Arizona Wins Big River Regulation Fight For Flood Control
Action in Congress clears the way for the Newlands River Regulation plan in Arizona. The Olmsted Gila River report will be printed as a public document and used to secure about six million dollars for watershed work to prevent floods and remove silt. Governor Campbell Senator Ashurst and George H Maxwell led the effort with Andrew Kimball and Judge Lewis coordinating with Secretary Lane. The plan will standardize the Gila River flow from source to mouth, protect the Imperial and Safford Valleys, and irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres, marking a major Arizona achievement under the Arizona Cattle Growers convention slogan Everybody all together for Arizona.
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Arizona
Newlands
Gila River
Florence
George H. Maxwell
National Reclamation Association
Campbell
Lane
Olmsted
Phoenix
Los Angles
San Carlos
Washington
Judge Lewis
Ashurst
Lewis
Senate
Senator Smith
Andrew Kimball
Mark Smith
Thatcher
Safford Valley
Imperial Valley
Arizona Cattle Growers Convention
Warning on War Savings stamps misuse in 1919 drive
Samuel Hubbard of the Twelfth Federal Reserve warns purchasers not to place 1919 War Savings stamps on 1918 certificates. If 1918 forms have blank spaces, keep them aside. Thrift Stamps and Thrift Cards remain in use and will be exchanged for 1919 stamps when sixteen stamps are filled, with payment of the difference to reach four dollars.
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Samuel Hubbard
War Savings
Federal Reserve District
Hubbard
The
War Savings Society
Tucson Chosen as 1920 Panhandle Southwestern Stockmen's Meet Site
The Panhandle Southwestern Stockmen's Association selects Tucson as the meeting city for its 1920 convention, marking a regional gathering to discuss cattle industry topics and association affairs.
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Tucson
The
Panhandle Southwestern Stockmen’s Association
Miramonte Items from the Special Correspondent
Local notes report travels of Epperly to Tucson and return plans. Jesperson drives to meet brother James in Utah. McCall visits Ray to see son Allan at Arizona Hercules Copper. Lofgreen and Alfred Anderson improve after illness and surgery. Secretary Wilson warns of unemployment risks and a return to prosperity with industrial activity. Secretary Lane outlines soldier settlements funding to provide jobs for returning servicemen and cultivate unproductive land.
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R. L. McCall
Ray
Allan
Arizona Hercules Copper Company
Lane
Department of the Interior
Congress
Union
Wilson
Igs
Eat Slowly and Take Chamberlain's Tablets for Sleep Aid
Advice to eat slowly and limit meat with no supper. If discomfort persists, take one Chamberlain's Tablet before bed per Moss Pharmacy guidance.
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Chamberlain
Moss Pharmacy
Citizens Mass Meeting On Charleston Dam Plans
A citizens meeting will be held at K P Hall Monday night to outline steps for hastening the Charleston dam and reservoir project about thirty miles above Benson on the San Pedro river. Geo H Maxell and Andrew J Kimball, noted Arizona development workers, will advise on methods. They plan to arrive Monday afternoon, luncheon then travel to St David for a 3 pm meeting, with boosters expected in cars.
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K. P. Hall
Charleston
Benson
San Pedro River
Messrs
Geo. H. Maxwell
Andrew J. Kimball
Arizona
St. David
County Divided Into Supervisorial Districts
Cochise county reorganizes under supervisorial district law after a unanimous board vote in Tombstone. District 1 includes Bisbee and Tombstone area. District 2 covers Douglas to Paradise. District 3 lists Willcox Pomerene and surrounding towns.
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Cochise County
Tombstone
Roberts
Bisbee
Warren
Don Luis
Naco
Lowell
Garces
West Huachuca
Buena
Turner
Fairbank
Douglas
Pirtleville
Central Bridge
McNeal
Gleeson
Courtland
Webb
Whitewater
Rucker
Lusk
Paradise
Curtis
St. David
Benson
Pomerene
Pool
McAlister
Willcox
Johnson
Dragoon
Gochise
Allaire
Servois
Pearce
Light
Wilgus
Eldorado
Dos Cabezas
Bowie
San Simon
Reclamation Boss Pushes Charleston Dam Plan
A. G. Smith of Cochise County State Bank has quietly pressed for action on the Charleston dam project. Over two months he has liaised with Washington officials including Senators Smith and Ashurst and Representative Carl Hayden, seeking support from reclamation experts to advance the movement. The effort aims for timely progress.
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A. G. Smith
Cochise
Benefits of Water Storage in Salt River Valley
The Salt River Project supplied water for 203,616 acres with crop value not less than 18 million dollars and a livestock value. About 75 percent of irrigation water was conserved via Roosevelt Reservoir and over 60 percent stored since 1915.
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Salt River
Roosevelt Reservoir
Texas
Oregon
Yuma Valley
Yuma
Arizona
Colorado
Little Colorado
Verde
San Pedro
Gila
Sunday Services and Church Activities at First Presbyterian
Rev. William Brown presides with a graded Sunday school at ten. Charles C. Cash, superintendent, leads classes for all ages. Morning worship at eleven on Do We Believe in Angels. Evening worship at seven thirty asks Can Christianity Meet the Needs of Today. Bible study Tuesday seven thirty and choir practice Wednesday.
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First Presbyterian Church
William Brown
Chas. C. Cash
Netted Gem seed potatoes for sale in Idaho
Seed potatoes labeled Netted Gem from Jenson’s San Simon Ranch offered at two dollars and fifty cents per hundred pounds. Inquiries to Benson Water Works.
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Jenson
San Simon
Benson Water Works
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R. T.’. Jesperson
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