Moonshine Moonshiners in Arizona Hideout Located by Sheriff
Sheriff Skeets Witt of Greenlee County tracked a pair of copper miners who built an elaborate underground moonshine operation on the Gila river bank below Clifton. They sank a 32 foot shaft and a 20 foot tunnel with a hidden 80 gallon still, water pumped from the river, and a cemented tunnel mouth. The sheriff seized 40 gallons of moonshine and pledged to enlarge the setup rather than leave it intact.
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W. T. “Skeets
Skeets Witt
Skeets
Studebaker
Greenlee
Ben Black
Ben
Arizona
Black
Dinamite blast creates miniature canyon in mine shaft
A 50 pound dynamite charge was set off at the bottom of the main shaft. Fragments of mash barrels flew miles from the shaft as the tunnel became a miniature canyon. Skeets joked that air will be better now and ventilating fans may not be needed.
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Skeets
Montana births and deaths rise in 1925 data
Montana records show 10 315 births in 1925 and 5 104 deaths, with birth rate 19.3 per 1000 and death rate 9.6. Highest birth rates in Roosevelt Daniels Blaine Fallon Dawson counties. lowest in Meagher Granite Jefferson Mineral Golden Valley. Only two counties had more deaths than births Granite and Jefferson. Meagher tied births and deaths.
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Montana
Lucian L. Benepe
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Bureau
Mr. Benepe
Roosevelt
Daniels
Blaine
Fallon
Dawson
Meagher
Granite
Jefferson
Mineral
Golden Valley
Deer Lodge
Glacier
Silver Bow
Lewis and Clark
McCone
Judith Basin
Powder River
Prairie
Professor Still Prefers Montana to California
The talk by Professor Lee R. Light praised Montana as superior to California in climate scenery and grass for beauty. He noted frost in Montana and critiqued California cyclists while praising Montana grass and the Berkeley Stanford athletic contests.
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Lee R. Light
Light
California
Leland Stanford Jr. University
Montana
Berkeley
Stanford
Montanomal
Yearlans Return to Salmon After Year Away
E M Yearlan and family return to Salmon after a year in Eugene Oregon where son Hubert attended college. Hubert has resumed his position at Pyeatt Pharmacy.
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E. M. Yearlan
Salmon
Eugene
Ore
Hubert
Pyeatt
Salmon Herald
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Yavapai County
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Alex Lhnggat
Baby
Maveni
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Duco
Hughes
McCaleb
Duco-Du Pont Duco
Gray
Chevrolets
Studebakers
Beaverhead Motors Company
Examiner
Imperial Entertainers
Dillmont
Mr. Light
Yearlans Return
the Examiner
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