Killing at White City as Ora Harris slays Walter Patterson
At White City near Fort Huachuca Ora Harris shot and killed Walter Patterson after a quarrel. Patterson, known as Wolf, died from multiple gunshot wounds. Harris is jailed awaiting preliminary hearing next Tuesday at 1 PM. The deadly incident adds to White City's troubled history with authorities.
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White City
Huachuca Military Reservation
Ora Harris
Walter “Wolf” Patterson
J. E. Hood
Harris
Patterson
Coro
Orn Harris
Beto Judge Hogue
Turner
Asx
Wolf
Secretary of State receipts show 9 percent expense ratio
In Phoenix for the year ending June 20 1922 the secretary of state's office reported receipts of 375062.46 with expenses 52598.03 yielding a net 342464.43, down from higher expense ratios in 1919 1920 and 1921. locals note the fiscal trend while Prescott police seek 16 year old Faye Coz who disappeared Sunday possibly traveling in boys clothes.
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Phoenix
Ernest R. Hall
Prescott
Aris
Faye Coz
Sherif
Mexican held on murder charge freed in Agua Prieta
Florencio de la Vega, wanted for the murder of Cato Campbell, was released by Governor Francisco Elias of Sonora due to Mexican law limiting detention to 72 hours without warrants. Mexican officials cited missing requisition letters from Chihuahua authorities and delays in sending documents, casting doubt on future arrest prospects if recapture occurs.
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Douglas
Ariz
Florencio de la Vega
Cato Campbell
Chihuahua City
Senacio Enriquez
Agua Prieta
de la Vega
Eliyencials
Chibushua
Francisco Ellas
Somoza
Enriquez
Esteban Mentora
Elias
Mendoza
Manuel C. Flores
Court of First Instance
Camanea
Bisbee Man Leases Ingersoll Mine
Bisbee attorney Judge Fred Sutter reportedly secured a lease on the historic Bob Ingersoll mine in the Tombstone district, now owned by the Hearst estate. A company may form to restart operations, with underground ore bodies and large dumps of ore awaiting processing, signaling potential revival for the old workings.
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Fred Sutter
Bisbee
Bob Ingersoll
Tombstone
Hearst Estate
Burro Takes Advantage Of Its Master S Pull
Globe Arizona reports city councilman W P Greer owns a burro that has grown unruly after a recent election. The animal has wandered into flower gardens and streets, disrupting traffic with its vocal powers. The owner has had to redeem it from the pawnbroker three times and vows the fourth will be the last.
Bisbee Sets Next Year Tax Levy At 1.98 Per 100
Bisbee city council met in the city hall chambers and unanimously passed resolutions setting the assessment levy for the coming year at 1.98 dollars per 100 dollars of property value. No other business was considered at the session.
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Bisbee
Thatcher School Students Undergo Tonsil Operations
Eighty pupils at Thatcher public school in Tucson underwent tonsillectomies in a school health clinic set up by the board to monitor student progress. Principal Martin Mortenson noted 20 percent had defective eyesight and that many lagging students showed physical ailments. the school turned its building into a temporary hospital with 12 home nursing girls assisting post op care.
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Tucson
Ariz
Thatcher
Martin Mortenson
University of Arizona
Mortenson
Convicted banker seeks new trial in Arizona case
B Brown, a former bank president, filed an appeal to the supreme court after a denied motion for a new trial. He was found guilty of accepting a deposit for the Central Bank of Willcox knowing it was insolvent and was sentenced to three and a half to five years in Florence state prison. The appeal includes an affidavit stating he cannot pay for the transcript of evidence or the notice of appeal.
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New Trail Phoenix
B. Brown
Supreme Court
Superior Court of
Co Ire
Brown
Central Bank of
Willcox
Florence
Arizona Indians Take Plane Ride for First Time
Holbrook Arizona Aug 10 Indians of the region rode in a Leaver plane piloted by R V Thomas for commercial purposes bound toward Zuni villages once called the Seven Cities of Ci bola. About 15 braves paid 12 50 each for a cloud flight enjoying the surreal ascent while Navajos looked on with guarded fascination.
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Holbrook
Ariz
Leaver
R. V. Thomas
Seven Cities
Cibola
Coronado
Jace
Suit Filed Against Science Directors By Phoenix Woman
Aug 10 a bill in equity filed in federal district court by Mrs. Katherine Aller of Phoenix Arizona asks the First Church of Christ Scientist directors and Christian Science Publishing trustees be enjoined from implementing a vote to remove her name from the Christian Science Journal practitioner list.
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Boston
Federal District Court
Katherine Aller
Phoenix
Ariz
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Christian Science Publishing Society
Christian Science Journal
Cameron and Ashurst Oppose Swing-Johnson Bill
Tucson telegrams show Senators Forshurst and Cameron express firm opposition to the Swing-Johnson bill for Colorado River development. They say the measure harms Arizona interests and will be contested in Congress as they back a permit for J B Girard to build an irrigation and power project on the river.
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Tucson
Colorado River
Congress
Tucson Bullier
Henry Forshurst
Ralph Cameron
Arizona
Colorado
J.B. Girard
Campaign for Governor of SonoraStarts With Nominations
Apr 10 Douglas report flags early campaign activity for Sonora governor. General Miguel Pina Jr nominated by the independent Sonora party at Hermosillo convention. Alejo Bay named candidate by another party in Nogales. Election set for April 23 next year as De la Huerta’s term ends.
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Douglas
Sonora
Agua Prieta
Independent Literal Party of
Hermosillo
Miguel Pina, Jr
Res
Pina
de la Huerta
Congress
Nogales
Alejo Bay
Veracruz
Hay
Sanora
de Ls Huerta
Ron Prieta
General Ping
Gover
Tucson cattleman bound over on dry law citation
Jesse J. Gatlin, a Tucson cattleman, appeared before U S Commissioner Edwin F. Jones and waived preliminary examination on a charge of deletion of the national prohibition act. He was bound over to the federal court in 1506 dollars bond with time to make the bond by Saturday noon. Trial on a liquor charge from June preceded the bond action. Three Volstead act violations have recently been filed against Gatlin, totaling 7500 dollars in bond.
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Tucson
Edwin F. Jones
Jesse J. Gat- Hin
Gatlin
Jones
Street Car Jumped Track Near Slag Dump
Bisbee August 11 a electric car from Lowell ran off the track near Slag Dump but caused no injuries or serious damage. The obstruction delayed traffic briefly until a Warren car barn wrecking crew arrived and cleared the way, resuming service in about twenty minutes.
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Bisbee
Lowell
Warren
Four petitions filed for state offices in Arizona
Four Democratic nominating petitions were filed in Phoenix today with Secretary of State Hall, bringing total petitions on file to 36. Names include Amos A. Betts renominating for corporation commissioner and various candidates seeking state auditor and state corporation commissioner. Also noted is a transplanting of wild turkeys from White Mountains to Ancha and Trout to Oak Stock areas.
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Phoenix
Secre
Joe V. Protary
State Hall
Caska
Amos A
Betts
Chas R. Howe
White Mountains
Tax Commission
Graham
Blur
Catalina
Sterraljer
Richard H. Ramsey
Ancha Mountains
State
Chas
White de Sales Wheeler
Nomin- Mountains
Oak Stock
Lake Mary
Commiss
Mormon Lake
Stoneman Lake
Stoner
Pioneer Arizona Cotton Planter Commits Suicide
Phoenix Aug M H Herters a former Phoenix resident and cotton planter in Salt River valley yesterday died by self inflicted gunshot in Woodacre Marin County California according to San Francisco dispatch. Belief that financial trouble would embarrass his family cited as motive. He formerly worked with Cyrus Pierce and Company.
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Phoenix
Aug
M.herters
Salt River Valley
Wood Acre
Marin County
California
San Francisco
Marin Counfire
Atha
Cyrus Pierce & Company
Hayden in Phoenix on Way to Capital
Congressman Cary Hayden returns to Phoenix after surveying the Colorado river basin and heads to Washington for the House opening session. He praises the Diamond Creek project as an ideal power site and travels with James B. Giread of Phoenix, who seeks a federal license to build the Diamond Creek power plant.
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Phoenix
Cary Hayden
Colorado River
Washington
House of Representatives
Hayden
House
Diamond Creek
Peach Springs
James BR. Giread
Federal Power Commission
Moqui Snake Dance Scheduled for August 25 in Arizona
On August 11 an official statement from REL announces the Moqui snake dance at Geuns Canyon on the reservation in Arizona is set for August 25. The dance, the largest of its kind for the tribe, is kept secret until a snake chief’s near announcement and always held about 16 days after. It drew attention from Theodore Roosevelt and Mary Roberts Rinehart, famed for visiting the event.
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Tucson
Geuns Canyon
Arizona
Rel. Male
Eribe
Jebief
Daniel
Theodore Roosevelt
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Robbery suspects bound over after waiver in Arizona
Allen Farmer and William Smith were arraigned in Tucson before Justice Oslar L. Pease on charges of robbing the Albert Steinfeld hardware store of 1200. They waived preliminary examination, requested no counsel, and were bound over to the superior court with $1000 bail each. They were committed to the county jail pending trial.
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Tucson
Justice of the Peace
Oslear L. Pease
Allen Farmer
Wm| Smith
Albert Steinfeld
Superior Court
Pendive
Pease
Phoenix Post Office to Seek $170,000 Expansion
F E Stewart of the Arizona internal revenue division reports Senator Ralph H Cameron has word from the treasury department that better federal accommodations are sought in Phoenix. The department will recommend to a referee an addition to the present post office and courthouse as congestion in the current building worsens.
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Phoenix
Vouecwr
F. E. Stewart
Arizona
Ralph H. Cameron
Treasury Department
Gold Dust Twins of a Progressive State Road Debate
A fragmented Arizona discussion praises the Old Spanish Trail and related highways from El Paso to the Pacific. It notes the push for a standard road from Lordsburg to Nogales, reports on bridge work at Patagonia, and argues how schools and roads together boost progress.
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United States
el Paso
205Th Meridian
Pacific
Arizona
Keye
Gillespie Dam
Gila Bend
Yuma
Roosevelt
Globe
Fairbank
Santa Cruz
Lordsburg
Pataxonia
Nogales
Santa Cruz County
Patagonia
OK Spanish Trail Association
Dust Twins
Eleven Nominating Petitions Filed for State Offices
The document lists multiple Democratic petitions for state offices including J. W. Murphy for attorney general and Frank Lyman for justice of the supreme court. Other nominees include Elsie Toles for state superintendent, J. Galbraith for reelection attorney general, John F White for state mine inspector, Jane Gregg for state treasurer, R. A. Kirk for corporation commissioner, and Judge Otis J. Baughn of Florence for the six year term. Tomorrow is the last day to file petitions and the Secretary’s office will close at 5 o'clock.
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Tage Oney
Elsie Toles
Superintendent of Public Instruction
J. Galbraith
Gem
John F White
Jane Gregg
R. A. Kirk
Otis J. Baughn
Florence
Supreme Court
J. W. Murphy
Frank Lyman
Maricopa
Hall
Court candidates need not enter the partisan primary cont.
The report notes that court candidates need not enter the partisan primary as officials review nominating petitions. It mentions the Eads petition and a potential court restraining action to keep judicial candidates' names off the ballot. The text also references Dr Lorenzo Bolde, a longtime Phoenix resident, running for mayor of Magdalena, Sonora.
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Eads
Board of Supervisors
Nogales
Aris
Lorenzo Bolde
Phoenix
Magdalena
Sonora
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