Boulder Canyon dam to be built by U S reclamation service
The United States reclamation service plans a record dam to join Nevada and Arizona on the Colorado River. A 500 to 600 foot Boulder Canyon structure would back a 40 to 50 mile lake, spanning the basin to control floods and irrigate six states, with bedrock borings under way and congressional funding sought.
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Washington
Nevada
Arizona
Colorado
Southwest
United States Reclamation Service
Boulder Canyon
Reclamation Service
Colorado River
Arrowrock
Boise River
Fabo
United States
Sihoshone
Wyoming
Elephant Butte
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Roosevelt
Salt River
Arzona
Houlder Canyon
Congress
Arthur P. Davis
Committee On Irrigation
California Development Company
Imperial Canal
Mexico
Imperial Valley
Calton Sink
Salton
Fort Land
Southern Pacific Railroad
Gulf of California
Laguna
California
Imperial
Boulder Dam
Imperial Irrigation District
Lagua
Grand Canyon
Las Vegas
Irrigation Projects on Lower Colorado River Valleys
A report outlines the arid lands of the lower Colorado river area managed by reclamation services. It lists 1,242,000 acres across valleys and projects including Cottonwood Island Mohave Mohave Valley Chemehuevi Palo Verde Valles and Imperial Valley extensions East Side Mesa Dos Palman Coachella Valley and West Side.
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Colorado River
Cottonwood Island
Mohave Valley
Chemehuevis Valley
Parker Project
Palo Verde Valles
Palo Verde Mesa
Chuccawalla Valley
Cibola Valley
Yama Project
Imperial Irrigation District
Imperial Valley
East Side Mesa
Dos Palman Coachella Valley
Changes in parole rules announced by attorney general
Phoenix April report from Attorney General W. J. Gilbraith and State Superintendent Elsie Toles notes a parole policy shift for Florence penitentiary prisoners. Previously a job was required before parole. now the state will assist in finding employment so eligible prisoners may receive parole if other conditions are met.
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Phoenix
Atorney
W. J. Gilbraith
Elsie Toles
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Florence
American miner stabbed protecting metals in Nogales
John Writer, an American mining man formerly of Tucson, was beaten and stabbed by three Mexicans in the Cook Lewis Writer office in Hermosillo, Sonora. He slept there due to the firm storing a large quantity of gold and silver concentrates. Robbery is thought to be the motive. Writer was stabbed in the face and left chest, his ear nearly severed, but Dr. John Burton said he would likely recover.
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Nogales
Ariz
John Writer
Cook, Lewis & Writer
Asasyers
Hermosillo
Sonora
Writer
Tucson
Arizona
John Burton
Burton
Postal savings deposits rise nationwide led by Phoenix
Deposits in the U S postal savings system reached about 161 150 000 on April 1 according to the post office department report Phoenix Arizona led March totals with 155 064 rising from 13th to 58th in the national ranking Boston 146 892 New York 84 491 Globe Arizona 21 700 and other cities follow in the gains
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Washington
United States Postal Savings System
Post Office Department
Phoenix
Ariz
Boston
New York
Globe
Reanks Road to Nogales to Start Soon
Phoenix April 9 state highway department secured the Sonoita to Santa Cruz Sonita stretch construction. Plans to build a close highway between Fairbanks and Nogales as early as possible announced by state engineer Tom Maddock. Private bids rejected as too high. State forces moving from Valle Benson to Santa Cruz county for sections A and B. Construction to begin soon with funds from omnibus bill and federal aid for Cochise and Santa Cruz segments.
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Phoenix
State Highway Department
Sonoita
Santa Cruz Cochise County
Fairbanks
Dogales
Tom Maddock
Maddock
Compacy
Ed Wolfe
Chef
Sonolta
Highway Commission
Santa Crux County
Vail Behson Highway
Santa Cruz County
Te Valle Benson Road
Sonoite
Cochise County
Mulrdock
Nogales
Fairbank
Sodolia
Patagonia
Santa Cruz
Arizona newspaper men meet in Phoenix today
The Arizona Daily Newspaper Publishers' association holds its annual meeting in Phoenix with nearly all state papers represented. Two business sessions are planned, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, plus a luncheon at noon. The funeral of Carl M. Arntzen, former Tucson Citizen general manager, has been postponed to Tuesday afternoon so publishers can attend in Tucson.
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Phoenix
Arizona Daily Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Carl M. Arntzen
The
Tucson
Man indicted on Mann Act held for federal grand jury
Eugene Daniel Jones was arraigned before United States Commissioner J F Hechtman and held to answer to the federal grand jury on Mann Act charges. Bond was set at 1500, with custody default. Lillian Virginia Rice, alleged transported from Texas, held as a material witness with 500 bond.
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Globe, Ariz
United States
J. F. Hechtman
Eugene Daniel Jones
Lillian Virginia Rice
Jones
Texas
Teachers Send In Their Diplomas in Phoenix
The state superintendent’s office receives teachers diplomas as proof of credentials. Placed in frames with fragile handling notes, the prized documents are prepared with care for transmission. The ornate colors and ribbons on the diplomas underscore their value to owners.
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Phoenix
Five Prisoners Receive Sentences in Superior Court
Five prisoners including one woman were sentenced after pleas of guilty in Department 1 of the Superior Court. John Mihlevich and Pete Garcot received 10 months and 1 month plus fines for breaking and entering near Me Sat. Francisco Campa got 6 months for selling mescal in Lowell. Estefan Gay was sentenced to 10 years for highway robbery. Ramona Garcia Villareal pleaded guilty and drew 10 days and $200 penalties. Road men Joe and W Little from Pantano sped to Tombstone on business.
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Jal
Lockwood
Department 1
Superior Court
Owt
John Mihelvich
Pete Garcot
Me “Sat
Helsey
Garcet
Buvine
Tengo Francisco Campa
Lowell
Noel
Estefan Gay
Douglas
Ramona Garcia Villareal
Courtland
Ramona
Motel Hood
Boy fatally wounds uncle in tent attack near Phoenix
John Wilson, a ranch hand, suffered serious head wounds after his 12 miles northwest of Phoenix, in a fight with his 12 year old nephew Lemuel Wilson. The boy, captured by a posse, admits hammer assault while uncle slept. defense claim disputed. Wilson hospitalized in serious condition. boy held in county jail awaiting result.
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John Wilson
Lemuel Wilson
Phoenix
Sheriff's Deputies
Sisters’ Hospital
Wileen
Wilson Camp
Three Tucson Men Hurt In Auto Wreck
Pata Gonia road near the river bridge at Santa Cruz saw three Tucson residents P de Beardsley 5 D Farley and H Good man injured when the car they rode in overturned after lights failed and the vehicle plunged over an embankment. The auto was badly wrecked.
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Tucson
Nogales
Ariz
P. de Beardsley
D. Farley
H. Goodman
Patagonia
Santa Cruz
State to Take Up Outstanding Warrants
Phoenix April 10 registered state warrants outstanding will be paid Monday according to deputy state treasurer George Erhardt. A telegraph from State Treasurer Raymond Earhart in Chicago confirmed lands would be available this morning. About 1,150,000 in warrants are outstanding with 750,000 carried from the prior administration. Taxes issued bonds of 1,500,000 will fund the payment, allowing banks to cash warrants immediately.
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Phoenix
George Erhardt
Raymond Eachart
Chicago
Interchtion
Earhart
Groton School Founder Visits Tombstone in Arizona
Endicott Peabody of Cambridge Massachusetts founder of Groton School visited Tombstone on Saturday with Mrs Peabody. He preached yesterday at the Episcopal church he founded forty years ago in Arizona and discussed the school famed as a prep institution for Harvard and Yale. He once planned Groton while a student in Cambridge and later returned East to establish it with assistants Rev Billings and Mr Sturgis. The Peabodys attended an Episcopal convention in Phoenix and visited Roosevelt Dam afterwards.
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Rov Endicott Peabody
Cambridge
Mass
Groton School
Peabodty
Tombstone
Episcopal Church
Harvard
Yale
Peabody
Ambridge
England
Episcopal Theological
Dixon
Bishop Atwood
Roosevelt Dam
Mexican Sentenced to Hang April 20 Appeals Case
Phoenix April 12 Ricardo Lantario convicted of murdering Adelena Saxo de Barrilios and sentenced to be hanged at Florence state prison. The appeal acts as a stay of execution. Lantario testified he stabbed the woman last November after she shifted her affections from him to the ranch foreman where they both worked as employees.
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Phoenix
Ricardo Lantario
Adelena Saxo de Barrilios
Florence
Wserenie Court
Lautario
County School Heads Form Organization
Phoenix April 1 At a meeting of county school superintendents in the state the organization was formed to improve rural school conditions and unite superintendents statewide. Officers elected include A L Jones president Miss Kate Reynolds vice president Mrs Ward Wheeler secretary Miss Virginia Lockett treasurer. A bylaws committee was named and will send drafts to superintendents for approval. Apache and Jol representatives were absent.
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Phoenix
A. L. Jones
Maricopa County
Kate Reynolds
Pima County
Ward Wheeler
Yavapai County
Virginia Lockett
Coconino County
Taey Nash
Gltwanty
S.C. Haywood
Graham Cousin
Ming Nora E. Morrow
Yumi
CATTLEMAN SAYS NO MARKET EXISTS FOR CATTLE ON THE COAST
Globe Arizona April 10 There is no market in California for Arizona cattle says Mod Mebane and two other Globe cattlemen who toured the coast and inland but found no buyers for surplus stock They found California grass and fruit lush but the business mood nationwide softer in other states while California remains comparatively prosperous
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Globe
Ariz
California
Arizona
Mod. Mebane
Ins An Celes
Burbank
Dakers Mel
Southeh
Matador shot and killed in Agua Prieta by soldier
In Agua Prieta yesterday afternoon a matador was shot and killed by a soldier after an argument. No witnesses could explain the dispute. The matador had reportedly been drinking heavily in the days prior and appeared to be in a disturbed state. The soldier’s identity could not be confirmed.
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Agua Prieta
Douglas
Vla
Acid-Burned Teacher Improves at United Verde Hospital
Misa Lucille Gallagher, injured by an acid attack, is making satisfactory progress at United Verde hospital. Doctors hope to preserve her eyesight and prevent facial scarring. The assailant, Mrs Clarence V. Hopkins, remains unarraigned as officials await her recovery. The victim’s family remains by her side.
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Clarence V. Hopkins
Lower Arizona cattle rates now in effect
Authority from the Interstate Commerce Commission to reduce cattle rates from drought regions of Arizona to California and northern states has been secured by the Southern Pacific. The reduced rates apply to shipments to other ranges and slaughter centers, expire in late 1920, and follow prior August 26 levels for Arizona shipments to other ranges.
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Arizona
Cson
Interstate Commerce Commission Oo
Calfornia
Southern Pacific
Texas
Cathleniet
First Arizonan Killed in War Resting at Sacaton
April ceremony marked the funeral of Private Matthew B. Rivers a Pima Indian and member of the First Pima Presbyterian Church. Rivers the first Arizonan killed in action in France fell to machine gun fire on May 28 1918 prompting calls to the sheriff to recognize the first Arizonan fallen in the war.
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Presbyterian Indian Mission
Sacaton
Matthew B. Rivers
Rivers
Pima Presbyterian Enurch
France
Stolen Cars: Prompt Sheriff Reports Aid Tracing
Phoenix April 12 Secretary of State Ernest Hall urges sheriffs to report missing autos immediately to place a stop on license records. Prompt reporting prevents thieves from transferring vehicles using forged bills of sale. Notify owner name license number make and engine number if possible by wire or mail.
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Phoenix
Ernest Hall
Secretary of States
Mexican general to investigate border gun running
Nogales Ariz April Geners Monge commanding Mexican forces at Hermosillo arrived at the border to investigate reports of alleged gun running along the international line. Representatives of the military intelligence department and of customs guards said that ammunition and gun smugglers have been active during the past thirty days.
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Nogales
Ariz
Geners Monge
Hermosillo
Military Intelligence Department
Custom Guards
Prescott Youth Shot Near Ramsgate in Arizona Verdict
In Prescott Arizona on April 9 a 16 year old named Jose Hettran died from a gunshot wound believed caused by a rifle held by 20 year old Gumerdines Villalobos. The coroner jury found the shooting accidental and Villalobos remains in custody. Also reported Nogales contracts total eight thousand one hundred forty three dollars and fifty cents for laying city pipeline.
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Hettran
Ramsgate
Gumerdines Villalobos
Villalobos
Governor Campbell to Visit Southern Pima County Land Dispute
Governor Thomas E. Campbell and State Land Commissioner Kuchler plan a southern Pima county trip to address the Osa Ranca land Cattle Company dispute with other interests over state land. Chandler breaks ground for a $50,000 theatre and airdome.
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Hoenix
Thomas E. Campbell
Kuchler
Pima “County
Osa Ranca Land Cattle Company
Chandler
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U. S. Reclamation Service
Mac
Valbraith
Miss Telespal
NG Man
Reanks
Miss Toles
Hichor
Joe and
W. Little
Pantano
Empwyeu
Rmn
Prescott
Jose
City
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