Apache Box Mine to Boom as Giant Gold Producer
A Bisbee Arizona mining expedition reports Apache Box gold mine poised as a titanic producer with a 250 ton daily mill planned. Key engineers from Lehigh, Columbia, and Harvard oversee operations. 75 workers spread across the Box, road, and Clear Lake camp. The deal to fund a $500,000 project was closed in El Paso with Boston and Springfield investors backing Smith Bros. The Twin Peaks and Dark Thunder ventures nearby plan mills as three mills join in a larger stamping operation.
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L. H. Davis
Apache Box
Lordsburg
N. M
Arizona & New Mexico
Clifton
Gila
Duncan
Sheldon
Ariz
Clear Lake Camp
Clear Lake
W. W. Holder
John W. Kniffin
L. M. Kniffin
Batopilas Mines
Mexico
John J Sullivan
el Paso
Lehigh
Box Canyon
W.S. Small
Kniffin
Deadwood
Mogollon
Apache Creek
T. Ollie Phillips
Bisbee
Arizona
Box
Mr. Phillips
Koniffin
W. M. Small
Small
Smith Bros
Boston
Springfield
Mass
O. H. Bean
J. A. Campbell
W. P. Craig
Paso
Dark Thunder Mountain
George B. Ludy
Cedar Rapids
Daniel Fraser
J. F. Fraser
A. N. Newhouse
Twin Peaks
Fisher Elopes and Marries Pauline Welch
Bud Fisher creator of Mutt and Jeff eloped with Pauline Welch a vaudeville actress. They wed last Friday and reportedly head to San Francisco for a honeymoon. Welch lived with her mother while Fisher kept apartments in West One Hundred Sixteenth Street.
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New York
Bud’’ Fisher
Jeff
Pauline Welch
San Francisco
Fisher
West One Hundred and Sixteenth Streets
Local Roundup Duncan Residents and Businesses Report
Walter Foster and Ray Sexton returned from El Paso on business while A. E. Hobbs opened a skating rink in Duncan. Gila Ranch Co advertises Admiral Percheron stallion and a car of wire arrives at E W Taylor's. Miss Grace Cauthen returns from Mogollon mountains after teaching, and J C Gatti bought cattle for Clifton market.
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Walter Foster
Ray Sexton
el Paso
A. E. Hobbs
Duncan
The
Gila Ranch Co
D. G. McLennan
Grace Cauthen
Mogollon Mountains
J. T. Cauthen
J. C. Gatti
Clifton
Arizona Governor Issues Red Cross Flood Appeal Proclamation
Governor Geo W Hunt calls Arizonans to aid Mississippi Valley flood relief as President of the American Red Cross warns of homelessness disease and health risks. Donations via Miss C C Gilchrist Phoenix Charities Superintendent to the National Red Cross Treasurer in Washington. Proclamation dated April 20 1912 in Phoenix.
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Minute-book of the Union
United States
Arizona
Mississippi Valley
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Red Cross Board
Washington
Geo. W. P. Hunt
C. C. Gilchrist
Phoenix
Capital
Sidney P. Osborn
Senate panel backs Sloan for Arizona judge post
The senate judiciary committee voted 8 to 6 to recommend confirming Richard E. Sloan, nominated by President Taft, as United States district judge for Arizona.
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Senate
Taft
Richard E. Sloan
United States
Arizona
School Exercises At Presbyterian Church May 2
A term ending program will be held Thursday evening May 2 at the Presbyterian Church. The program includes a song The Blacksmith, class history by Olive Montgomery, spring song by Intermediate grades, recitation by Katherine Munday, song by three girls, class prophesy by Edwichen Gonzales, presentation of diplomas by J. W. Aker, and a farewell song by the Grammar class. Everyone is invited.
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Presbyterian Church
Olive Montgomery
Katherine Munday
Edwichen Gonzales
J. W. Aker
Absentee Editor Leaves Duncan Ari Zonian Duties
The editor of the Duncan Ari Zonian has been away serving on a three member commission appointed by Governor Hunt to relocate the state Industrial School. The commission members are from Missouri. Ruth Haskins and her mother traveled to Flagstaff after a successful term teaching in the Chilton district.
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Duncan Arizonian
Hunt
State Industrial School
Missouri
Ruth Haskins
Flagstaff
Haskins
Chilton
Flagstaff Normal School
Hunts Judiciary Recall Passed by Legislature
The judiciary amendment to the constitution was signed by Governor Hunt. The house vote was unanimous, while Republicans Hubbell and Breen opposed in the Senate.
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Phoenix
Hunt
Hubbell
Breen
Fourteenth Child Born to Hevener Family in Somerton
A daughter was born to Mrs W A Hevener of Somerton on Saturday morning. The baby is healthy and is expected to grow into a fine woman. This marks the fourteenth child in the Hevener household.
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W. A. Hevener
Somerton
Hevener
Ives Plans to Seek Democratic National Convention Delegacy
E. S. Ives, fresh from Washington, declares his aim to be a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore. He rules out any bid for national committeeman and explains he delays announcing to let others pursue the nomination, but now will actively seek the delegate spot.
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Baltimore
E. S. Ives
Washington
Mr. Ives
Cartwright Freed After Long Legal Battle in Texas Case
Sherman report recounts O. T. Cartwright former A. and N. M. Ry. employee and Whitesboro mayor indicted on nine forgery counts. Judge J. M. Pearsons overruled motions, Cartwright released on his own recognizance, other cases dismissed. Law disputes over suspended sentences and Court of Criminal Appeals rulings followed as Hassell and Freeman argued lengthy proceedings.
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J. M. Pearsons
Fifty-Ninth District Court
Cartwright
Permitte
O. T. Cartwright
Whitesboro
Grayson County
Cifty-Ninth District
Ben F. Gafford
Court of Criminal Appeals
Jeff W. Hassell
Hassell
Freeman
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Apache Box Mine
Johnny Clay
Hurley
E. W. Taylor’s
R. P. Johnson
J. E. Casper
Duncan Employment
W. H. Harrison& Co
Irvin
Orris Phillips
Fred Sloan
E. W. Taylor
John Deere
L. B. Stephens
B. F. Billingsley
Harry Hilton
California
Manuel Reyes
Arizonian
W. K. Gardner
Morenci
Nina
Dora Rowley
Rosal K. Acuff
Fannie Coon
Sloan
Ives
Sherman
Texas
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