Local Items Highlight Benson Area Happenings
W D Allen visits from the ranch. Miss Rhenanna Jones teaches in Cochise. Mrs Jesse Cole becomes a post office clerk. Braley & Reynolds dealer C W Reynolds sells fifteen acres. Goetz to build a new bungalow. Red Cross 3.5 million members. trips by Ray Dixon Archie Theroux to Fort Riley. leaders discuss San Pedro River bridge bids and street improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Cole
Pacheco
Ray Dixon
Archie Theroux
Fort Riley
Kan
Bisbee
Benson Boys
Benson Lumber and Commercial Co Chapter Closes Arizona Silver Service Drive
Captain Mix and Col. Bird of the Battleship Arizona Silver Service Committee announce full payment of the silver service gift and remitance to the State Board of Trade. The committee includes Governor Campbell L S Cates of Ray and W E Berg of Flagstaff with final report pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Mix
Col. Bird
Battleship Arizona Silver Service Committee
Arizona
State Board of Trade
Colonel Bird
Covernor Campbell
L. S. Cates
Ray
W. E. Berg
Flagstaff
Nogales Oasis
Sheriff disputs draft report from Columbus detainees
Sheriff Harry Wheeler rebuts a Columbus report claiming 475 deported men registered for the draft. He says about forty registered men fell among 1200 deportees. ten appeared for examinations in Tombstone or locally, about thirty citizens were certified into the army, and the rest were not part of the citizen majority. Sunflower seeds fascinate Russian troops at stations with shells littering platforms and soldiers cracking seeds between teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wheeler
Board of Exection
Columbus
Sherriff
Tombstone
Elgin Man Sends Odd Up-to-Date Farm Sample
Mr. M. Barlow of Elgin presents a large pickle grown inside a beer bottle. The cucumber started as a dill pickle sized fruit, remained attached to the vine, and was grown until full, then cut and pickled. Only about one in ten guess it right the first time. Nogales Oasis.
Experience The Best Teacher In Cough Remedy Ad
The article asserts experience teaches, but values others' lessons. It notes thousands rely on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds and finds it reliable, prompt, effective, and pleasant to take. Try it.
For Sale: 2 HP Witte Engine and Farm Equipment
Auction listing for sale by Mrs. H. A. Canfield including a 2 horsepower Witte engine, horse, carriage and harness, 10 inch plow, John Deere cultivator, Planet Jr. outfit, saddle, and spring wagon. Items may be sold together or separately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witte
John Deere
Planet, Jr
H. A. Canfield
Moss Pharmacy Representative Buys Christmas Goods in El Paso
A Moss Pharmacy representative traveled to El Paso this week to acquire Christmas goods from Eastern firms that keep sample rooms there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Moss
Moss Pharmacy
el Paso
Refugees to Be Hired in Columbus After Bisbee Fallout
A California sugar beet committee travels to Columbus New Mexico to hire the 450 remaining Bisbee refugees from the 1000 plus I W W members who left the town. Mormon scout Lem Spillsbury, with General Pershing in Mexico, visits Bisbee before returning to sister in law Orson McRae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Columbus
N. M
Bisbee
Army
San Antonio
Texas
Lem Spillsbury
General Pershing
Mexico
Orson McRae
Carrizal
Chihuahua City
Juarez
Tenth Cavalry
Arizona State Fair Premiums Question
The speaker notes roughly twenty five thousand dollars in premiums for general exhibits across Arizona State Fair departments, excluding horse races, and asks how much one plans to pursue with their entries.
Rhodes Scholars plans altered by war entry in Arizona
Dr. R B von Kleinsmid announces changes to Rhodes Scholarship appointments in Arizona due to the war. Examinations will occur October 2 and 3 as scheduled, but no autumn appointments will be made. Information available from Dr. R B von Kleinsmid, President, University of Arizona, Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lee Baxter
Holtville
California
Lucy A. Fean
Thatcher
Arizona
S. R. Meridian
R. B. von Kleinsmid
Rhodes Scholarship Committee
State of
George R. Parkins
Rhodes Scholarship Trust
Rhodes
United States
University of Arizona
Tucson
Resignation of Phelps-Dodge General Manager French
Stuart W. French, general manager of the Phelps-Dodge corporation in Arizona, has resigned. The statement was issued from the company's general offices in Douglas. His successor has not been announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas, Ariz
Stuart W. French
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Arizona
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. D. Allen
Rhenanna Jones
Cochise
L. Blacklidge
Harry Blacklidge
Jared Trejo
Pomerene
C. W. Reynolds
Braley & Reynolds
Frank Kempf
Benson-Lordsburg
W. A. Mapes
J. M. Braley
Douglas
J. O. Braley
C. S. Powell
Charles
Mesilla Park
Mr. Riley
Lordsburg
J. S. Trask
S. P. Road
Board of Supervisors
San Pedro River
Benson
Frank ‘Treat
Benson Water Co
Huachuca Street
Eighth Street
Chas. E. Goetz
M. P. Cosby
Sulphur Springs Valley
John C. Greenway
New Cornelia Mining Co
Ajo
L. D.ricketts
Auto
Ed Pruitt
The
Signal
Augustus Thomas
Leopold Maier
Benj. Caballero
Mrs. Caballero
Metz
Crown King
Southwestern
Here
Fairbank
C. N. Loring
Los Angeles
Peter Jenson
San Simon
Jenson
Charles E. Goetz
San Pedro
Goets
Eighth Streets
Goers
American Red Cross
Washington
William Randolph
United States Medical Corps
Bisbee Review
Benson Lumber and Commercial Co
Benson, Arizona
Departent OF the Interior
United States Land Office
Phoenix
Samuel Walter Jarvis
Meridian
H. G. Brown
A. S
George Musgrave
Nephi Jarvis
E. 8. Nichols
William E. Williams
J. L. Irvin
Register
Department OF the Interior
John J. Birdno
Heber Davis
S. KR. B
U. S
Henson
Ed C. Jasperson
Robert L. McCall
Howard Martineau
D.C. Naegle
Alpha
Alpha Beverage Department
Chicago
Bail-Heineman Co, General Distributors
Tucson, Arizona
Benson Theater
Chamberlain's
G. A. McBride
Headford
Adbain
Widemann
Goat: Milk Co
Physician's Big
San Francisco
Blackleg
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