Flood Threat Prompts Phoenix Residents to Seek High Ground
Couriers warn residents in northwest Phoenix near Glendale to flee to higher land as a flood from Cave Creek advances. Three breaks in the Arizona canal of the Salt River Valley system flood agricultural lands. a windstorm in Glendale kills one man and injures another, with multiple buildings blown down including a garage, grammar school auditorium, store, ice plant, and a residence.
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Phoenix
Te Sheriff's Office
Here
Glendale
Cave Creek
Arizona Canal
Salt Rivery Valley
Richards
Anderson
Grammar School
Cobenour
City Corral
No trace found of missing watchman Moran
Aug 20 no trace was found yesterday of John Moran watchman and pump tender for the Southwest Cotton company near Marinette who has been missing since Tuesday night. Deputy sheriffs Al De Wit and Gilbert Blanco led a search begun Thursday morning and spent the day directing it. Moran was last seen standing on the boards over the headgates at the head of the Marinette canal 15 miles north of Marinette by Tex Edwards of Marinette.
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John Moran
Southwest Cotton Company
Marinette
al de Wit
Gilbert Blanco
Moran
Marinette Canal
Tex EA
Nash Tries on Murder Charge in Flagstaff Trial
Nash testified for the defense in Flagstaff on a murder charge claiming self defense after admitting he killed Martin H. Schwab a traveling salesman from Utah and then took Schwab's car. His wife Mrs. Nash corroborated his movements after the killing as cross examination looms.
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Nash
Flagstaff
Aug
Martin H. Schwab
Sulesman
P. Son
Utah
Charge Youth With Theft Of U S Property
Tucson August 20. Arthur Schultz nineteen is charged with theft of United States Army property. He allegedly used wire to solicit funds and stole radio equipment from the U S army. Arrested in Nogales by Deputy U S Marshal J J Lowe. Remanded to Nogales jail in 560 dollar bond.
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Tucson
U. & Federal
Arthur Schultz
Nogales
United States Army
Flep
U. S. Army
U.S
J.J. Lowe
U. S
W. A. O'Connor
Phoenix Inventor Perfects Plan to Remove Silt
Ava, 20 removing ash shstade block in irrigation projects. I Robert Tinney, valley rancher and inventor, perfects a low cost two man system to trap flood silt and debris. Water enters a primary reservoir, overflows a dam crest, deposits sediment in a settling reservoir, then is diverted via conduit to canals for irrigation.
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Phoenix
Ava
I. Robert Tinney
Tinney
South Pacific plans rail line south of Nacozart
Officials in Douglas were informed that residents along a roadbed near Nacozart should avoid using the route after October 1. The Southern Pacific outlined plans to develop a railroad south from Nacozart, which could create job and commercial opportunities for Douglas.
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Douglas
Aus
Grain men describe distress before Interstate Commerce Commission
West grain men, before the Interstate Commerce Commission, described agricultural distress across grain and hay states and announced readiness to begin tomorrow their effort to prove high freight rates caused the conditions.
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Washington
Grain Men of the
West
Interstate Commerce Commission
Haverty Case Goes To Jury In Arizona Murder Trial
Haverty Case goes to jury late this afternoon after lengthy defense and prosecution arguments in the murder case of Jim Haverty who killed his brother Dick in the Huachuca mountains on April 2. The judge instructed four possible verdicts first degree murder second degree murder manslaughter or acquittal. Prosecution led by John F Ross and defense by WG Gilmore addressed jurors with emphasis on fear motive and competing eyewitness accounts. The trial resumed with rebuttal testimony and closing summaries before jurors retired to deliberate.
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JW. Haverty
Countyruey
J. F. Ross
Go- Court
WG. Gimore
Hagerty
Paty
Hauker
Frank Mason
Clay Aston
Arizona
Justin
John F. Ross
Haverty
Jim Haverty
Dick Havertw
Smith
Clay Haverty
Hs Dir
Hoss
Anbour
Fred She
James W. Haverty
Richard KK. Haverty
Huaghava
Fred Sutter
Dick Hagerty
Jim
Abel
Cal
Sutter
Bank Sues McKittrick For Promissory Note
The Willcox Bank and Trust filed suit in Pima County Superior Court against McKittrick Corporation Mary S. McKittrick and W. M. McKittrick seeking payment of two promissory notes. One note for 1 and another for 5,500, both dated February 19, 1921, with 10 percent interest from the date of execution until paid, due four months after date.
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Tucson
Avi
Willcox Bank and Trust Company
McKittrick Corporation
Mary
McKittrick
W. M. McKittrick
Superior Court
Pima County
Platatier Bank
Lawyers Battle in Smoke Damage Case at Yavapai
Prescott Aug 20 The trial of Biles and Wells vs United Verde Extension Co halted for a second time as lawyers argued depositions and exhibits in the superior court Rete sessions. David H Biles testified on property in Verde Valley 12 miles south of the smelter at Clemenceau detailing crop damage and smoke effects.
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Prescott
Superior Court
Biles and Wells
United Verde Extension Company
Moth
David H. Biles
Ualted Verde Extension Company
Biles
Verde Valley
Clemenceau
Crowds Turn Out As Flood Expected On Santa Cruz
Crowds along Congress street bridge gathered last night awaiting the Santa Cruz river flood crest forecast for 7 p.m. Engineers had predicted a 7 o'clock crest, but none appeared by 9:45 p.m. Continental, 35 miles south, sent a warning to officials. City workers labored tonight to prevent further damage.
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Tucson
Aig
Congress Street
Santa Cruz
Continental
Yaquis Flood Home to Valleys of Sonora
Yaqui Indians driven from jobs near Tucson and Phoenix travel daily to Nogales en route to Yaqui valleys in Mexico. The Mexican government funds transport and housing until new work is found, with immigration officials estimating about 1000 Yaquis passing through Nogales as they return home. They arrive by wagon, horse, burro, or on foot, many carrying farming tools.
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Nogales
Ariz
Tucson
Phoenix
Arizoxs
Tle Yaqui Vacy
Mexico
Mextova
Six Persons In Family Are Victims In Rabid Dog Attack
In Tucson on August 20 six members of a single family were bitten by a rabid dog, along with a neighbor’s child. Dr. Edwin J. Guttholt, Pima county physician, urged urgent action to prevent more bites as the Flowing Wells area reported the latest victims. The stricken household includes O. P. Goley and relatives, farmers from Flowing Wells near Oracle Road, with multiple family members injured.
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Tucson
Edwin J. Guttholt
Pima County
Oracln Road
Rillite
O. P. Goley
Flowing Wells
Hanns
Highwaymen Rob Trader in Mesa Hold-Up
Two Mexican highwaymen robbed George Quan, a small grocery store proprietor at the southwest corner of Mesa, at 9 p m Sunday, taking silver currency and several checks. The bold daytime-robbery marked the year’s raid in the district.
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A. Ariz. Anz
George Quan
Mesa
Dogs with rabies to be shot on sight in Tucson
Tucson Aug 20 a final warning orders any dog found at large on city streets to be shot on sight or taken into custody. Police Chief Dallas Ford and Dr A G Schnabel issued the order as rabies epidemic spreads, with health officials saying leniency is impossible and dogs must be confined or destroyed if loose.
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Tucson
Dallas Ford
A. G. Schnabel
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Nas
Schwab
Haverty Gase
Bank
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Yaquis
Sonora
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