Benson and St David Baseball Teams Clash In Frame
Benson High School traveled to St David for a baseball game, bringing a large fan crowd. The Benson lineup, led by battery W Etz and Nye Etz, beat St David 6 to 4 as heavy grounds held up from earlier rains. Umpire was W S Gray.
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Benson and ST. David
Benson High School
St David
Benson
St. David
St.David
W. Etz
Nye Etz
Alvin Goodman
Carl Goodman
W. S. Gray
State Fair News Notes Arizona harness races and entries swell
At the Arizona State Fair in Phoenix November 13 to 18 the harness races will be strong with double last year’s entries. Interest grows in auto Tri-State Races from Texas New Mexico and Arizona and boats are being tuned for the track. Farmers from Salt River Valley counties push for county prize exhibits while women’s department entries rise. Cowpunchers from Montana and Texas seek cowboy sports and cattle and sheep men request stalls. Stalls and auto exhibit spaces fill as optimism and booster fever spread statewide.
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Arizona State Fair
Phoenix
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Douglas
Salt River Valley
Woman’s Department
Montana
Arizona political speak at the Auditorium Tuesday night
Judge J H Kibbey Republican Senate candidate and other party figures will speak at the Auditorium Tuesday night. Kibbey is an ex governor of the territory of Arizona while Otis J Baughn Prochas ka and Norman J McKenzie are prominent party leaders in the state.
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J. H. Kibbey
United States Senate
Otis J. Baughn
State Supreme Court
J. B. Prochaska
Norman J. McKenzie
Kibbey
Territory
Arizona
Pomerene Items Highlight Harvest and Local Meeting
Tomato pickers are busy with hopeful frost-free weather. Alfalfa hay reaches fifth crop, best yield of the season. Benson Canal Co annual meeting October 7 elected Etz Merrill Proffitt Statler Cosby directors. Cosby Fenn visited Tucson. Lofgreen, Miramonte visitors. Cosby returned from Bisbee with Campbell party. Judd to stay two to three months with telephone crew. Scott to Sonoita for wood hauling contract. Mr and Mrs Seth Johnson visiting from Huachuca.
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Benson Canal Company
H. W. Etz
H. P. Merrill
John T. Proffitt
Statler
M. P. Cosby
John R. Cosby
John Fenn
Tucson
Ed. T. Lofgreen
Miramonte
Bisbee
Campbell
W. W. Judd
Tomatoes Boost for Ben Son Canning Factory in San Pedro
Rancher J. N. Christiansen visited the city to report an unprecedented tomato harvest in the San Pedro valley. The crop will supply Ben son Canning Factory which has contracted for the entire year’s yield. Local farmers anticipate larger plantings next season as vines flourish.
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J. N. Christiansen
San Pedro
Wood packing drive seeks men and burros in Sonoita
government contract notice seeks men and burros to pack wood at Sonoita Arizona. applicants urged to contact S. J. Johnson in Sonoita for details.
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Sonoita
S. J. Johnson
Arizona
Wilson-Marshall Club Formed in Cochise County
Democrats met at K of P Hall to form the Wilson-Marshall Club led by H Q Robertson and H W Etz. Officers include president H Q Robertson, secretary treasurer H P Merrill, with committees for membership finance press and program. The group aims to secure Woodrow Wilson’s reelection in the coming presidential election. Members pledge to support Wilson across party lines.
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K. of P. Hall
Wilson-Marshall Club
H. W. Etz
H. Q. Robertson
Wilson
Democratic Party
Congress
H Q Robertson
H P Merrill
W J Bennett
A G Smith
Sam Wilson
H W Etz
A W Bard
P G Madigan
B Thompson
Mary Titus
C L Rucker
E A Brown
LT Coons
Levi Nelson
Clifton Egerton
J H Getzwiller
Woodrow Wilson
Cochise County
Mr. Bennett
Nanney Couple Relocate to Willcox for Auto Business
Mr and Mrs J A Nanney depart Wednesday to establish a Benson Auto Co branch in Willcox. He has been with the Benson firm locally and will pursue a new automobile venture there. Friends wish them success and they will be missed in the town’s social scene.
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J. A. Nanney
Willcox
Nanney
Benson Auto Co
Telephone line sale proposed to Mountain States
The New State Telephone and Telegraph Company petitions the State Corporation Commission to dispose of its property to Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company. A hearing is set in Phoenix on Monday October 16. The New State system serves Cochise county with its central office at Dragoon and D A Adams serves as president.
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State Corporation Commission
New State Telephone and Telegraph Company
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Phoenix
New State Company
Cochise County
Dragoon
D. A. Adams
Methodist Episcopal Church weekly services posted
Sunday school starts at 10:00 a.m. and preaching follows at 7:30 p.m. All are warmly invited to attend. Reverend James E. Ferris serves as pastor and invites parishioners to visit for gasoline distillates and lubricating oils at C F Veer services.
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James E. Ferris
High School Notes and Civic Events At Benson
Sophomores claim new students Ellen Monahan and Sterling Shea. Cochise Literary Society elects Louis Kempf president Glaude Sipes vice president Ada May Etz secretary treasurer. Benson Hi varsity to open season against St David with Bill Etz Nye Etz as batteries. Community backs Lyceum Course support. That nation is happiest which has the least history. We are extraordinarily happy this week.
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Ellen Monahan
Sterling Shea
Louis Kempf
Glaude Sipes
Sec
Treas
Ada May Etz
St. David
Benson Hi
Bill Etz
Nye Etz
Benson
Lyceum
Card Party Honors Miss Louise Wray Given by Benson Friends
Miss Louise Wray entertained Benson friends at a Thursday card party with Five Hundred as the game. Refreshments followed. Attendees included Dr. E. B. Thompson and Mrs. Thompson, A. W. Bard and Mrs. Bard, A. G. Smith and Mrs. Smith, J. T. Mahoney and Mrs. Mahoney, Mary Titus and sister Miss Wirt of Bound Brook New Jersey, Myrtle Snyder, C. E. Goetz, John Castleman, and the hostess.
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Louise Wray
Benson
E. B. Thompson
A. W. Bard
A. G. Smith
J. T. Mahoney
Mary Titus
Miss Wirt
Bound Brook
New Jersey
Myrtle Snyder
C. E. Goetz
John Castleman
The Lone Star Ranger Opens This Week In Southwestern Life
A new continued story launches in this week's paper, offering a thrilling tale of Southwestern life. Readers are invited to follow the adventures and the rugged hero as the plot unfolds across installments.
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Lone Star Ranger
Sonoita Fair to Kick Off October 16 At Sonoita
The Santa Cruz County Fair at Sonoita opens October 16 with exhibit placement the first day. Judging starts Friday morning and programs run Friday and Saturday afternoons with dancing. Free camping and water provided, animals must be picketed, cats available for rent without bedding. A ten mile marathon race on Saturday features Gen. Reichel and W. J. Ahrens for Southwest championship.
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Santa Cruz County
Sonoita
Gen. Reichel
12Th Infantry
W. J. Ahrens
Tusson
Southwest
Uncle John Lyon Returns to Benson After Adventure Abroad
John R. Lyon known as Uncle John arrives in Benson after two years away. He spent time in El Paso and a Mexico detention of eleven months with a cattlemen group captured by bandits near Casas Grandes. He was released about four months ago and now visits local businesses.
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John R. Lyon
John
Benson
el Paso
Texas
Mexico
Casas Grandes
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State Fair News
Maier Bros
General Merchandise
C. F. Moss
Benson Lumber
the Bank of Benson
Pomerene
A. H. Scott
Seth Johnson
Huachuca
Methodist Episcopal Church
C F
Cochise
Sonoita Fair
The
Benson Coal & Ice Company
Fidelity
Chase. Goetz
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