Cattle Market Prices Show Slim Rise in West
Aug 4 slight increase in cattle demand noted by Byrd Brooke from Kansas City and Omaha. Despite overall low Western prices, all cattle classes edged up by 1 to 4 cents in two weeks. Rains and grass may help hold stock, but sellers still see weak ship figures. Brooks predicts feeders may grow as Texas stockmen plan to restock and Arizona could attract buyers for livestock purchases.
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Tyceon
Byrd Brooke
Kansas City
Omaha
Brooks
Texas
Arizona
Brooke
Arizona power project favored by officials in joint talks
Arizona and Nevada officials join Imperial California representatives and Edison company officers in Los Angeles to discuss competing dam plans for the Paulder Carson project. Edison vows to finance the system even at 500 million dollars while Arizona plans bond funding after city votes. Attendees include Imperial Irrigation District directors and state water commissioners. The meeting centers on public welfare and federal power board approval.
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Los Angeles
Arizona
Nevada
Imperial
California
Southern California Edison Company
Pony
Edison Company
Com
Imperial Irrigation District
J. G. Scrugham
Nervent
Cocomissioner Norvell
Federal Power Board
Lower oil prices may make possible gas rate reduction
Phoenix August 4 The Arizona corporation commission seeks lower gas and fuel oil prices to cut rates. With crude oil near 60 cents a barrel in Texas and Oklahoma fields, Arizona firms pay higher under contract, prompting expected reductions in gas, light, and water charges if favorable pricing is secured.
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Phoenix
Arizona Corporation Commission
Ranger
Texas
Oklahoma
Arizona
Former Huachuca troopers clash with bandits on moving train
On a Rock Island freight train southeast of Wichita a gun fight between former Tenth cavalry troopers and two robbers left one dead and a man missing. Four ex cavalrymen fired on the bandits as passengers were scattered along the tracks between Furley and Keell or Jay where the gun battle ended with multiple injuries.
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Wichita
Kan
Tenth United States Cavalry
Harvest
Unk
Furley
Keel
Jay
Unidentified Five Held for Investigation After Troop Discharges
Five of the alleged bandits are being held here for investigation. The troopers mentioned in the dispatch were among those discharged from the Tenth Cavalry at Fort Huachuca within the last few weeks.
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Tenth Cavalry
Fort Huachuca
Foung Horse Thieves Sentenced to Pen
Flagstaff Aug 2 192? Clarence Hughes 18 and Lin ely Lim were sentenced by Superior Court Judge J E Jones to 18 months to three years in the state penitentiary for attempting to steal two saddle horses hired from Limtlogcow. Both pleaded guilty and claimed the plan began as a lark after riding with alleged horse thieves. Hughes had recently moved from Illinois with his sister and sold his stake in Old Trails Vulannizing plant to partner W H Younger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flagstaff
Veng C. Linmax
Clarence Hughes
Limftlogcow
Superior Court
J. Eones
State Penitentiary
Hughes
Miinois
Wh. C Younger
Linely
Dnege Jones
Chinese Use U S Mails to Transport Opium Smuggling
In Clifton and Morenci a Chinese man Wong Sing and a coworker were jailed on federal charges for using United States mails to move opium. The scheme began with two suspicious packages mailed from Tucson and hidden inside Chinese newspapers. A US citizen Chinese woman, Mary Yee, alerted authorities leading to postal surveillance and arrests. Proceedings set bond at $1000 for one suspect and $750 for another. Local judges and clerks coordinated the case with postmasters and federal investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Ricks
Chace
Pastor
Lee
Tucson
China
Cutton
Morenel
Arheland
Joss House
Justice of the Peace Fox
Mary Yee
United States
Clifton Moenci
Mary
Roscoest Morenci
Morenci
Wealthy Nogales Resident Dies at 68
Ramon Vasequez a pioneer Arizona resident and owner of Nogales water works died at his home in Nogales on August 5. He will be buried in Tucson tomorrow. Vasequez, 68, was among the wealthiest residents in the region, with properties in Nogales, Sonora, and other holdings in the area.
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Nogales
Ramon Vasez
Tucson
Vasequez
Arizona
Sonora
Touson
Worsley Salary Fixed by Board for Deportation Cases
The board fixed A A Worsley’s compensation at 250 dollars per month for his time as assistant in deportation trials. The total allowed amount was reported after auditing claims and routine work. The court will be updated with the board’s order, following a writ of mandamus.
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A. A. Worsley
Worsley
Con
Ith
Woreley
State Office Refuses Bridge Repair Responsibility
In Tucson on August state highway officials refused to fund repairs to the Ritito bridge after two sections collapsed into the river Sunday. State Engineer Kumus Maddock reportedly passed the ultimatum from the Phoenix office to Merrill Butler, shifting reconstruction duty to Pima County. County supervisors chair JE Woods said records show the true responsibility remains under investigation.
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Tucson
Aug. S
State Big Way Department
Ritiito
Merrill Butler
Highway Departments
Phoenix
Kumus Maddock
Pima Coum
JE. Woods
Pima County
Breach of Land Contract Charged in 354000 Suit
Prescott August 5 Failure to carry out a land and water rights contract valued at 354000 is alleged in a lawsuit by Prescott Farms Company against Arizona Land and Irrigation Loop Company Fassayampa Farms Company and Jacob B Filekletein The complaint says in October 1927 the defendants contracted to sell to M Carter for 354000 a tract west of Jerome Junction The plaintiff successor in interest to Carter alleges the defendants refused the initial 5500 payment offered through a Chicago trust company
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Prescott
Prescott Farms Company
Arizona Land and Irrigaloop Company
Fassayampa Ar ‘Arms Company
Jacob B. Filekletein
Falta
M. Carter
Jerome Junction
Carter
Chicago
Weights and Measures Dept Cannot Stand A Cut
State inspector Raymond Dyas warns Governor Campbell that a proposed annual cut in the weights and measures department budget would cripple the unit. He notes the legislature already reduced the expense fund by 56 percent and a further 1500 cut would erase the Fifth legislature’s 1200 allotment, leaving a 300 deficit.
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Weights and Measures Department
Phosix
Firth
Department of Weights and Measures
Raymond Dyas
Campbell
No Army Planes For Fire Protection In 1922
Secretary Weeks announced that army airplanes will not be used for forest fire protection next summer. He cited large reductions in appropriations restricting expenditures to strictly military needs. Weeks asked Secretary Wallace for aid to protect timber lands near Prescott, Arizona, but said aviators and aircraft cannot be detailed for such work in 1922.
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Washington
Weeks
Secretace Wallace
Prescott Ariz
Radiium bearing ore sparks Yuma mining activity
In Castle Dome Tange area near Yuma locals Ingle Payne and Jack Payne found a large amount of a black mineral later identified as radium bearing ore. Miner Bob Anderson and prospector Pat Holland with Win Proebster traced a ledge in the Gila Range and located slate claims nearby. Assays show strong indications of radium properties and Anderson seeks New York support for further exploitation.
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Yuma
Cnarne Ingle
Jack Payne
Castle Dome Tange
Bob Anderson
Yuma'e City
Mershal
Gila Mountains
Bob
Gila Range
Tuttelo Bil' Cody
Anderson
Hob Anderson
New York
Red House
Narrow escape near Tucson as bridge span fails
A woman and two children narrowly escaped death when a span on a trestle bridge gave way during flood conditions. Torrential runoff from the Santa Rita river swollen over four days of heavy rain caused the bridge to fail as water levels rose in the area. Intermittent showers persisted, but rivers like the Santa Cruz and Rio had not overflowed their banks and no flood fears were reported.
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Tucson
Aus
Santa Cruz
5000 Roads Engineer Inspects Highways in El Paso
Aug 6 H S Wheeler district engineer of the United States Bureau of Good Bears visits El Paso. His district covers New Mexico and Arizona as he inspects proposed roads from New Mexican points to El Paso.
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EL Paso
H. S Wheeler
United States Bureau of Good Bears
New Mexico
Arizona
New Mexican
el Pauso
Attack on Wickenburg Bank Receiver Sparks Local Petition
In Phoenix on August 5 a group including the editor of a weekly paper and several residents filed in superior court a petition backing receiver R. W. Baxter of the Centra bank of Wickenburg. The filing argues Baxter is skilled and appoints a former cashier as his assistant. About 100 residents and a dozen business leaders, plus the mayor and chamber officials, signed the petition.
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Phoenix Ariz
Wickenburg
R. W. Baxter
Centrsbank of
Chamber of Commerce
Former Justice Field Held on First Degree Murder Charge
Tucson August 5 Thomas R Field once justice of the peace at Ajo was held to answer in superior court at a preliminary hearing in Justice Peases court on a murder in the first degree charge Field’s lawyers sought bail but Justice Pease ruled the offense unbailable in Arizona and denied the request from Moore and Frawley Jann K E Peterson counsel for Field
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Tucson
Thomas R. Field
Tombstone To Hold Teachers Examinations This Month
Examinations for teachers will be held on August 15 and 16 at the Tombstone school hall. Miss Helen Brown, county school superintendent, announced these will be the first under July state board rules. A trial certificate valid for eight grades requires ten college hours and prior teaching experience. a four year secondary education is required for the full certificate.
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Toenday
Tombstone
Helen Brown
State Board of Education
Lee Highway route debates and Dr Johnson’s coast plan
The piece discusses shifts to the Lee Highway lying northward from El Paso toward the coast. Dr Johnson is noted for backing the Borderland route and selecting paths from El Paso to the coast with the aim of a western terminal, referencing connection points through Deming Lordsburg Bisbee Tombstone Benson Phoenix Yuma and others as the coast corridor. The article emphasizes the Borderland route as the practical line of least resistance, tied to federal standards and paving progress.
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New Orleans
Houston
San Antonio
el Paso
Arizona
Jobieson
Aleve
Uland
el Tee
Dr. Johnson
Thoes
Pacific Coast Terminal
Bankhead Highway
Pacific Coast
America
Pwest
Aseor
Paso
Deming
Lordsburg
Plas
Bisbee
Tombeone
Benson
Phoenia
Yorma
Livestock and ranges in Arizona and western New Mexico
Weather and crop reports from Phoenix and nearby areas show improved conditions, abundant water, and good range quality. Re ports highlight strong pasture, irrigation progress, and crops like potatoes oats and wheat doing well, with corn damaged by wet soils. Cotton sheds slightly but remains near normal. Yuma alfalfa trade strong and prices steady.
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Arizona
Yuma
500 Horses Driven From Arizona to San Antonio
Flagstaff, Aug. 4. J D Wade drives 500 horses from Ash Fork Arizona to San Antonio Texas aiming to finish under favorable weather and feed conditions. The drive occurs for economic reasons as railroads charged about 430 a carload for the distance, and the horses are expected to be in better condition at journey's end.
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Flagstaff
J. D. Wade
Ash Fork
Arizona
San Antonio
Texas
Road Condition Report From Tucson Area
Aug 5 Tucson reports mixed road conditions with some impassable stretches. R E Fishburn, head of the Pima county highway commission, notes the worst segment between Robles Ranch and Roadside mine but adds crews are repairing and widening the route.
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R. E Fishburn
Pima County
Land Office Notice of Three Year Proof in Arizona
John Valenzuela of Hereford Arizona filed notice of intention to make three year proof to establish homestead claim on sections 28 23 34 25 township 238 range 216 G and MB Meridian. Hearing before W A Fowler U S Commissioner Tombstone Arizona on September 8 1921. Witnesses: Charles Phillips Trige Phillips Joseph Ham mer Robert N Fourr. Published August 7 1921. CHAS E MARSHALL Register.
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U.S Land
Phoenix
Arizona
John Valenzuela
Hereford
Arisona
Range
Meridian
W. A Fowler
U.S
Tombstone
Charles P. Phillips
Trige Phillips
Garces
Joseph Hammer
Robert N. Fourr
Protest Conference on Hay Growers Postponed
A conference was delayed at the state office to discuss methods for presenting to the Lerome commission in Phoenix. The meeting aimed to adjure astute rates, which would affect hay and grain markets. A representative was to be chosen to testify in Washington on behalf of hay growers.
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State Corporation
Phoenix
Washington
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Geeta
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Douglas
Terior
Ket Pub
Chas E. Marshall
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