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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1916
Page
4
The Benson Signal dated May 19 1906 announces C L Rucker as editor with a note of subscription rates two dollars per year and a statement of second class matter status. The paper is published every Saturday in Benson Arizona.
Improved local conditions show Benson's vacant houses rapidly filling. New arrivals take nearly all desirable homes, with more to follow.
Secretary Franklin K. Lane of the Department of the Interior says the most valuable discovery in recent years for the public domain is that semi arid regions may become abundantly productive under dry farming methods.
The new bridge across the San Pedro at Charleston will be constructed at once using concrete and steel. Long demanded, the Buena district settlement has intensified the need, and the Board of Supervisors are praised for deciding to proceed without delay.
Old residents recall Benson as a trading hub for Elgin Sonoita and Vaughn Canille regions. They urge resuming Nogales branch train service to boost trade and mail facilities for a large stretch of territory and local businessmen.
F H Bowen former Navajo Southern president reorganizes the project as Western Pine Lumber and Mill Company. Plan calls for standard-gage railroad from Holbrook to a 120 mile distant timber belt with offices and mills in Holbrook, connecting to the Santa Fe system. Construction to begin February 1917 after working capital pledges. The Navajo Southern railroad originally aimed to reach southern Navajo county timber to sustain mills for years.
A former telegraph operator recalls hearing a wireless transmission while traveling near the San Miguel river north of Hermosillo. He describes hearing Morse ticking clearly from Guaymas to Santa Rosalia across the Gulf of California, suggesting an electric channel connection. The Oasis notes the event amid humid stormy conditions.
O'Connor Corporation in Chicago invites applicants aged young with nerve for aviation department opportunities. Desirable features include good pay, short hours, travel prospects, advancement, normal physique, and solid references. Apply at 6309 S Eggleston.
The poem extols grit and perseverance contrasting quitters with steadfast workers. It urges staying the course, developing skill, and maintaining a can-do spirit. An advertisement for gasoline distillates and lubricating oils by C. F. Moss accompanies the verse.
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