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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1920
Page
3
Local items report banker A. G. Smith in disposed status and plans for a Benson smelter, plus support for a new agriculture teacher. References to J. T. Kingsbury and attorney travels, Federal Farm Loan visits, irrigation concerns, Good Roads group, and highway bids. A Benson meeting, a gas-suffocation death, and a big apiary sale are noted among civic updates.
Little Miss Pauline, first born to Mr and Mrs EF B McCaleb, arrived January 13 1920 weighing nine pounds. Her birth brings new joy to their home and The Signal joins friends in hearty congratulations.
Ed Echolescored Ed F Echols sustained serious leg injuries when a cow charged him while he chased it on the range. He rode fifteen miles to obtain help in arid Arizona style and is reported to be doing as well as could be expected.
Governors and Western States Reclamation Association representatives pressed Congress for a 250 million dollar reclamation appropriation. Representative Mondell said the coming fiscal year demands reductions to preserve government credit, while hopeful signals from lawmakers and Interior discussions suggested possible authorization of a bonded funding plan in yearly 25 million dollar installments.
Special Correspondence reports Wesley and Sophronia Scott returning from Tucson as University guests and State Club winners with a Short Course trip. S.J. Johnson and sons prepare Powers place for grain, J.S. McGuire clears right of way, Sherman finishes barn, Porter adds to house, Scott expands mother's residence, Proffitt renovates interiors, Benson Canal Co. votes to raise capital to 100000 and issue 20000 in bonds, Roy Judd farms sixty acres near M.P. Cosby, Chinese gardeners leave Cota place with Fenn leasing it, Alvah Fenn clears and contracts land, county road crew repairs roads.
Frank J. Cheney declares as senior partner that his firm will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. He swears before A W Gleason on December 6 1886 in Toledo Ohio. The ad promotes Hall's Medicine taken internally and sold by druggists with Moss Drug Store offering a 1920 calendar.
Citizens of Cochise County petition the Board of Supervisors to repair the Benson north road along the San Pedro River and to erect a bridge at the Narrows. They request using the idle iron Benson bridge for the project to aid farmers stockmen and miners traveling the route.
Wright of St David J W Wright an agriculture teacher organized livestock, sending Duroc Jersey brood sows from Salt River Valley and arranging sixty dairy cows and calves via the school board and County Agent Adamson. Farmers and boys in St David and Pomerene will study feeding rations pastures and milk marketing in night classes after his return from Europe with strong agricultural convictions.
P J McCarty reports cattlemen in the Elgin district fear a new deadly weed resembles Johnson grass. Cattle eat the fresh green blades, grow weak, lie down, and cannot rise. No remedy exists once animals are affected, and concern spreads among stockraisers.
Citizens face permit needs for purchasing munitions. Judge Rucker proposes filing the permit with a local merchant for permanent use. Weather slight rain falls as snow threat looms. St David farmers meet amid growing excitement over a new water deal.
The Protestant Episcopal Church reorganized with a unified authority as a nationwide fund drive and revival push show notable early success. Southern Atlantic parishes report large oversubscriptions and Virginia Diocese pledges, while the eastern states indicate strong giving guiding a six week western extension and Easter deadlines for lagging parishes.
Publisher J. Leroy Lancaster announces modest increases in advertising rates due to material costs. New prices list plates 20c, composition and display 25c, reading notices 10c per line first insertion, 5c per line subsequent insertions, with commercial printing up about ten percent. Moss Pharmacy recommends Chamberlain's Tablets for digestion and appetite, stating they move the bowels without pepsin and are sold there.
Cubrun Kentucky druggist J B Jones touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after years of use in his family and in his store. He says it is the best cough medicine he has ever known and notes Moss Pharmacy sells it.
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