Attorneys General ruling on Arizona county salaries policy
Phoenix April 1 Attorney General Jones declares substitute Senate Bill No 77 constitutional, urging county supervisors to apply the act with its emergency clause. He notes the policy to recognize laws as constitutional and hints at court action to resolve disputes over state and county salaries and bondsmen protections.
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Wiley EB Jones
Rand
Senate
Tex
Jesse L. Boyce
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Supreme Court
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Bootleggers Captured After Exciting Apache Chase
Seven men were arrested after a multi-car pursuit from Apache toward Douglas. Deputies Bowden Patterson and Constable Kerby seized vehicles and hundreds of bottles of whiskey. Suspects include Ross D Ranta Fred O Bise Cone Young R L Kemmer Robert Lowe John Stith and John McVey. Whiskey was stored in the jail cellar and a Mexican barber shop owner was jailed for whiskey sales.
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Binbee
Percy Bowden
C. B Patterson
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Kerby
Ross D. Ranta
Fred 0. Bise
Cone Young
R L. Kemmer
Robert Lowe
John Stith
John McVey
Bisbee
Apache
Melbo Une
R.A. Dorema
G Avenue
Seventh
Eighth Streets
Percy Rowden
Chae Crome
Tombstone
James Toots
Fred Bias
R. J. Banta
Rodeo Road
Carson Murder Trial In Superior Court
The State v. Kit Carson case began in the Bisbee superior court with a full venire. Jurors to panel were drawn and testimony to begin at first light. the trial was expected to be hard fought. After Carson, the Nicolesky theft case and Wratherton embezzlement case were on the docket, likely concluding the criminal term before civil juries. County Attorney J F Ross planned to prepare many civil cases for the next term.
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Bisbee
Oekick
H.C. Wheeler
TW. Wright
Carl Klatt
H. Berquiet
Warren
J. F. Spikes
J. Norton
Charles le Pine
WK. Jackson
Ollie Phillips
Douglas
W. J. Sowers
I McDonald
J. Conetts
OL. Meller
M. McKean
Huckleby W Lemin
Allen Henry
Mo Har Lowell
J Ewing
Hugh L Thomas Albert P Miller
JM. Browning
Phoenix Main Line Dream Advances in Arizona
The Arizona State Corporation Commission hears a push for a main line to Phoenix linking Clarkdale and Mesa. Backers led by James S. Douglas claim the Tucson Phoenix Tidewater route could reach Phoenix within a year, connecting to the coast via a Santa Fe cutoff.
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Arizona Railway
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Clarkdale
Arizona State Corporation Commission
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Douglas
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Governor eyes move for Fort Grant Industrial School
Phoenix April 2 Governor Campbell urges relocating Fort Grant Industrial School to a site closer to a railroad and suitable for farming. He notes current buildings are sound and sanitary, but distance from rail and land quality justify moving. He plans to study costs of inmate transport and sale of current property to fund a new model farm elsewhere.
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Thomas E. Campbell
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Safford Valley
Attempted murder near Tempe targets couple at home
Juan Garcia and his wife were sleeping when Mexican intruder Jose Hernandez sneaked into their room at a cotton farm two miles northeast of Tempe and opened fire. Garcia was wounded and his wife shot as she rose, then assailants fled, leaving the couple in pain until a doctor arrived.
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Dome
Om & Cotton
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Congress Convenes as War Declared Likely
Washington April 2 rush to war dominates sessions as President Wilson prepares a message for 3 p.m. and Speaker Champ Clark presides. Flood introduces a war declaration resolution authorizing broad actions to defend the United States and wage war against Germany.
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Con Krem
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Champ Clark
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Foreign Affairs Committee
Underground forces attack Red Light Act in Graham County
A movement opposes the Red Light Abatement bill, known as a house bill by Mr Lines of Graham County, aiming to test its provisions in court. It would abolish restricted districts and punish owners and occupants of houses used for such purposes with heavy fines and imprisonment. The bill was approved March 14 and becomes law within nine days from that date.
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Lines
Graham County
Bisbee
Skeletons Unearthed At Solomonville Burial Site
At Solomonville, thirty miles north, many skeletons were unearthed this week. The bones were in good condition when first dug but quickly crumbled to dust on air exposure. The head of one skeleton was found with an olla covering it.
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Solomonville
Here
Tombstone notes court, crime and civic items
Sheriff Wheeler offers service to country and county. Nine bootleggers and nine prisoners noted as Tombstone and Douglas detentions. Judge Lockwood and clerks handle civil calendar and school votes amid dust and smoke. Local schools to have a week off for University Week and townsfolk urged to fly the flag.
Federal Term May Be Short Phoenix
Judge Sawtelle will open the April term in Phoenix with 23 grand jurors and 56 petit jurors reporting. The docket includes seven trials with unapprehended defendants, one death, 11 civil cases, and 32 bankruptcy cases. officials expect the term to finish before month’s end. In Bisbee, Dr W M Randolph visited and returned home. Turner secretary E P A Larvien of Two Peaks Mining Co visited the county seat today. Gene, known to many friends, displayed a copper ore sample with free copper. Douglas County Assessor A Hughes oversaw property assessment operations as work proceeds on the gap project. the street remained open as deputies monitor progress.
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United States District Court
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Turner
Douglas
A. Hughes
Shannon Copper reports 1916 earnings and profits
The Shannon Copper company shows a consolidated net profit of 821,054 for the year ended December 31, 1916, with total income 2,620,950 from copper sales 9,364,968 pounds at 27.46 cents per pound gold and silver outputs, after operating expenses earnings reach 792,889. Dividends of 150,000 were paid leaving surplus 971,054 and total surplus plus to 1,321,683.
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Shannon Copper Company
Shannon-Artcoma Railway Company
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