Colorado river compact endorsement sparked school traveling library
A Phoenix report notes Norviel and Colorado River Commission officials endorse the Santa Fe compact as campaign momentum builds for Arizona ratification. Helen J. Browe announces a county traveling library funded by schools, with 45 dollar per institution contributions, to circulate varied volumes across Corbinn County schools starting soon.
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Mies
Helen J. Browe
Corbinn County
Reach Agreement on Palo Verde Flood Protection
A joint California Arizona conference reached a preliminary pact on flood protection for Palo Verde Valley along the Colorado River for the next season. The draft aims for immediate writing, Sacramento signatures, and legislative ratification by both states before effect.
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Palo Verde
Prescott
Thee
Colorado
California
Arizona
W. S Norvel
Arizona Commission
Wo. Galbraith
Gem Frat Ate Water Commission
Winklers to Learn Fate Friday in California Express Case
Tucson December 6 Edward Winkler and George Winkler Sr. were found guilty by a superior court jury of attempting to hold up the California express on May 16. Judge Kirk Moore announced that the sentencing will occur Friday at 4 pm. The jury fixed ten years in the state penitentiary, making Friday’s sentence formal.
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Tucson
Edward Winkler
George Winkler
Superior Court
California Express
Kirk] Moore
Weir
State
Jerome Miner Found Guilty in Assault Case
Jerome miner Vicente Tori was found guilty of assaulting Luiz Diaz a fellow Little Daisy mine employee in Jerome. He allegedly fired four shots on Fourth Street last September Diaz was wounded twice and hospitalized for weeks. Sentencing set for Friday by Judge John J. Sweeney.
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Vicente Toribio
Jerome
Luiz Diaz
Little Daisy
Vicente
Dark Street
Diaz
County Highway Commission Discharged After Session
The board of Supervisors in regular session discharged the County Highway Commission after turning their records over to the county. About $2190 in funds was returned. personnel listed as J. W. Wallace chair, A. Y. Smith secretary, Wm. Reas, Exit Maras, T. P. Pulghum. McNeal road repair and a large warning sign request on the Benson Tucson route were referred to the county engineer and state highway department.
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Board of Supervisors
Highway Commission
Voard
Nesine
Cowhixe
J. W. Wallace
A. Y. Smith
Wm, Reas
Exit Maras
T.P Pulghum
A. ¥. Smith
M. C. Hawkins
McNeal
Benson-Tucson
Thhe
State Highway Department
Merritt’s Body Found in River After Two Weeks
Phoenix dispatch reports C Merritt, a personal chauffeur for FW McLennan of the Miami mine, found dead in Salt River about fifty feet from the spot of presumed drowning on November 19. Searches resumed after rainfall raised water levels. body located beneath shallow current in a river eddy. Survived by a widow and young daughter. father had just arrived from the east.
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River
Phoenix
C. Merritt
Salt River
Miami
Errs
FW. McLennan
Vieke
Roain
Miami and Tay
Teave Moti
Tnt
N ‘Merritt
Pawata
Miles
the East
Burge Arrested Again In Auto Theft Charges
Prescott reports Thomas W. Burge rearrested in Albuquerque on larceny charges for stealing Iver Enge’s automobile after Enge’s death last summer. The car was abandoned near Maricopa.Duns, Burge’s uncle, faces trial on alleged witness bribery. Frank H. Millred, juror, faces arrest for alleged perjury related to Burges trial.
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Prescott
Iver Enge
Orchard
Phoenix
Thomas W. Burge
Enge
Liberty
Albuquerque
Maricopa
Duns
Iuring
Burg
Frank H. Millred
Colorado
Columbus
Merican Railroad
Dunaca
Jury draws panel in Enge murder case
Two murder counts one burglary one perjury and one grand larceny charge the Enge case. William E Acker now in county jail awaiting Supreme Court appeal death sentence for Enge murder. Enge died last July after being found unconscious in a ravine near Prescott. State alleges Acker and Burge responsible for the assault. Dunge testifies in the peace case as Dunga is charged with offering to buy a railroad ticket for James Todd to sway state witnesses to the court's jurisdiction.
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Enge
Supreme Court
Prescott
Acker
Burge
Duna
James Todd
Civl
Major Kelly Is Appointed State Historian of Arizona
Major George W. Kelly, editor of the Douglas Daily International, is named state historian for Arizona, effective when the governor-elect takes office in January. He plans a history of mining development from pioneer days and to compile legends and other historical materials for volume form, reflecting his long ties to Arizona journalism and civic life.
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George MW. Kelly
Douglas Daily International
Douglas
Arizona
Toas
George Wo Witt
Hunt
Major Kelly
Kelly Jintinings
Arizona life insurance men show large personal policies
At a Life Insurance Underwriters association banquet in Phoenix agents and managers disclosed personal life insurance coverage. Among 27 attendees the average policy was 20000 dollars, totaling 517000 dollars, with individual sums up to 67500 dollars. President W F Meter noted this proves Arizona life insurers can take their own medicine.
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INESS
Phoenix
Life Issurance Underwriters Association of Arizona
Hotel Adams
W. F. Meter
Arizona
Man and Wife Injured in Nogales Shooting
Sergeant William Banks of Camp Stephen D Little was shot by his wife after a quarrel in Nogales. Banks, struck in the right side by one of five shots, is nearly recovered. An attempted struggle over a pistol led to a misfire that hit the wife in the heel. both are reported as recovering.
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Nogales
William Banks
Stephen D. Little
Banks
Building Activity A Sanatorium In Tombstone
The article notes heavy construction in Tombstone with new high school work, concrete sidewalks, and widespread residential and business improvements. It mentions Mayo Brothers considering a sanatorium here, citing Tombstone's climate as favorable and potential patient influx from a national reputation.
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Tombstone
Allen Street
Tesabstone Union High School
Board of Education
Yi Hrandt
Market Turmoil Hits Arizona Cattle Trade
Arizona cattlemen face unsettled prices as Los Angeles Union Stock Yards pull buyers from the state. Cattle moved from Texas New Mexico Colorado and elsewhere flood markets coastward, depressing prices and threatening Arizona feeder operations. The effect on local ranges and future southwest trade remains uncertain as markets react.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Los An-geles
Union
Bac
Los Angeles
Texas
New Messon
Colorado
Wromlag
Maho
Montana
Ad Inert
California
Southwest
Mit
Riess
Lead Pencils Hint at Grave Mystery Ancient Skeleton Found
December discovery on Piaul Creek near Gila Terrace follows rancher Henry Foster uncovering a grave mound. Two leaden pencils and a waistband suggest a Caucasian man long deceased, with no signs of violence and an unknown identity.
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Henry Foster
Piaul Creek
Gila ‘Terrace
Mr. Foster
Espee Spends Big Sum on West Coast Railway
Dec 6 Tucson report says since the Mexican revolution 3,700,009 Mexican pesos have been spent on rehabilitating the line along the Mexican west coast by the Southern Pacific de Mexico. 2,000,000 pesos more were used for Nogales Tepic construction and reconstruction. In ten months 10,609 feet of trestles were built to replace those burned. Friendly Indians aided power relocate seven miles of shop track near the Colorado river and a long lost silver mine on the Navajo reservation. Two miners were killed earlier. ore samples are rich.
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Tucson
Southern Pacific de Mexico
H. B. Titcomb
Titcomb
Nogales
Tepic
Oatman to reopen gold mine in near future
Oatman officials report plans to restart the Gold mine soon amid renewed mining efforts. Local leaders cite advances in extraction methods and potential employment growth for the town.
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Oatman
Sear
Arizona Receives Record Federal Aid for Roads
Phoenix December 6 The highway department reports receipt of 195000 dollars in federal funds for three road projects. State treasurer Raymond Earhart advised his office that the 195,024.66 total is the largest weekly federal aid ever received by the department and was placed to its credit by Mr Earhart.
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Phoenix
Highway Department
Raymond R Earhart
Earhart
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