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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1917
Page
12
The Yuma Sun quotes a speaker urging service usage and condemning critics of wartime policy. It asserts that once a war is lost, a former antiwar congressman becomes an obstructionist to measures needed to win, framing loyalty by action in wartime.
The county seat removal proposition continues amid delays and legal sparring. A writ of prohibition against the board of supervisors delaying an election on county seat location was set for Saturday September 29 before Judge W A O Connor in Tombstone, as Judge Lockwood is disqualified.
The AP dispatch notes college men from Arizona performed best among servicemen at the Presidio, while others flunked due to lack of self discipline and poor command ability. General Kane says slowness and indecision in speech hindered leadership, though Arizona men showed high commissioning rates.
Samuel Walter Jarvis of Benson Arizona, who filed Homestead Entry No 020115 on November 27 1912, seeks three year proof to establish his claim. Before H G Brown U S Commissioner October 18 1917 at Benson, witnesses George Musgrave Nephi Jarvis E 8 Nichols and William E Williams all of Benson Arizona.
Heber Davis of Benson Arizona filed notice of intention to make three year proof to establish his homestead claim to the E Section 15 Township 17S Range 19E G and S R B and Meridian land. The affidavit states the proof will be made before H G Brown A S Commissioner on October 3 1917 at Benson. Witnesses named are E C Jasper son Robert L McCall Howard Martineau and D C Naegie all of Benson.
United States Land Office Phoenix announces Sam G. Barrows of Dragoon Arizona filed intent to prove up a 160 acre homestead claim in unsurveyed land within section 30 township 17-58 range 23 east G and S meridian. Witnesses named Roy Fourr William Fourr William J Bennett Fred Bennett. Hearing before H G Brown U S Commissioner Benson October 25 1917.
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