Anti Tombstone Bill Moves in Senate Amid County Seat Fight
In Phoenix on February 25 the Senate debated county affairs as committee head CULL of Douglas backed an anti Tombstone measure. It would name towns such as Warren Bisbee and Douglas as potential county seats and bar a new election for 12 years after a removal. The bill, part of a wider effort to alter county seat designation, would empower a general election after petition by five percent of gubernatorial voters.
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Arizona
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Ant
Cochise County
Douglas Eoe
Governor Signs Five Bills That Will Become Laws
Phoenix February 25 Governor Thomas E Campbell signed five bills from the current legislature. The measures include Senate No 2 an act banning contracts with parties colluding to fix bids or drive up prices on state and local public works and requiring contract bid integrity. Senate No 3 provides penalties for improper auditing of state claims. Senate No 11 expands county concurrent jurisdiction with justices of the peace on criminal and civil matters. Senate No 17 concerns corporation sales. Senate No 20 elevates obtaining labor under false pretenses to a felony.
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Phoenix
Thomas E. Campbell
Senate
Commonwealth Mine Shipping Ore and Tailings 10 Douglas
Aly Smith of Pearce reports the Commonwealth company seeks to ship thirty cars of tailings and about fifteen cars of ore weekly to the smelter in the city. Smith proposes pumping water to irrigate 56 acres near Pearce for demonstrations of farming with minimal water usage. Around Pearce fertile land supports dairy cattle with potential income from 15 cows, aided by drought-resistant forage.
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Aly. Smith
Pearce
Stith
Cochise
Str. Smith
Boy in Tempe Near Death After Scorpion Sting
Wayne Trout, an unspecified aged son of Mr and Mrs V J Trout of the Van Pettes ranch, was stung by a scorpion Thursday afternoon. He suffered severe welts for eight or nine hours but survived and was able to flee the scene the next morning.
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Tempe
Wayne
Sirs
V. J.trout
van Pettes Ranch
Legislature Faces Douglas Class Bill Endangering Counties
A proposed measure nicknamed the anti Tombstone bill would curb county seat elections for 12 years after removal and bar new contests in Cochise and neighboring counties, a move critics call class legislation aimed at securing a new courthouse for Douglas and harming others. The bill follows a failed effort to defeat Cochise’s county seat and draws solid opposition from residents who warn it would force counties to bow to a few interests and disrupt local governance.
Mexican strikebreakers pass through Tucson en route to Mexico City
A convoy of Sonora strikebreakers will travel in a special car through Tucson on their way from Sowera state to assist the Mexican government in breaking strikes on central lines. Consul Anaya in Nogales learned of the transit and Tucson officials will ensure safe transfer to the eastbound train. The final arrival time is unknown. Crossing likely at Eagle Pass with work planned on Coahuila railroads, a key line for coal supply to northern factories.
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Eagle Pass
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Mexico
White City Woman Found Guilty in Disorderly House Case
In Tucson on February 26 a federal jury convicted Charity Pari, an aged resident, for conducting a disorderly house and keeping women for immoral purposes. Judge Sawtelle deferred sentence, with potential penitentiary time and a heavy fine. Also, Chinaman Lam faced a $75 fine for opium possession, Amelia Lacy was found guilty of prostitution with sentence deferred, and Robert Lawson pleaded guilty to Mann Act violations.
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Charity Pari
United States Histrict Court
White City
William H. Sawtelle
Ab Lam
Tombstone
Sawtelle
Amelia Lacy
Charity Pugh
Robert L. Lawson
Bisbee
Lawson
Dr Hitchins in Critical Condition From Drug Overdose
Dr. R Hitchins a Miami dentist is seriously ill after a self administered overdose. He was brought to Globe by Police Chief Barney Weles and lodged in the county jail. Dr Fox examined him and said recovery is possible but his condition remains dangerous. An alleged insane case had brought him into custody recently upon complaints of Miami residents but he was discharged by county health officers.
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R. Hitchins
Globe
Barney Weles
Fox
Hitchins Swan
Miami
Lohlein Sentenced for Murder of Summers in Prescott
In Prescott on February 25, Jenn Lohlein a saddle maker was sentenced in superior court to 20 to 20 years in state prison after a second degree murder conviction tied to the December 23 road meet killing of Charles Summers a cattle inspector. Lohlein says the quarrel began after Summers made a remark about a woman.
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Jenn L. Lohlein
Superior Court
Greshooting
Chares Summers
Lohiein
Summers
Calf losses blamed on blackleg in Chiricahua range
News from February 26 reports Mr Kimble of Chiricahua ranch losing many Hereford calves to blackleg. The disease has hit several local herds, prompting Kimble to restock with high bred stock and a premium Hereford bull. He moved cattle from the San Simon area toward new mountain pastures as precaution.
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Chircalns
Tim Plevins
Mackles
Kansas State
Wichita
Kimbie
San Simon Cattle Com
Clenera Anil
Blovinn
Chandler Irrigation Bonds Carry in East Mesa District
Chandler irrigation bonds carried with no dissent at the election Saturday. The project will water about 38,000 acres east of Mesa Gilbert Higley and Chandler, using ditches canals and sub stations. It mirrors the San Pedro Irrigation District and supports the Charleston Dam effort.
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Asoan Pedro District
Chandler
Canar Beta An Wal
Lamin of & To
Jess
Higley
Mesa
Gilbert, Higley and
San Pedro
Charleston
Testimony Begins in Murder Trial of Alvah Gray
Erasmus Neihson testified in Phoenix that on December 28 Gray emerged from behind a post and fatally shot James Neilson as Neihson, his son, and Walter L. Haugh walked downtown. Neihson said he did not see Gray until the shooter stepped from cover.
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Phoenix
Erasmus Neihson
James $. Nelson
Alvah Gray
James Neilson
Erasmus Nelison
Indow
Walter L. Haugh
Gray
Record February Heat Shatters Phoenix Bureau History
February day peaks at 92 degrees, the hottest since the weather bureau began here. Robert Q. Grant notes the 92 degree high exceeds the previous February record set on February 24, 1904.
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Weather Bureau
Robert Q. Grant
Justice of peace arrested for running still in Graham County
A Graham County justice of the peace was arrested on charges connected to moonshine operations on his property. He allegedly possessed stills and liquor, and witnesses say he helped hide or profit from the activity. The case dates back to 1926 and involved theft and hush money offers to witnesses. Deputy and sheriff investigations continue in Globe with suspects detained or to be brought to town.
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Graham County
Austin
Globe
Skaggs
Shortie
Graham
United States
Justice of Peace
Teavesty
Salt River Claims Youthful Swimmer
Miguel Gamboa a 20 year old man drowned in the Salt River at the foot of Nineteenth street yesterday afternoon after a cramp. Two fishermen found his body and alerted Coroner Henry J. Sullivan. Gamboa lived on East Madison Street and had no relatives in the United States. The body was taken to J. T. Whitney undertakers after a coroner’s inquiry yielded no inquest.
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Miguel Gamboa
Coron
Henry J. Sullivan
Ernest Smith
Sterling Price
Paul Jones
Mboa
Sullivan
J. T. Whitney
Gam ‘Boa
Madison Street
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