Phoenix Ajo cut off roads reshape Arizona travel
Phoenix and Maricopa County push an all year route from Phoenix to Ajo via Yuma and Tucson. The proposed bypass would divert travelers from the Salt River route, with a bridge near Gila Bend improving year round access. Tucson backs a rapid Ajo Short Cut bond plan while Yuma also seeks completion.
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Yuma
Tucson
Ajo Dr
Foh Redwell
Phoenix Arizona Gazette
Yura
Eit
Mian
Asinay
Phoenix
Yama
Alo
Ajo
Galt
Maricows County
Lourie's
Cromes 9
Gila
Arizona
Salt River
Wiley
Ter
Minimum valuations arrived at by state assessors
Arizona notes from January meeting of the Assessors Association advising the 1916 tax values. Includes land and permanent crops combined, waste lands valued separately, and inventory based merchandise values. Lists per acre values for claims, mill sites, and mines, plus detailed animal, poultry, and livestock valuations and a schedule for automobile and motorcycle assessments with percent discounts by year and use of judgment in later years.
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EA. Hughes
Phoenix
Tax delinquency small in Cochise County year
County Treasurer Harry S. Ross reports back tax backlog at 0.306.01 out of 342,328.71 due, the lowest delinquency rate in years and reflecting broad taxpayer compliance. The office also collected 8,906.07 in interest, the highest on record.
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Harry S. Ross
Ross
de Penils
Deputies Appointed by Clifton Council
About 175 Citizens League members met at the grammar school to discuss deputies becoming town marshals. The meeting ended with a request to the mayor to appoint as many deputies as needed. One hundred members have taken oath and can be called if needed. The league formed to prevent outsiders from the district, and its aim appears to have reduced the problem.
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Citizene’ League
League
Met
Stork and Reaper duel in Tombstone year 1915
Vital statistics report by Health Officer Dr H H Hoghart notes Stork defeated Reaper by six during 1915. In Clifton January district mine managers show interest in a peace conference as strikers vote. Deaths by suicide rise in Tomistone, with 30 cases in 1915 and 1016 referenced. Dr Dye handles the conference prospects.
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H.H. Hoghart
Clifton
Dye
Cirtics
Leerim Tomistone
Criminal cases set for next term of court
The criminal calendar lists twenty six cases awaiting trial. Notable entries include murder charges against Annie Old and Leandro Maldonado with January dates, plus cases of wholesale intoxication, larceny, assault, forgery, and highway robbery across various defendants and dates in January.
Bennett Appointed Cochise County Lands Appraiser
At a meeting of the board of supervisors with State Land Commissioner Marer, Fred Bennett of Tombstone was appointed appraiser for state lands in Cochise County. The board praised the choice, and County Attorney J F Ross returned from Douglas after a superficial inquiry into the Cooks and Waiters Strike. Industrial plant negotiations for Tombstone proceed, and Tejon Mining Co properties at Gleeson show good signs as efforts hinge on a management decision from El Paso.
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Board of Supervisors
State Land Commissa
Fred Bennett
Tombstone
Cochise County
State Commission
Bennett
J. F. Ross
Douglas
Warsekres
Gleeson
J. Thiers
Tejon Mining Co
EL Pao
Mexican Consul rejects boundary extension proposal
Mexican Consul Adolfo Sarnilo denounces any US seizure or boundary extension by Arizona. He condemns Gov Hunt for plans to extend Arizona to the Gulf of California, calls the idea futile and asserts only force can take Mexican land. He notes US concessions holding vast parts of Coahuila and Sonora and accuses officials of stirring tensions.
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United States
Carrillo
Senate
Mexico
Masons Begin Major Upgrades at Schieflin Hall Tombstone
The Masonite company purchased Ellen L. Harwomt’s interest in Schieflotin Hall and now owns the building. Trustees B A Hughes H H Hughact Guy C Welch W A Fowler WA Metparron AH Gardner announce a full renovation including modern electric lighting, a new stage, redecked auditorium floor, cement street entrance, relocated box office, improved ventilation, and plans for a dance hall and Easter ground breaking.
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Tombstone
Ellen L. Harwomt
Schieflotin Hall
Rustees
B.A. Hughes
H. H. Hughact
Guy C. Welch
W. A Fowler
WA. Metparron
AH Gardner
Hwu
Tombone
Fremont Street
Insight-T
BF Dude
Mediately
Ly Coop
Annual Report of County Recorder 1915 Totals and Fees
The annual report shows 1915 receipts of 9,561.65 with 4, notations of 1,661 copies made and 43 abstracts. April led collections at 851.35, February was the slow month. The office handled a higher volume of business, and a net profit of 2,961.05 was reported.
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County Kerper
Owen E. Murphy
Record Year for Marriages in Cochise County
Clerk J E James reports Cochise County set yearly marriage records with 677 licenses issued in December alone and 2014’s previous high of 62 surpassed. Monthly totals show steady activity, with September and December driving volume, and averages around four licenses per month.
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Cochise County
J. E. James
Superior Court
Johnson
Wilson
Mrs Alfred Godfrey Dies in Tombstone
Mrs Alfred Godfrey passed away at the family residence on Bruce Street after a prolonged illness of several years. She leaves a devoted husband and a number of friends. The funeral is announced from Porter Undertaking Parlors Sunday at 3 PM.
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Alfred Godfrey
Bruce St
Tombstone
Porter Undertaking
Cattle Inspector Porter McDonald Resigns in Arizona
Porter McDonald, cattle inspector on the Live Stockery Board at Phoenix, resigns effective immediately. He has served 15 years with an excellent record, and chose to stay near Tombstone rather than move to Bisbee for the board’s request.
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Porter McDonald
Phoenix
Bisbee
Tombstone
McDonald
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Juan Figueroa
Pertery
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Charles Perry
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T. J. Thornton
Wm. Skinner
Alejamiro Marti
Wh. Armstrong
Louis Voetckel
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Callahan
Wm. Martin
Cochise
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Sonora
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