Forest Service Plans 252 Miles Of Roads In Arizona This Year
The Forest Service will build 252 miles of new roads in Arizona this year at a cost of 1,270,000, to be located within government forest reserves. The work accompanies state plans and federal aid, with the state to match funds for state routes. Proposed routes include Clifton to Springerville 4 miles, Salt River Pleasant Valley 18 miles, Snowflake to Pinetop 37 miles, Canelo Hills 9 miles, Oak Creek cutoff 5 miles, Young Carrs ranch 2 miles, Young Bar 40 miles, Oracle to Soldier Camp 7 miles.
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Estry Service
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Forest Service
Campbell
Paul G. Reddington
United States District Forester
Albuquerque
Clifton Springerville
Salt River
Pleasant Valley
Salt River Ridge
Pinetop
Canelo Hills
Oak Creek
Young Carr’s Ranch
Youn Bar
Oracle Soldier Camp
Tucson Officer Gasbed Day War Ended Is Back
Sergeant Kenneth M Said, once with Heela-Arizona Mining Co in Tucson, returned from a 12 month overseas service with the Seventh Engineers. He was gassed at Vilennesur-Meuse on November V, spent three months in a base hospital, and will visit family in Los Angeles before resuming mining work in Arizona.
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Tucson
Ariz
Kenneth M Said
Heela-Arizona Mining Co
United States
Los Angeles
Ims
Arizons
Said
Seventh Engineers
Vilisnessur-Meuse
Texas capitalists press for oil leases in Benson area
Texas capitalists have sent men to Benson to secure oil leases, reporting a large but insufficient acreage to begin operations. Local interest grows as residents and geologists note worthwhile off fields under the valley, prompting consideration of off-field development.
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Benson
Ariz
Texas Capitalista
Mennto
Texas Met
Alleged Moonshine Men Held For Trial In Bisbee
Bisbee April - Anz arrested last Saturday for possession of liquor distilleries. John Nasedkin of 228 High Road and Vicente Gates of Chiwuatiua were arraigned before U S Commissioner J D Taylor. Nasedkin was bound over to the grand jury in 2090 dollars and Garcia in 1500 dollars. In default of bonds both men were committed to jail until bonds are secured.
Experienced Miners Wanted in Globe Bisbee Ariz
Chairman White of the Joes Community Board received a telegram from the U S Employment Office at Globe requesting 15 experienced miners. Americans preferred. Interested men must see Mr White to obtain a card for the Globe employment office. Applicants pay travel expenses.
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Globe Bisbee
Aris
White
The
Joes Community Board Today
U. S
Globe
Lowell Overlock Returns From France After Long Service
Douglas Arizona residents greet Lowell W. Overlock, a sergeant of the headquarters corps of the Second Army in France, after more than two years absence. He recounts his experiences abroad and his return to his hometown.
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Lowell
France
Douglas
Ariz
Headquarters Corps
Second Army
Lowell W. Overlock
Tombstone Recruit Returns From France Visit
Jack Exser, longtime Tombstone resident now in the army, arrived for a short visit before heading to Prescott. He joined the 27th Engineers, went to France as sapper and mine layer, fought at Chateau Thierry St Mihiel and Argonne, and was cited for service under fire. The regiment suffered three killed and thirty two wounded. Exser will stay through Friday to visit friends. His fellow veteran J C Dugas is discharged and visiting relatives in Texas.
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Jack Exser
Tombstone
France
Prescott
Tomb
Stone
Jack
27Th Engieers
Yeven
Co. D
Chateau Thierry
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Friends
Prescott Ho
J.C. Dugeast
Texas
Plans Under Way for Victory Loan Campaign
Preparations for the Victory loan drive are in progress as the campaign runs from April 21 to May 10. Subscriptions will be in notes rather than bonds, maturing in one to five years, with interest at 4 3 4 percent. Notes dated May 20 will be issued, with payment patterns spanning 14 percent upfront and further installments through November 11. Banks will not accept ten month payment plans. notes from $50 upward will be available to the public.
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Tefore
Mexican white slave possessor hunted from Douglas to Los Angeles
In a lengthy pursuit spanning western Texas and southern California, Francis Pedroza, accused of violating the White Slave Act, was captured in Los Angeles after authorities traced him from Douglas Arizona. He faces a preliminary hearing and probable return to Douglas with convicting evidence cited by government officials.
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Douglas
Ariz
Texas
California
Francisco Pedroza
Los Angeles
Courtas
Pedroza
el Paso
United States
Toon
Bisbee Boy Returns From France After Six Months of Battle
John J. Gibbons, recently returned from France, recalls the American dough boy as the central memory after fighting in three fierce battles over more than six months. He notes the grim realities of warfare as secondary to the soldiers’ steadfast concern for each other and the nation. A new patent item claims a shop for women houses a complete vanity case in its heel.
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Bisbee
Ariz
France
John J. Gibbons
Divorced Twice Then Separated Couple Seeks Again
M H Anderson formerly of Tombstone and later Phoenix filed for divorce from Nellie Anderson after a prior 1910 divorce. They remarried in Phoenix in 1917, but Nellie deserted him two months later. He testified he aided her despite hardship and later learned she had deserted again, including a period in Seattle under the name Taylor.
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Phoenix
Mepaplicanus
M. H. Anderson
Tombstone
Republican
Nellie Anderson
Anderson
Coast Survey recruit sails for Alaska voyage
Philip Rockfellow has joined the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey aboard the Surveyor at Portsmouth Virginia. The vessel will sail for the Pacific via the Panama Canal then proceed to Alaska for coast survey work. After Army mustering out at Camp Mackall Texas he visited the Midwest and East and saw the Victory Parade in Washington and the 27th Division review in New York. His parents hope he returns by sail to resume studies at the university.
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Philip Rockfellow
U.S. Coast and Geological Survey
Surveyor
Portsmouth
Pacific
Panama Canal
Alaska
Camp MacArthur
Texas
Philip
Middle West
Washington
Julia
Allan G
Copy of discharge papers for the 460 bonus rules outlined
Discharged soldiers may receive a copy of their discharge for the 460 bonus. Applicants must submit a certified copy or attested duplicate to the zone officer. The recruiting officer will return the original discharge after noting on the back that a copy has been made and certified.
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War Department
Four Corporations Added to State Probe In Arizona
The Arizona state corporation commission expanded its investigation list to include the Clery-Vig company, A. E. Edwards Ol company, and the Ajo-Cornelis Copper company. It also ordered the Jerome Daisy Copper company books and seeks the United China Oil and Refining Co. books now held by a receiver. Additionally, the Arizona Methodist church protested governor vetoes on boxing and Bible study in schools. An instrument measuring reflected light from paper was announced.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Corporation Commission
Clery-Vig Company
A. E. Edwards Ol Company
Ajo- Cornelis Copper Company
Jerome Daisy Copper Company
United China Oil and Refining Co
Phoenix, Ariz
Arizona Methodist Church, South
Vtso
Bolshevist Trade Envoy Declares Russia Has 200 Million
Le Coare Martens, claiming to represent the Bolshevist government of Russia, forwards proposals to the State Department in Washington from New York. He states the Trotsky Lenin government will deposit 260 million dollars in gold to guarantee trade with the United States and asserts long friendship with Trotsky and Lenin.
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Bolshevist
Russia
Ta Lca
Martens
Rusia
le Coare
George Tehiteherin
State Department
Washington
New York
United States
Troteky and Lenine
Alleged Peddler of Drugs Faces Trial in Phoenix
Federal court today opened the Harrison Act case against John Trisdale charged with shipping drugs to Miami. Dan Collins, who admitted drug use, testified he was the principal witness. Collins said Trisdale arranged shipments to him but the package was seized by authorities. The case will continue tomorrow.
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Phoenix
Ariz
John Trisdale
Harrison
Miami
Dan Collins
Trisdale
Collins
Officials Plan Adjustment of Clavis Conference
In Phoenix Arizona officials from Pima Santa Cruz Maricopa and Coconino counties hold a conference April 12 to discuss clearing difficulties and adjusting county warrants and a railroad subsidy reimbursement. The meeting aims to resolve conflicting claims between Santa Cruz and Maricopa counties over return of interest and allowances tied to congresses statehood enabling acts.
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NTY
Clavis
Phoenix
Ariz
Nies
Boyce
Pima
Santa Cruz
Maricona
Coconino Cou
Yaraph A
Inscription to Arizona Heroes Chosen for New York Column
In Phoenix on April 6 the governor announced the final inscription for the Arizona column in the Victory Bay colonnade at New York. The chosen verse from L.8 Williams reads, To the souls of our dead, Who on the fields of France are sleeping. Let the message now be sped, That we their faith are keeping.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Victory Bay
New York
Williams
France
Instruments to Men in 156th Band at Camp Kearny
Phoenix April 9 Informed the band of the 158th infantry Arizona regiment will surrender their instruments upon demobilization after arrival at Camp Kearny. Governor Thomas E Campbell has asked Washington if the band men may be riveted their instruments or allowed to retain them until they reach Arizona.
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Phoenix
Ariz
158Th Infantry
Arisons
Camp Kearny
Thomas E. Campbell
Adjutant General of the Army
Washington
Arizona
True Bills Found Against Two By Federal Grand Jury
The federal grand jury returned indictments against Louis Erwin for cocaine and opium dealing and against Will Ramsey for white slavery. Erwin and Ramsey were arraigned, with Erwin pleading not guilty and Ramsey pleading guilty. The session included jury organization and docketing of about 24 criminal cases with further cases pending.
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Federal Grand Jury
Phoenix
Ariz
Louis Erwin
Will Ramsey
Erwin
Ramsey
David Driskill
Maricopa County
Driskill
Scotty Oby
Hotel Adams
Ploente
California
Juan Quibuls Arth
Walter Marcun
Christene
Service Car Driver Attacked by Soldiers in Douglas Arizona
A Douglas service car driver Za halsky reported being assaulted by two soldiers while driving to Camp Harry J. Jones. At Fifteenth and Florida one man flashed a gun and ordered him from the car. the other struck him with a sanded object. He fled to the police station badly bruised and left the sock as exhibit 4.
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Douglas. Ariz
B Zahalsky
Elehth Street
Ctty
Harry J. Jones
Fifteenth
Florida
Trixie
Rene
LA Wax
Horse Sense Philosophy at a Political Meeting
An account of a German immigrant crowd at a political gathering using broken English to compare Irish and German neighborhoods, urging solidarity and concrete improvement. The speaker mocks prejudice while calling for collective action and pavement work, ending with a call to join the Commercial Club.
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Old Tombstone
Commercial Club
Glanders Test Rule Bans Arizona Shipments
Phoenix April 9 Horses and mules not tested for glanders cannot be shipped into Arizona. The live stock sanitary board requires a certificate from a reputable veterinarian showing the animals have passed the Mallien test. Officials say glanders has plagued market horses and mules supplied by the army.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Livestock Sanitary Board
Arizona Weekly Industrial Review extends copper boom report
Jerome and Mayer districts reveal 20 percent ore samples as new strike runs high in red metal. March copper totals approach 100000 pounds. silver price around one dollar while demand suggests higher. Holbrook, Hopi, and Phoenix activity up. new coal field, power plant plans, and oil drilling progress noted. War end shifts silver values. India shipment valued at 12 million to 15 hundred thousand on arrival.
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Jerome
Mayer
Clifton
Springerville
Phoenix
Association of
Ariaona Mining Men
Holbrook
Hopi J
Adamana
Hopi
Prescott—Home Oil Company
Chino Valley
Globe Gila County
Wind River offers to develop Hopi Oil Co acreage in Holbrook
In Holbrook Arizona April 8 oil men report Wind River Producing and Refining Co has submitted a development offer to Hopi Oil Co for part of its Holbrook acreage. The contract reportedly calls for finishing a current well on a near 50 50 basis and drilling additional wells on a 66 23 split.
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Jack Esser
ROM Army
Douglas Mexican
Ae Age
Arizona Weekly Industrial Review
Oregon
Patagonia
Supreme Court
Kingman
Arisona McGinnis
Thurn Butte Mines
Active Denent
Castle Butte Group of &Ims
Constellation Monte Cristo
Cooley
Parker
Colorado
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