatch reports the Y M C A shipment of tobacco for American troops in France was lost. Paris Red Cross says no suitable replacement, urging ten tons be sent. Liggett & Myers donates 1,500,000 cigars and tobacco, plus chewing tobacco, to be sent immediately. France will waive duties.
Reports from Douglas indicate young Americans including Mormon colonists at Morelos Sonora crossed the border into Mexico in recent days to dodge the draft. Several hundred Mexicans who registered but feared dual citizenship were also entering Mexico in recent weeks. Some Americans said they would not enter service as the U S protected neither them nor their property during revolutionary disturbances.
Notary Public listed with house rental notices including Fre Insurance and Mrs. Mary F. Titus in a local classifieds column detailing services and contact references.
Telegrams from Phoenix dated August 1 and August 5 1917 urge sheriffs and officers in Tombstone and surrounding counties to arrest all unregistered slackers. The message directs wiring names ages and precincts to the government for trial next week and calls for daily press publicity of exemption grounds as part of the World War I mobilization. Governor Campbell endorses the plan.
A Phoenix visitor recalls the 1880 Tombstone naming committee choosing Cochise as the county name. El Paso Times editor L H Davis recounts Henry Woods proposing Cochise to honor the Apache chief, matching Tombstone in fame and marking a transition to peaceful times.
The Irvine old field in Kentucky transformed from a sleepy village on the Kentucky River into a booming city of about six thousand as oil wealth spreads. Roads widen, mule teams haul equipment, and land values leap from a few dollars to potentially millions while owners seek legal clarity on mineral rights. The town’s spirit shifts from quiet mountain hamlet to a mining camp atmosphere with strict Sunday morals and reworked infrastructure.
Two million three hundred thousand acres of Oregon and California Railroad Co grant lands revested in the United States to be opened for homesteads and sale. The land is described as some of the best remaining in the country with a large map showing sections, soil, climate, rainfall, elevations and temperature. Postpaid one dollar. Grant Lands Locating Co Portland Oregon.
It is not easy to cure this disease but can be done in many cases by taking Chamberlains Tablets and following the printed directions with each package. Sold at Moss Pharmacy Oil and gasoline stores and hardware Gem Second Hand Store.
A special stockholders meeting on June 23 1917 in Benson Arizona adopted amendments to the Bank of Benson Articles of Incorporation. The bank will be renamed Cochise County State Bank with principal office in Tombstone Arizona and a Benson branch, subject to two thirds director approval for further branches.
The document outlines a bank's plan to engage in buying and selling trusts and bills of exchange, handling bullion and precious metals, issuing securities, real estate, and deposits, with authority to act as trustee, executor, guardian, and depository. It sets a board of 5 to 15 stockholders, officer structure, by laws, and annual director elections, dated June 23 1917 and acknowledged June 26 1917. A public auction notice from the State Land Department follows, detailing school land sales in Cochise County, Arizona, scheduled for August 13 1917 with appraised values and bidding conditions.
Notarized amendment filing confirms Bank of Benson renamed Cochise County State Bank. Records show notary J B Castleman, expiration Aug 19 1920, and amendment filed with Arizona Corporation Commission June 29 1917. County Recorder Ray B Krebs certifies record of name change filed July 1917. First publication July 14.
For sale at the G C Woods place produced by J A Gum selling radishes lettuce beets turnips new potatoes and peas fresh ranch eggs and frying chickens at 30c per pound live weight.
A catalog of farms near Benson and Bisbee listing No. 51 54 60 63 64 65 71 and 82 with acreages water access wells irrigation potential and stated prices cash terms. Properties include alfalfa and fruit tree operations dairy and poultry suitability and proximity to Borderland Route main highways and towns.
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