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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1916
Page
8
Benson Arizona publication details show weekly issue schedule for PCHLIneedD Every Saturday and editor note. Post office mail matter date May 13, 1908 and second class matter at Benson post office. Subscription price listed two dollars per year.
Local items list visits and events in Benson Arizona with numerous names. D. Sullivan and others attend cattlemen dances, Miss Stells Gribble travels to Bisbee, and many businessmen visit Fairbank, Johnson, Willcox, and Dragoon. A new porch is added, wells are drilled at Frank Steele place, and J. A Gumm tours for his firm. The note also mentions the Ladies Aid meeting on March 23 and a cattleman’s convention attendance.
Joseph Le Doux of Benson Arizona declares intention to prove up his homestead for SE 4 Section 35 Township S Range 20 E G and S R Meridian. He will appear before A S Commissioner Wm Shilliam at Benson on March 17 1916 with witnesses Claude L Rucker William E Williams Sebastian L Garner and Louis E Weigand all of Benson.
Department of the Interior Land Office at Phoenix issues a notice for Merlin P. Tryon of Lowell Arizona who filed Homestead entry 021427 for SW 4 Section 22 Township 16S Range 20 G S A. & Commissioner Benson Arizona with witnesses S J Johnnson John R Cosby L P Lofgreen and Walter Scott all of Benson. Register Thomas F Weedin. First publication March 11.
The 158.25 acre tract in the Coronado National Forest near Phoenix is opened for settlement and entry under homestead laws on April 29, 1916. Applicants William O Reasonover through Mescal Benson have a preference right if they maintained agricultural occupancy before 1906 and meet qualifications. The land description spans Sec 1 T16S R18E and Sec 6 T16S R19E, with lots 4 5 6 and the SW NEY SW, totaling 158.25 acres.
Edgar Leon Heaston of Benson Arizona filed notice of intention to make three year proof to establish his homestead claim on lands described in Section 25 and 30 Township 17 S Range 20 E and 21 E G S R Meridian before U S Commissioner Wm Shilliam at Benson on March 28 1916 Witnesses named F H Greissinger Joseph Le Doux Walter Greissinger and C L Rucker all residents of Benson Arizona First publication February 12 1916
Presbyterian Church schedules Sunday services March 12 with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and sermons at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Rev. Jas Rountree and Arthur Henwood with family from Los Angeles arrived with furniture in town. He purchased part of D. W. Brown's ranch north of Benson. Sale or trade: touring car in first class condition. S B Moss Benson.
A $20 reward is offered for a 20 month old Jersey heifer described as brown back white nose and otherwise dark. Reward posted by F Fisher Bensor and Salt-One David Bradley disk plow along with household items including washers sewing machines and 100 copies of the Mining World Gem second hand store listed.
Gem Second Hand Store advertises purchasing used baby buggies gocarts and wheel barrows. The notice seeks sellers and outlines buyback or trade options at the shop.
Six delegates and six alternates were selected by the Arizona state central committee to attend the Democratic National Convention in St Louis with instructions to vote as a unit for Woodrow Wilson. Fred T Colter defeated Reese M Ling for national committeeman, and resolutions endorsed Wilson, Marshall as vice president, and the party's alignment in Arizona. The committee also endorsed women’s suffrage and pressed for temperance measures, while officers and an executive committee were elected for the coming year.
Southwest Lumber Company a registered Arizona corporation operating a Benson retail lumber business intends to sell its entire stock in trade in one transaction under Chapter 42 of Arizona laws. The sale is to occur as soon as notice is given with first publication Feb 26 1916.
Francis W. Adams of Dragoon Arizona files intent to prove up original and additional homesteads for land in Township 16 S Range 22 G&SR Meridian. Hearing before L V McCourt U S Commissioner at Wilcox Arizona on March 30 1916. Witnesses Elick G Adams George A Brown John W Westfall Arthur F Peak all of Dragoon Arizona.
Notice to all potential buyers of N E 34 and surrounding parcels in Cochise County Arizona. Sale and transfer subject to an agreement between Juan Cruz and J M Castaneda dated March 12 1900, on record with Cochise County Recorder. Dated Benson October 9 1912. M F Castaneda Administrator of Estate of J M Castaneda.
A compact notice offers a sale of ladies and men's shoes below cost from M Mejia and promotes savings on gasoline distillate and lubricating oils both wholesale and retail for O F Moss.
Gem Second Hand advertises repair services for copper lead and brass items including watches jewelry and keys fitted.
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