Improvements Planned for Penitentiary in Phoenix
Phoenix reports show Arizona officials planning major upgrades at the state penitentiary in Florence and Phoenix. New warden A A Anderson leads a visit. improvements include a new wing house, upgrading electrical systems, and addition of prison factories to expand inmate labor output. Legislative funds provided for farms, equipment, and other prison improvements.
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Phoenix
State Penitentiary
Florence
A. A. Anderson
Clifton
PUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF STATE LAND IN ARIZONA
Public notice from the Arizona State Land Department announces a public auction of 278.08 acres in T. 218 R. 5W sections 1 2 4 SWK NW WE SW in Cochise County on August 13 at Tombstone County Courthouse. Appraised at 1669 dollars with bids at or above appraisal. sale terms from the department. First published June 10, 1917 Last published August 12, 1917.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Stat of Arizona
Thecunty Court House
Tombston
Cochise County
State Land Department
W. A. Mowar
Flrst
Mueller Dies After Rattlesnake Bite in Yuma
Mrs. WM Mueller died at Vera hospital after a rattlesnake bite on her right arm near Compton on Monday. Funeral services were held yesterday at Johnson Undertaking Parlor. She leaves six children aged five to twelve under their father's care, in destitute circumstances. the case is considered one of the most pitiable in Yuma in many years.
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Mueller
Yuma
Vera Hospital
T ‘Omerton
Johnson
Yuma County
Roy Nelson Dies By Electrocution In Storm Debris
Phoenix July 30 Roy Nelson age 14 son of D E Nelson living on Central Avenue opposite the short school was fatally burned after becoming entangled in a live wire torn down by a recent storm. He died within an hour from massive electrical burns and shock.
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Phoenix
Roy Nelson
D. E. Nelson
Central Avenue
Short
Copper Queen to produce large July copper output
Queen 18 near normal again says Arthur Notman assistant mine superintendent. Copper Queen branch of Phelpe-Dodge aims for 5.5 to 6 million pounds in July about 70 percent of normal. Americans only employed and development work resumed after earlier labor trouble. Calumet & Arizona at similar rate. Shattuck arizona about 60 percent. Miss Etta Sanders returned from Douglas after dental work.
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Pisbee
Copper Queen
Phelpe-Dodge Corporation
Arthur Notman
Notman
Calumet
Arizona
Farmers' Bulletin flavor notes on milo and fetesita crops
An Arizona agricultural note explains milo and fetesita as heavy yielders for grain and feed, with suggestions for combining with wheat flour for bread and cake. It urges thorough cooking and presents a homemade cooker method, plus seed sources in Cochise County and a soldier’s wartime reminiscence about a buried treasure and a jug of rye.
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Oman
Farmers’ Bulletin
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
German Spy Suspect Admits Kaiser Ties in Globe
Axel Johnson, a miner near the strike site, confessed to being Kaiser’s army reserve officer posing as a Swede and in the U S to aid German intelligence. He was arrested by secret service agents after a gas induced interview revealed critical details. Charles Kastner, recently jailed as a German resident, says he escaped to the United States after wartime imprisonment and border crossing.
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GLOBE
Axel Johnson
Jal
Kaixer
United States
Johnson
Secret Service
Charles Kastner
Carsfa
New Cornelia Buys Ajo Consolidated Mine
Cornelia has acquired the Ajo Consolidated adding twenty four millions tons to the present forty tons of ore. The Consolidated holdings include more large possibilities and expand the Cornelia steam shovel area. Underground mining was added on an extensive scale, promising a large camp at Ajo. Details of the death have not yet been made public. This elevates Cornelia to major tonnage mines and signals a significant rise in earning capacity.
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Cornelia
Lisbee
Ajo Consolidated
Ajo
Freight wreck tears up 500 feet of track near Wickenburg
Phoenix July 2 Delane reports a freight wreck on the Santa Fe line north of Wickenburg tore up 500 feet of track after a wheel broke. The track was blocked from the accident until late, delaying the passenger schedule on this line.
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Phoenix
Delane
Wickenburg
Santa Fe
Prescott
Phoeniz
Snake Bite Fatal to Woman in Yuma
Mrs. W. M. Miller, wife of a Somerton rancher, died after a rattlesnake bite. She was pronounced beyond hope at Yuma hospital last night. The Miller family recently moved to a ranch near Somerton. The death leaves four children and her husband bereaved.
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Yuma
W. M. Miller
Somerton
Miller
Wing
Utah
Teachers Examination in Tombstone Aug 6 7
The regular teacher examination for Cochise County will be held in Tombstone on Monday and Tuesday August 6 and 7. Certificates issued at this examination are valid statewide. About twenty to thirty applicants are expected for first and second grade certificates. Examinations are conducted under County School Superintendent El Le Toles with papers graded by the state board of examiners. The tests begin at 9 o'clock Monday morning and continue through Tuesday. Grade one certificates authorize teaching in Arizona for four years while grade two are valid for two years.
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Cochise
Tombstone
el le Toles
State Board of Examiners
Arizona
Harris to Defy Arizona Governor in Adjutant General Shakeup
Governor Campbell seeks Col. Charles W. Harris resignation as Adjutant General of Arizona National Guard effective August 1 1917. Harris resists, saying he will not resign. Governor notes post August sixth guard in federal service reduces need for an adjutant general and hints at reform. Harris has led Arizona National Guard since statehood and proposed amendment to military code tied to his five year service qualification. Friends say amendment cannot restrain executive removal power though filling the vacancy may be impacted.
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Sherif
Percy Bowden
Jim Tombstone
AR Brovst
Cavanaugh
Ft Huachuca
Quartermaster Corps
Army
Cavanagh
Navy
United States
Tombstone
Arizona
Hance Merrill
St. David Iy
Mildred
Virginta Marre
Phoenix
Charles W. Harris
Arizona National Guard
Campbell
Harris
State House
Decardo Temple
Thomas FE Campbell
Au Jeust
National Guard
Authorities mull federal takeover of Herzing liquor cases
July 24 federal authorities consider handling men charged by county officers on Herzing liquor offenses. A reimbursement dispute looms if prisoners shift from county to federal custody, potentially clashing with county penalties. Bootlegger profits on the road run around 50 dollars, but fines often offset this. Government readiness to enforce federal liquor laws remains noted.
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Douglas
Dorne
Boy 17 Dies of Spinal Meningitis in Chandler
July 31 Chandler notes the death of Louis Ba ward Puckett aged 17 son of Mr and Mrs A Puckett after a brief illness with spinal meningitis He passed away Wednesday morning following a short illness in Chandler persists as a local obituary item with family names and place.
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Chandler
Louis Baward Puckett
A. Puckett
Local Farmers List For Sale At Market Prices
The following farmers offer good seed for sale at current market prices including beans pinks from C D Clapp and C Pratt Pearce J C van Nort about 500 lbs Milton Cur tie St David Teparies H R ulding Cochise Exp Station Co chine Milo dwarf yellow Arthur Junge Pearce H Haase Hereford Feterus J C Van Nort Pearce W J Page Hereford A E Hunt Benfon Sudan Grass Arthur Junge and C A Cundiff Pearce Whippoorwill Cowpens J J ad Ling 50 lbs and John Squire Willcox.
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C.D. Clapp
C. Pratt
Pearce
J.C. van Nort
Milton Curtie St. David
H. R.ulding
Cochise
Milo
Arthur Junge
H. Haase
Hereford
Feterus
J. C. van Nort
W. J. Page
A. E. Hunt
Ben-* Fon
C. A. Cundiff
J. J. Ad Ling
John Squire
Willcox
Mexican consul says many Mexicans cannot afford trips to county seats
July 20. Douglas. Mexican consul Lefevier says he telegraphed Mexico’s ambassador requesting protest to authorities over Mexicans being forced to travel at their own expense to Arizona county seats for military exemption exams. He notes many cannot afford the trip and urges a ruling that certificates may be presented by mail.
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Douglas
Ivee G. Lefevier
Venacio Boniltas
Mexico
United States
Arizona
Doctor and ex-senator visits Phoenix from Miami
Dr. John Bacon of Miami toured Phoenix returning from the East and said he had been ordered to report to Douglas for service with United States troops as a captain in the medical reserve corps. He is a former state senator.
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Phoenix
John Bacon
Miami
Bacon
Douglas
United States
Medical Reserve Corps
Jacon
Arizona Patents Issued to Local Inventors
Hazard Miller of Los Angeles wires notice of Arizona patent grants to Edward Benson of pump design, George Solomon of windmill, Louis N. Vincent of iron or heater apparatus, and the Prescott inventor Doug ins.
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Hazard & Miller
Pioneer
Los Angeles
Washington
Arizona
Edward Benson
Miami
George 8
Solomon
Louis N. Vincent
Olier
Prescott
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