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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1917
Page
4
The Benson Signal in Benson, Arizona is published weekly every Saturday under editor C L Rucker. It notes second class matter status, a May 12, 1906 post office entry, and a subscription price of two dollars per year.
The Arizona State Bureau of Mines studies Arizona mineral resources to aid capitalists, prospectors, and layholders, while urging the nation to unite in wartime. A Bowie man traced a silver dollar’s travels, twenty eight handoffs yielding twenty eight dollars, showing active effort drives prosperity. The piece argues fighting must extend to mines and industries, and praises perseverance and romance as motivators in a material world.
A reflective note states that mountains and plains fuel hope for a pot of gold at the rainbow’s end. Dreams offer relief from dreary reality and push toward bigger, finer pursuits.
The new conscription law in Canada assigns all citizens aged 20 to 45 to military service. It outlines compulsory enrollment by class and sets the framework for future draft callups amid national debate.
A Bisbee Review interview with Mr. Mac H. Donaldson details Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford, including 300 pounds yearly stipend, club life, meals served in rooms, and the major role of athletics. It notes Christ Church and Balliol as prominent colleges and describes Oxford’s collegiate system and traditions.
The Arizona State Bureau of Mines seeks a census of mineral deposits due to wartime shortages of imported minerals. Prospectors, miners, engineers, mine managers, and superintendents are asked to fill a form listing mineral name, location, mine name if any, and sender contact details and forward to Tucson.
The Anti Saloon League launches a two month statewide drive to win national Prohibition with Edward H Dailey and Dr Louis Albert Banks leading rallies in Phoenix and major cities. The effort links to a federal amendment push and expands a nationwide network of offices, speakers, and publishing operations to secure support in wet states and promote dry policy nationwide.
Local ad lists radishes lettuce beets turnips new potatoes and peas along with fresh ranch eggs and frying chickens. Pricing at 30 cents per pound live weight from J A Gum at the G C Woods place.
Government seeks settlers and soldiers as 2 300 000 acres of Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands are revested in the United States and opened for homesteads and sale. A large copyrighted map shows land by sections with soil climate rainfall elevations and temperatures. Grant Lands Locating Co. Portland Oregon offers the map postpaid for one dollar.
United States Land Office announces Joel A Barney of Benson Arizona has filed for Three Year Proof to establish his homestead claim on sections 11 and 12 in township 17 south range 20 east. Hearing before H G Brown on September 12 1917 lists witnesses Ben Scott Edna Scott William Sherman and Shem Plumb.
Information on the 640 acre homestead law directs inquiries to Hampton Arnold Land Attorneys in Phoenix Arizona for formal guidance and filings.
Mrs. Chas. Gaston of Ringgold Georgia writes that Thedford's Black-Draught has long served her family as a trusted remedy for headaches from constipation, malaria and chills, and other liver and bowel troubles. The notice extols its vegetable composition and liver regulating action and urges readers to try the original genuine product B 79.
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