Lamar Cobb Selected by Pan-American Road Congress Committee
State Engineer of Arizona Lamar Cobb is chosen by the Program Committee for a leading role at the Pan-American Road Congress. The event opens September 13 at Oakland Municipal Auditorium with Cobb to chair the discussion on Engineering Supervision of Highway Work, citing his extensive state road expertise.
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Lamar Cobb
Arizona
Pan-American Road Congress
Municipal Auditorium
Oakland
Col
Cobb
Mark Smith Not Ill Contrary to Rumors in Globe
Globe reports false whispers that United States Senator Mark Smith lay dying at his former Kentucky home. Receiver John J. Birdno confirms Smith is in excellent health, not in Kentucky, and plans to return to Arizona by early September. Smith traveled via San Francisco with his sister and nieces en route to Seattle and the Orient.
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GLOBE
United States
Mark Smith
Kentucky
Hunt
Osborn
Government Contests Cameron Claims In Land Office
Phoenix Aug 10 a high profile case opens in the U S Land office over the right of the government to contest and set aside a mining location before patent. The government sues Ralph Cameron former congressman as defendant. Twenty placer and lode claims in the Grand Canyon area are at stake with hearing led by Receiver J J Birdno. Attorneys for Cameron dispute land office jurisdiction. if sustained the hearing ends, otherwise it continues for days. Kanexernecker and family of Miami have moved into the Hill residence on Premont Street Tombstone.
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Phoenix
United States Land Office
Ralph Cameron
Congress
Grand Canyon
J.J. Birdno
Cameron
Land Office
Kanexernecker
Miami
Tombstone
Upper Premont Street
Tombstone Publicity Grows Via Los Angeles Examiner
The Los Angeles Examiner feature in Seeing Los Angeles highlights Tombstone figures. J D Mache, journalist Hattich, and local editor Bill Haevich are noted. A comical debate arises over a misread headline Aqua Priew Excavated, reflecting local industry and courthouse banter.
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Tombstone
Los Angeles Examiner
Great Southwest
Los Angeles
Colum
Otheman Stevens
Rane
J.D. Machemich
Inlaw
Bill Haevich
Hattich
Madero
Aeus Prieta
Huttich
Aqua Priew
Yack White
Huthch
Touiistone
Court House
Tax rate raised as state valuation tops 420 million
Aug 9 report after the State Board of Equalization sets final state valuation at 420,597,411.90. Cochise County pays the highest tax levy at 1,046,850.82 while the overall levy stands at fifty four cents compared with forty four and a half last year.
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Phoenix
Te State Board of Equalication
Cochise
Labor Day Committee Plans For Front, Crystal Theater Matinee
A committee meeting last night received encouraging reports on entries for athletic and racing events. Cow girl race interest is rising with likely fewer than six entries. Children’s races precede lunch with a 1 PM matinee at Crystal Theater expected to draw both children and adults, while the committee continues finalizing plans for the day.
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Crystal Theater
Ity
Mine Warning Notice for Middlemarch Copper Claims
Notice states the Middlemarch Copper Company voluntarily disclaims liability for debts, labor, materials, or damages on 35 copper mining claims at Middlemarch Cochise County Arizona. Claims are under bond and lease to George Mitchell of Los Angeles, California. Dated August 7 1915. By F C Austin vice president Attest and Assistant Secretary.
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Middlemarch
Cochise County
Arizona
George Mitchell
Los Angeles
Calif
Middlemarch Copper Company
F. C Austin
Doings in Cochise Superior Court Case Doling Trial
Arguments in the State v Doling dominated the Cochise County Superior Court with a large audience as the case nears a verdict. A special venire summoned by Sheriff Wheeler was present, listing locals from Bisbee Douglas Tombstone and nearby towns among prospective jurors.
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Superior Court
Cochise County
Sheriff Weeeler
Eo Glen
Bisbee
Beverly Blunt
Kiteo
Archie Wilwa
Wiilenx
Roe. Clayborne
Douglas James Baker
Bieler
A KR Baraugh
Louis Burdges
Lowell GK Roark
Douglas
Robert Hart
Ponytas
Rob
Valance
Tombstone
Verdict Reaches Not Guilty After Second Trial
In the state regating case heard by Superior Court Judge Suiter, the defense concluded the final argument this morning, the jury retired about 10, deliberated four hours, and returned a verdict of not guilty this afternoon at around 3:30. The trial followed an earlier hung jury in the first trial.
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Mort Superior Court
Suiter
Hans
Willard Whitt Sues Warren Street Railway for 20000
The Superior Court opened in the Willard Whitt versus Warren Street Railway case seeking 20000 damages. Whitt, alleging willful neglect in track maintenance at Tasihstone, claims he was thrown from his machine and injured. Jury panel selections and attorney representations are noted, with most jurors from the prior Doling case excused.
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Willard Whitt
Warren Street Railway Company
Needon
Tasihstone Banyon
TR Brandt
Matt Walsh
Ole Olson
Henry Williams
Allen
Spracley
Wm. Conner
M.A Gallardo
Archie Wilson
R.V. Vallance
RE Clayborn
C. M. Roark
Water Lawford
Board of Equalization Revises Cochive County Valuation
The State Board of Equalization issued changes to Cochive County rolls after hearings. Increases total 440,001.08 and decreases 100,640.90, lowering the net assessed value by 958,634.52 to just over 100,000,000.00, with tax rates to be based on the revised rolls.
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Chere
Board of Supervisors
A. Chareer
State Board of Equalization
Due Heard
Cochive County
Sta
Prize Winner from San Simon Valley and Local School Honors
In San Simon Arizona August 9 Miss Alice Bradford daughter of Mrs Pete Jen son graduated Tempe Normal School with high honors and will teach McKinney school next term. She won the Harvard medal for the best senior Arizona topic titled The San Simon Valley. This prize mirrors a three year streak with Alice Last year from Tombstone winning Has war prize for Tombstone topic. A sample of ore from the Kumbow claim shows a 200 foot level extension of a silver ore body with gold, about ten tons of ore at present awaiting shipment for smelting and further work to increase output.
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Cald
Aecesterch
Lockwood
Tombstone
Kumbow
San Simon
Frizona
Alice Bradford
Pete Jen
Tempe Normal School
McKinney School
Harvard
Arizona
San Simon Valley
Alice
Alice Thiel
Advance in sugar rate may be fought
Proposals to advance sugar and syrup rates on the Arizona Eastern Railroad east of Phoenix are challenged by Chandler, Highey, Western and other districts. The Commission may review a general schedule, with reductions recently announced. If not stayed, the new rates would take effect September 18.
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Lin Carioad
Arizona Eastern Railroad
Pheonie Ts
Chandler
Highey
Wetster
Phoenix
Survey Approved for Weber mining claim in Cochise County
Phoenix August 10 Surveyor General Frank S Ingalls approves mineral survey No 177 for the Weber mining claim in the W mining district Cochise county owned by L J Overlook LL C Shur tuck and Joseph Muheim The action confirms ownership and location in public record style typical of the era.
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Phoenix
Frank S. Ingalls
Weber
W. Mining
Cochise County
L. J. Overlook
LL. C. Shurtuck
Joseph Muheim
Borderland Route Signs to Mark Tombstone to El Paso Path
Enamel iron signs for the Borderland Route from Tombstone to El Paso will be posted at road forks across the territory, extending as far west as Phoenix. The boards, reading Borderland Route and Tombstone Miles, show mileage to Tombstone. Larivon Brothers receive praise for the enterprise.
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Larivon Brothers
Borderland Garage
Tombstone
el Paso
Phoenix
Tombston
Larssen Brothers
Courtland visitor among whiskey trafficking arrests in Cochise
Courtland Clarence Brown visited yesterday from Courtland as Deputy Jenkins pursues a string of liquor cases. Edgar H. Tucker is jailed after arriving from Lordsburg with a trunk full of whiskey. waiver signed to destroy the liquor stake. Tombstone Knight Templars plan another Red Cross conferment tonight. Mrs Butler of Bisbee returns from California with Jos. and her mother after trips to Los Angeles and coast cities.
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Jenkins
Cochise
Edgar H. ‘Tucker
Toker
Lordsburg
New Mexico
Wheeler
Airs Jos
Nop
California Points
Butler
Bisbee
Los Angeles
Promising Outlook at Commonwealth Extension Mine
Early reports from Pearce indicate Commonwealth Extension shows strong potential as ore opens at 200 feet, with 160 level ore ready for shipment. Charis W. Hicks leads management as stockholders await more tests and expected shipments from three carloads on the dump to the Douglas smelters. John J Pearce travels to the property amid ongoing progress.
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Commonwealth Extension
Charis W. Hicks
Dan Honsley
Douglas
John J Pearce
Farmers urged to plant garbanzos in Arizona
Stanley Morse of the Arizona Agricultural College extension service promotes garbanzo cultivation as a profitable, easy grown crop. He notes prices around four cents a pound locally rising to eighty five dollars per hundredweight in Los Angeles, with growing demand due to reduced Mexican acreage. The crop suits southern Arizona from Yuma to Tucson.
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Senate
Stanley FE Morse
Universiy
Arizona Agricultural Schoo
Morse
Arizona
Los Angeles
Mexico
Yuma
Tucson
Tombstone Couple United by Marriage in Pleasant Ceremony
Yesterday at the bride's parents home Tombstone saw the wedding of Miss Anna Perry to Mr. John Labrosse. Judge W A Fowler officiated and only close kin and friends attended. Myrtle Kateline was bridesmaid and Frank Sparks best man. The gown was white satin messaline and the bridesmaid wore white silk crepe de chine. A wedding supper followed and a dance at Gage Hall in the evening celebrated the union. The couple plan to reside in Tombstone with many friendships awaiting them.
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Tombstone
Anna Perry
John Labrosse
W. A. Fowler
Myrtle Kateline
Frank Sparks
Trimony
J. A. Perry
Chas. Labrosse
Gage Hall
Southern Arizona a floral paradise in prose tribute
A July Sunset feature extols Southern Arizona as a floral paradise. The writer paints desert bloom spectacle from wagon-lit journeys, describing poppies, cacti, and mesquite amid panoramic vistas. It notes two distinct winter and midsummer seasons, vibrant flora after rains, and lingering health benefits under radiant sunshine.
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Arizona
St Bowie
California
Pullman
Great Plains
Pining
Earth
Globe
Phoenix
Bill
Capyion
Mail order rule echoes in Arizona towns
The Citizen of Tucson laments mail order houses draining local funds and urges home merchants to advertise and print locally. Chandler and Tombstone cite similar concerns as residents note the impact on local business. A new mineral water boom and rising farming prospects also appear amid regional economic shifts.
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Tucson
United States Trust
Clcsgo
St Lewis
Merchan
Arizona
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Clarence Brown
Youdstone
Order of the Red Cross
Pearce
Funny Papers
Dod
Jon Des
Eef Goreete
Lo Tietes
Howses
Sidier
Ote Merchant
Tial Onder Houses
Fetherehone
Unts
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