Villa chase and border politics stir Tombstone columns
Local items note Carranza and Villa, U S border policy, and farming growth around Tombstone. Mentions El Paso Times questions, water pipe projects by Judge Bolton, and Kennedys. Town road improvements, homesteader proofs in Huachuca, and a boy joining the navy at El Paso are reported amid civic chatter.
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George Gibson
Tombstone
Win Cummings
Gleeson
el Base
Navy
San Francisco
el Paso
Appropriation Request For Wireless Stations Split Among Forts
The War Department asked Congress today for $60,000 to fund wireless stations at Fort Huachuca Arizona Fort McIntosh and Fort Bliss Texas.
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Washington, D. C
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Fort McIntosh
Fort Bliss
Texas
Congress
War Department
Old Timer Visits Tombstone After Thirty Years
Albert Goldbaum, an early Tombstone pioneer, revisits the town from Bisbee and Los Angeles to see the changes since his days on Allen Street. He recalls the fire that wiped out his first business and notes Tombstone’s transformation from a western town to a modern city.
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Tombstone
Albert Goldbaum
Bisbee
Mr Goldbaum
Allen Street
Son
Los Angeles
Beware of Mercury Ointments for Catarrh
Caution against remedies containing mercury that threaten smell and mucous function. The notice warns never to use such articles without prescription from reputable doctors and identifies a Toledo Ohio company Fo Cheney & Co as producer. It notes false claims and urges care in purchasing.
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Lill
Fo. Cheney
Ohio
Fed
Cheney
Increasing Development in Johnson District Camp
Mining activity in the Johnson camp and surrounding country shows no abatement. The camp has grown rapidly with about seventy five men at work in Teans Canyon tungsten operations and a new mill erected. Johnson’s population rose from 2,000 to 12,000 in a year, with payroll over 40,000 and ore shipments around 2,000,000 yearly. Republic and Mihixon are major producers. Johnson mine is a proven property at the early stage, with the Johnson vein at 675 feet depth.
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Johnson Camp
AU Sebring
Teans Canyon
Johnson
Ie Republic
Mihixon Themen
Tum
Jolin
Ich
Bessou Signal
Return to Phoenix After Tour of State
Chairman Howe CM Zander and Tom Campbell returned to state house after a week in the southern state. They visited Cochisel county mines reporting boundless prosperity and busy money making, with little time for politics. In Douglas residents fear potential troop removal impact though expect stability. Clifton district mines still recovering from a strike. Jesse L. Boyce, secretary, praised Elks state convention and mining town hospitality.
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Phoenix
Apt
Cay
Tex Comeission Wad
CM. Zander
Tom Campbell
State House
Cochisel
Howe
Douglas
United States
Clifton Aforend
Jesse L. Boyce
Commision
Bisbee
Former Arizonian Prisoner In Serbia Detained In June
April 11 report from San Antonio notes Gen Antonio J. Villareal, former Nuevo Leon governor, detained on warrant from Washington authorities. In Tucson and Liberia, a prisoner is treated royally, while Cris Kosich, brother of Don Kosich, returns to Arizona. Cris served in the Austrian army before war, later captured by Russians and sent to Siberia.
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San Antonio
Antonio J. Villareal
Nuevo Leon
Tucson
United States
Liberia
Washington Tors
Cris Kosich
Arizona
Washington
Cris
Bostia
Karpathian
Gallete Tase
Tol
Siberia
Water rights case ends in Florence as judge rules on priorities
Florence April 10. Judge Lockwood hands down a decision in George Loht v Pete Avenente after almost two years of debate. The ruling defines when water appropriation becomes a valid right and rejects abandonment after five years, listing lands with approved rights and priorities by year of appropriation. The judge urges valley landowners to unite for a prompt solution to water issues.
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Gleeson
Carlos Bolton
Florence
Dees
Superi R
George Loht
Pete Avenente
Ac, Lockwood
Covassie
Lockwouade
Lockwood
Wright
Good Roaders to Gather for Phoenix Meeting
The Arizona Good Roads Association will hold its annual meeting in Phoenix on May 15. The event is joint with the Arizona Association of Highway Engineers to discuss road building improvements. County boards of supervisors cities and various organizations receive five delegates each for the gathering.
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Arizona Good Roads Association
Phoenix
The
Good Roaders
Arizona Association of Highway Engineer
County Boards of Supervisors
Cities and Commercial
Shooting scrape at Flagstaff wounds Mexican suspect
In Flagstaff last Friday night Special Deputy Sheriff Chas Murry and a deputy confronted four Mexican men after a pursuit that ended in a gunfight. One Mexican was seriously wounded and captured. the others were arrested and jailed awaiting the next court session. The incident followed a freight train stop near Williams.
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Flagstaff
Oer Vlimer
Chas Murry
al Comening County
Williams
Vultee Avd
Murry
Arizona farming same as elsewhere in the nation
An Arizona writer argues that state farming mirrors national patterns with crops like potatoes, cotton, hay, and cattle. The piece warns against chasing quick fortunes and advocates consulting experts to craft a conservative, adaptive agricultural plan supported by farmer organizations for lasting prosperity.
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Maria
Arizona
Antena
Southern Pacific seeks $6.6 million Arizona trust certificates
Phoenix April 10 a Southern Pacific request for authorization to issue six million six hundred fifteen thousand one hundred thirty eight dollars in trust certificates to fund new equipment for the system including the Arizona era and Texas lines. Installments run ten years from Nov 1 1916 with interest up to 4 percent. A machine shop and several cars and a coach were burned in a related fire.
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Phoenix
Southern Pacific Railway System
State Coreporation Commission
Southern Pacific
Arizona Era
Arizona
Houston and Texas Central Railway
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio
Houston, East & West Texas Railway
Texa & New Orleans
Aii
Toes Consul
Maskine
Rendbone Pany
Berm
State Corporation Commission
Arizona Vets Prepare to Initiate Law
Arizona voters face a proposed amendment circulated in Phoenix that would add sections to the prohibition framework. It would limit liquor sales to about 1,500 units per county and require a 15 percent county turnout for an election. It allows liquor sales in designated towns, imposes a $5000 county road fund tax, and bans Sunday sales and certain weekday hours.
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Phoenix
Salien
Cortena
Wil
Boards of Supervisors
Arizona
Arizona teachers life certificate proposal discussed
A revision proposed by State Superintendent Case aims to extend life certificates for Arizona teachers with fifteen years in service. The plan would require a subsequent examination in pedagogy psychology and economy, while preserving current certificates and tenure rules.
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Arizona
CO Case
State County School Superintendent's Association
Cayutel
Asiagna
Fire Distorts Agua Prieta Custom House Loss Burns Building
Fire from an unknown cause damaged the Agua Prieta customs house and nearby buildings. The blaze spread rapidly, threatening two families who escaped with their possessions, and officials estimate losses between 75 000 and 100 000 dollars. Fire origin remains a mystery with possible spontaneous combustion or incendiary suspicion. Local departments could not reach nearby crews in time to aid.
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Douglas
Avena Prieta
Oines
Douglas Bre
D. Agena Breve
Tee
Southern Pacific Railroad
Navy Sonora
United States Navy
Naco
Arizona
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Don Venustiano
el Paso Times
Villa
Fred Norton
Modair
Wo- Man
J. Wickstrom
Swansea
Carranza
Pearce
Walter Ginton
Terry
Busi
Uncle Sam
Mexico
Yuma Sun
Board of Supervisors
Wilson
Huachuca Mountain District
U. S
Fowler
Chicago Herald
Lafe Gibson
Barney Bono
Judge Morton
Chris Christensen
Taylor
Johnson District
Serbia
Villareal
Totter
Arisona
Judg
Espee
Southern Pacific Railway
OULD
Arizona Teachers Life Certificate
Agua Prieta Custom House
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