State Rangers May Be Revived In Arizona Bootleg War
Two bills in the Arizona legislature aim to raise bootlegging penalties to felonies and to revive the state ranger force. The projected Rangers would be led by a captain and include a lieutenant, four sergeants and twenty privates, with operations kept secret. The article recalls the historic Rangers who made 4000 arrests in six years, broke outlaw bands, and deterred bootleggers as former Lt Wheeler and Capt Mossman were noted for bravery and swift action.
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Tucson Star
Arizona Rangers
Arizona
Rangers
Law and Order
Burt Mossman
New Mexico
Mossman
Harry Wheeler
Ryning
Tucson
Wheeler
Congress Street
Lieut. Wheeler
Desperado
Benson
Tracy
California
Tracy Lieut
Cochise County
Benson High girls crown Brown kandy king
Fort Worth traveling salesman R D Brown of King Candy Co handed every Benson High School basketball player a pound box of candy this week. The team voted him a regular Kandy King for his sweet gesture.
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R. D. Brown
The
King Candy Co
Fort Worth
Texas
Benson High School
Mr. Brown
Sophomore Cyclone notes and staff changes at Benson High
The High School notes praise the Sophomore edition and congratulate Miss OBrien and Miss Sporleder. Miss Sporleder will handle Freshman English and Arithmetic alongside Domestic Science, replacing Mrs Robertson in Art supervision. Miss Hews spoke to students. Julia Treu is ill. Thereaux visited. Junior Student Body track meet rumored. Mr H G Watson of Jas A Dick Co in Benson for farewell trip with future plans undecided.
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Miss Sporleder
Mrs. Robertson
Thereaux
H. G. Watson
Benson
Jas. A. Dick Co
el Paso
Texas
Georgia
Watson
Pleasant Auto Tour by Mr and Mrs Jas Roberts and Family
Mr and Mrs Jas Roberts and children returned from a ten day auto tour visiting Mrs Roberts sisters in Tucson and Nogales. They toured Sonoita Elgin and other points noting changes and improvements in the Elgin Sonoita farming area and praising the Ben son Tombstone route for its good condition. Roberts recorded 104 miles from Nogales to home with the last stretch being rough.
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Jas. Roberts
Tucson
Skinner
Roberts
Nogales
Taylor
Sonoita
Elgin
Elgin-Sonoita
Benson-Tombstone
Fairbank
Cochise County gains extra Superior Judge under Roberts bill
The Senate passed the Roberts bill granting Cochise county an additional Superior Judge. Roberts voted against his own measure, with Claypool Ferguson Whipple and Winsor joining him. The bill includes an emergency clause and becomes law upon House approval and gubernatorial signature.
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Phoenix
Senate
Roberts
Cochise County
Claypool, Ferguson, Whipple
Winsor
House
Benson road workers complete east section transfer to west end
Loyal Order of Road Builders crews finished two week effort east of Benson on the Ben son Dragoon route then moved to the road westward toward the Pima county line. The report lists workers from Bank of Benson Cochise County S B Moss H P Merrill and others with vehicles and supplies dated February 27 to March 1.
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Benson
Etz Corners
Big Hill
Bank of Benson
Cochise County
S. B. Moss
H. P. Merrill
Chas
F. Moss
Local Lumber Work Continues Into Next Week
Elias Summers, Charles E. Goetz, A. W. Bard, and Benson Lumber & Commercial Co. with teams dig in as Cochise County projects extend into the following week.
Artesian Well Flows Forty Gallons a Minute Near Town
Heber Martin completed a new artesian well on J A Gumm's 15 acre tract adjoining G C Woods on the north edge of town. Gumm expects to build soon and believes the well will supply water to irrigate the entire property. He plans to plant ten acres of tomatoes for the cannery this spring.
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Heber Martin
J. A. Gumm
G. C. Woods Place
Gumm
Prospectors Form Cattle Partnership In Sonora Buy
Lorenzo Wright and Will Goodman enter a partnership to buy 147 head of cattle from Campu ranches in Sonora. Bert Polley adds 73 head for grazing near Hereford and Joe Downs acquires 50 head for Sulphur Springs valley. The cattle trade looks strong as stock owners foresee 1917 as a banner year.
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Tombstone
Lorenzo Wright
Will Goodman
St. David
Campu
Sonora
Cochise
Santa Cruz
Bert Polley
Hereford
Joe Downs
Sulphur Springs
Lantern Slide Lecture On House Fly Dangers
Mr A L Paschall county agricultural agent will present an illustrated lantern slide lecture at the High School tonight at 7 30 on The Dangers of the House Fly How to Avoid Them Slides on gardening and other topics will be shown admission is free Everyone in town is invited Rev Mr Curry of Webb will preach at the Presbyterian Church tomorrow morning and evening
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A. L. Paschall
Mr. Curry
Webb
The
Presbyterian Church
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State Rangers
KODAK
Kodak Printing
Moss Pharmacy Tpe
Thorpe
Benson Feed Corral
Sam Wilson
Miss O’brien
Hews
Julia Treu
E. S. Hawkey
Levy’s
Will
Virginia
Loyal Order of Road Builders
W. D’ Martinez
C. L. Rucker
Chas. F. Moss
Pima County Line
W. D. Martinez
Benson Lumber and Commercial Co
Mexico
Chas. E. Goetz
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