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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1916
Page
4
An Arizona note argues homeseekers cling to familiar farming styles, urging adaptation to local conditions. It notes a slow bid for a public water fountain or stock watering area in Benson and calls for local leadership as residents must water animals while driving into town.
Local support for Olney strengthens as Graham County backs his governor bid and the wider state shows little organized opposition. An Arizona rail fare cut rule reduces most lines to three cents per mile from August 1 1916, with several roads exempt or set other rates.
The community mourns James Whitcomb Riley whose poems capture plain American life. The Signal notes a proposed new river road from Benson with county aid and a field survey promised, but no survey details have appeared yet. The board is urged to act promptly to fulfill the aid pledge and locate the best route.
A militia patrol near Douglas brought down a burro that failed to heed sentry challenges in the dark. The incident is framed as a peaceful moment amid warlike rhetoric, highlighting enduring clashes between calm civic life and conflict.
Instructions for killing house flies using heat with carbolic acid drops, bichromate of potash solution, formalin in water, or burning pyrethrum powder. Mentions Benson Lumber & Commercial Co stock, and notices about houses for rent, collections, notary public Mary F. Titus.
Opinion piece argues rail workers seek arbitration over a 100 million dollar wage increase, claiming 44 cents of every transportation dollar pays wages. It notes 1915 Western payrolls show seven five percent of workers earning such wages and asks if a national strike or government inquiry should decide.
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