State Registration Totals in Arizona by Party to July 29
Arizona voter registration through July 29 shows Democrats at 36 811 and Republicans at 17 643 since May 1. Through three weeks ending July 29 this period added 7 396 Democrats and 3 870 Republicans, with other affiliations listed. County totals include Apache Cochise Coconino Gila Graham Maricopa Mohave Navajo Pima Pinal Santa Cruz Yavapai. Infant drowning in northeast of Phoenix area prompts coroner inquiry, body recovered after an hour. No inquest needed per Coroner Henry J. Sullivan.
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Phoenix
IWO
St Progressive
Paspaer
Earl
Henry J. Sullivan
Probe into fatal accident of William R White
Arizona commission orders a public clearing in Globe to investigate the July 27 crossing crash that killed William R White, a truck driver for J A Horton, operator of the Arizona Freight Service, after a presumed violation of train crossing clearance rules. Subpoenas issued to summon witnesses for testimony.
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William R. White
Phoenix
Corporation Commission
Globe
William R
White
Baby Drowns in Canal Near U and Indian Territory
A tragic incident reports a baby drowning in a canal near U and Indian area. Authorities investigated the scene and identified the infant, with no further details about guardians or rescue attempts released at this time.
Hayden Sees Diamond Creek Power Site Prospects
Arizona Congressman Carl Hayden toured the Diamond Creek area near Peach Springs to evaluate a proposed federally built hydroelectric dam on the lower Colorado River. He and Phoenix engineer James R. Girand discussed a 300 foot high dam with 200000 horsepower, potential leases, and future government ownership considerations.
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Peach Springs
Ariz
Carl Hayden
Colorado River
Diamond Creek
Arizona
United States
Diamond Breek
Hayden
James HR. Girand
Phoenix
Federal Power Commission
Girand
Justice Flanigan to Resume Practice in Bisbee
Justice Ed J. Flanigan of the Arizona Supreme Court will not seek reelection. After completing his vacation in Bisbee he plans to return to Bisbee and resume law practice with Flanigan & Murry. The term’s end will trigger elections for two seats, with Democratic and Republican candidates already surfacing. A Pima contract was awarded for road work to Hot Springs.
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Bisbee
J. Flanigan
Supreme Court
Campbell
Ste
Baker
Justice Flanigan
Flanigan & Murry
Henry D. Rowe
Frank Lyman
C. J. Baughs
Florence
Inmates to Work On Flagstaff Roads
May put inmates in Flagstaff Arizona to labor on county roads. Sheriff Camp bell urged the plan to use a half dozen prisoners for road work to deter crime and cut road building costs, replacing current comfortable confinement with hard labor and meals at county expense.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Board of Supervisors
Campbell
Bill Hicklin
Soldiers face serious charge preferred by two girls
Louis Jones and Jose Chavez were held on $5,000 bail after being identified by 13-year-old Tereza Perez and 14-year-old Daroles Monje as the two soldiers who committed a serious offense in the Fifteenth street park Wednesday night. The girls, questioned after police found them streetside late at night, said they had been in the park with two soldiers. Both men reside in Agua Prieta.
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Louis Jones
Jose Chavez
Jack
Tereza Perez
Daroles Monje
Fifteenth Street
Sirla
Agua Prieta
Feud Between Vendor and Rancher Ends in Gunfight
Aug 4 during a county courthouse yard shooting two men were injured one seriously. J W Anderson vegetable vendor and W W Chrain Texas rancher shot each other over a long running feud. Chrain wounded twice hospitalized at St Josephs. Anderson held without bond awaiting preliminary hearing.
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Whoenix
J. W. Anderson
W. W. Chrain
Texas
Chrain
St. Josephi S Hospital
Anderson
Henry J. Sullivan
Phoenix
Henry Umstead denial sparks new army claim
Nogales Arizona August 3 Former minister Henry H Umstead, held on a bad check charge, is alleged to have never served in the U S army during the war. A telegram from his mother claimed he never was in the army, complicating already planned care by a veterans bureau representative to move him to a veterans hospital. County officials warned of possible commitment to the state asylum if disproved.
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Nogales
Ariz
Henry H Umstead
Bieber
United States
Afforais
G. F. Umstead
Collingsdale
Penn
Philadelphia
Henry
Bisbee
Umstead
T. W. Bent
Tucson
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Veterans’ Hospital
113Th
State Asylum For
Fle
Record primary registration in Maricopa to surge
In Phoenix Aug 3 more than 400 Maricopa voters qualified to ballot on September 12 signaling the biggest primary registration in county history Edith M Jacobs county recorder said about 13000 registered are Democrats The record for a primary was about 22000 two years ago with totals for the primaries likely to exceed 25000 The general election total may not surpass the 28000 mark The election registration window closes September 1 then reopens September 19 for the general election with no reregistration required for voters.
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Phoenix
Maricopa
Edith M. Jacobs
County Recorder
Reduction of 1922 Assessment Moves Forward
Phoenix August 4. Phelps-Dodge officials led by general manager Beckett urged the Arizona tax commission to lower the 1922 valuation of the company property in the state. The commission took the matter under advisement and will act next week as a board of equalization. Additional hearings set for August 7 and 5 include Wholesale Grocers of Phoenix, Old Dominion Copper Co. of Globe, Maricopa County Farm Bureau, and United Eastern Mines properties in Kingman.
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Phoenix
Tax Commission
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Arizona
P Beckett
Board of Equaliization
William Foy
The
Pany
Pima County
Twin Butte Railroad
Commission
Board of Equalization
W. G. McBride
Old Dominion Cop Lper Company
Globe
Lalso
Maricopa
State to buy land for new settlement act in Arizona
At a meeting of the state land settlement commission Gov Campbell approved advertising for 326 acres of improved land under an irrigation project that the state may purchase to activate the land settlement act. The act provides aid to ex service members with allotted loans and land divided into 10 acre tracts.
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Phoenix
Land Settlement Commission
Association of Almed Service Organizations
Tax rate hearings set by state board of equalization
BISBEE Aug 2 The annual tax conference progresses as the state board of equalization fixes state tax rates for county levies. Hearings for mining and major companies are scheduled in Phoenix starting Aug 7. The commission will review county valuations, seek uniformity across property classes, and may adjust assessments as needed while also examining county board of equalization actions.
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Tax Commission
State Board of Equalization
Commission
Board of Equalization
Board of County Supervisors
County Board of Equalization
County Boards of Equalization
Treasury to Redeem War Time Bonds and Issue New Notes
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and First National Bank Tombstone announce redemption of Victory notes on December 15 1922 with serials A through F. Maturing May 20 1923, they will be redeemed early. Simultaneously a new issue of 4 1 2 percent short term treasury notes dated August 1 1922 due December 15 1926 amounting to about 200000000 is offered with possible additional allotments. Clarkdale United Verde to blast second furnace boosting output by fifty percent. Miami preparations underway for
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Federal Reserve Bank of
Dallas
First National Bank
Tombstone
Treasury
Poor sight fines imposed on trespassers in Mescal incident
In Douglas on August 21 Judge Jack fined Jesus Reyes A Jaramillo and HB Juares $25 each for lacking eye protection after a quart of mescal was found in their possession. They admitted knowing nothing of the container until officers Bouldin and Pollard revealed it. They claimed recent return from Agua Prieta and were warned to wear glasses and watch for bootleggers. The trio were arrested on a lower Ninth street porch where the bottle lay on the top step between them.
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Douglas
Jesus Reyes
Jaramillo
HB. Juares
Jack
Bouldin and
Pollard
Agua Prieta
Lower Ninth Street
Noted author uses Arizona wood in home near Tucson
Harold Bell Wright, famed author, favors local industry and chose Nogales mills for interior finish of his ranch near Tucson. He viewed hundreds of samples and selected Arizona mill products, including paneled doors. Mexican black oak, mahogany, and cedar will also be used, milled in Nogales from Mexican logs. A display of panels will soon be shown by the Arizona Industrial Congress to promote these woods statewide. Lightning strikes three Tombstone men in Gorney Lease engine house. Vaughn, Albert Gorney, and Joseph Gorney escape serious injury with only burns and shock noted.
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Phoenix
Harold Bell Wright
Wright
Tucson
Arizona
Noxal
Nogales Mills
Mexico
Nogales
Arizona Industrial Congress
Gorney
George Vaughn
Albert
Joseph Gorney
Judge Pattee Not Candidate For Reelection
Judge Samuel L. Pattee announced he will not seek reelection to the superior bench and plans to return to private practice after his term. Petitions for his nomination were halted despite earlier support from the Pima County Bar Association and signatures backing his reelection.
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Tucson
Samuel L. Pattee
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