Arizona News Roundup Highlights Labor and Law Shifts
Arizona reports include constant road crew work between Clarkdale Cottonwood and Verde and a new push to deport those who evaded draft lottery. Verde district mines close for months affecting 25 000 people while oil flotation tests near New Cornelius loom in 90 days. I W W activity rises Phoenix arrests occur as mass influx grows. Ballot reform and airplane tax measures head to Phoenix as mining wrecking advances near Congress Junction. Free milling gold ore strike near Gunsight noted.
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Verde
Jerome
Department of Justice
United Verde
United Verde Extension
Arizona
Army
Andrew Kimball
Agricultural Department
Federal Railroad Administration
Senate
Young
Winsor
State
Phoenix
Gunsight
Ajo
J. J. Sullivan
Arizona Copper Output In 1918 Tops Western States
Western Mining and Oil News summarizes US Geological Survey figures showing Arizona produced about 205.5 million dollars in copper along with other metals in 1918. Arizona led copper production, exceeding combined output of Alaska, California, Idaho, Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota and Washington by 50 million dollars and topped Utah and Montana by around 13 million. Copper averaged 200 million pounds monthly, totaling about 2.5 billion pounds for the year, versus prewar monthly use of 125 million pounds.
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United States Geological Survey
Arizona
Union
Alaska
California
Idaho
Colorado
Oregon
Nevada
New Mexico
South Dakota
Washington
Utah
Montana
Mining notes from Colorado districts report activity
The Smug gler mine near Balarat in Boulder county operates a new compressor plant. The Win-U-Will unit retort is installed near Ward. Prospecting shows strong silver veins north of Caribou with 18 to 350 ounces per ton. Barnes takes a block at the old Slide mine near Gold Hill with potential free gold. Loveland Petroleum resumes drilling after recasing with 2250 feet of 65 inch casing. work to continue day and night barring accidents.
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Balarat
Boulder County
Win-U-Will M. & M. Company
Ward
Caribou
Barnes
Gold Hill
Slide
Loveland Petroleum, Gas and Refining Company
Oil drill may strike after reaching oil sands depth
Well No. 2 of the Mesa Verde Oil Company in the Aztec section has reached a depth where geology shows oil sands and with caprock penetration expected to yield a paying well. Miners at Chino Copper Company sites in Santa Rita and Hurley face a 75 cent daily wage cut as wages vary with copper prices.
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Mesa Verde Oil Company
Chino Copper Company
Santa Rita
Hurley
Wyoming Oil Fields Enter Peak Development Phase
The Mule Creek field near Lusk spurs a rush to develop the new structure as Salt Creek gains momentum amid government policy delays since 1909. Poison Spider field experts expect a major summer campaign with large gas wells. A Wyoming bill targets wasteful carbon black production from gas, threatening Crowly plants. Open flow gas lands exceed a billion cubic feet daily across Sand Diaw Buffalo Basin Cody Oregon Basin Elk Basin and Grass Creek with carbon plants planned. Curtis Petroleum to spud a Pine mountain side well west of Casper. Teapot syndicate well in Salt Creek adjoining Mosher unit spud in with derrick and tools ready.
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Mule Creek
Lusk
Salt Creek
Poison Spider
Wyoming
Crowly
Wyo
Byron Fields
Sand Diaw
Buffalo Basin
Cody
Oregon Basin
Elk Basin
Grass Creek
Pine Mountain
Casper
Curtis Petroleum Company
Teapot Syndicate
Mosher
Frank McLaughlin
More Food in the South Despite War Turmoil
The United States Department of Agriculture reports sharp gains in southern farming. In 1918 twelve states expanded corn output by 141.8 million bushels versus 1909, while the cotton belt states boosted wheat 185 percent, oats 133 percent, hay 128 percent, Irish potatoes 117 percent, and sweet potatoes 67 percent.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Cotton Belt
Transformation of the South through farm reform and growth
The article credits the U S Department of Agriculture and 1 589 county agents across 15 states from Texas to Maryland for shifting the South from weed choked fields to productive crops. It notes rises in potatoes hay corn and meat production, dramatic hog and cattle growth, and large scale war time canning and club work by women and girls, all aided by county demonstrations and home gardens.
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Dixieland
Southland
United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Colleges
Texas
Oklahoma
Florida
Maryland
South
Mason and Dixon Line
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Mississippi
Middle Western
Bureau of
United States
Iowa
Illinois
Nebraska
Missouri
Indiana
Ohio
Union
Corn
Cotton
St. Louis
Southern
Taught to Read at Three
A mother trains her toddler to read before talking or walking. Starting with recognizing the letter H then R and A, the child learns the alphabet and prints letters while drawing pictures. He eventually reads a simple story aloud to his father from word cards and a familiar text.
Fragmentary private letters spark tense exchange
A fragmentary exchange questions surveillance of mail and trust in a spouse. The speaker notes uncertainty about privacy and comments that his wife remains employed, signaling ongoing tension over personal correspondence.
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Arizona State News
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Clarkdale
Cottonwood
Nogales
Congress
Arizona Cattle Growers’ Association
Tucson
Charles P. Mullen
Skull Valley
Ariz
Consolidated Mining Company
Los Angeles
Congress Junction
Entky
East Lake Park
Bisbee
Globe
Miami
Salt River Valley
Jennings
Western Mining and Oil News
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
NCAR
Soule
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Tyrial Wral Feld
Lee
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