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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1917
Page
4
The Phoenix Gazette laments ruined vacations due to poor Arizona roads. Cochise county officials trace the big I W W fund in Arizona to German hands at Hermosillo and Guaymas, with reports reaching Yuma.
The State Land Commissioner’s office has received 337355 dollars 77 cents for the fiscal year ending June 30 1917. The total compares favorably with amounts collected in prior years and the report is nearing completion.
The price of silver climbed to 82 cents an ounce in New York on Wednesday, a new record and the highest in nearly thirty years, with the report noting a concurrent peak in the London market.
A Washington dispatch reports a YMCA tobacco shipment for American troops in France was lost. Paris Red Cross says no suitable replacement tobacco is available locally and calls for ten tons to be sent immediately. Liggett & Myers donates 1,500,000 cigarettes and 35,000 tobacco products. France will grant duty free entry.
Douglas reports indicate many young Americans including Mormon colonists at Morelos Sonora crossed into Mexico to avoid the draft. Hundreds of Mexicans who registered but feared losing citizenship also entered Mexico recently. Some Americans say they will not serve as the U S failed to protect them and their property during revolutionary unrest.
Notary Public services advertised alongside rental listings for houses. Frances Fre Insurance and Mrs. Mary F. Titus appear in notices or endorsements, indicating local business and property arrangements.
Telegrams from Phoenix and Tombstone dated August 1 and August 5 1917 urge sheriffs and officers to aid in identifying unregistered slackers for military service. The message directs collecting names ages and precincts to be sent to the government and pressed for publicity to disclose exemptions or discharges and to keep press informed of board actions while noting physical disqualification exceptions.
A Phoenix visitor recounts the 1880 Tombstone naming committee choosing Cochise as the county name. L H Davis recalls Henry Woods proposing Cochise, Apache chief, as fitting tribute to the old warrior amid Arizona’s early wild days.
The Irvine field near the Kentucky River has surged from a tiny village to a city of about six thousand in three years as rich oil deposits are developed. Wells shallow as 100 feet yield strong results, roads improve, and land values jump to millions while locals hire surveyors and lawyers to sort ownership and tests amid the oil boom.
Two million three hundred thousand acres of Oregon and California Railroad Co Grant Lands revested in United States. Open for homesteads and sale. Contains some of the best land left in the United States. Includes large map with land sections soil climate rainfall elevations temperatures. Post paid one dollar. Grant Lands Locating Co Portland Oregon.
Instructional notice promotes Chamberlains Tablets as a cure for constipation and urges following package directions. Advertises Moss Pharmacy and local outlets including Oil and Gas stores Gem Second Hand Store and hardware suppliers.
At a June 23 1917 stockholders meeting in Benson Arizona more than three fourths of issued capital stock represented the amendment to change the Bank of Benson to Cochise County State Bank. The new name will apply to a Tombstone headquarters with a Benson branch and possible branches at other locations by two thirds director vote.
The document outlines the proposed general business of a bank including trust duties, safekeeping, deposits, and lending on bullion and real estate. It specifies a Board of Directors of five to fifteen stockholders, officer structure, and by laws, with annual elections and qualifications. Names A. G. Smith and M. W. Smith appear as President and Cashier respectively. The instrument is dated June 23 1917 and acknowledged June 26 1917 in Cochise County Arizona. An accompanying notice from the State Land Department announces an August 13 1917 public auction of Cochise County school lands with land descriptions and appraised values.
Notary J B Castleman notes commission expires 1920. Arizona Corporation Commission records amend Bank of Benson to Cochise County State Bank. County Recorder Ray Krebs certifies filing on July 29 1917 and July 7 1917 dates with official seal and book/page references. First publication July 14.
For sale list includes radishes lettuce beets turnips new potatoes and peas along with fresh ranch eggs and frying chickens at 30 cents per pound live weight by J A Gum at the G C Woods place.
A catalog of Benson area farms detailing No 51 a 31 acre Borderland route property with alfalfa 600 fruit trees and six wells asking 2300 cash. No 54 a 160 acre dairy suited parcel with four wells on a highway price $50 an acre. No 60 eighty acres near Benson with flowing wells and irrigation potential priced at 2000. No 63 160 acres unimproved near Benson artesian belt with main highway access and cheap price. No 64 100 acres near Benson artesian belt with three rooms dwelling and dry farming shown price 25 an acre with inclusions. No 65 40 acres near Land station with two wells and nonresident owner price 1300. No 71 320 acres patented in Sulphur Springs Valley near Bisbee with cement dwelling and well can be had for 6 an acre. No 82 20 acres unimproved near Benson artesian belt suitable for poultry or fruit farm price 500. Additional Benson residences and town lots for sale.
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