Kid Lee Fined for Contempt and Peace Bond Set
Tucson report states Kid Lee, alias Lee, fined 100 dollars for contempt of court and placed under a 250 dollar peace bond after threatening ex soldier Monroe Cottrell with a cuspidor. Cottrell testified Lee planned to collect money via a henchman, and Lee warned of violence if not paid. A subsequent assault complaint by county attorney Frawley followed.
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Tucson
C. C. Lee
Col Cored
Kid Lee
Monroe Cottrell
Justice of the Peace
Frawley
Cottrell
Lee
Oil activity widens Lone Wolf area in Iowa Park field
El Paso Herald reports Ryan Petroleum will start a deep test on Lone Wolf Oil acreage within days using a 55 ton rig. The Ferguson ranch tract hosts two producing wells with sands at 640 and 1800 feet and a thick bearing sand under 100 feet. Ryan enters a district once stirred by Watkins and Zink wells, reviving local interest in the Iowa Park field.
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el Paso Herald
Iowa Park
Ryan Petroleum Corporation
Lone Wolf Oil Company
Ferguson
Lone Star
Ryan Corporation
Lowa Park
Watkins
Zink
Governor Calles to Visit Agua Prieta with Sonora Orchestra
Governor Elias P Calles of Sonora is due in Agua Prieta Saturday with a 40-piece state girl’s school orchestra from Hermosillo to perform concerts in the local theater Saturday and Sunday night. A free motion picture exhibit showing Sonora’s industrial progress will accompany the show. A free dance with the orchestra follows, then the governor travels Monday to Acozari for further concerts.
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Douglas
Elias P Calles
Sonora
Agua Prieta
Sananea
Hermosillo
Acozari
Hard Boiled Smith Sued for Divorce in San Diego
Mrs Marguerite Michael Smith files for divorce from Lieutenant F H Smith in superior court claiming brutal treatment. She cites his WWI era nickname Hard Boiled given by troops at Camp Kearny and later roles including commander of prison camp No 2 in France. The case follows a congressional inquiry into his military duties.
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Treatiment Smith
No. 2
France
Arizona Delinquent Corporations Face Dissolution Action
About 30,902 Arizona corporations may be dissolved if they fail to pay overdue fees and file annual reports by June deadlines. The Corporation Commission plans to issue notices urging payment and report filing, with delinquent firms mainly comprising once-active, sizable businesses.
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Phoenix
Arizona
State Corporation
Com
Luli
AE. Steiner
Ise
Ise Means Great Deal Were Work For the Commission. Turt Iz
Two Court Cases Heard In Superior Court
In a Wednesday session the court directed a not guilty verdict for Angel A who was charged with selling denatured alcohol. In a separate trial Sam Johnson, James Scanlon and E Hoenig were found not guilty of gambling. Tomorrow Clyde Crossland and Tom Reed face rape charges involving two girls, with witnesses Violet Hudson and Zerma Zumiwelt expected to testify. Louis Spaulding's embezzlement case is also set for trial.
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Angel A
Wwe
Arizona
Sam Johnson
James Scanlon
E Hoenig
Louis Spaulding
Ajo Operators Expand Copper Plant and Rail Plans
Ajo, Arizona July 20 Operators invest heavily in copper works adding two large towers to reduce sulphuric gas and double capacity. Plans include washing 2 060 600 000 ton tailings to recover about 1 000 000 pounds of copper and a 10 000 ton mill for sulphuretic ores. Ajo poised to become a leading copper region with new railroad survey to the Gulf of California.
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Ajo
Ariz
New Cornelia Company
Gulf of California
Mexican accused in murder and theft tied to found revolver
Phoenix July 2. A revolver said to be a key evidence link against a Mexican known as Camacho in the murder of Margaret Avile near Glendale ten days ago was found by Ranger Dewitt who tagged the Buckeye canal for the weapon today.
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Phoenix
Margaret Avile
Glendale
Dewitt
Buckeye Canal
Two US Admirals Lead Atlantic and Pacific Fleets
The United States assigns two admirals to command its fleets for the first time, Henry B. Wilson leading the Atlantic fleet and Hugh Rodman commanding the Pacific fleet. The ceremony features Admiral Wilson aboard and Admiral Rodman at sea as the Pennsylvania, flagship of Mayo, anchors near the Hudson. Mayo becomes head of the Section Board before joining the General Board of the Navy.
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Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Henry B Wison
Hugh Rodman
Wilsoek
Henry T. Mo
Pennsylvania
Hudson
Mayo
Woman Foils Bandits Plan To Rob Train
Jay Soman halted a six man band near Santa Cruz Cananea division of the SP Mexico. They bought tickets at Cananea and planned to seize the train express money. The money was sent to Naco after warning. 30 soldiers joined the train and arrested the gang at the staging point. They were jailed in Nogales and sent to Hermosillo likely facing execution. A bandit told Canatiea of the plan and she alerted an official who relayed the warning.
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Soman
Cananes
Sp, de Mexico
Nogales
Buving
Santa Cruz
Cher
Phoue
Naco
Thers
Nogaies
Hermosillo
Snagi Canatiea
Court dismisses two grand larceny cases in Douglas
In Superior court today Mit Castillo and Miguel Costilla with Rafael Cordova faced grand larceny charges but were discharged on grounds of insufficient or defective information. Mattie Hulse forfeited bond for failing to appear in an appeal over a city ordinance violation. Jury recessed until tomorrow for Cecil Adams and wife trial on the same ordinance appeal.
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Lockwood
Mit Bc
Castillo
Miguel Costila
Rafael Cordova
Mattie Hulse
Douglas
Cecil Adams
Seizure of Marijuana By Sheriff At Tempe Yard
Phoenix July 20 A wagonload of marijuana worth at retail was seized today by Sheriff Montgomery to a yard at Tempe. No arrests were made as there is no state law against growing or using the narcotic weed.
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Phoenix
Montgomery
Tempe
New Poisonous Bug Appears in Phoenix
A 22 year old woman on East Portland Street was bitten on Sunday by a large black bug clinging to her shoulder. The swelling started within minutes, eyes swollen shut, and intense pain followed. A delay in finding a doctor nearly proved fatal before antidotes and treatment at a half hour reached her. The insect, about twice the size of a typical ant, is common in Mexico and southern areas where it is called killdeer in English and its bite is feared.
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Phoenix
East Portland
Mexico
Silverbell Mine to Resume Operations Amid Copper Price Rise
SILVERBELL ARIZONA July 22 The Silverbell properties will reopen as copper prices rise. Ore will be shipped to Hayden for smelting while the Sasco smelter remains closed. Hayden’s plant may accept Silverbell ore and allow Sasco to reopen if capacity permits. El Tiro ships to Hayden and others may divert to Sasco when ready, including E G Bush of Twin Buttes.
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Silverbell
Ariz
Sasca
Hayden
American Smelting and Refining Company
Sasco
el Tiro
E. G. Bush
Twin Buttes
Seventh Negro Soldier Shot in Nogales
Private Bartwell of Company M, 25th Infantry, was shot and killed at his Nogales home in the early hours. Sergeant Bradley from the same unit was missing and thought to have crossed into Sonora. Bartwell's wife said she was fired upon as her husband was killed, marking the seventh such incident among stationed Black soldiers in three months.
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Nogales Nogales
Ariz
Bartwell
25Th Infantry
meKro
Bradley
Sonora
Girl to Return to Parents After Army Uniform Incident
Anna Rodman, an 18 year old telegraph operator from Oklahoma, was briefly held in Phoenix for wearing a United States Army uniform. She will soon reunite with her parents after sheriffs aided her and she received clothing suitable to her sex. The girl left home in anger over a suitor and sought to make her own way. She traveled from Oklahoma to Phoenix via New Mexico with scarce funds until a sympathetic elder helped her.
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Phoenix
Anna Rodman
Oklahoma
Temps
United States Army
France
Palne
Mexica
Government Sends Carload of Fords
July 19 The department automates for state highway use received four badly battered prepped Ford trucks. Olive drab paint faded, repairs needed. Tools and spare parts were scattered roadside, with wire kept to prevent tire from adverse self. Department expects about two hundred trucks total.
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Ielway Department
Pbterday
Afernoon
Don Yords Y Department
New Packing Plant To Begin Construction Soon
Phoenix July 2 report states a new packing plant has passed preliminary stages and will be built. Contract awarded to JM Sparks of Douglas after recent inspections with Ed Torrea and J. J. Ticholet. Sparks says construction will start as plans arrive from Chicago, prepared by Packers' Architectural and Engineering company, which presently has seven similar plants under construction.
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Phoenix
JM. Sparks
Douglas
Chicago
Ed Torrea
Packers’ Architectural and Engineering Company
New Air Line to Douglas from El Paso Tucson
Douglas poised as main division point for Southwestern Aerial Lines and Aviation School plans a El Paso to Tucson air route. First landings expected in weeks with six planes and pilots including Captain W H Smith and Jean de Villar. The firm will carry passengers mail and express and will teach aviation while expanding fleet.
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Douglas
el Paso
Tucson
McDowell
Southwestern Aerial Lines
Aviatia School of
Anes
W. H. Smith
U. S. Air Service
France
Jean de Villar
Aury Sebyies
Broom Factory Promised for Phoenix Industry
July 22 report from Phoenix notes DA Arnold and GR Gibbs of El Paso visited to discuss a new broom factory and a profitable broomcorn crop for Salt River Valley farmers. The project would start with 500 to 6000 square feet of space, to be expanded as demand grows, using broomcorn from Yuma and surrounding regions.
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Phoenix
Salt River Valley
DA Arnold
GR Gibbs
el Paso
SS Paso
Yuma
Los Angeles
Kitten Brings Full Grown Tarantula Into Kingman Home
In Kingman on July 22 a playful kitten startled its mistress by dragging a large tarantula into the house and placing it at her feet. The spider appeared exhausted and posed no lasting harm, while the woman suffered minor injuries to the mouth and forepaws but recovered with an irritated mood.
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Kingman
Tabby
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