Local notes reflect town life and civic updates
Benson locals report a cold wave event and a string of community notices. Updates include new appointments such as W J Bennett as deputy sheriff and E A Brown sworn in as constable, church and ladies aid meetings, demonstrations by county agent Miss Sporleder, tennis court restoration on Sixth Street, and social visits among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Sporleder
St. David
Sporleder
Virginia Hotel
Pomerene
Sixth Street
Anna Kempf
A. E. F. Letters Report Wounded and Returning Home
Raymond Dixon of France writes that he was shot and gassed but is now well and awaiting homeward transport. He served as a motorcycle dispatch rider in the front lines. A front report notes Carlos Castaneda expected to head home soon. Edgar Morrison is in a New York hospital improving steadily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Dixon
France
Carlos Castaneda
Edgar Morrison
New York
Red Cross Christmas drive members can obtain missing buttons
Those who joined the Red Cross during the Christmas drive and did not receive buttons may obtain them by applying through Miss Ernestina Martinez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Ernestina Martinez
Miramonte Items Highlight Local Social and Policy Talks
Special correspondent recaps New Year’s dinner at L D S Hall with Howard Martineau a navy returnee guest of honor. Notes health and school reopenings, Whettons’ return and farming activity. Reports on Secretary Lane’s irrigation talk urging a major Colorado River project and new 640-acre homestead legislation by Senator Fall amid land classification challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. S. Hall
Howard Martineau
Navy
Colorado River
Lane
Colorado
Grand Canyon
Congress
Fall
New Mexico
el Paso Times
Senator Fall
Department of the Interior
Wanted at Once Second-hand Wall Tent 8 by 10 Feet
Signal office seeks a second-hand wall tent not smaller than eight by ten feet. Captain Harry C. Wheeler, former Cochise county sheriff and late Fort Huachuca commander of the machine gun troop of the Tenth Cavalry, has offered his resignation and will return to Tombstone. He served in France briefly and faced charges tied to the Bisbee deportations, which were quashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inquire
Harry C. Wheeler
Cochise County
Fort Huachuca
Tenth Cavalry
Tombstone
France
Give Mining an Even Chance After War Restrictions
The article argues for lifting wartime mining controls now that hostilities have ended. It notes government orders limited large producers and paused many small operations. It credits miners and engineers for patriotism and calls for opening new mines and restoring financial activity postwar.
Relief ship seeks expert workers for Near East aid
The American Committee for Relief in the Near East calls for specialists in agriculture, teaching, medicine, religion, transport, and mechanics to assist in rehabilitating Armenia Syria Palestine and surrounding areas. Medical supplies and clothing will be shipped with volunteers, first vessel in 3 4 weeks, second within a month.
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Near East
Asia Minor
Syria
Armenia
Palestine
Persia
American Committee For Relief In the
Madison Ave
New York City
For Sale or Trade One Large Mare With Free Breeding Fees
For sale is a seven year old mare offered by Fred G. Fisher. The listing states two breeding fees are free.
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Fred G. Fisher
Walker widow seeks three year proof on Drake area lands
United States Land Office in Phoenix announces Catherine Walker widow of Asa E. Walker of Dragoon Arizona has filed notice of intention to make three year proof to establish a homestead claim on lands described in Entries 015232 and 021556. Proof before L V McCourt at Willcox on January 21, 1919 with witnesses George Sherrer Thomas Adams Wilfred A Fiege all from Dragoon and William Hyatt of Johnson Arizona. J L Irvin Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Walker
Asa E. Walker
Dragoon
Arizona
New
Township 15
S. Range 22
Meridian
L. V. McCourt
DUS
Willcox
George Sherrer
Thomas Adams
Wilfred A. Fiege
Draguun
William Hyatt
Johnson
Summons in Benson Precinct Five Justice Court
The State of Arizona serves H Caplan a summons in a Cochise County Precinct Five Justice Court action filed by Benson Lumber Co. He must answer within twenty days after service or thirty if outside county, or a default judgment will be entered. Issued November 2, 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Court
County of
Cochise
State of Arizona
Benson Lumber & Com’ Co
Justice Court of
Justice of the Peace
H. Caplan
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Benson
Willona Miller
Happy Valley
L. L. Schwab
D. A. Adams
Adams
San Pedro Street
W. J. Bennett
J. F. McDonald
Ladies Aid Society
M. Bk. Church
J. A. Gumm
E. A. Brown
Ty. W. Flower
Benson Telephone Exchange
Tucson
Don P. Johnson
S. P
Ben S. Johnson
First Presbyterian Church Ladies’ Aid Society
H. W. Etz
Harry Evans
Mountain States Telegraph and Telephone Co
Lewis B. Maier
Medical School
University of California
San Francisco
B. Maier
U. of A
Rose Young
Lemoore
Cal
Joe Young
Tres Alamos
Adventist Church
Clara Plunkett
Tres Alamos School
Nina Harwood
Fred Fisher
Miramonte
Doe
Moss Pharmacy
Hamilton
Fred G Fisher
Francis A. Sabin
First Presbyterian Church
William Brown
The
T. Jesperson
Warren Whetton
Bisbee
Mr. Whetton
Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Daily Star Benson
Signal Office
W. T. Price
Public
Cardus
United States Land Office
Phoenix
J. L. Irvin
Justice of Peace Precinct
Ing Benson
P. G. Madigan
Hotel Arnold
Cardu
A.W. Etz
W.D. Mar
E.A. Brown
Ben
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