Arizona Adjutant General Row Sparks War Dept Mail Change
Dispute over whether Charles Harris or Walter Ingalls holds Arizona adjutant general prompts War Department to send official militia correspondence directly to the governor. Secretary Baker notes friction with Arizona authorities and confirms governor as communications contact while pending litigation seeks final appointment.
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Baker
Arizona
Phoenix
Charles Harris
Walter &. Ingalls
State of
War Department
Bureau of Militia Affairs
Harris
Ingalls
Newton D Baker
Campbell
State of Arizona
Adjutant General of
Large Reclamation Phoenix Dam Project In Arizona
Aug 1 1923 Alamos Land and Irrigation to reclaim 26000 acres with a 100 foot dam at Onate Creek 20 miles west of Congress Junction after approval of a 250000 first mortgage bond issue by the state corporation commission. Officers include W T Sawyer of Congress Junction and Daniel E Parks of Prescott.
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Phoenix
Alamos Land & Irrigation Company
State Corporation Commission
Arrest of Young Man on Serious Statutory Charge
Douglas Awe 11 Pet Annett Phillips of the motor transit corps was arrested this morning on a charge of tape violations at 177 Sixteenth Street. He confessed to Deputy Sheriff Palmer and Lieutenant Carpo and was transferred to infantry duty. The crime occurred around 16:20 hours at the Cervantes home where a woman in bed with her five week old baby was assaulted. the defendant is in military custody awaiting court martial, with a civil warrant likely to be sworn by the county attorney.
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Douglas
Awe
Pet Annett Phillips
Motor Transit Corps
Wos
Vantes
Sherif Palmer
Carpro Wos
Marchal
Pruki Pe Recrutty
Eh Infantry
Cervantes
Cervantes House
Protests Filed Over Property Tax Increases
John D. leads Standart Oil Texas and Union Oil toward a protest against recent assessment boosts. The Standard Oil company claims overvaluation and asserts actions to tax California properties, urging the board to reconsider valuation and curb alleged improper expansion of tax reach.
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Phoeni
Etre Board of Equiusaon
Standart Oi Company
Texas Comany
Uaslon O8
Standart Ci Company
Theatre of
Arizona
California
Cochise Pima County Line Road Budget and Highway Plans
Cochise County Supervisors chair Adams and member Roberts met to review the 1829 1920 budget with J S Gaines of the Taxpayers Association the final adoption saw few changes. They planned Monday to set the tax rate based on county wealth and discussed starting Benson County highway work using half from state funds and hoped for federal aid. A Rexeon bridge inspection followed rains and floods with temporary traffic measures in place while plans for a full rebuild await.
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Cochise Pima County Line
Board of Supervisors
Adams
Roberts
J .S. Gaines
Cochise County
Benson County
State
Maddock
Rexeon
Beant
Smyth
Arizona May Lose Estate of $79,000
The Arizona attorney general moves to claim the estate of the late William Gerstenberg of Tombstone worth $79,000. He seeks the state’s share under succession law while eleven or twelve relatives are traced, including a Buffalo niece and cousins in New Orleans Oakland and elsewhere. If relatives prove kinship, they receive the estate. otherwise the state pursues the claim.
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Arizona
Phoenix
William Gerstenberg
Tombstone
Gener Whitney
Tomblestone
Fred Sutter
Bie Dee Atorney
Ceres
Buffalo
Oakland
New Orleans
N Nmber
Geretenberg
Accord Whitnes
Arizona Attorney General May Be Without Office
Phoenix August 11 the attorney general s office now in the downtown section faces eviction as the Capitol wing addition remains unfinished. Victor Steinegger owner of the building plans to reclaim space by September 1 while the state building board says completion may slip to October 1 or later.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Victor Steinegger
Andrew Baumert
Susle Board of Directors
Bucktoard Bil dies in Wilcox as deportation cases resume
Witte Rich known as Bucktoard Bil dies in Wilcox after a prolonged illness. A nurse provided constant care. Charleson, a longtime Wilcox resident and former Santa Fe Silver City stage driver nicknamed Back board Bull, was born in New York and served in the Civil War. He rarely spoke of his past, mentioning a possible daughter in New York and a brother in Canada but refusing details.
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Santa Fe
Silver City
New Mexico
New York
Canus
Federal road equipment shipment to Arizona grows
The federal government ships more road building gear to Arizona. A dozen large tractors and 24 light tracks are sent, with six heavy units bound for Tucson and others en route to Dewey Camp and Phoenix. Some tractors will serve Safford, Tucson, and Flagstaff road projects.
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Arizona Phoenix
Ariz. Aeri
Lght
Tucson
Yhrteen
Dewey
Phoenix
Safford
Flagstaff
Activity in mining circles at Johnson
Martin Fishback, president of the Development Corporation of Arizona, oversees Copper Chief Mine at Johnson. The mine will ship ore next week to the Douglas smelter, power plant soon to start, S P line access complete, and machinery for a compressor and machine drilling to follow, boosting shipments. Republic mine also expanding, Johnson poised for considerable activity within twelve months.
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Martin Fishback
Development Corporation of Arizona
Tombstone
Mr. Mishack
Dougiss
Bern
S. P
Fishbackley
Republic
Johnson
WRS Kinney Dies After Long Illness
Aug. 15 Mrs J E Kinney mother of Fred and Johnny Kinney cattlemen died last night at 1126 1st street Douglas after a prolonged illness. Funeral set for Saturday at Ferguson chapel Calvary cemetery. Native of Washington she had lived in Douglas for 12 years and on the ranch between Phoenix and Yavapai county. Survived by widower cattleman and sister in Seattle. Bond issue of 250000 authorized for land and irrigation project in Yavapai county to finance water delivery and land development.
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Bisbee
J. E. Kineney
Fred
Johnny Kixbey
Ath Street
Douglas
Ferguson Mortuary
Calvary Cemetery
Washington
Birbee
Phoenix
Moe Land and Irrigation Company
Yavapai County
Phoenix man fined for beating 17 year old stepdaughter
Ang 1 F. D. menee, charged with aggravated assault on his 17 year old stepdaughter, pled to simple assault and was fined 25. The judge noted improper punishment by a nonparent acting in loco parentis. The case featured a school teacher as defendant and a 17 year old pupil who resisted strict spelling corrections.
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Phoenix
Ang
F. D. Menee
Justion
Airplanes for Border Douglas Camp Openings
Aug 11 reports arrival of army planes by air route to San J. dunes. Three machines spotted circling the camp before landing. Four officers and two enlisted men on the craft. The train from El Paso brought the personnel. Machines and aviation corps numbers to be stationed at Camp Jones with later est of hangars and east of the corral to avoid disturbing cavalry.
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Douglas
SF J. Dunes
Ing
Grug
el Pano
Aviation Corps
Camp Jones
Corral
Fort Huachuca Notes Boxing and Dances
Fort Huachuca Arizona notes a ten day practice march to Santa Catalina Mountains starting August 14 1919 by the Second Squadron with return to Fort. Major Burl H. Coyle assigned to the 16th Cavalry. A weekly officers hop and a Saturday night dance for enlisted men are held. Troop F hosted a dance on Saturday August 9 1918.
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Santa Catatina Mountains
Jimmy Carr Old Timer Seen In Douglas Today
Jimmy Carr, known to friends as Jimmy, visits Douglas arriving yesterday morning. One of the real old timers of southern Arizona, he recalls mining days in the Huachuca and Mule mountains and early Tombstone freight work. Carr is noted as a top southwest freighter with a mule string that crossed the San Pedro and carried loads to Tombstone and Silver City before rail lines reached the Gila valley. He spent years hauling coke and supplies from Willcox to the Old Dominion at Glebe and now greets old associates in Douglas.
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Douglas
Adz
Jimmy
Mora
Carr
Arizona
Tombstone
Huachuse Mountains
Mule Mountains
San Pedr Hen Carrium
Sliver City
New Mexico
Willcox
Old Dominion
Glebe
Gila Valley
Fishes
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Atlanta
State Highway Commission
Bankhead National
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Sanitary Board
Kendall Bros
Tombstone, Arizona
State Highway Department
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Tombstone Auto Company
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Fort Huachuca
Fort Heachuca
Burl H. Coyle
16H
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