Paving Work Starts On Nogales Tucson Highway
Ariz July 3 Two ratloads of paving machinery arrived at Nogales for the Nogales Tucson highway project. The crew will begin at the Nogales end using a highway paver cement mixer 2610 roller finishing machine header boards and a subgrader. Ben Pearce holds the contract. Work to start at once and run about 90 days with 106 men employed.
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Nogales
Ariz
Nogales-Tucson
Phoenix
Ben Pearce
Douglas Man Wins First Place in Road Race
Douglas resident Carl Ogle won the Bisbee road race in one hour one minute five seconds. Misher Stedeboker, driving an i & Sthebaker, finished second in one hour eleven minutes forty seven seconds. Et hh Douglas claimed third with one hour eleven minutes forty three seconds. Jill set the fastest overall Douglas time at fifty five minutes and fifteen seconds, beating Ogle by thirty five seconds before tire changes cost him time. Ogle earned forty dollars for first place and five more for finishing second in Douglas. Sherill won two hundred sixty dollars for second best time to Bisbee and one hundred dollars for fastest time to Douglas. Bert Perch finished fourth. a purse of twenty three dollars was offered. Only four cars finished the race and there were several wrecks with no serious injuries.
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Stedeboker
Carl Ogle
Douglas
RedemBisbee
M. P. Sherrill
Mishesi & Sthebaker
Bisbee
Et Hh Douglas
Jill
Ogle
Sherill
Ea Barks
Bert Perch
John Gace Killed at Miz Pub Mine in Arizona
John Gace superintendent at the Miz Pub mine died when rocks loosened by hoisting rails and timbers fell from above. He tumbled down a 250 foot incline shaft after being knocked insensible. His wife sent the body to Phoenix.
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Wickenburg
Ara
Juy
Jobs Gace
Mizpub
Phoenis
Phoenix Man Badly Hurt In Auto Crash
Phoenix July 4. Andrew D. Anderson manager for the San Francisco Securities Co. sustained a basal skull fracture and minor injuries when he drove over an embankment on the Miami Superior highway one and a half miles above Superior. He chose the embankment to avoid a 100 foot drop on the mountain road.
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Phoenix
Andrew D. Anderson
Phenix
San Francisco Securities Co
Miami Superior Highway
Superior
Mexican Held in Connection Shooting Tucson
A Chinese storekeeper Don Luey was shot during an alleged hold up last night. He was in serious condition this morning with two bullets in his chest, one possibly puncturing a lung, at a Tucson hospital. First National's Charter Extended Cashier J P Connolly reported official word from the Comptroller of Currency that the bank's charter is extended for 99 years from July 1, 1922, following President Harding's signature. W J Fowler, Deputy Comptroller, confirmed the act.
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Tucson
Don Luey
First National
J. P. Connolly
First National Bank of
Tombstone
Washington
Harding
W. J. Fowler
Tucson Air Mail Route Spotlight and New Aeronautical Body
Tucson is highlighted as a future air center on the United States air mail routes. The National Aeronautical Association will be formed soon with about 100 members drawn from active aviation promoters. R E Fishburn is named to the board alongside Rear Admiral Fullam and other prominent airmen.
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Tucson
FhCeus
Sux
United States
R. E B. Pishburn
National Aeronautical Association of
Fishburn
WF. Fullam
U.S. Navy
Hareold E. Hartney
Walden D. Sidney
TS. A.S BR
Baby dies in fright said to be caused by dogs
In Burg Arizona on July 3 a baby girl died after a dog frightened the infant, tearing clothes and causing the terrified mother to rush into the room with the newborn. The death is believed to be the result of the shock, corroborated by the physician.
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Die Burg
Ariz
M. Sanchez
Tombstone Juniors Fall to Apache Indians in Benson
The Tombstone Juniors lost 16 to 2 to the Apache Indians yesterday in Benson. Early in the game Hracamonte, the team’s star, struggled as the Indians swatted lines, and poor play by Tombstone widened the gap. Orduso relieved, turning the game closer to a ball contest. Local fans joined the team to Benson with the High School Band providing music, delighting crowds at the celebration.
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Benson
Hracamonte
Amond
Orduso
Irs
Beason
Junie
James H Colter Dies At Arizona Pioneers Home
James H Colter veteran cattleman of Arizona died last evening at the Pioneers Home in Prescott. Born in Canada he immigrated to Michigan and moved to Alma New Mexico, later returning to Arizona in 1888 to establish a large ranch at Springerville. His career spanned cattle raising on routes from the Apa che reservation into Mexico and later farming in Kansas before settling in Arizona. The obituary notes a long illness with cancer of the stomach.
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Hoenix
Ler
Arizona
Fred T. Colter
Prescott
Phoenix
Mr. Colter
Canada
Michigan
Alma
N. M
Apache Reservation
Mexico
Geronimo
Colter
Newton
Kansas
Springerville
James H. Col
Ton of dynamite used at Glory Hole for ore search
The Bisbee Review reports a historic mining gamble near Salome Arizona where a ton of dynamite was exploded in a short tunnel beneath the Glory Hole pit. The blast aimed to uncover rich ore supporting a claim of over 200000 dollars in value from a past strike.
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Glory Hole
Bisbee Review
Salome
Ariz
Tde Baty
Ranch Houses Burned Along Gila River Near Frisco
A Mexican worker told Sheriff Bradberry that an American cowboy set fire to several ranch houses along the Gila River below the Frisco mouth. Deputies confirmed the blaze, destroying multiple shacks, mostly Mexican property, with one Bradberry Bros. home burning as well. motive remains unknown as investigators trace a trail from the scene.
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Clifton
Zorilla
Sheriff's
Bradberry
Gila River
Frisco
al Runch
Gia
Desert Mail Sack Robbery Linked to Roy Gardner
On July 4 the mail sacks rifled by Roy Gardner, missing since November 3, 1921, were found under a mesquite tree near Maricopa Arizona. About 660 letters were inside, mostly opened for money, with some unopened. Gardner had earlier seized the sacks and left them, but no valuables were taken.
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Phoenix
United States
Sehen Roy Gardner
Maricopa
Arizona Eastern
Hiram Juan
Sherift Holden
J. L. Cooper
Post Ofice
Post Office
Ree Lerdas
Gardner
Cooper
Returns to Phoenix to face Florida jury charges
July 5. Tom Akers went to Sheriff Montgomery about county grand jury indictments. Warrants charging kidnapping and aggravated assault were read, bond steps were taken, and he likely faces arraignment in the superior court tomorrow. Akers maintains innocence and had planned to return after indictments were issued. He had been arranging a position with a Jacksonville newspaper.
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Pioenix
Bere F
Tom Akers
Montgomery
Chars
County Grand Dury
Beard
Akers
Bin
Jacksonville
Jacksons
Sixty Six Cases On Docket For U S Court At Prescott
Sixty six cases are listed for trial at the regular March term of the United States district court opening July 17 in Prescott. The calendar shows a congested docket with three equity cases, one law case, five criminal trials, and 34 grand jury actions. Prohibition violations, narcotic acts, larceny, Mann Act, and counterfeiting are among cases awaiting action.
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U. S
Prescott
Phoenix
Sisty
United States District Court
William HM. Sawtelle
Man Arrested in Los Angeles for Prescott Attack
ICENIX Jr Willan E Acker faces murder attempt charges linked to a Prescott assault on Twer Enge. Acker admitted planning to rob Enge and said a companion attacked him with a blackjack before stabbing. Enge was dumped in a canyon near Prescott and later hospitalized.
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Icenix, Jr
Willan E. Acker
Twer Enge
Prescott
Enge
Acker
Los Angeles
Ernest Smith
HF Watson
H. C. Parsons
Dange
Jthet
Phoenis
Largest cattle shipment passes Nogales to Colorado points
Nogales Ariz July 2 55 cars of Mexican cattle moved through Nogales yesterday to Colorado points. The Cars were 36 from Ellas Camau Cattle company of Mexico City and 20 from F S Espinosa and Sons of Hermonillo.
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Nogales Nogales
Ariz
Nogales
Mexico
Colorado Points
Ellas Camau Cattle Company
Mexico City
F. S. Espinosa and Sons of
Hermonillo
Phoenix Market Prepares 103000 Heads For Sale
In Arizona a stockyard reports 103000 head of aes cattle ready for market. At Oatman county a $202 yard rate is noted with a new uncovered lot at the Silver Creek placer field.
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Phoenix
Aessattle
Oatman
Silver Creek Placer Field
Man Identified as Mr Cheatham Dies in Phoenix
An eastern man identified only as Mr Cheatham collapsed at First and Adams streets around dawn yesterday, the cause listed as tuberculosis by city health officer Dr J L Garrison. Coroner Henry J Sullivan said no inquest will be held while officials try to locate relatives. The deceased had few personal effects and little known about his origins after living in Phoenix for several months.
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Phoenix
Cheatham
Adams
Henry J. Sullivan
Sullivan
J. L. Garrison
Woman Charged With Robbing Soldier at Fort Huachuca
Nogales reports that on July 3 Mrs. Retagio Rows, colored, was charged with stealing 55 dollars from a discharged soldier from Fort Huachuca. Police arrested her on complaint by the man after he alleged they registered at a local hotel as man and wife and she deserted him, taking his money. The soldier reportedly sought to have her jailed after the incident.
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Nogales
Fort Huachuca
Re Tagio
Men Held For Federal Drug Charge In City Drug Bust
Proenix, July T E Ho tis and Vic George Trimble were arrested June 25 after a downtown rooming house bust. A suitcase with opium paraphernalia and whisky was found. Trimble received time suspensions with departure orders. Hillis was held to answer in federal court on a narcotics charge.
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Proenix
Fighting parson Sid Wedge lands longshoreman post
Sid Wedge known as the fighting parson and Wisconsin lumberjack takes a longshoreman job to preach to workers amid a summer wind storm that felled trees and toppled telephone poles around Phoenix. He plans noon sermons daily and Sundays, with no injuries or major property damage reported.
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Wisconsin
San Francisco
Harvard
Leain
Phoenix
Harbor Distriet
Woman Held to Trial as Result of Fraud Case
Mrs. Andrews of Lowell faces charges of attempting to defraud a European company. The superior court set bond at 400 after a preliminary examination in which fire department witnesses testified about a suspected arson scene at her home on unlisted street.
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Mra Eo Andrews
Alge McKinaie
Lowell
Deuropes Company
Andrews
Dj Unson
Lowell Partment
Enlist Aid Of 660 Yaquis To Quell Mexican Rebel
Military officers at Nogales Sonora report a band of about six hundred Yaquis mobilizing to quell a Mexican rebel group. The outlaw force, alleged to be led by General Angel Flores with a strong contingent, is said to move toward Marating Sinaloa and camp near Magatlan after looting ten towns.
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Nogales
Arm
Sonora
Torin
Mealen
Marating
Sinaloa
Angel Flores
Jowt ‘ Solliers
Pacific de FraZer
Magatlan
Ruby raid leader tied to murder in Arizona trial
Placido Silvas stands accused in Nogales of killing Mrs J Frank Pearson as the state rests its case in court. Irene Pearson sister of the postmaster identified Silvas as one of three men who entered the Ruby post office the morning of the killings and affirmed her certainty during cross examination.
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Nogales
Ariz. Ouiz
Placido Silvas
J. Frank Pearson
Irene Pearson
Liberty Hill
Tex
Pear
Pearson
Miss Pearson
Silvas
Ruby Post Office
Co op Store sale reshapes Mormon settlements in St Johns
St Johns Arizona July 5 The large general store of the Arizona Co operative Mercantile Institution at St Johns has been sold to Joseph Udall and W F Lesner. Founded in 1880 it joined a broader co operative chain in 1903 and will retain branches at Holbrook Snowflake and Eager as other stores disappear from the southwest communities.
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ST. Johns
Anna
Southwest
St. Johnns
Arizona Co-operative Mercantile Institution
Joseph Udall
W. F. Lesner
Holbrook
Snowflake
Eager
Two Men Die in Clear Lake Mine Near Twin Peaks
July 3 report from Duncan Clifton states Eugene Buttcher and Hijinta Arriola, both Duncan residents, were killed in the Clear Lake Mine near Twin Peaks just over the New Mexico line early Friday around 3 o clock.
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Duncan Clifton
Eugene Buttcher
Hijinta Arriola
Duncan
Clear Lake
Twin Peaks
New Mexico
Wild animals roam near Flagstaff homes in Arizona
July 7 report says wild animals in northern Arizona have moved closer to human habitations perhaps due to drying springs. Lions and bears are being killed in large numbers, with many seasoned range veterans taking a heavy toll from stockmen.
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Flagstaff
Arizona
Federal aid approved for Old Trails Road project
The state highway department announces federal approval of the Old Trails Road from Holbrook east to the Petrified Forests. Bids will be called soon and the contract awarded so construction can be completed during the current season.
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Phoenix
Holbrook
Mexican herder sought for abandoning sheep
July 6 requisition issued by Gov. Mechem for extradition of Sefarin Gomez believed held in Navajo County Arizona. Gomez accused of abandoning sheep in Valencia County while employed to herd them.
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Santarm
N. ML
M. C. Mechem
Arizona
Sefarin Gomez
Navajo County
Gomez
Valencia County
Rail valuation in Arizona shows drop from 1921 totals
Total assessed valuation of 28 railroad companies operating in Arizona amounts to 10,395,656 dollars, down 766,203 from 1921. The state tax commission notes railroad mileage at 2,460.47 miles with the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe valued at 35,982,145 dollars and the Southern Pacific at 27,110,100 dollars.
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Phoenix
Arizoma
State Tax Commission
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
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Phoenix Man
James 4. Colter
Arizona Pioneers
Roy Gardner
Roy
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Rescott
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Trimble
HUM
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Hillis
Trible
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