Ross Declares Politics Cause Of Indictment In Arizona
Former state treasurer Rosa and PK Lewis, ex-president of Central Bank of Wickenburg, are jointly indicted by Maricopa county grand jury for conspiracy to channel state funds to the bank. Rosa is arrested, released on bond, and ordered to plead in superior court next Wednesday. He blames politics for the indictment.
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Lewis
Rees
of Arizona
P. K. Lewis
Wickenbarg
H. S. Ross
Thal Bank of
Central Bank of
Ross
Arizona tops grain sorghum production in nation
Arizona leads the United States in grain sorghum production per state and ranks second in per acre yield. Pima county played a key role in the honor, with large crops reported. Maricopa county also ranks twelfth in crop value among about 5,000 U.S. counties. Helen Morgan underwent appendectomy in Los Angeles and is recovering well. Oatman-Ore value in Oatman United rising with depth.
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Tucson
C. B Brown
West Congress Street
Arizona
Agent Brown
Pima
Parker Calls Meeting of Good Roads Group
President A. Parker of the Good Roads Association of Arizona issues a December 7 Phoenix meeting call for about 20 directors. Topics include arranging the January convention, state road projects, and February meetings of Bankhead Highway and TS Good Roads associations with hosting plans.
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Parker
OF Good Roads Association
Capital
A. ©. Palker
Arisonia
Phoenix
Gates
Snate
Bankhead Highway Association
TS Good Roads Association
State of
Arizona
Arizona Supreme Court Lets District Issue Interest Warrants
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that school districts may issue interest bearing warrants when funds are lacking and to cover the cost of the debt at eight percent, in the case L. W. Coggins vs trustees of School District No. 1 Phoenix. The decision upholds the legislature’s provision allowing such warrants and confirms their legality under state law. The ruling was handed down by Judge R. C. Stanford in Maricopa County Superior Court and involves state education officials including County School Superintendent Jones Mari.
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State Supreme Court
L. W. Coggins
City of Phoenix
All
Coggins
RC. Stanford
Maricops County Superior Court
ArizonaJudgeship Bill Clears House in Record Vote
Washington December 10 the Walsh bill creating twenty two additional district judgeships passed the House by 197 to 90. New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Missouri and California gain multiple seats while Texas Florida Michigan Ohio Tennessee Minnesota Oklahoma Montana and Arizona receive one each.
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Washington
Walsh
New York State
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Olinois
Missouri
California
Texas
Florida
Michigan
Ohio
Tennessee
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Montara
Arizona
Oil drilling at Elgin Patagonia boosts Santa Cruz hopes
Nogales and Santa Cruz county businessmen led by W A Keyte of Nogales report drilling a well in Elgin fields to over one hundred feet with casing set this week. Lease payments exceed three thousand dollars monthly in Santa Cruz. Locally, oil indications were claimed decades ago, with rising interest as prospects grow in Patagonia.
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Elgin Patagonia
Nogales
Santa Cruz County
W. A. Keyte
Elgin Fields
Sonoita
Santa Cruz
Patagonia
League Conference Breaks Up Without Action on Colorado River
December 19 The special session of the League of the Southwest ended without action on flood control irrigation or power development for the Colorado River. Western states demanded equal voice in league affairs and Delphi Carpenter of Denver was credited with arranging withdrawal from participation. Delegates adjourned amid vacant seats and unclear prospects for the league’s future. Some members planned to attend a San Diego meeting before Secretary Fall on a flood safety petition for the Imperial Valley.
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Riverside
League of the Southwest
Colorado River
California
Delphi Carpenter
Denver
Jude Reed Holloman
New Mexico
League
Eles
Lox
Vinta Seed Close
San Diego
Fall
Interior Department
Imperial Valley
Cochise County Feels Pinch as Emergency Funds Discussed
County Attorney J. Ross and Judge A C Lockwood return from Phoenix with Cochise County officials to discuss using state funds to cover depleted accounts under the new budget law. The state tax commission advised returning to Tombstone to identify specific funds for an emergency, with a hearing to follow. Officials say only about 100000 dollars of available treasury money could be shifted, the rest tied in apportioned funds and school or state accounts that cannot be touched.
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T County
J. Ross
A. C. Lockwood
Phoenix
Board of Supervisors
State Tax Commission
Cochise Bord
Hoss
Cochise
Tombstone
M.C. Hawkins
Cochise County
Guy €. Welch
Varloux City
Tucson Nurse Missing Feared in Arizona City
Astrid Nashe, a trained nurse linked to Pastime Park Hospital, vanishes amid a wide desert search around Tucson. Police say no solid clues have emerged after five days. officials plan further action while hope remains. Also in Willcox, EJ Jackson’s Red Mountain Copper camp home is broken into. warrants issued for two Mexicans and items recovered connected to Gra Ant County authorities.
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Tucson
Astrid Nashe
Sevvral
Pastime Park
Ford
Pol Het
Willcox
EJ. Jackson
Red Mountain Copper Company
Gra- Ant
Safford
Cattle Shipments From Willcox Reach 000s in Late Year
Frightful burns tied to a suspected self-inflicted tragedy mark a week in Tucson as Lupe Preciado dies after a home yard fire. Reports describe 9000 cattle shipped this month with values around 180000 to 200000, while Willcox and nearby firms push 800 head carloads to California and coast points. Neighbors say the victim ran through flames in her yard with clothing aflame.
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Waacua
Lupe Preciado
Willcox
Tucson
Lupe Precia
West
Simpson St
Johnson & Cook
California
Bowie
Rodeo
R. V. Whitmore
Silver City
N. M
Page & Misen
Heimer
Miss Preciado
Former manager of Democrat stricken in Nogales
Nogales Ariz Dec 11 Kenneth, former manager of The Democrat, has gone to Los Angeles for treatment of a sight affliction contracted during newspaper work. He will reside with his mother in California and seek care from a Los Angeles specialist. His condition has left him nearly blind and sad news is shared by colleagues and friends. Warren G Adair, a well known typographer, accompanied him to California with friends and coworkers.
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Willcox
Ariz
Helen Morgan
Los Angeles
Heaith
Nogales
Kenneth
The
Democrat
Air
Marshall
California
Hison
Warren G Adair
Mr. Marshal
Woman admits false testimony in Montana case
Mrs Florence Root is under arrest in Missoula at the request of W H Morrison of Prescott Arizona who alleged she testified falsely at the trial of Clarence Sage and Fred Woods leading to their penitentiary sentences The police say Mrs Root has confessed
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Missoula
Mont
Florence Root
W. H. Morrison
Prescott
Ariz
Clarence Sage
Fred Woods
Arizona governors plan freight rate cut petition
Utah Wyoming Idaho and Arizona governors will meet in Salt Lake City to draft a four state petition for reduced interstate freight rates. The dispatch says Governor Charles R. Mosbe of Utah announced the conference and the plan to forward the petition to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Arizona
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Charles Ro Mosbe
Vernor Maybe Testore
Charleston
Twice a Deserter Caught by Police in Tucson
Clinton Minn man St John Snyder alias Perry Roberts and John Olson held after confessing desertion from both army and navy. He deserted Camp Funston in 1924 after enlisting February 1929 in Tenth Field Signal Battalion. Detained by Tucson police after arriving from Prescott where he had been working.
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Tucson
Dec
John Snyder
Clinton
Minn
Army
Navy
Snyder
Camp Funston
Tenth Field Signal Battalion
Perry 2 .Roberts
John Olson
Phoenix
Preefort
Special Grand Jury Probes County Bond Sale
Florence reports a special grand jury is in session to investigate the sale of a late county bond issue. The defense claims all transactions were public and above board, while critics argue southern Pinal County was overlooked in the improvements of Nighwass.
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Pinal County
Nighwass
IMMEDIATE FUTURE SILVER PRICES TIED TO CHINA SITUATION
New York December reports the silver market oversold with shifting demand from Shanghai and India. Political moves in China and India expected to sway prices in the next 60 days while domestic gold and silver coinage proceeds under Pittman law.
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New York
Shanghai
Bank of China
India
London
Canton Suk
Coina
Accident Fatal to Old Time Resident
TUESDAY December 22 a Phoenix resident long known through his work as a gardener at the county court house died Friday afternoon in a local hospital at age 70 after an accident two weeks prior when he was thrown from his bicycle by an automobile. His skull was not fractured by the fall but the shock proved too great for his feeble condition.
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Tueson
Wave Surner
Phoenix
Gardner
Houlse
Old Timer Edward Boyer Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Fleetham received a message from Simon of Los Angeles reporting the death of her uncle Edward Boyer. A former ranch homesteader east of Pearce he came from England 32 years ago, sold out last spring, moved to Los Angeles, and was buried at Rosedale Cemetery. He planned a business venture in San Diego and was well regarded locally for his upright character.
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Fleetham
Simon
Los Angeles
Edward Boyer
Boyer
Pearce
England
Graham
San Diego
Rosedale
County Supervisors to Seek Road Bond Vote in Graham County
In Safford on December 12, the Graham County Board of Supervisors voted to hold an election on a $500,000 road improvement bond issue. The bonds would bear interest at 6 percent.
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Safford
Ariz
Board of County Supervisors
Graham County
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