Local items list visitors, moves, and town happenings
Mrs Wm Hunter and baby visiting Bisbee this week. Miss Estes from Roswell stops en route to coast. Miners and businessmen from Chicago and San Francisco touring local prospects. Red Cross meal roses, new school additions, and road work updates accompany reports of moves and visits around Benson and Pomerene.
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Wm. Hunter
Baby
Bisbee
Miss Estes
Roswell
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Quantico
Virginia
Potomac River
Washington
For Sale Radishes Lettuce Beets and More
For sale at the G C Woods place near J A Gunns farm radishes lettuce beets turnips new potatoes and peas fresh ranch eggs and frying chickens 30c per pound live weight. For information about the 640 acre homestead law write to Hampton Arnold Land Attorneys Phoenix Arizona.
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J. A. Gunn
G. C. Woods Place
Change of Bank of Benson to Cochise County State Bank
A June 23 1917 special stockholders meeting at Benson Arizona adopted amendments to the Bank of Benson charter renaming it Cochise County State Bank with a Tombstone main office and Benson branch and broad banking powers including trusts safekeeping deposits real estate and security dealings and agency for insurers.
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Bank of Benson
Bank of Ben
Cochise
Cause of Despondency Linked to Digestion Sickness
Despondency is linked to indigestion and constipation and often clears when Chamberlain's Tablets are taken. The tablets aid digestion and stimulate bowel movements, addressing the underlying discomfort.
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Chamberlain
Bank of Benson Becomes Cochise County State Bank
Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation shows the Bank of Benson changing its name to Cochise County State Bank. The filing records acknowledge the name change, with notary and county recorder certificates dated July 5, 1917, and first publication July 14. Industry officials A G Smith and M W Smith sign as President and Cashier, and the document notes annual director elections and by laws.
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The
Bank of Benson
A. G. Smith
M. W. Smith
State of Arizona
Cochisess
J. B. Castleman
Cochise County
J. Ray B. Krebs
Bank of Bensei
Cochise
Ray B. Krebs
County Recorder
Government seeks farmers and fighters for land opens
The Oregon and California Railroad Co grant lands revested in the United States will be opened for homesteads and sale. About Tiwo million three hundred thousand acres contain some of the best land in the United States with soil climate rainfall and elevations described in a large copyright map. Postpaid one dollar. Grant Lands Locating Co Portland Oregon.
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Oregon & California Railroad Co
United States
Grant Lands Locating Co
Portland
Oregon
Public Land Notice for Henry Canfield in Arizona
United States Land Office Phoenix announces Henry A. Canfield of Benson Arizona filed intent to make three year proof to establish his homestead claim on land described in Section 27 Township 17 S Range 20 E Gila and Salt River Meridian before H G Brown A S Commissioner at Benson on July 25 1917. Witnesses named Herbert Armentage L D Redfield J A Gumm J R Nichalt all of Benson. J L Irvin Register. First pub June 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Canfield
Benson
Ariz
Sewne
Township
Range
Gila and
Salt River Meridian
H. G. Brown
A. S
Arizona
Herbert Armetage
L. D. Redfield
J. A.gumm
J. R. Nichalt
J. L, Irvin
Register
Notice of Homestead Three Year Proof in Arizona
George Herbert of Benson Arizona filed notice of intention to make Three Year Proof for a homestead in Section 9 Township 16 South Range 20 East Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian. The proof will be presented before H G Brown U S Commissioner at Benson on July 24 1917 with witnesses Nels Lofgreen John Cosby William Sherman and Walter Sherman all from Amerene Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Herbert
Benson
Arizona
Range
Gila and
Salt River Base
Meridian
H. G. Brown
U. S
Airons
Nels Lofgreen
John Cosby
William Sherman
Walter Sherman
Amerene, Arizona
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Roy Dixon
Joe Scott
Tucson
Miss Scott
Chicago
Town
Mary ‘Titus
E. N. Ragsdale
J. W. Ragsdale
W. A. Gray
W.F. Hogan
Halstead Lindsey
New York
Johnson District
Mansion Hotel
F. Aselton
Deming
N. M
J. E. Ferris
Superior
Gila Valley
Red Cross
H. J. Klinz
Mountain States Telephone Company
Phoenix
Anna Klinz
Will Klinz
St. David
Geo. Kempf
Globe
C. E. Goetz
George
Kempf
Gladys Holcomb
J. Gumm
Tres Alamos
H. K. Street
Gumm
H. Mackenzie
Johnson
Alice Treu
Twin Buttes
Allen McCall
Arizona Eastern Road
G. L. Brazee
Patagonia
L. E. Weigand
Mr. K. Davis
S. P
Vail Station
Martin Fishback
Los Angeles
R. R. Blaine
M. P. Cosby
Nogales
Bisbee and
Douglas
Tombstone
J. C. Cook
C. F. Weeks
County Engineering Department
Cooky
Hampton & Arnold
Benson Lumber and Commercial Co
Benson, Arizona
Benson Theater
D. Martinez
H.w.etz & GO
Board of Directors
Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona Corporation Com'n
F. A. Jones
Mary F. Titus
Bluebird
Sloth
Department OF the Interior
United States Land Office
J. L. Irvin
Widemann
Goat: Milk CO
Sen Fromece
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