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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1918
Page
8
Local notes report J. O. Braley named deputy game warden for the Benson district. Other items note the new serialized feature Over The Top starting March 23, visits among locals, church services, and community business including Hereford cattle shipments, mountain lion hides, and school elections.
Kodak films developed and orders taken at the Signal office. The Jitney dance for Red Cross was well attended last Thursday night. Next entertainment is a card party Friday March 29 at 8 P M. A road sign atop Dragoon hill placed by C F Moss was torn down. Moss offers 100 reward for catching the culprit.
The alfalfa and grain fields are turning green in warm days. S. J. Johnson returns to Patagonia for a large wood contract. Benson Canal builds a new cut at the head with many workers. Farmers consider buying a small harvester for the wheat crop. A surprise party honors Uncle Tub’s 68th birthday at F. C. Coons residence. M. P. Cosby’s floom lies across the San Pedro nearly finished.
Last Sunday while returning from church Mr and Mrs R Jean and family and Mrs Gilbert and children were struck by a car at about 40 mph. The buggy overturned and occupants were thrown aside. Mrs Gilbert suffered two broken ribs and is in critical condition. Parley Naegle of Mesa City visited his brother D C Neagle last week.
Rice serves as a neutral base for milk and cheese dishes and blends with meat chicken or fish. It adapts to vegetables desserts and can thicken soups or enrich bread. Leftover rice can be browned fried creamed or baked into cakes and breakfast rice cakes with syrup are suggested.
Citizens are urged to donate clean old white cotton or linen cloth at Goetz's store for wrapping surgical dressings. The call emphasizes a high need and asks helpers to contribute promptly.
The article warns that March dampness favors the pneumonia germ and urges quick action. It says pneumonia can follow a cold, advises prompt treatment with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at first signs of a cold, and suggests asking users about its value.
If you have stomach trouble try Chamberlain's Tablets. Many have been restored to health by their use. The cost is only 25 cents, making a trial worthwhile.
Albert C. Stewart of the American Sunday School Union passes through Benson on his way to Tucson where he will reside for months to organize and maintain Union Sunday Schools across Arizona. He aims to reach neglected communities and assist with Sunday School materials, inviting interested Christians to contact him at 528 E. 2d St., Tucson.
William J. Hunt files in the United States Land Office at Phoenix Arizona a contest to cancel Simon Hughes Benson Arizona's Home stead Entry Serial No. 020948 made January 27 1913 for E% of Section 10 Township 17 South Range 19 East G and S Meridian alleging desertion lack of residence or cultivation and non service in military or state militia. Contestants must file an answer within twenty days after the fourth publication. Dates: March 2 9 16 23 1918.
Henry Valenzuela of Benson Arizona files in Phoenix office on February 15 1918 a contest to cancel George Wilsons Homestead Entry Serial No 024170 made January 30 1914 for NE quarter Section 23 Township 17S Range 19 EMeridian alleging abandonment for more than six months not due to military service. Addressed to George Wilson of St David the notice cites reply under oath to J L Irvin Register with fourth publication March 23 1918.
Feterita grain for chicken feed offered at four dollars per hundred pounds. John Pytrick accepts orders. Leave payment and orders at Benson Lumber and Commercial Company for pickup or delivery.
Notice of selection under sections 2275 and 2276 as amended by Congress and extended to Arizona by act approved June 20 1910 with rules approved April 25 1907 and changes through February 28 1891 and later amendments.
The United States Land Office in Phoenix announces that Arizona has filed School Indemnity Land Selection List No. 1887 Serial No. 038158 for lands in Township 16 S Range 19 E sections 10 and 14. Protests or contests will be received during five weeks of publication and before final approval, with notices sent to the General Land Office. Dated February 9 1918. Receiver John J. Birdno. First publication February 16 1918.
Contest No 4198 public notice files a challenge by zuela who Gives Benson Arizona to cancel William L Sims homestead entry 021202 dated February 10 1913 in E4NE Sec 26 NW WY%NE Sec 25 Township 17 S Range 19 E G and S R Meridian asserting Sims failed to file final proof and is absent from military service if no answer is filed within twenty days after the fourth publication the entry will be canceled. J L Irvin Register JOIN J Birdno Receiver dates of publications March 9 16 23 1918
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