Campaign of local news and appointments in Duncan
The item mix reports on Judge Shirley inspecting a new gasoline pumping plant, community moves and travels, sales pitches from E. W. Taylor and Smith Nursery, and local residents like Ed Powell and Ed Evans making moves. It notes Governor Hunt naming Lamar Cobb State Engineer, and details new county board structure, salaries, and officer appointments in Greenlee County.
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Lamar Cobb
Hunt
Cobb
Greenlee County
Phoenix
Hack Overturned On Monday Evening With Nine Aboard
A hack driven by Ray Sexton overturned Monday evening but caused no serious injuries. The occupants including Mrs Sexton, two children of Mrs Bowden, Miss Annie Beals, and Fred Sloan escaped by jumping or spilling through the canvas as the hack tipped. The vehicle was righted and the party continued their journey.
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Ray Sexton
Sexton
Bowden
Annie Beals
Fred Sloan
Resignations and Appointments Mark Late State News
Miss Charlotte Hall resigns from her historian post to Governor Hunt. Sikes of Globe becomes Assistant Warden of the penitentiary under Governor Hunt. Interior rejects San Carlos dam plan and low grade line by Southern Pacific. U S Supreme Court upholds Initiative Referendum Recall in Oregon. President Taft sends Pitney of New Jersey for Supreme Court, third candidate in play.
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Charlotte Hall
Hunt
Sikes of
Globe
Penitentiary
San Carlos
Secretary of the Interior
Southern Pacific Bay
Supreme Court of the
U. S
Oregon
Taft
Senate
Pitney
New Jersey
Jack Page and Orris Phillips Fly to Clifton
Jack Page and Orris Phillips made a brief trip to Clifton on Sunday and returned Monday.
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Jack Page
Orris Phillips
Clifton
Mt. Vernon Mine Bonded And Leased
M A Clouse, a Mt. Vernon mining stock holder, reports the property is leased to W P Craig and the men who sold his Apache Box mine interest. Craig will mobilize a workforce and aims to revive the Mt. Vernon mine as a producer, a move regarded as very promising.
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M. A. Clouse
Mt. Vernon
W. P. Craig
Deputy Sheriff Salary Set at Seventy Five Dollars Monthly
The Duncan deputy sheriff receives 75 dollars per month or 2.50 dollars per day for straight time work. The constable earns 10 dollars monthly, with the possibility the deputy sheriff will take on the duties and the constable the honor.
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Duncan
Cattle Deal Ends With McKeehan Taking Full Brand
McKeehan acquires complete ownership of the firm from McCammant. The range on Blue Creek near Duncan is praised as one of the best in the area. McCammant retires to a farm across the river while McKeehan continues in the rapidly expanding cattle business.
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McCammant
Dillon Named Clerk of Arizona Supreme Court
Joseph P Dillon of the Territorial Democratic Committee has been named as Clerk of the Supreme Court of Arizona. He has long been a faithful worker for Democracy and its nominees and his appointment will meet general approval.
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Joseph P. Dillon
The
Territorial Democratic Committee
Supreme Court of Arizona
Dillon
Duncan Justice Salary Fixed At Ten Dollars Per Month
The Board of Supervisors set the Justice of the peace at Duncan to ten dollars monthly and the local Constable to ten dollars. Two thirds of the pay must be accepted as honor. In total the officials receive thirty dollars with ten dollars cash and twenty dollars for title and authority.
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Board of Supervisors
Justice of the Peace
Duncan
Sheriff Names Deputies After New Appointment
Last Wednesday the new sheriff announced his deputy slate including John F. Niccolls as under sheriff Chas Keppler as field sheriff John Shaw as jailer and deputy Morenci R W Chamberlain and Albert Mungia as deputies Jim Cash as jailer Metcalf King Sloan deputy Dunecan Chas L Sands deputy.
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John F. Niccolls
Chas. Keppler
John Shaw
Morenci R. W. Chamberlain
Albert Mungia
Jim Cash
Metcalf—King Sloan
Dunecan
Chas. L. Sands
Governor's Address Sets Progressive Democratic Course
Arizona's first governor pledges open government and citizen happiness as core goals. He emphasizes a businesslike administration, equal rights, prudent taxation, and statewide prosperity, hoping to start the state off right with broad public support. He rejects elitism and socialism while urging cooperation to advance democracy.
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Arizona
Commonwealths
Candy Party Brightens Spring Fever Night at School
Pupils of Miss Robinson and Mr. Dykes held a candy party at the schoolhouse Friday evening. Games such as winkum barn yard beast bird or fist sparked the candy appetite before the crowd dispersed at ten. Attendees included Mabel and Mary McGinty Mary Pittman Ila Rhea Nellie Stewart Ollie Montgomery Esther Chilton Carrie Powell Mae Collins Anna Bell Pittman Jim Parks Arthur Buttcher Craig Watt Dean Phillips Ira Spoon George Phillips Robert Stewart Robert and Marion McGinty Ernest Powell Morrison Cooper.
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Miss Robinson
Mr. Dykes
Mabel
Mary McGinty
Mary Pittman
Ila Rhea
Nellie Stewart
Ollie Montgomery
Esther Chilton
Carrie Powell
Mae Collins
Anna Bell Pittman
Jim Parks
Arthur Buttcher
Craig Watt
Dean Phillips
Ira Spoon
George Phillips
Robert Stewart
Robert
Marion McGinty
Ernest Powell
Morrison Cooper
Legislature Calls Session for March 18 by Governor Hunt
Governor Hunt issued a call for the State Legislature to meet Monday March 18 as the house and senate prepare to convene. The plan directs a full session to address state issues and legislative actions.
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Hunt
Arizona Proclamation calling first Legislative Assembly
Governor Geo W P Hunt proclaims the first Arizona Legislative Assembly will convene March 18 1912 at 11 00 AM in Phoenix Capitol. The notice also includes a lost gold belt buckle offering a reward for return to Mrs J W Taylor.
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Governor Hunt
Sloan
Geo. W. P. Hunt
Arizona
State of
First
Legislative Assembly
Phoenix
Phoeni
Gho. W. P. Hunt
J W. Taylor
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Campbell’s
Jas. V. Parks
el Paso
Parks
Mr. Jackson
Clark Mercantile Co
E. W. Taylor’s
I. B. English
B. Simms
I. F
M. E. Campbell
Tom Merrill
Bert Ramsay &Company
Texas
Southwest
Ed Powell
Douglas
L. F. Vaughn
John K. Bullard
Deming
John Evans
Emerson Typewriter
Mr. Evans
Smith’s Nursery
Safford
Rufus Spoon
J. R. Owney
Lordsburg, N. M
E. W. Taylor
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Kansas City
R. S. Stewart
Wade Hampton
R. A. Campbell
Metcalf
C. P. Dunn
A. L. Terry
Morenci
W. O. Wheatley
W. E. Kelly
Joy Gray
F. B. Laine
Ben M. Crawford
C. C. Sellers
L. A. W. Burtch
Justice
Franklin
Joe P. Dillon
Duncan Justice
Patty
Geo. W. Phillips
John W. Kniffin
Candy
Legislature
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