Arizona News Views From the Capitol
Arizona state affairs covered include the new freight reductions on lumber and timber from northern to southern Arizona, the blue sky investment filings deadline, and fines levied against railroads for carnival transport orders. Other items note weather survey work, Fort Grant industrial school resignations, and plans for the National Guard encampment in Garden Canyon.
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Corporation Commission
Arizona
San Pedro
Oregon
Washington
The
George Purdy Bullard
Commission
Maricopa County
Arizona Eastern
Southern Pacific
Carnival
Tucson
Phoenix
State Board of Control
Fort Grant
National Guard of Arizona
Garden Canyon
Huachuca Mountains
Fort Huachuca
Alice Mathews
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Sleeping Customs Across Nations Highlighted
The New York Sun outlines how each people chooses beds and methods for rest. Americans favor soft pillows and feather beds, Japanese rest on hard boards with a wooden block under the head, Chinese beds are low and carved, Russians favor the soapstone stove top, Laplanders sleep in reindeer-skin bags, East Indians use Mosquito‑proof sacks, and Germans sleep on feather beds both atop and beneath with distinct warmth and cold contrasts.
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China
Tropics
Lapland
Germany
New York Sun
Mailing News Copies to Friends in Navajo County
A proposal urges sending copies of the News to friends and others not enjoying health or prosperity, suggesting Navajo county as a favorable destination for distribution. The note expresses optimism about spreading better fortune via this circulation plan.
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Navajo County
Apache County sheep growers optimistic after strong lambing season
Hon J R Armujo reports excellent lambing and high prices for wool as rain boosts crops and feed. Officials discuss a 125000 bond for roads with Becker Gibbons Greer committees urged, but board says only an election can decide.
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Mr. Purcell
Bud’’ Greer
Holbrook
Apache County
Lyman Reservoir
Messrs. Becker L. R. Gibbons
J. H. Greer
Board of Supervisors
Becker
Shrine Head to Visit Arizona for Grand September Assembly
Imperial Potentate Frederick R. Smith will lead the Mystic Shrine visit to Arizona on September 24 with delegations from California, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. The trip begins September 6 from Saint Paul and ends October 19 in Winnipeg, with special trains from Phoenix, El Paso, Albuquerque and San Francisco to guide the procession to the Grand Canyon sands.
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Arizona
Mystic Shrine
Frederick R. Smith
Imperial Council
Grand Canyon
California
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
West
Saint Paul
Minn
Winnipeg
Canada
Phoenix
San Francisco
Imperial Potentate Smith
Henry PF. Niedringhaus
Moolah
St. Louis
Imperial
Rabban
William S. Brown
Syria
Pittsburg
Benj. W. Rowell
Aleppo
Boston
Mass
Imperial Recorder
Elias J. Jacoby
Murat
Indianapolis
Will O
United States
Atlanta
el Paso
Albuquerque
Sheep and bridge plans headlined in county updates
Livestock quality praised as Colter sells to Slaughter Brothers a two year old Hereford herd for 1605 dollars. Nelson travels to Phoenix with Leland to discuss reinforced concrete bridges, state funds, and Beaver site decisions with Cobb Hunt and engineers.
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Fred T. Colter
Slaughter Brothers
Brinkley
Fred W. Nelson
Phoenix
Apache County
Nelson
Leland
Capital
Cobb
Hunt
State De[pestiverts Division
F.R. Goodman
Atwood
Milky Bridge Location Shift Applies Downstream
The Milky bridge project altered its site to a point further downriver, moving beyond the sand drift to accommodate new conditions. Officials stated the change will affect construction timelines and access plans for nearby users and stakeholders.
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Milky Bridge
Post Office Mail Closures and Hours Notice
The schedule lists mail cutoffs for trains and towns with daily or specific day times. Key deadlines include Train No 9 at 7 15 a m and Indian Wells at 7 30 a m on M W F, Snowflake and Ft Apache at 9 30 p m daily, and Train No 3 at 6 15 p m daily. Money order and General Delivery hours are noted, with Sunday restrictions and a final appeal to patrons to aid efficiency.
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Indian Wells
St. Johns
Springerville
Eagar
Ft. Apache
Post Office
Dumas' Twenty Francs and a Father Son Bond
A reminiscence notes the close bond between Alexandre Dumas and his son Maurice. The elder, famed for prolific novels, dies after declaring his remaining money. Maurice reveals only 20 francs in the waistcoat. The piece contrasts Dumas the elder as a spendthrift and notes debts left for Maurice to settle.
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Dumas
Maurice Dreyfus
M. Dreyfus
Dumas the Younger
Dumas the Elder
Prussia
Puys
Dieppe
Alexander
Paris
Hamburger Nachrichten
Glaciers Retreat Worldwide Amid Mountain Shift
The text notes global glacier retreat with most ice mass shrinking toward mountain regions. It cites the Arapahoe glacier in the Rockies melting rapidly for several years and mentions the Bache on Mount Sarmiento in South America as another example of ongoing melt.
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Rockies
Mount
Sarmiento
South America
Winning a Wife in Rural Ward Family Tale
In a rural setting Arte mus Ward recalls courting Betsy Jane amid farm quarrels and family illnesses. After a comic misread of his feelings she declares cooperation toward marriage, and the couple proceed to the parson to wed.
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Betsy Jane
Betsy
Artemus Ward
Warship Hits Rock Sparks Naval Appropriation Debate
A line in the news hints at a naval crisis as a warship strikes a rock and triggers discussion of appropriations. Analysts say the incident could push funding into the sinking fund, affecting defense budgets and future naval operations.
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G. M. Willard
Frank W Rogers
Los Angeles
Mr. Willard
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Robert R. Briggs
United States Weather Bureau
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San Carlos Dam
Briggs
Tonto
Saft
W. M. Whipple
Whipple
David F. Johnson
Tax Commission
P. J. Miller
C. M. Zander
Charles R. Howe
Leslie C. Hardy
H. H. Linney
Prescott
House of Representatives
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Reion
Hardy
Coconino
Navajo
Phoenix Commission
Phoenix Hoard of Trade
Board of Trade
Frontier
Standard Oil Company
Salt River Valley
Herald-News
J. R. Armujo
C. Scheele
Schuster
Scheele
Holbrook News
Jacobsh
Greenland
Spitzbergen
Scandinavia
Alps
Harper
Mise Bessie Peasley
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