Gattlemen Move Cattle to Mexico For Winter Pasture
Wilam Cowan reports Sonora pasture move by Government Draw Sulphur Spring Valley cattlemen to avoid winter drought. About 47 head moved across the line to Mo una ranch near Huachucas with in bond Mexican oversight. cost about 7.5 per head. Other Huachucas ranchers join, bandit risk monitored, few losses expected. Also notes delays in 1918 motor car tag issuance due to legislature and office congestion. owners with pending applications will receive numbers by parcel post.
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Wilam Cowan
Tombstone
Government Draw
Sulphur Spring Valley
Mexico
Sonora
Mo- Una Ranch
Rancho Coraoallo
Mr. Cowan
Wo. Davie
Tom McGher
Fred Moore
Mike Keaong
Charles Milmade Evenson Brothers
Martin Armer
Huachucas
Kelly Brothers
Aston
Joe
Bandit Valde
Phoenix
Mit Simms
State House
Justifiable Homicide Verdict In Hastings Case
Tucson January coroner's jury found justifiable homicide in the Bass Jones case. Jones was killed on a Southern Pacific train by Postmaster E D Hastings of Red Rock after Jones shot the train conductor and menaced passengers. Relatives did not respond to telegrams.
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Tucson
Bass Jones
Southern Pacific
E. D. Hastings
Red Rock
Jones
Pathfinders to Tour Arizona for Federal Highway Route
Arizona hosts a federal highway survey team under the Bankhead act to examine a route from El Paso to Los Angeles via the Borderland path through Tucson Phoenix Tombstone Bisbee and Douglas. RA Kirk confirms the committee will visit soon to gather data and encourage county cooperation ahead of a Mineral Wells Texas convention where final route decisions will be set.
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Phoenix
Arizona
el Paso
Los Angeles
RA Kirk
Borderland
Tucson
Tombsone
Bisbee
Douglas
Eltland
Plowman
Junkhead Highway Association
Board of Directors
Mineral Wells
Teaas
War Orders Adds Adjutant General to National Guard Uniforms
The War Department issues a December 23 order recognizing adjutants general of all states as officers of the National Guard in federal service with permanent commissions. Arizona’s code already requires this, and no legal changes are needed. Adj. Gen. Harris’s status remains unchanged under the Arizona code, per his supporters.
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Phoenix
National Guard
Secretary of War
Capitol
the National Guard
Arizona
Harris
Same
Baker
Wire Fence Proposed to Stop 200000 Cattle Leak
In 1910 prominent cattlemen estimate about 200000 cattle have been lost or strayed from Pima County ranches into Mexico. A wire fence along 50 miles near Papago Indian reservation is planned to curb the loss, with ten thousand dollars appropriated. The project was urged by the Armoa and Southwestern Cattle Growers associations and supported by Senators Ashurst and Smith. Recovery efforts involve U S Treasury and Mexican authorities.
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Vcson
Pima Bee County
Mexico
J. M. Kon
Pima County
Papago
Aroma Cattle Growers’ Association
Southwestern Cattle Growers’ Association
Ashurst
Smith
New Mexico
Texas
Arizona
Sonora
State
Treasury Departments
Washington
Parents plan trip to Europe to locate grave of Frank Luke Jr
Mr and Mrs Frank Luke, parents of the noted American ace Frank Luke Jr, plan to travel to Europe to find their son's grave. They seek authentic details on his burial after reports say he was shot down over German lines last October. No definite burial place is known, and the parents hope to confirm the grave with German and American sources.
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Phoenix
Frank Luke
Acion
Europe
Luke
Frank
Breau
Mine Closures Vastly Cut Jobs Near Cananea Bisbee
About 2500 men were discharged in the past week by the Cananea Consolidated Copper company the Democrata mining company and other properties around Cananea according to arrivals yesterday from the Mexican mining camp.
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Bisbee
Cananea Consolidated Copper Company
Democrata Mining Company
Cananea
Stock Does Well in Spite of Cold
January 11 report from the local weather bureau notes livestock conditions statewide are favorable despite cold, aided by clear weather, lack of rain and snow, and strong sun. Northern cattle graze better with reduced snow. desert winter pastures improved. water plentiful though some mountain areas show higher losses from poor stock and short fall pastures. Snow amounts listed for Fort Bayard New Mexico Fort Apache Arizona Pinto Playstall Williams.
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Phoen
United States Weather Bureau
Fort Bayard
N. M
Fort Apache
Ariz
Pinto
Playstall
Williams
Cattlemen Seek Lower Valuations for Range Stock
Cattlemen in Arizona through the Arizona Cattle Growers Association press for reduced livestock valuations, arguing current rates use high market prices and lack margins for fluctuation. They say assessments burden owners selling amid market swings and differ by region, with Mohave County higher and Navajo County far below normal, prompting a push at the next state tax conference.
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Phoenix
Arizona Cattle Growers Association
States Assessors’ Association
Asnmell
Mohave County
Navajo
Cochise Man Heads Arizona Assessors
Hughes of Cochise county elected president of the State Assessors association at the joint session with the State Tax commission. A H Ming of Yuma named vice president and secretary treasurer. J A Duncan of Gila as assistant secretary. Gentry of Yavapai as secretary treasurer. Deputy assessor Gentry marked first to hold office. Committee unchanged. legislative panel remains J. Bone, EA Hughes, Pat Ross, Charles Woolfolk. Retiring president George Truman of Pinal presented with an engraved Ellis charm. Meeting ended after brief session. minimum valuations kept. reform plans deferred to state tax conference in August.
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Phoenix
E Hughes
Cochise County
State AsSessors ® Association
State Tax Commission
A H Ming
Yuma
J. A. Duncan
Gila
Secre
Gentry
Yavapai
Secary
JT. Bone
EA. Hughes
Pat Ross
Charles Woolfolk
George Truman
Pinal
N. O. Ruggles
Mohave
Association With
The
Tax Commission
Orn
Quarantine Tightened in Cochise County Dance Ban Enforced
A modified quarantine covers all Cochise County areas with a ban on public dances after a conference between Dr Harry A Reese and Dr D Brown. The move ends unequal treatment as Bisbee banned dancing locally pushing attendees to Lowell and Warren. Also reported is the sale of Congress Alvarado and Rincon mills at Congress Arizona to a Los Angeles firm for dismantling, with historic mills earning nearby owners about 17 million dollars over its term.
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OLD Mills
Phoenix
Congress, Alvarado
Rincon Mills
Congress
Ariz
Los Angeles
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Pathfinders
Federal Road
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Gattlemen
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