Cochise County Reports Fiscal 1921 Strong, Cites Low Delinquency
County Treasurer Guy C. Welch and Clerk M. C. Hawkins presented a robust 1921 financial year. Total receipts reached 3,119,063.89 with disbursements of 3,159,666.18 leaving a January 1, 1922 balance of 824,360.08. Hawkins notes a $15,669.08 saving over 1920 in running county government and highlights space, tax handling, and significant but neutral details about department costs and assets.
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Guy C. Welch
M. C. Hawkins
Board of Supervisors
Cochise County
Hess
Cochise Ans
Welch
Hawkins
Earliest Wakeup Argued in Sulphur Spring Valley
In Sulphur Spring valley farmers dispute who rises first each morning. At a church gathering one man claimed 3 am, another 4 am, and a third 15 minutes after. A neighbor fanned the flame by recounting a 2 am rise and a startled visit to the neighbor’s wife before daybreak.
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Douglas
Peculiar Friday the 13th Auto Accident
Ben Maiden and John Cansler were in a peculiar collision on a Friday the 13th. While driving home from Bisbee they let a following car pass then rolled over into a ditch. Cansler was only slightly hurt, Maiden suffered a broken collar bone and drove to Douglas before medical aid.
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Douglas
Ben Maiden
John Cansler
Mr. Maiden
Mr. Cansler
Bisbee
Jim
Cansier
Imperial Valley River Control Work Communications Destroyed
Flood warnings surface as Colorado and Gila waters threaten Yuma. Officials report 60,000 second feet expected, crest seen between midnight and morning. Gage at Yuma reaches 22.35 feet, river readings indicate rising water from the Gila. Communications with Imperial Valley projects cut, trestle damage disrupts line to Andrade and Pescadores district offices.
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Yuma, Arie
Colorado
Yuma
U.S
Rom. Priest
Gila
Priest
Elock & Reading
Pescadors
Andrade
Imperial Valley
Antrade
Pescadere Cat
Thante
Narcone
Copper Radiator Experiments Are Successful at Ajo
Ajo copper radiator experiments near Tucson show progress in using copper for auto radiators. A. Porter of New Corne jt companies reports favorable results from lab work producing electrolytic ribbon and radiators. Radiator viability remains unproven but if successful it could start a copper era and broader commercial use.
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Ajo
Tucson
A. Porter
New Corne Jt
New
Potter
Roberts questions motives of industrial conference
Senator CM Roberts Wisconsin state Democratic leader recently returned from Phoenix where he attended the State Democratic Central Committee gathering and the Industrial Conference. He criticizes President Spilsbury for seeking a constitutional convention, doubts the conference endorsed such a move, and argues Arizona needs no constitutional change amid fiscal distress and many redundant laws. He supports a united Democratic front to influence elections and curb Republican power.
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CM. Roberts
Will .Cox
Phoenix
Martines
Roberts
P. G. Spilsbury
Campbell
Monal
Industrial Congress
Industrial Conference
Spilabury
Congress
Arizona
Arisona
Colored porter at bank may die from blow on skull
John B. Holt a colored porter at the Phoenix National Bank received a severe scalp wound and possible skull fracture after being struck on the head with a gas pipe last night about 6 in the Fleming building basement according to Holt’s statement to the police. Bob Kinney, a colored elevator operator in the Fleming building, is named as the assailant.
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Phoenix National Bank
Fleming Building
Holt
Bob Kinney
Mexico to meet at Nogales April 1
Every city in Mexico and El Paso Nogales and many other American points along the Mexican border are to be represented in the annual convention of the Confederated Chambers of Commerce of Mexico at Nogales Sonora April 1 to 3 announced here today.
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Imerce Chambers
Mexico
Nogales
Ariz
el Paso
Confederated Chambers of Commerce of Mexico
Sonora
Benson Postmaster Holds Longest Unbroken US Service Record
Benson Ariz January 17 twenty seven years of continuous service. Redfield became Benson postmaster during Cleveland's second term and will reach twenty seventh anniversary next May. He started in postal work under his father who held the pony express contract and was the first postmaster at Redington. His long tenure is unmatched and worthy of pomp and display as a faithful worker beloved by the community.
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Benson
Redfield
Pony Express
Redington
Cleveland
United States
Aftr
Road conditions map southern state routes through Florence to Tombstone
A report lists road conditions across the southern state from Florence to Nogales. Highlights include good segments Florence to Casa Grande and Tombstone to Bisbee, with construction on Valley road near Mission Road, and several stretches noted as fair or rough including the Wellton area and around Ajo to Tucson where segments 34 miles west of Tucson and 42 miles east of Ajo are under construction leaving 54 miles of rough desert road.
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Florence
Winkleman
Ray
Christmas
Casa Grande Fine
Cass Grande
Thexon Xned
Tucson
Oracle
Mammoth
Tombstone
Thexon
Nogales
Mission Road
Valley Road
Nowalex
Bowie
Gleeson
Courtland Spot
Bisbee
Douglas
Rodeo
Lordsburg Fair
Lordsbars
el Pass
el Paso
Alamogordo
le Paso
van Horn
Socorro
Ood
Yuma
Gila
Phoenix
Antelope Hill
Wellton
Brother Sought May Be Local Man In Phoenix Item
A Phoenix newspaper item, brought to the Daily Prospector, suggests the man mentioned may be a Tombstone native now living in Los Angeles. The note implies local ties and requests verification about his identity.
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Brother Sought
Wera
Phoenix
Daily Prospector
Tombstone
Los Angeles
Seek Brother After 40 Years in Arizona clues
Mrs Anna McCue Ryan of Brooklyn seeks her brother James McHugh or McCue who left Dublin in 1865. She last heard from him forty years ago somewhere in Arizona and notes his father Thomas McHugh and mother Julia Traynor. He had seven brothers and two sisters. Local residents recall a James McHugh who settled in Los Angeles, suggesting a possible match with the Arizona man.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Anna McCue Ryan
James McHuek
Melugh
McCue
Stafs Board of Health
Ryan
Ireland
Brooklyn
Broad Street
Dublin
States
Arizona
Thomas McHugh
Julia Traynor
James Mclugh
Los Angeles
McHugh
United States
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