Records of Cochise County Deeds and Mortgages
Records show deeds and mortgages filed in Cochise County with properties in Bisbee Tombstone Douglas Willcox and Beason. includes transfers from Gressler to Voss Bishop to Roberts Donohoe to Granton and more. also notices of mortgage satisfactions and redemption, with incorporations and mining claims pending.
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F Gressler
J W Voss
Bisbee
Bishop
Sam'l Roberts
Tombstone
Michael Donohoe
Henry Granton
Douglas
Land
Uamed Salazar
Beason Propery
Frank ‘Iedig
Theodore Frentz
Mines
Dos Cabezas
Shell Medigorich
Milo M Medigovich
H Allen
W Kyne
Douglas Property
A'len
W Kline
Doug
WR McComb
H A Morgan
Willcox
Local Metal Prices and Prominent Assays Noted
The notice lists metal prices including gold at 75 cents, silver at 100 cents, and copper at 150 cents by Mall Receive Promp Betorte Sau, with mentions of gold and silver assays and related rates.
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Betorte Sau
Arizona school census shows 30230 children this year
Territorial Superintendent Low released a report from county superintendents noting 30230 school children in the territory with a net rise of about a thousand since last year. Several counties show declines, and the figures list 1905 and 1906 gains or losses for Cochise, Gila, Graham, Maricopa and Mohave among others.
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Territorial
Low
Dhoocenaus
Ry Cochise
Will Build Smelter Near Nogales
Mr A Sandoval warns that George Westinghouse plans a large emitting plant on the Santa Cruz River near Nogales to treat ores from his Duquesne copper mine in the Patagonia Range about thirty miles NW of Nogales. The property has been developed for years and is described as a prospective mine of note in Mining Review. Westinghouse bought a large tract near Nogales and will connect a smelter and ropes with an electric railroad, acquiring numerous copper claims nearby.
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A. Sandoval
George Westinghouse
Santa Cruz
Nogales
Local mining and court notes fill Tombstone update
Mrs. Bert Macia Mrs Base and Mrs P Borrowdale return from Moore ranch guests of Mrs Frank Moore. E W Land travels to Benson for mining business with Andy Hamm they control a copper property north of Benson and plan development. E L Robinson deputy county school superintendent has US commission as deputy mineral surveyor. First National Bank of Tombstone sues Huachuca Water Co on Al Hag land claim denial. Tombstone youths tear through practice runs to challenge county teams on Labor Day. B. Kaufman Michigan mining magnate visiting Tombstone for mining business and possible new holdings. Albert M Sames Assistant District Attorney visits Tombstone on court business recently named US Court Commissioner. Fred Hoar Chiricahua Co supervisor spends days here on mining business. Col Wm Herring Tuccoo attorney here on mining interests business.
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E.W. Land
Benson
Mr. Land
Andy Hamm
Fred Hoar
Chiricahua Co
Paradise
Col. Wm. Herring
Tuccoo
Three Killed and One Badly Injured in Arizona Copper Mine
Morenci dispatch reports three men died at Coronado mine of the Arizona Copper Company when earth slipped as they worked. The dead are John A. Chisholm American Joe Alarcon Mexican Leandro Vasquez Mexican. Simon Torre r was badly injured at Metcalf mine when a misfired shot jarred loose a eye and broke his wrist.
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Morenci
Coronado
Arizona Copper Company
John A. Chisholm
Joe
Alarcon
Leandro Vasquez
Simon Torer
Metcalf
Time Company
Former Tombstoner Honorably Discharged
Prescott Miner reports Thomas Ry ben formerly of Prescott has returned after an honorable Navy discharge while serving on the Marblehead at Panama. He served on multiple ships including the Oregon Wisconsin Kentucky Cincinnati Mohican Supply Hancock Raleigh and a mail gunboat named the Vilibos visiting China Japan the Phillipine Islands and Panama. He is glad to return to his father and friends and does not wish to repeat his experiences. met by his father Rubon McCabe mining man, and plans to visit brothers in the Big Bug district.
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Prescott
Thomas Ryben
United States Navy
Servin
Marblehead
Panama
Oregon
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Mohican
Supply
Hancock
Raleigh
Vilibos
China
Japan
Phillipine Islands
Ou Rubon
McCabe
Big Bug
Mrs Geo Metcalf Visits Tombstone in Recovery Stages
Mrs George Metcalf, with W B Metcalf, stopped in the city en route to settle her husband’s estate in Canacea and move to Claremont California to join her sons at Pomona College. She is a patient at Dr Bacon Hospital recovering from an appendectomy. Huachuca Water Manager Gardner plans a month East for vacation and talks on improvements with property owners after settlement.
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George Metcalf
W. B Metcalf
Husbred
John Metcalf
Dr. Bacon Hospital
Huachuca
Gardner
The
Huachuca Co
Big Dam Planned Near Phoenix
Secretary of the Interior approved a diversion dam on the Salt River, twenty miles above Phoenix, part of the Arizona canal system. The 12 to 13 hundred foot long structure would rise roughly 1500 feet above normal flow, with steel and concrete construction to route Roosevelt Reservoir water to irrigate lands on both river banks. Nearby Arizona Oil Co progresses drilling near Fort Thomas for oil, gas, and artesian water at 60 feet, hot and strong pressure, while Captain Jack Crawford asserts joint statehood would fail in New Mexico and plans to campaign against it after returning from California.
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Secretary of the Interior
Arizona
Salt River
Phoenix
Roosevelt
Sait
Ely
Arizona Oil Company
Fort Thomas
Jack Crawford
San Marcial
New Mexico
Long Beach
California
Captain Crawford
Plain Crawford
Return Home Empty Handed After Chiricahuas Outing
The haunting party consisting of Messia Simpson Raey Stevenson Buchanan and Mitchell returned from a fortnight in Lone John Canyon without sighting deer bear or mountain lion though they found wild pigeons and smaller game. Miss Johnson of Benson arrived and accepted a job with the telephone company.
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Messia
Simpson
Raey
Stevenson
Buchanan
Mitchell
Chiricahuas
Lone John Canyon
Estimate for Holding Cochise County Election
Clerk Howe forms an itemized cost estimate for a Cochise county election requested by Governor Kibbey. Items include registering 7000 voters at 0.20 each, ballot copies, judges and clerks pay, ballots 10000, printing and notices, election supplies, and delivery to outside precincts. Similar requests are sent to other territory counties.
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Board of Supervisors
Howe
Kibbey
Cochise County
Department of the Interior
Washington
Arizona
Coves
Bisbee
Douglas& Lowell
Elec- Express
Preemete
Precineta
Dentists and lawyers bustle through town on business
Tuesday's Daily notes Dr Hitching the dentist left this morning for person to spend a few days on professional business. Attorney Shelley of Bisbee is in the city on business below the disnet court. JW Bissell left for Cincinnati after a few months here. Chas Vincent the miner went to Globe on mining business. Kalmbach imported beer arrived at Macromich Mercantile Co. Supt Goodwin of the Cogress mine and Supt Staunton will inspect Tombstone Consolidated and Imperial Copper properties at Imperial. Attorney Ben Goodrich returned from Phoenix after legal business amid heat.
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Dr. Hitching
Person
Shelley of
Bisbee
Disnet Court
Supt
Goodwon
Cogress
Tombstone Consolidated Company
Imperial
Staunton
Imperial Copper Company
Ben Goodrich
Phoenix
Mining booms reach Huachuca mountains promising rich ore
In the Huachuca mountains mining thrives with old properties revived by new buyers. Ellwell company employs 25 men and plans to start a stamp mill and cyanide plant. Exposed Reef and Fowler-Mitchell developments boost activity as ore from Sheore and blanket ledge promises $6 to $8 per ton, with portions up to $49 to $50, while milling and cyaniding cost only a few dollars per ton.
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Huachuca Mountains
Ellwell Company
Fowler-Mitchell Group
Butte & Arizona Company
Eltwell Company
Sheore
Blanket Ledge
Ruling Opens Cochise County Lands to Settlement
U S Court Commissioners in Cochise County receive Interior Department notice that new law allows agricultural entries within Chiricahua Huschaca and Dragoon forest reserves. Lands up to 160 acres may be settled under homestead rules with priority to current occupants for 30 days. Entries must be surveyed and marked by monuments. Some entries already filed in Limeabua and Hus Reserves. Bisbee team plans trip to Albuquerque for the territorial fair to bid for the purse.
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U. S. Court
Cochise County
Department of the Interior
Chiricahua
Huschaca
Dragoon
Arizona Primary Election Law Changes Campaign Process
The new Arizona primary law requires primaries for all parties to be held on a single day between September 6 and October 6 with separate ballot boxes per party. Conventions follow a similar one day rule between September 28 and October 16, and the law aims to standardize procedures and reduce small precincts in county conventions. The board of supervisors will discuss primary dates, polling places, and ballot boxes at its August 20 meeting.
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Board of Supervisors
Fancy Dress Base Ball Game Promises Spectacle on Wednesday
A fancy dress ball game is planned on the diamond at the foot of Fretmont Street on Wednesday evening. Celebrities will be represented and special balls and bats have been ordered. Rules set ball diameter at least five inches and bat dimensions at least six inches wide and ten feet long.
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Fretmont Streat
Immensity of Arizona Possibilities
Arizona presents round numbers of vast scale including 114 ten square miles, 20 banks with large resources, an estimated wealth around 40 million dollars, 2 000 miles of railroad, and a forest exceeding 6 000 square miles with seven million acres of timber. Mines yielded 30 million dollars last year making it a leading copper district. The territory boasts a strong education system with high teacher salaries, low illiteracy, 22 000 enrolled students, and a Territorial University.
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Arizona
Deputy Treasurer Smith Returns From California Beach Trip
Thos A Smith deputy treasurer returned today from California where he enjoyed a dip in the Pacific and relaxed after a brief coastal sojourn.
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Thos. A. Smith
California Beache
Pacific
Yaqui Indians Still on the Warpath
A Nogales Times report describes a killing near Campas Sonora attributed to Yaqui Indians. Two men traveling with burros wheat were parted when one named Joaquin Acosta failed to appear. His headless body was found in the hills, the head reportedly severed and carried away.
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Ers
Campas
Sonor
Joaquin Acosta
Acosta
Nogales
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Fast Nasal Relief
Advertises Ely's Cream Balm as a aromatic remedy for nasal catarrh. Claims cleansing and healing action when inhaled through the nostrils, with a liquid form marketed by mail and druggists, including a tube spraying accessory.
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Ely
Homer DuBois Making the Rounds Before Prescott Panel
Homer DuBois faces habeas corpus proceedings in Prescott before Judge Richard Sloan. He has bartered past failures in Tombstone and Tucson, was jailed for three months for running a gambling house defying city authorities, and the case is set for hearing on Saturday.
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Tombstone
Tucson
Fletche Dean
John Campbell
Homer du Bois
Prostrctor Seeks News Items From Readers
The notice invites readers to submit news items for The Prostrctor. It states names of correspondents will not be disclosed unless they indicate otherwise and urges reporting beneficial city or county information while rejecting grudges or personal vendettas.
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Bostwick Barnes Et Ax
Bank of Douglas
Mauser
Arizona Trust & Banking Co
JJ Bloomer
DW Kaufman & Co
Hinkle
Leon Morris
Bunker Hill Mining Co
Rattlesnake
Bunker Hill
Paul B Warnekros
Eves
Frank H. Hereford
Central Pharmacy
T Blackman
WR Banke
Deels
Gage
Pittsburg
Carretto
Bistee
Franzen
L Cummings
E J Jacklin
Belle Kirwin
James A
Tompeon
Mary K McNamara
Fred Malone
Mre
A A
Collins Chas Politto
AC Gieger
John Paul
Geo. B
Acton
Nasional Cash Register Co
Leslie Gatlitt
W Wallace
Ralph Ingram
Chas Polti
Bert Macia
Base
P. Borrowdale
Moore Ranch
Frank Moore
E. L. Robinson
Robinson
Rockfellow
First National Bank of
R. Kaufman
Michigan
Me Kaufman
Albert M Sames
Sames
U. S
Fletcher M. Dean
Mrs. Geo. Metcalf
Miss Johnson of
Telephone Company
JW. Bissell
Ohi
Chas. Vincent
Globe
Kalmbach
Macromich Mercantile Co
Huachucas
Albuquerque
Immensity of Arizona Possibilities
Territorial University
Ayer
J.C. Avsr Co
Lowell, Maas
Sarsaparilla
Ayers
Homer DuBois
D. M. Ferry & CO
Detroit
Mich
Ernest Graf
Frank Yaeger
Bsbracomia
E. E. Burlingame
Coorato
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