Campbell Declared Governor After Five Month Contest
Judge Stanford ruled for Thomas E. Campbell de facto governor on an election certificate despite remaining disputed ballots. The decision restored 42 ballots mismarked to Campbell and upheld nine precincts challenged by Hunt's camp. Senator E S Ives announced Hunt will appeal.
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G. W. P. Hunt
Stanford
Thomas E. Campbell
Supreme Court
Campbell
Douglas
Hunt
Bisbee No. 1
Miami No. 3
Keohane Ranch
Curtis
Swansea
Cottonwood
Eager
E. S. Ives
Oil Lease Push for Benson Area Gains Steam
Local reports indicate Benson promoters and outside oil firm reps have quietly signed substantial acreage. Company plans to drill once a target lease threshold is met, with California representatives possibly arriving soon to advance the project.
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Benson
Oil Company
California
Will Make Fine Farm Gains 80 Acre Riverside Tract
H P Merrill purchases from Ramon Cota a valuable eighty acre tract, east half of a 160 acre homestead, north of the railroad on the river’s east side. The land, locally called the Chinese gardens, is level and suited to cultivation, bordered by Benson Canal. A large workforce clears land, houses will be built, and an artesian well drilled to elevate the property’s value this season.
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H. P. Merrill
Ramon Cota
High School Notes and Military Enlistment Hints
The drill squads elect corporals today. Claude Sipes left for California with Mr. Murry and may join the navy. Bill Etz sought enlistment in the officers reserve corps but was sent home for being too young. Lewis Maier visited the high school. A second-year Spanish class challenged the first years but withdrew. Nye Etz contemplates service this week. A male trio planned a song for opening exercises but the student body did not attend, upsetting the performers.
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Claude Sipes
California
Murry
Claude
Navy
Bill Etz
Tucson
New Photographers Arrive In Town From Phoenix
Photographers Messrs. C. E. Ratcliff and A. N. Gurley are temporarily in town arriving from Phoenix on Wednesday. They offer portrait and scenic work with samples on display in C. E Goetz window. They spent days in the Catalina mountains and Tucson missions capturing views and local sites.
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C. E. Ratcliff
A. N. Gurley
Phoenix
C. E Goetz
Catalina Mountains
Tucson
Free Air Apparatus at Moss Pharmacy For Auto Use
Moss Pharmacy completes a free air station for automobiles. The air compressor and 200 pound tank are installed with piping and engine in place. The air supply stand is at the rear side of the building, offering convenience to automobilists.
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Moss Pharmacy
Moss
Liberty Loan Subscriptions Open to Public via Benson Bank
The Bank of Benson advertises readiness to receive subscriptions for the two billion dollar Liberty Loan at 3.5 percent. A May 3 telegram from Secretary McAdoo urges local cooperation with the Treasury and reserve banks, asking for rough subscriber estimates and rapid telegraph reporting. The notice emphasizes small investors are welcome along with big capital.
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Bank of Benson
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Bank
W. G. McApboe
Secretary of the Treasury
Cochise County Sheriff's Posse Call Urges Local Men
Sheriff Harry C. Wheeler in Tombstone requests all male Cochise County citizens who own horse, saddle, and rifle to send their names for possible service within Cochise County. Auto owners are asked to volunteer as well.
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Cochise County
Wheeler
Tombstone
Harry C. Wheeler
Benson Lumber Yard Announces Saturday Early Close
Notice states from May 1 to October 1 the yard and store close at 1 PM every Saturday. Benson Lumber & Co. published the hours change for the period.
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Benson Lumber & Com’! Co
Supervisors Back Road Bond Push For Benson Area
County supervisors discuss a proposed 1 million dollar road bond to finance highways, favoring Benson allocation and a Douglas Bisbee corridor. J M Sparks cites new legislative commission to oversee spending, with board to appoint the five members once the law takes effect.
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J. M. Sparks
Douglas
Bisbee
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Douglas No. 1
J. W. Ragsdale
Benson Feed Corral
Sam Wilson
Hiwo & Coo
General Merchandise
Arizona
American Press Association
General Villa, Jr
Mother Burre
First New York Artillery
Baby Burre
Liberty
Lewis Maier
Nye Etz
Uncle Sam
Washington, D. C
Benson, Arizona
United States
Pomerone
Chas. E. Goetz
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