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Florence canal dispute ends with receivership and riots
Judge J H Kibbey returned from Florence after ten days attending farmers in the Casa Grande canal case. Contempt rulings, a replacement for Court Commissioner Miller, and a receivership for the canal led to riot charges against sixteen irrigators. three verdicts were not guilty and motions to dismiss followed. The Florence water war highlights broader tensions over water rights and canal management in Arizona.
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J. H. Kibbey
Florence
W. R. Sone
Dan Stevens
Pinal County
Rouse
Miler
Hammond
Casa Grande Canal
Miller
Thomas Weeden
Milley
Canal Company
Florence Canal
Arizona
Casa Grande Valley (Canal) Company
Gila