Gold strike near Yuma reported by unknown prospectors
Two unnamed prospectors in Yuma claim Henry Beecher uncovered a gold vein 33 feet deep in hills southeast of the King range about 75 miles northeast of Yuma. Beecher described high gold values from float and ore samples. Local residents plan to visit the site as authorities corroborate the tale.
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Yuma
Ariz
King Range
King of Arizona
Henry Beecher
W. F. Timmons
Beecher
Charlie Sam
Stag Cafe
Charlie Springer
Third Street
Fisnie
Mr. Timmons
Timmons
Castle Dome
C. T. Powell
Bouse
Mesa
Reclamation Service
Palominas
Gila River
Sureties Pay $5000 to City for Pinyan Shortage
Feb 3 The American Burety Company presented a $5000 check at the city council meeting, as surety for Robert J. Pinyan, former police chief. Pinyan’s total shortage in city accounts was listed as $7665.56. The surety company took an assignment of the city’s claim against the official.
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GLOBE
American Burety Company
Robert J. Pinyan
Pinyan
Charter Membership Drive For Arizona Industrial Congress
Phoenix February 4 The Arizona Industrial Congress will mail personal letters inviting five men from every community to join as charter members during the next ten days in the first membership campaign The drive closes in March with a special bulletin listing all members to be issued then
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Phoenix
Arizona Industrial Congress
Congress
City Council Urges Attendance for Tuesday Meeting
The city council calls citizens to attend a regular session on Tuesday Feb 7 at 7 20 p m in City Hall. They will discuss Huachuca Water Co petition to raise a fire plug tariff to 5 dollars per month per plug totaling 2340 dollars yearly for 39 hydrants and plan to protest the request.
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State Corporation Commission
Huachuca Water Company
Counci
Water Company
Colored trooper found guilty in federal court
In Tucson Arizona on February 3 Robert Mangum a Black soldier formerly stationed at Fort Huachuca was found guilty in U S district court of assaulting a White woman with intent to commit a statutory crime The jury deliberated about 30 minutes and Mangum is to be sentenced Monday morning by Judge William H Sawtelle The court told the jury the penalty could be up to 20 years imprisonment
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Tucson
Ariz
Robert Mangum
Fort Huachuca
United States District Court
Manguth
William H. Sawtolle
Federal road funds eyed at joint Good Roads meeting
J A Rountree says a 14 million dollar annual federal road appropriation for five years will be aim of the United States Good Roads and Bankhead National Highway Associations convention in Phoenix. The event runs April 24 to 29 with speakers including Secretary Wallace, Secretary Fall, and Senator Townsend.
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Phoenix
Ariz
United States
United States Good Roads
Bankhead National Highway Associations
J. A. Rountree
Agriculture Wallace
Secretary of the Interior
Charles E. Townsend
Rountree Anounce
Arizona
Mexicans Seek Work Here After Passports Opened
Frank W. Heath, in charge of the immigration service, reported a doubled workload at the Douglas office as many Mexicans travel through Guay Prieta to Douglas seeking jobs. He noted applicants arrive from various parts of Mexico and believe more work exists than labor supply, with 16 applicants inadmissible under U S law.
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Douglas
Fed
Frank W. Heath
Immigration Service
Mexico
Gua Prieta
Heath
United States
No Mob Action At Benson As Reported
Local residents deny mob action or citizen led search in Benson after a depot incident. J P Jones conducted a search as a deputy sheriff with only onlookers nearby, contradicting Associated Press Tombstone line reports. News from Daily Prospector notes the Benson event had no mob involvement or citizen militia claim.
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Benson
Bennett
Daily Prospector
Associated Press
J. P. Jones
Believe Narcotic Ring Arrested In Phoenix Raid
Phoenix narcotics inspector F B Barnes arrests J Morgan whom he suspects as a ring leader in illicit drug dealing. Morgan carried about $3000 worth of cocaine and 3825 grains of powder cocaine, with a second man surrendering an ounce of Coraline after a witnessed drug deal near Sixth and Jackson. He is jailed for a US commissioner's preliminary hearing.
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Phoenix
J. Morgan
F. B. Barnes
Mexico
Morgan
Barnes
United States
Sixth
Jackson Streets
Jury Discharged After Deadlock in McCreary Murder Trial
In Phoenix on February 3, Superior Judge Jenckes discharged jurors after nearly 20 hours of deliberation in the Albert M. McCreary murder case against J. M. Dunn. The foreman said the jurors were hopelessly deadlocked.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Deliheraon
Albert M. McCreary
J. M. Dunn
Jenckes
Former Douglas Resident Survives Washington Theater Collapse
Stephen Lee of Washington DC, son of Mr and Mrs George Ht Lee formerly of Douglas, narrowly escaped injury when the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington collapsed after a panic. Reports had falsely claimed he was seriously hurt.
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Douglas
Stephen Lee
Washington
D. C
George Ht. Lee
Lee
Former Governor Hunt Delayed in Washington Return to Phoenix
Phoenix Arizona February 2 The return of former Governor George W P Hunt from Washington where he has been minister to Siam is delayed about two weeks He must stay in Washington at least 16 more days to help with state matters He met Senator Ashurst and Congressman Cary Hayden upon arrival and the exact Phoenix arrival date remains uncertain Committees plan to greet him at the train a reception and banquet are being arranged by Democrats and the Phoenix chamber of commerce
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
George W. P. Hunt
United States
Siam
Ben
Hunt
F. J
McBride
Corporation Commission
Washington
Ashurst
Cary Hayden
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Robbery on Tucson streetcar targets motorman Roy Miller
In Tucson on February 4 Roy K. Miller, waterman in charge of the south side street car, was held up by an unidentified man who boarded at South Fourth Avenue and Seventeenth Street shortly after 11 PM. The robber stole $20 from the company, some of Miller’s funds, the motorman’s changer, pocketbook and pocket knife.
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Tucson
Roy K. Miller
South Side Street
South Fourth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Miller
Arizona backs through road system plan for state
Arizona officials at Governor Campbell's office favor a through highway network funded by state and forest funds plus federal aid. The conference with federal, state, and county representatives aimed to decide Arizona's use of forest road funds though no decision was reached pending Agriculture Department interpretation.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Campbell
L. J. Hewes
Bureau of Public Roads
Forest Road Fund
Secretary of Agriculture
Three Day Mardi Gras Festival Planned in Nogales
A border Mardi Gras festival spanning three days is being organized by Nogales Arizona and Sonora civic groups. Events include a fancy dress ball in Sonora, parades, and excursions from Arizona, with aims for highway and rail passenger travel. Plans contemplate federal aid and possible Bureau of Public Roads involvement.
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Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Ajo Road
Mexico
Bureau of Public Roads
Phoenix
Tucson
Casa Grande
Eigat
Judge Sames to Speak at Lincoln Birthday Service
Douglas February 4 Judge Albert M. Sames will address a Lincoln birthday anniversary service at the Presbyterian church Sunday night. Special music will accompany the program as Sames, a noted speaker, shares his knowledge of American history from the revolution to the World War and praises great statesmen.
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Judge Sames
Lincoln
Douglas
Albert M. Sames
Southwest
Florence man named secretary to state real estate dept
E R Byers of Florence a former deputy county recorder for Pinal county was appointed secretary to the state real estate department to fill the vacancy created by Clarence Woodbury's resignation.
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Phoenix
E. R. Byers
Florence
Pinal County
State
Clarence Woodbury
California Vas Leases Oil Land Near Huachucas
Douglas reports a mild oil boom in valleys near the Huachuca mountains as James Gearheart of Los Angeles says a California group has leased hundreds of acres. No well drilled yet but all indications point to activity in the Huachuca district amid past failed efforts to secure acreage in Sulphur Springs.
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Douglas
Huachuca Mountains
James Gearheart
Gearheart
Los Angeles
Nia Company
Huachuca
Califor
Bisbee Lawyer Praises Ashurst After Washington Trip
Bisbee attorney John Wilson Ross returned from Washington where he gained admission to practice before the U S Supreme Court, with Senator Henry F Ashurst moving his admission. Ross noted Ashurst’s active standing and energetic character.
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Henry F. Ashurst
Ross
Fairbank Road Work Moves Forward Tuesday
A. H. Gardner reports state officials approved the Fairbank west project and preparations are in progress in Cochise county. Al Jenkins will move in with equipment, starting grading at both ends Tuesday with two caterpillar tractors, camp setups at Harkey’s ranch and four miles west of Fairbank, plus a main equipment camp at Gordon’s ranch. The piece notes cost figures from recent years and mentions Federal Aid mileage rules under Wheeler.
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Cochise County
Thomas Maddock
Fairbank West
al Jenkins
eJnkins
Patagonia
Santa Cruz
Cochise
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BIG
Treet
Rosber
Lone
Bandit
iRer
California
Huachucas
Bisbee
Henry Ashurst
Fairbank Road
A. H. Gardner
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