Bisbee Tribune Debuts Under McFarland and Gould
The Bisbee Tribune launches Saturday April 4 with George McFarland and Lote Gould in charge. The paper aims to bolster the local Republican cause while offering a practical, well-connected edition drawing on the Prospector heritage and pioneer Arizona journalism. The Arizona Republican praises the upcoming issue as a strong homeseekers edition designed to attract immigration and promote community benefits amid ongoing territory factional strife among Republicans and Democrats.
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Bisbee Tribune
George McFarland
Lote Gould
Mac
Prospector
Gould
Republican Party
Misguided Economy Case At Post Office Leads To Stamp Theft
A stranger in the post office eyed a one cent stamp, nudged it loose, and caused damage to his trousers and suspenders before obtaining the stamp which proved to be a Mexican one cent stamp and was canceled. The incident foreshadows a heated district court term.
Tremendous Returns On Five Acres
A 1908 Arizona experimental farm report shows five acres yielding $371 net from balf acre in tomu, while same land produced $126.93 in 1907 due to repeated pest damage. Sweet potatoes earned $4154.99 from forty nine and a half an acre with $1444 net. White Bermuda onions from D A LeBaron promise profits with 473 acres yielding $800.17 net cash, Bermuda onions sold for four cents per pound and ship well.
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Tomtoee
Arizona Experimental Farm
Differnt Peeien
Arizona Land Co Tome
D. A. LeBaron
Daring Box Car Robbery on the S P
Southern Pacific detectives probe a major boxcar robbery. Forty piles of 100 pounds of sugar lay scattered along the track between Tuco won and Parvo, four miles east of Tucson, after thieves reportedly halted their plan before final seizure. Local boys found the cargo along the right of way.
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Southern Pacific
Tucowon
Parvo
Tucson
Arizonan Wins Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University
Clarice Spaulding of Phoenix has been named Rhodes Scholar for Arizona. He will study at Oxford University next October after graduating from Occidental College and Phoenix High School. Spaulding, 21, is noted for athletics and oratory and served as student body president at Occidental.
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Phoenix
Oxford
Engiisb University
Kendrie C. Babcock
University of Arizona
Clarence A Spaulding
Rhodes
Arizona
Clarice Spaulding
The
Phoenix High School
Rom Occidental College
California
Oseidental College
I O O F Grand Lodge Delegates Arrive Phoenix
The I O O F Grand Lodge arrangements are being made by Phoenix lodge members to entertain delegates visiting the Capitol City from April 20 to 28 for the annual session of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Arizona and New Mexico. Col Clark and his wife arrived from the Hosebu cas to spend a few days in the county, with Sargent Lynch of Ft Huachuca also in today with Mr and Mrs Clark.
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Phoenix Lodge of Odd Fellows
Capitol City
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Arizona
New Mexico
Col. Clark
Sargent Lynch
Ft. Huachuca
Clark
Work to Begin at Once on C. C. M. Railway
Construction on the Colorado Columbus and Mexican railway to traverse New Mexico from north to south will start immediately after Carter Lumber Company agreed to supply 36 million board feet of ties timbers and piling and 8 000 cars of lumber. The line aims to bring cheap coal to El Paso and southern Arizona, tapping San Juan County coal beds to deliver fuel at about 4 dollars per ton, aiding smelting and heating in mining camps.
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Colorado, Columbus and Mexican Railway
New Mexico
Carter Lumber Company
Texas
el Paso
Arizona
San Juan County
Surprising Activity of Japs in Mexico Reported
Letter from Lyowann H. Arana of Douglas Arizona describes Japanese workers near Sonora, Mexico, at D-H. Johnson Cattle Co. ranch south of Douglas. He cites payments of about $50 every four months for families in San Francisco, claims soldiers willing to fight the U S, and mentions maps of the ranch and border tensions. Text also notes Espee improvements at Naco, a Tucson excursion to Silver Bell and Sasco mines, Patton’s arrest in Tucson, Douglas smelter expansion, Yuma lands under irrigation, and Phoenix holdup incidents with Mesa’s sporting-women edict.
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Home Ranch
D-H. Johnson Cattle Co
Sonora
Mexico
Eutron Paosveoro
Jssue
Chibushus
Sonars
Ranch 1
Douglas
Tam
San Francisco
Paticular
Uncle Sam
Lyowann H. Arana
Arizona
Tucson
Silver Bell
Sasco
Patton
Yuma Valley
Phoenix
Court actions, audits, bounties and mining news
Six thousand three hundred dollars flowed into the county treasury from a recall related revenue. The adjourned term of the supreme court will begin the sixth with jurors cited from October. Audits by the board of supervisors and justice bills from Bishoo Dougine and Torbetone are reported. Bounties are ready for bobcats coyotes and mountain lions. Hunters’re urged to outfit for the Whetetones and Galeras. Xavier Down shows aggressive bid to push business. Phoenix reports Murphy trimming sails for possible Republican delegate run. Baptists gain seven new pastors and four new districts to expand territory work by 25 percent. A Pa master mine claim bonds for 5000 to Linn, revealing a high-grade sample. A Serb near Necochea seeks to locate a gold ledge in the San Jose mountains after a bull chase. The Flap Jack project will publish a quarterly report with a long shaft, numerous pamp etations, and other preliminaries. Tombstone leap year reminders prompt matrimonial proposals via Oscar Goll.
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Doarie Pitting
Supreme Court
Down
Bishoo
Lowell
Dougine
San Pedro
New Counterfeit Bills Put Into Circulation
The treasury department reports three new counterfeit bills in circulation including a $5 silver certificate, a national bank note, and a $20 gold certificate. Arizona banks received notices, while Texas Gulf National Bank in Beaumont reported a $50 note. Counterfeits are crude, photographe printed between two papers with silk threads, colored seals and numbers. they are unlikely to deceive.
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Treasury Department
Washington
National Bank
Arizona
Texas
Gulf National Bank of
Beaumont
Beaumon Tex
Depravity of This Man Was Simply Dreadful
The El Paso Herald reports a Mexican man in Juarez spent his late afternoon drunk instead of buying a casket for his dead brother. In a confrontation with his father the son struck the father, knocking him across the body of the deceased. Police jailed him for thirty days after a court proceedings this morning.
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The
el Paso Herald
Santiago Rincon
Acros
Juan
Senor Rincon
Juarez
Bia
Santiago
Lettere
Bonding of Calumet & Arizona Properties in Dragoons
Calumet & Arizona reportedly took a bond and option on the Cowan and Stevenson properties amid a rich copper strike near Leadville. The move aims to spur Dragoons business as the group eyes a April Fool property stake in the Turquoise district with a 3500 value. Col J Young, from Chicago, met Paul Warnekros and party at the Geld stake, signaling revived activity and planned development in the Dragoons. The Deno-Arizonans have reportedly advanced two cents a share.
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Calumet & Arizona
Cowan
Stevenson
Leadville
Dragoons
Col J. Young
Chicago
Jobo Talot
Hire
Mr. Young
Brother
Paul Warnekros
Great Western
Glesson
Tombstone Gossip and Local Business Roundup
W R Mearst and syndicate in pivotal La Mula ranch area east of Onedes river near Orient railroad in Mexico. E H Witt of Naco visits Tombstone. Geo W Stewart and A McDonald visit. Ferries, mining talks, and street life fill the day as several nationals and visitors circulate. Junket, saloon activity, and local commerce paint a bustling town scene amid bankruptcy action and civic notices.
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W. R. Mearst
la Mula
Onedes
Orient Railroad
Mexico
Arizona names invited for flver celebration in Los Angeles
The Arizona Gazette lists invited representatives from Prescott Tucson Tombstone Douglas Yuma Phoenix and other towns for a Los Angeles celebration. Names include R N Fredericks Eugene A Trippell F M Dean George N Buxton George Smalley H A Morgan Dr HV Clymer and more. Reports also recount a ranch fire near Tempe damages and political tensions in the territory amid oil strike rumors and daily robberies in Nogales.
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Los Angeles
Arizona
Prescott
R.N. Fredericks
Tucson
Eugene A. Trippell
Tombstone
F. M. Dean Douglas
James C. Cowan
Hisber
George N. Buxton
Giot
George Smalley
Willcox H. A. Morgan
Yuma
HV Clymer
Phoenix
Valley Station
del Rio
Nogales
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Interior Department
Wadd
Congre
Massachusetts
Homeseekers
Arizona Republican
S. P
Arizonan
Oxford University
I. O. O. F. Grand Lodge
Espee
Naco
Mesa
the Court House
James
District Court
Phoenix Democrat
Murphy
Aritope
Congress
Phoenix Republican
Baptiste of
John Thompson
Haseayampa
Andy Linn
Neco
San Jose
Nuco
Otro Toro
Tryig
Mescai
Oscar Goll
Turquoise
Sur
L. W. Powell
LD. Shattuck
E. H. Witt
Geo. W. Stewart
Mra. A. McDonald
Iricad
Freak Sherfeld
Turon
KA. Jackson
Bisbee
Aeb, Mackonele
Biss Inc
A. T. Schuster
August Geistler
Tire
Max Goldman
Chas Hole
Frederick Geisler
George
Deming
Fred Barman & Bro
Charles
Frank Crismon Yestersday
Lehi
Mesa Free Breen
Allen Street
Simon Galton
Whitestone Mountains
Eutstor
W.P. White
Cochise County
Benwon
Tubstone
Kreuder
George Farrington
Ferrintte
Mima County
Pima County
Cochise
Nick Rascome
Rom Pare
Gene Larrien
Haachars Siding
Bravin
John Taltet
C.4& A
Schefflin
Barns O'Brien
Bravia
A. Wentworth
Tuck
Ben Iortrich
Hobee
Bucinese Vielt
Charley Gertis
Sudtown
Shelley
Mai Morrie
Leverency O. Woolery
Cra
She Koestle
Me. Kroner
Creditus
Offuce
Tires
Pying
Weil
Charles J. Proteher
Melczer Bros
Arizona Commercial Co
Countes
Arizona Gazette
Eugene Brady O'Neil
Aswgsinet
Mark Smith
Hownding
Ammons Cattle Co
Tempe
de Hue
Washington Dispatch
D. B. Pisher
Vocton
Ben
Lavietant
Agricultural Department
Gile Valley
Rosd Ie
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