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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1917
Page
4
The Benson Signal notes a weekly publication schedule with editor Rucker and a May 12 1906 second class entry. It lists subscription at two dollars per year and notes post office details in Benson Arizona.
A call to buy bonds to fund roads and reduce living costs is paired with encouragement to work for better roads. The State Fair will feature a close dry versus wet farming contest this year. A Santa Cruz offer of one hundred dollars for an ant extermination method motivates inventors not involved in war tech.
The piece argues road users pay more than the road tax through wear and tear. Jarred and broken auto parts, worn tires, delays and repair costs, plus worn harness and damaged wagons add to the annual burden beyond the tax receipts.
The piece asserts the national army will include all civilized races with many native born and naturalized Americans. It cites New York City districts listing Italians Irish Germans Greeks Jews and others among a sample of sixty names showing a melting pot bringing diverse origins into unity.
The United States, in the first half of its war participation, has set remarkable records as Congress completes a vast and unprecedented program. The nation, once peaceful and unprepared, has become a formidable fighting power through rapid production and mobilization.
The text contrasts earlier Army and Navy shortages with current mass mobilization. It notes over a million troops under arms and more ready for calls, 16 cantonments built at about 150 million dollars, vast loan support to allies, a tripling of naval vessels, and thousands of aeroplanes while railroads unify into a single system and the Shipping Board rapidly expands shipbuilding.
At the Mt View Farm Improvement Association near Willcox a well attended session covered wheat growing with the County Agricultural Agent. Members submitted acreages to aid future threshing and plan sowing oats in alfalfa. Poultry, home gardens, potato storage and related topics were debated highlighting shared experiences and encouragement.
The Wyoming oil fields have produced a class of self made fortunes with at least fifty men amassing sums around 100 000 and more. Many rose from ordinary means as pioneers in Salt Creek and other plays while bonds and early ventures fueled astonishing wealth growth.
A Patagonian letter reports Cochise County cattlemen seek a $10 000 county donation to eradicate prairie dogs while Santa Cruz County faces ants harming grasslands. It notes ant nests 100 to 150 feet apart and bare ground around them, urging action with a $100 reward for eradication near Patagonia.
I A Boedecker of Turner, longtime farmer, visited Roy & Titcomb, Inc to purchase a pump and farming machinery for the Perrin ranch near Elgin on the Babocomari grant. The plan includes 3000 head of Texas cows and calves and Boedecker will supervise new well sinking on the Perrin property. Dr E B Perrin, Northern Arizona magnate, visited recently.
A quotation sets a vision for peaceful world governance and collective action against autocratic power. It urges belief in humanity, self-confidence, practical learning, and steadfast work toward a just, cooperative international order.
Kathleen Florida says after childbirth she grew very run down and nervous from noise. She credits six bottles of Cardus with restoring circulation and strength, letting her resume housework and caring for six children. The medicine is claimed as mild and non addictive with no harmful after effects.
Two million three hundred thousand acres of Oregon and California Railroad Co. Grant Lands revested in the United States. To be opened for homesteads and sale. Contains prime land with soil, climate, rainfall, elevations, and temperature described in a large map. Post paid one dollar. Grant Lands Locating Co., Portland, Oregon.
Louis A. Boe decker of Turner Arizona filed August 21, 1917 to cancel Yo Morris Forster s Homestead Entry No 021888 dated March 25 1913 for the SE ¼ of Sec 6 T20S R20E M E & S. The contest alleges lack of residence cultivation or improvement and abandonment. If no answer is filed within twenty days after publication the entry will be cancelled. Officials J L Levin Register John J Birdao Receiver. First pub Sept 29 1917. second Oct 6 1917. third Oct 14 1917.
United States Land Office announces Sam Barrows of Dragoon Arizona filed March 1917 for 160 acres in unsurveyed Sec 30 Tp 175 R 36 G and S Meridian. Three year proof to establish claim set before H G Brown Benson Arizona on October 25 1917 with witnesses Roy Fourr and William Durr of Dragoon Arizona William J Bennett Pred Bennett of Benson Tombstone. First publication Sept 22 1917.
United States Land Office notice of intent to establish three year proof on the NW4 and SW4 of sections 20 and 29 in Township 7 South Range 19 East G and S B meridian. A. G. Brown U.S. Commissioner in Benson Arizona will hear the claim on November 1 1917. Witnesses named: Robert L. McCall Heber Davis Edward C. Jasperson and William W. Anderson of Benson Arizona. First publication September 29 1917.
Samuel Walter Jarvis of Kenin Arizona filed notice of intention to make three year proof to establish his land claim described as lots in Section 28 and 27 Township 1 Range 1E G& S RB Meridian. The filing before U.S. Commissioner H. G. Brown occurs October 11, 1917. Witnesses are George Nusgrave Nephi Jarvis S. Nichols and William J. Williams all of Season Arizona. First publication Sept 15.
United States Land Office at Phoenix Arizona issues notice for Mescal Arizona land claim on De 23 1912 by A Anderson. Three year proof sought to establish claim to Lots and 2 E4% NW Nis Section 19 Township 17 S Range 19 E0 Meridian before H G Brown U S Commissioner Benson Arizona on November 8 1917. Witnesses listed Campbell Wood Williams Naegle and Skinner all of Benson Mescal or nearby. J L Irvin Register.
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