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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1917
Page
4
The Benson Signal notes publication details with editor C L Rucker and post office entry status dated May 12 1906. It lists subscription at two dollars per year in Benson Arizona and indicates a Saturday edition.
The article urges backing a bond issue to build a main river highway linking mines and ranches to Benson, promoting oil land leases and road networks. It frames wartime spending, urging Americans to curb waste, buy prudently, and adjust personal and national life to war needs to avoid higher future costs.
Prices for tungsten jumped from 14 to 25 30 per unit as market manipulation wanes. Scheelite ore commands a premium of 2 to 3 per unit, boosting mining districts in northern Sonora and promising a mining revival, with merchants like M Mejia offering affordable shoes and goods on Fifth Street.
The Douglas Dispatch reports Judge Bledsoe’s Los Angeles grand jury charge urging prompt action against disloyal acts amid World War II. It emphasizes free speech within defamation laws, then states unity for victory and a call to investigate all disloyalty claims. Governor Whitman comment quoted on national resolve and moral purpose.
Canned food guidance emphasizes early preparation for canning season. Focus on container efficiency, Using quality jars, heat, and clean vegetables like corn beans and Lima to maximize storage. Emphasizes bragging rights from preserved gardens and avoiding regrets from forgotten orders.
An advertisement urges readers to buy Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy now to be prepared for a family colic or diarrhoea attack in summer. It claims the product is worth many times its cost when needed.
Mrs. Chas. Gaston of Ringgold Georgia extols Thedford's Black-Draught as a family medicine for headaches from constipation malaria and chills and liver and bowel troubles. She says it saves doctor bills and keeps the family from days in bed. The remedy is described as pure vegetable and helps regulate the liver and cleanse impurities.
timely farm notes advise planting beans from July 14 to month end with tight stands for late crops. rows 28 to 32 inches apart and 4 inches between seeds. expect 35 pounds per acre for late planting. recommends plowing for beans and sorghum, timing for milo and feterita, and notes on food uses and fuel for fireless cookers. lists seed sources in Cochise county for beans, milo, feterita, Sudan grass and cowpeas.
John F Jantzen of Delmeny Sask praises Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for personal and family use and recommends it as exceptionally fine. The note also mentions the first big rain of the season on July 18.
For sale radishes lettuce beets turnips new potatoes and peas fresh ranch eggs and frying chickens 30c per pound live weight. J. A. Gunn at the G C Woods place. For information on the 640 acre homestead law write to Hampton Arnold Land Attorneys.
The Arizona State Land Department in Phoenix announces a public auction on August 13, 1917 at 9 a.m. at the Tombstone County Court House for Cochise County school lands. Parcels include 640 acres in Sec 32 T17S R20E valued at 3840 dollars, 319.29 acres in W2 Sec 2 T18S R20E valued at 159 dollars, and 640 acres in Sec 16 valued at 3840 dollars. Bids below appraised value not accepted. right to reject bids reserved. Information from the State Land Department, Phoenix. First pub June 9, 1917. Last pub Aug 11, 1917.
A catalog of farms near Benson and St. David with sizes from 40 to 320 acres. Listings include No 51 a 31 acre Borderland highway farm with 8 acres alfalfa and 600 fruit trees, No 54 a 160 acre cultivated farm on the county and state highway, No 60 an 80 acre property near Benson, No 63 a 160 acre unimproved tract along Borderland Route, No 64 a 100 acre artesian belt farm near town, No 65 a 40 acre small holding with two flowing wells, No 71 a 320 acre Sulphur Springs Valley tract, No 82 a 20 acre unimproved parcel near Benson. Prices from 500 to 2300 dollars, cash preferred or terms offered.
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