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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1916
Page
4
Benson Arizona weekly newspaper notes publication every Saturday with editor name and postal details. It lists second class matter filing date May 12, 2006, and subscription price of two dollars per year.
The sentence notes Allan J. Benson, Socialist candidate for President, is named after a lively town. It highlights his candidacy while playfully commenting on his name’s origin.
Democratic supporters described Benson as safely Democratic or hopelessly Republican, with a Democratic speech session held Tuesday night to frame the contest.
The Arizona battleship recently launched in New York strengthens the American navy and fills Arizonans with state pride. The passage of near two and a quarter million acres set aside for Papago Indians by Indian Commissioner Sells is to be restored for public use, with about 5 000 Papago Indians affected. Government promises a fair deal to whites and Indians, with Tucson officials meeting with officials for progress and possible two million acres restored to public use.
The super dreadnought Arizona was put in commission at the New York navy yard under Captain John B. McDonald. She is manned by 67 marines and about 600 sailors, roughly short of a full crew, assembled from various ships. The Arizona displaces 32,567 tons, spans 608 feet, and is designed for 21 knots with twelve 14 inch guns and a 5 inch secondary battery plus two anti aircraft guns.
A New York ragtime composer, seeking a border campaign hit, has written a dozen songs but none catch on with militiamen. He notes famous songs tend to be trivial and lively, not ordered, and predicts a future hit will arise from a forgotten ragtime tune, making the composer wealthy.
A tentative accord between government officials and Tucson citizens could shrink the Papago Reservation by more than 2,000 acres. The action would open a mining region to development, with an Interior Department investigator reportedly favoring the reduction. The Papago Reservation covers 3,215,000 acres and is home to about 5,600 Indians.
The Arizona State Fair features single and double jack drilling contests under Sapt J V Prochaska of the mineral department. Spectators will see a modern machine drill in operation as old techniques fade. Mine rescue crews from major companies compete for large prizes offered by the fair commission.
Forest Examiner A Leopold leads a wild game census across the Coronado Chiricahua forests counting deer mountain sheep antelope wild turkey and javelina. For deer he uses a one to ten multiplier and tracks cow tracks versus cattle. Northern Arizona shows different trends with some species near extinction. A pie social fundraiser is noted with a weigh‑in gimmick and Benson Coal & Ice Company advertises services.
The Southern Pacific placed orders for 28 locomotives 50 passenger cars 4204 freight cars to be delivered in the second half of this year. It also ordered two ocean going steamers and one tank steamer for 1917. New passenger stations were built at Globe and Webster Arizona with others planned in Texas Louisiana and California. Julius Kruttschnitt warns rising operating costs may erase gains from wage pressures. The Safety First department reported no passenger deaths in the fiscal year and only one fatal train accident in the past seven years and eleven months. Mexico’s unrest has caused over two and a half million dollars in property destruction.
The article reviews vanadium ore processing methods with electrochemistry and hydrometallurgy cited as most economical. It notes difficulty separating vanadium from gangue and impurities, limiting market appeal for vanadinite. Readers are advised to consult Arizona Bulletin No. 18 by P. E. Joseph for miners.
A poem-length lyric recalls a frontier meeting on the range with sounds of hoofbeats and sage wind. The speaker imagines shared tales and a playful, rough camaraderie in the Big Divide and yearning for a cordial handshake with a hinted author, Robert V. Carr.
A ten cent gift leads a ten year old boy to grow cucumbers for market earning $6, spending $1 on small items and $5 on an ewe lamb. A year and a half later the ewe and twin lambs are valued at $20, with wool selling for $245 placed in a savings account.
The Arizona State Bureau of Mines has published Bulletin No 36 titled The Selling of Copper. It explains the subject in non technical terms and may be secured by writing Prof. Charles F. Willis, Director, Arizona State Bureau of Mines, Tucson, Arizona. Call on me for gasoline, distillate and lubricating oils. C. F. Moss.
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