Calumet and Arizona to restart smelter and mining jobs
Bisbee January 28 John C Green general manager of Calumet and Arizona Mining company announced that on February 1 the Douglas smelter will resume fires on two reverberatories and copper production will restart about 2,500,000 pounds. About 920 workers will be employed at the smelter as the Midway mine increases its workforce with former employees prioritized. The Bisbee underground mine force will also rise with openings posted through Employment Agent John Jeffry in Lowell Arizona. Copper Queen branch remains a key Bisbee producer amid district demand.
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Bisbee
John C. Green
Calumet and Arizona Mining Company
Calumet and Arizona
Douglas
Midwi
John Jeffry
Lowell
Arizona
Colonel Greenway
Calumet
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Copper Queen
Burton A Cameron Appointed General Prohibition Officer
Burton A Cameron of Flagstaff has been named by U S Prohibition Commissioner Haynes as a general prohibition agent with headquarters in Flagstaff. He is brother of U S Senator Ralph H Cameron and will travel to Phoenix to confer with state prohibition enforcement officer Cassidy. Citizens are urged to assist in enforcing the law.
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Flagstaff
Burton Cameron
Haynes
Cameron
U. S
Ralph H. Cameron
Phoenix
Cassidy
Tragic death of miner found by brother in canyon
Ariz fin de Decem ber 22 mine worker John L. Connelly missing after leaving Grand Gulch mine with cedar posts. His brother Charles Connelly traced wagons to a canyon camp, discovering John’s mutilated body likely killed by a fall and later eaten by wild animals. Charles, longtime Chloride resident, mourns with wife and four children in St Thomas Nevada.
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GMAN
Ariz
John L
Grand Gelch
Charles Connelly
Grand Gulch
St. Thomas
Nevada
Chloride
Foul play feared over abandoned Ford of 1917 model
A 1917 Ford roadster found abandoned in a wash 14 miles west of Quartzite Arizona raises foul play fears. Deputy John Roberts says the Nebraska license plate may identify the owner, and Sheriff Mont’s office seeks records from Nebraska while Constable Fred Kuebner reported the discovery. The car is believed abandoned around November 15, according to a copy of the Arizona Republican.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Fred Kuebner
John Roberts
Parker
Mont
Nebraska
Roberts
Arizona Republican
Benson man Bennett waives hearing on murder charge
Deputy Roberts reports a car related to the case came through Phoenix. A bread wrapper bearing a Phoenix bakery mark and a pasteboard box with Henson ro t se firm name were found. C A Osborn files murder complaint for son EO Osborn's death. Bennett held on $10,000 bond with six signers. The coroner hearing exonerated him earlier. Osborn's brother seeks prosecution in Tombstone after delegation from Benson and St. David met with County Attorney Ross.
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Roberts
Phoenix
Henson
Henson Ro Tse
C. A. Osborn
W. J. Bennett
Benson
H. P. Merrill
Red” Osborn
Hennett
Bennett
Je, Hood
Rafferty
Benntt
Nogales
Offic
Sheri
Hoot
Benson and St. David
Stone
J. F. Ross
Osborn
Tucsonan Dies Under Torture in South American Dungeon
Tucson, Jan 30. Death by torture in underground Venezuelan prison dungeons after he refused to divulge non-existent information. Alleged victim identified as John Winttek, home claimed. Tucson investigations launched to identify the man and locate possible family. Postmaster Don Etchels leads local efforts with Washington authorities. information requested promptly.
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Tucson
John Winttek
United States
Washington
Don Etchels
Vadime Grobe
Logal
Wintick Willow
Ezebels
Cate
Edder
Father sacrifices life leaping from runaway wagon to save baby
Frank H. Miller, 26, a Tucson area farmer, died after leaping from a careening wagon to shield his infant son. The child escaped unharmed aside from a minor hand scratch. Miller died an hour after the fall from a skull fracture at a local hospital, leaving a wife and young son.
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Tucson
Frank H. Miller
Miller
Death by Asphyxiation Shocks Hotel Guests
E W Holler a 4 carpenter died by asphyxiation in a room at the Stacey hotel Phoenix on Saturday. An employee found the body at 2 pm after smelling escaping gas. Identification came from cards and a union card. a Legion button was also found. Police noted the gas jet remained in his mouth and the door unlocked. No clear motive was determined.
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Phoenix
E. W. Holler
Carpenter
Stacey Hotel
Union
American Legion
Holler
Heller
Countes Cannot Be Sued for Negligence Tucson
Arizona counties cannot be sued for negligence unless a state statute permits it. Superior Judge Patty sustained the demurrer by County Attorney Darnell to a $36,000 suit against Pima County arising from a September 1920 Nogales road automobile crash that killed Maria G. Miller and injured others after a bridge embankment warning had not been provided.
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Tucson
Arizona County
Pattee
Darnell
Pima County
Nogales
HL Henry
Maria G. Miller
Hunt to be Honored at Phoenix Chamber Banquet
Former Governor George W. P. Hunt, recently US minister to Siam, will be guest of honor at a Phoenix chamber of commerce dinner on his return. He arrived in New York and will reach Phoenix before mid February. Directors authorized the president to form a committee to plan the event with about 150 invitations likely.
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Hunt Phoenix
George W. P. Hunt
United States
Siam
Chamber of Commerce
Phoenix
Hunt
New York
W. W. Lawdon
Coburn Brothers Mortgage Ties Ranches to $400000 Bond Issue
A trust deed and mortgage covering ten ranches and vast livestock plus 25 000 acres of land leased from the state serves as security for a 400000 bond issue by Coburn Brothers Cattle Company. The mortgage names trustees L L Hillman Seattle and Robert E Smith Portland, signed by R J Coburn William Coburn and Sarah Coburn.
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GLOBE
Ate
Coburn Brothers Cattle Je Company
L. L Hillman
Seattle
Wash
Robert E. Smith
Portland
Ore
R. J. Coburn
William Coburn
Sarahvidena Coburn
Governor Notifies Milner Resignation From Legislature
Alerx TM. U. manxins board of supervisors received a letter advising them of Dana T. Milner’s resignation as county representative to the legislature and asking for an appointment to fill the seat Milner submitted his resignation December 10, 1921 and Governor Campbell certified it January 30, 1922. The board will discuss the matter at its next February meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alerx
U. Manxins
Board For Supervisors
Dana T. Milner
Milner
P. C. Keefe
House
Camp Bell
Snow Shoveler in Phoenix Ordered to Jail
Police judge sentences Guxpal Rancher on vagrancy charges after he claims to be a professional snow shoveler. The 30 day term was suspended pending relocation to a colder climate as winter spreads.
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Soeronal
Phoenix
Agent Light
Arctic
Guxpal
George Kirkland
Sanchez
Charleston Dam Transfer Moves Forward in Meeting
Last Wednesday officers and stockholders of the Benson Canal company met with San Pedro Water Users Association officials to discuss taking over the canal assets for the Charleston Dam project. Engineer Elliott and Attorney Mulvan e outlined issues causing few remaining objections, with stockholders highly supportive of the transfer plan. A follow up next week aims to finalize papers and establish terms for the asset transfer.
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Benson Canal Company
Charleston
Canal Company
Water Users’ Association
Trench Explosion Scares Prescott Men Digging Pipe
A blast in Prescott Arizona on Goodwin Street near Montezuma caused startled business district residents to rush outside. The detonations were part of a controlled trench blast to clear cobblestones hindering trench workers. No injuries were reported, aside from curious schoolchildren who heard the noise.
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Prescott
Ariz
Goodwin Street
Montezuma
Walt
Many Sentenced in the Federal Court in Phoenix
Judge Frank Detrich sitting for Judge Sawtelle presided over a sentence round in Phoenix. Ventura Velasquez and Ellsworth Ball received 15 months each at Leavenworth for Mann act and Dyer act offenses. George Swenson got 13 months, N S Ball six months in Yavapai jail, David Potter six months, Dawson three months, and Amos Richards three months for theft related crimes including stolen autos and a horse from the Salt River area.
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Phoenix
Frank 5. Detrich
District of Idaho
William H. Sawtelle
United States District Court
Ventura Velasquez
Leavenworth
Kans
Esleworth Ball
Salt Lake City
Yavapai County
Dawson
Amos Richards
Salt River Indian Reservation
General Cal les Getting Better From Illness
Tucson January reports indicate P Elias Castes of Sonora Mexico is gradually improving after a serious operation. Doctors expect recovery to continue steadily and believe he should be well within about two weeks. The message was sent to Senor Jose Escobosa of Tucson and follows days of concern from friends in southern Arizona.
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Tucson
P. Elias Catles
Sonora
Mexico
Senor Jose Escobosa
Senor Catles
Arizona
Tam
P. Elias Calles
Highway to appraise military value in Arizona
Tucson dispatch reports Assistant Secretary of War Wainwright arguing the Tucson Ajo Yuma route is essential for the army. He favors the road solely for military purposes, with other traffic a secondary benefit. Major General Hines plans a spring visit to survey southern Arizona and deem the Ajo project a priority for a special expedition.
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Tucson
Wainwright
Arizona
Tucson Man Sentenced for Child Non-Support
Wilbur Bruce, a Tucson railroad man, was sentenced Saturday by Superior Court Judge Samuel Pattee to two to four years in the state penitentiary for failure to support his seven minor children. A charge of non support of his wife was dismissed. His family hails from a southern state and came here for his health.
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Tucson
Ariz
Wilbur Bruce
Soldiers Dead From Arizona to Arrive This Week
Gen Thom Campbell was notified that two Arizona soldiers will have their bodies returned home this week. Names Cordova Gilbert Cordova and Kramer Henry J. Kramer are linked to Company D Moth infantry and Company A S160h supply train. Wreaths from the Rocky Mountain Club of New York bear the inscription Arizona honors her soldier dead.
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Phoenix
Thom Campbell
Arizona
Justen Cordova
Moth Infantry
Wil Nama
Henry J. Kramer
Gilbert Cordova
Veteraniio Cordova
Antonio Cordor Torres
Williams
Kramer
Ruby Raiders to Be Tried At Old Pueblo
Nogales Ariz Jun 29 Counts Attorney A H DeRiemer left for Tucson to aid preparations for the federal court trial of Placido Silvas and Manuel Martinez accused of assaulting Postmaster Frank Pearson of Ruby and robbing the Ruby post office Murder charges related to the slaying of Pearson and his wife are to be heard in Superior Court here after the Tucson proceeding
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Nogales
Ariz
A. H. DeRiemer
Tucson
Placido Silvas
Manuel Martinez
Frank Pearson
Ruby
Ruby Post
Pearson
Rosemont-Vail Mines Development Co Formed in Phoenix
Two mining firms are incorporated in Phoenix as the Rosemont Vail Mines Development Company and another unnamed entity file articles of organization. Officials confirm plans for mineral exploration and development projects in the region.
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Phoenix
Rosemont-Vail ‘Mines Development Company
Rincon Mountains Venture Reported In Tucson Filing
A Rincon Mountains mining venture filed today with the Tucson corporation bureau details a capital stock of 1,000,000 shares at 1 each. Officers listed are John B. Wright president Thos N Stanton vice president Wil Douglas High grade ore opened at the Rincon district work on the mill started with the El Paso-Douglas company as author and local office in Tucson.
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Rincon Mountains
Vaugas
Tucson
Comon
John B. Wright
Thos
Rincon District
N. Stanton
Wil Douglas
United States
Forliam
Incorporators Named for New Stock Corporation
Sted capital stock is 250000 dollars divided into 1000000 shares at conto a share. Incorporators are John W. Dolan as president and Henry Beaumler as vice president.
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Sted Capital
Conto
John W. Dolan
Henry ©. Beaumler
Deputy Sheriff defeats bootlegger with knockout punch
Jan 23 Jose J Delgada tried to kill Deputy Sheriff Arch Sanders with a seven inch knife while transporting a gallon jug of white mule. Sanders struck with a right flat knockout blow, subduing the bootlegger near the bed of Pinal creek beside the Arizona Eastern rail road station. Deputy Sheriff Wight assisted in the arrest.
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GLOBE
Jose J. Delgada
Arch Sanders
Wight
Sanders
Pinal Creek
Arizona Eastern
Bootleggers Plan House to House Liquor Sales
In Phoenix on January 27 a northwest side woman told sheriffs officers a well dressed bootlegger canvassed her neighborhood selling liquor and taking orders with COD delivery. Officers investigated but could not locate the suspect who carried order blanks and a list of liquor types.
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Phoenix
Forest Service to Collect 1921 Lumber Data in Southwest
The Census Bureau and Forest Service sign a cooperative pact to gather statistics on lumber land and timber products for 1921 as part of the census of manufactures in Arizona and New Mexico. Local district offices will oversee sworn agents to avoid duplicate inquiries, speed data collection, and cut canvassing costs.
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EL Paso
Tex
Bureau of the Census
United States Department For Agriculture
Forest Service
Arizona
New Measico
Plump Sees Genealogy Book Burned as Greatest Loss
C M Plump and partner F A Smith lost 4000 in a fire that destroyed his house and flour mill on Sunday the 22nd. He calls the burning of a genealogy book in the mill’s rear house the greatest loss, a descent record of the Plump family spanning thirteen generations printed to 1900 with manuscripts added since.
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Benson
C. M. Plump
F. A. Smith
Mays
Plump
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Mary
Pres
Tucsonan
South America
Phoenix Plans
Aleaico City
Jan
Josens
Tuemon
Old Pueblo
New Mexico
Arizona Forest Service
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