Sheriff Wheeler’s Car Costs and Bootlegger Runs Highlight January
Sheriff Wheeler’s expense report shows January upkeep at 23.10 for the county car, with about 21400 miles driven. It notes twenty trips aimed at bootlegger suppression and four prisoner transports saved rail costs, including a high speed capture near Douglas yielding twenty cases of liquor.
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Wheeler
Clert
Board of Sunesisors
A.C
Douglas
Sheafleheeler
Tombstone Board of Supervisors Session to Open Monday
Garces Jim Kelley visits Tombstone from Gates on business. The Board of Supervisors meets Monday with all members present to approve monthly bills, open bids for county printing, and discuss the road bond issue. Clerk Karger will present a supplemental report and other items are expected. Bisbee attorneys Wm Cleary and Free Sutter were in town before the superior court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Regeier
J M. Sparks
Douglas
California
Mesters Rock and Johnson
Karger
Wm Cleary
Free Sutter
Bisbee
Superior Court
Arizona Forester Honors Fire Fight Tactics Amid Route Plans
The Sitgreaves National Forest in Arizona earned first honors for fire fighting effectiveness in 1913. Forester CH Jennings of Snowflake led the district, with 32 of 42 fires detected and extinguished before burning ten acres. Reports praise fire plans and discuss routes linking Los Angeles, Needles, and other western points, including the Bordeyland and Old Trails routes, as efforts to improve prevention and response.
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Albuquerque
Ney
Sitgreaves National Forest
CH Jennings
Snowflake
Arizona
Cook National Forest
Safford
New Mexico
Lew Angeles
Holtville
Los Angeles
Cal
Vera
Angeles
Hines Fovina
Forte
Sacramento
Othe
Salton Sea
Seoul
Arkona
Tern
Dichys Fe
Florida
United States
San Nevier
California
Arizaus
Tempe Man Shot Saved by Bullet Fragments in Button
Tempe on Feb 5 reports Hugh E F Laird of Laird and Dines was shot while walking from his store to home. A spent high powered rifle bullet penetrated his coat and waistcoat and lodged against a button on his undershirt, causing a painful but non fatal wound.
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Tempe
Hugh EF. Laird
Laird & Dines
Laed
Rebuilding Line Silent Huschace Water to Rework poles in 60 units
The Huschace Water company begins rebuilding its San Pedro river to mountains line using 60 new poles replacing storm-damaged wooden ones with three-inch iron poles. Visits by S B Moss and C E Getz in Tombstone en route to Bisbee for a Studebaker roadster. Washington Birthday Ball plans advance by Order of Red Men with costume arrangements underway.
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Huschace Water Company
San Pedro
Will Bee
S. B. Moss
Benson
C. E. Getz
Frances Mow
Myrtle Spyder
Tombstone
Bisbee
Mr. Goetz
Studebaker
Moss
Washington
Order of Red Men
Silver service funding debated by Arizona towns
Phoenix letters discuss a Taeeam eh 12 meeting of the Sew Bend of Trate. The draft plan proposes assigning a tax or service levy to counties based on population or value, with figures including Apache $100, Cochise $2000, Maricopa $150, Pima $1150, and Yavapai $7M.
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Phoenix
Trate
Tae Haem
Mach
Apache County
Rose
Cochise
Graham
Keenlee Maricopa
Nave
Cruz
Douglas Man Arrested Charged With Mail Fraud
Douglas Arizona February 5 1916 United States justice agent arrested Chales Hofeldt formerly of El Paso charged with using the mails to defraud He wrote a letter offering an excellent position to a girl in El Paso when she came there no job was available and she has been stranded The plan involved a white slavery scheme and money was sent for transportation but profits were not realized The case awaits trial before the Federal court in Tucson
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Douglas
Ariz
Chales Hofeldt
el Paso
United States Department of Justice
Tucson
United States
McDonald
Holedt
Alegre
Ber
Rumors on Fort Whipple and local notes from Tombstone
A compilation of 24 year lookbacks mentions the headquarter moves to Fort Whipple soon, and government improvements at Tombstone and nearby areas. It notes Rosie Wixtram's trip to Bisbee for a German event by Dr. Sweet, a failed tree planting due to wind, a court delay to February 15, higher miner wages at Clifton, and speculation about a newspaper war between the Prospector and Epitaph over General Miles.
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Jowrmal
Mth Infantry
Fort Whipple
Hoiachuca
Prescott
Rosie Wixtram
Bisbee
Dr. Sweet
Tombstone
Prospector
Miles
The
Bootleggers Cut Almost Open to Traffic
Reports say the Bootleggers Cut is nearly completed and open to traffic with road crews at work on a low spot. Locals describe makeshift gasoline buggies passing through, and conditions are rough with no posted speed limit while drivers stay in the road.
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Rayling
Gite
Turner
Calich
Bootleggers hit by Cochise county crackdown
Deputy Reet Percy Bewten and Starnes pursue bootleggers across Cochise County. Five captives are paroled while a sheriff’s team leads a chase aboard a Steril corn cart. A secret daytime theft yields a quantity of alcohol and cave hiding spots are uncovered near Douglas.
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Percy Bewten
Soenlf Wheeler
Akmbleley
Kawillen
Sheri Wieeter
Heleith
Notrious Adaree
Douglas
County assessment progress across sections
Assessor E A Hoghes conducts a morning test for Bister and Douglas then resumes countywide assessment. Deputy Hughes completes surveying San Simon and Bowie Valley while Deputy Walter Th finishes Bean, Johor Dragoon and St David areas and moves to Hale and Gorers. Mr Huzhewl proceeds toward Paradise and Apachte before returning. Arsons in Dewcius noted.
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Bister
Douglas
Hughes
San Simon
Bowie Valley
Walter Th
Johor
Final Reading of Bond Issue Contested in Cochise County
The county faces a bond election on a proposed high school project. A bond issue is under consideration to fund a system upgrade at Crystal Way, with a vote set for Monday at L1006 in the Cochise County area. Local officials aim to complete the high school project by the new system’s completion date.
50 Acres Of State Land Approved By Federal Office
Phoenix dispatch reports the General Land Office in Washington approved 3,004.36 acres of state lands. The parcels include sections 36 20 28 29 30 31 33 west half of 21 and west half of 28 in township 55 range 6 east, located in the described land area.
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Federal
Phoenix
Federal Land Office
General Land Office
Washington
Jury Finds Murpy Guilty of Second Degree Murder
The jury in the Mike Murphy case found him guilty of murder in the second degree for killing a sergeant at Camp Douglas. Sentencing will occur later, with a possible range from 10 years to life. The court proceedings included law point hearings and probate matters interruption.
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Mike Murphy Chare
Sargeant
Camp Douglas
Iit
Sige
4Ftarioys
Cours
Lcalendar
Conny Attley
Leandro Maldonado
Walter Brook
Mike Connors
Young Davis
Douglas
SV Watts
Bisbee
Harke
W.G. Stone
Arrest Bisbee Man Under Charge of White Slavery
Bisbee resident Joseph Griffiths is accused of bringing Cornishwoman Su ne Ferrell to his home under a verbal agreement and failing to fulfill it. The case was set for 2 pm Saturday before U S Commissioner Jared J Taylor with U S Attorney presence noted.
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Bisbee
Joseph Griffiths
Cornwall
Roeland
Sune Ferrell
W.J. Ryan’ Jr
United States
Muises
Tn Keudie
Dance at Fort Huechucs Sparks Local Charity Event
A Fort Huechucs community dance evening is planned for Wednesday February, with proceeds benefiting local charities. Organizers invite residents to attend, enjoy music, and support a good cause in a festive gathering at the fort.
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Sheriff's
Garces
Jim Kelley
Gates
Bisbee Attorneys
Rizona Forester
Lee Argeles
Jon
Ito
Welas
Buck
Multsing Witarrs
House of Representatives
Richt
Fency
Carter & Shallenberger
Nebrsks
William Gordon
Ohio
KD. McKellar
Tennessee
Sieur James Hay
Virzisia
William J. Fields
Kentucky
Percy E.quin
Mississpia
Atwn
West Virginia
Samuel J. Nichols
South Carolina
Webard Oley
Massachusetts
Hare
Iehea
Remin
Boot
A_H Emanuel
Sloan
Clifton
Gonsterration
Reigas
Cochise Scurty Bootlegsers
Murpy
Fort Huechucs
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