The Arizona Council of Defense Work Report
A booklet from the Arizona Council of Defense summarizes its aims and progress. It lists executive committee members, outlines activities such as registration, Liberty Land, labor shortage discussions, food production drives, census data, home protection, transportation resources, Red Cross work, energy conservation, and war strength efforts. It notes organization charts and female thrift efforts.
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Arizona Council of Defense
Arizona Counci of Defense
Thomas FE. Campbe
Dwight B. Heard
D. T. MacNollen
George H. Smalley
KR. BE. Moos
Mes
Pauline ML O'Nen John
Greenway
T A. Riordam
L. H. Manning
D. MH. Claridge
J. Donnelly
CE. MN
Council of Defense
Liberty Land Subscription
South
Moet
Arizona Red Cross
First Arizona
Congregational Church Faith Study and Talks
The Congregational Church invites all to the 11 a.m. study on The Substance of Faith and the 7:30 p.m. session titled The World's Greatest Democracy. Pastor C W Stark will speak at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., encouraging both saints and sinners to meet and reflect on faith and social duties.
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I A.m. Towerves
Order for Mineral Survey in Warren District
The surveyor general issues orders for mineral surveys No. 2419 Hougan Inde and No. 2420 Puck eye Electric Ohio Monarch Russell Kentucky lodes in the Warren mining district Cochise county owned by Franc E. Commines George Haniger and Harty and by claimants named.
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Phoenix
Surveyor General
Minera’ Survey
Warrenshire
Cochise County
Franc E. Commines
George Haniger
Harty
Red Mineral Survey
Puckeye
Electric
Ohio
Jail inmates petition to Sheriff on social status
A round robin from Gila county Jail prisoners in Globe requests social segregation by race and status. The letter complains of spies and Wobblies in the jail and urges placing all colored men Mexicans and others in the lower tier away from white inmates to spare them from “traitorous arguments” daily.
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GLOBE
W. W
Gila County
Tom Armer
DIAN CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING CHILDREN IN YUMA
A court action alleges that a mother abducted three children on July 1 1917 and kept them under restraint at the foot of Eighth Street and the Colorado River levee. Maria Coveoan Indian filed suit through attorney Henry Kelley. Jade Paxter granted the writ and ordered the defendant to produce the children in court at 9 o clock July 26.
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Yuma
Maria Cove
Charepab
Henry Kelley
Jade Paxter
Thn
O'Ctork
Eighth Street
Colorado, Iver Levee
Beee Editor Visit Lands in Tombstone With Officials
The Bee Editor Visitation shows prominent figures touring Tombstone with Board of Supervisors Chair V M Johnson. Mr Vin, new manager of State Consolidated Publishing, visits Arizona after duties at Bisbee Review and Arena Star, praising Cochise County and Tombstone’s climate and historical points of interest.
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Titer Cath
Binbee
Tombstone
V M Hnson
Board of Supervisors
Nis
Arizons
Vin
State Consolidated Publishing Company
Bisbee
Arena Star
Tucson
Kansas
Arizona
Cochise County
Land Office Busy Phoenix Sees Surge in Land Claims
The land office reports a three week period with 211 filings for rock and grazing dams totaling 18 881 acres. Previous filings bring totals to 559 081 acres as demand for agricultural and grazing land remains high with people from all parts seeking information and land.
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Phoenix
Dure
Moe
San Simon Rancher 1 Sought By Bank For Bay Check
A San Simon rancher named Bean is sought by the American Bankers Association’s protective department amid a case of bad checks. The bulletin notes Bean cashed a worthless check drawn on Simon Valley Bank in El Paso, with details of a theft ring involving jewelers and a local auto dealer. Authorities describe Bean as about 45, 5 feet 11, 180 pounds, with a missing finger and ruddy complexion. In Tombstone, attorneys gathered for the August term’s criminal calendar as jurors and court officials prepared for the term’s trial drawing. Also, a courthouse tomcat named Courthouse Tom, missing for a week, was found near death and returned to his home after convalescence and a reward vote.
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TL. Bean
San Simon
American Bankers Association
Associat
Penn
Bulletin
Paso
Simon Valley Bank
Simon Arlett
Tno
Ressete
Alee Ail
el Paso
Bean
Tombstone
Superior Court
David Benimoel
Dean
N. French
P. Harte
Douglas
K Williams
Sam Kyle
Alex Murry
Bisbee
Trial Ory
Ted
Tom
Tom Cat
Conners
Tim
Tender
Connors
Courtland J P and Commissioner Visit for Court Business
Judge Carlos E. Bolton, acting Justice of the Peace for Courtland, visited the county seat for several hours on court business related to the Sulphur Spring Valley landowners. He returned home this afternoon.
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Carlos E. Bolton
Courtland
Arizona Producing Mines Rise to Sixty One in 1917
Phoenix July 28 1917 Arizona reports sixty one producing mines up twelve from 1916 with sixty two non producers. The tax commission notes lax classification and that several non producers mine ore though no net gain shown. Tax valuation climbs by about 185 million dollars aided by the twelve new producing mines.
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Phoenix
Arizona
State Tax Commission
Howver
Via
Cochise farmer grows onions on small farm
W. G. Miller of near Double Adobe School in Cochise County cultivates a one acre garden as a year round green acre with weekly vegetables and a main income from green onions. He used over one hundred wagon loads of well rotted goat manure last year, plants from February to August, and from a twentieth of an acre earned over $100 in one season. County Agent A L Paschall notes heavy manure, soil prep, and irrigation are essential.
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W. G. Miller
Lowell
Cochise County
For Sale Piano in Good Condition Ad
Piano offered for sale in good condition for 150 dollars. Contact L E Weigand via Adv for details.
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L. E. Weigand
Leper Suspect Held in Globe as Health Official Arrives
A Mexican man suspected of leprosy is detained in Globe awaiting State Health Officer Dr. J B Nelson. An immigration inspector joins the case from Phoenix after reports the man has been in the U S nine months. If confirmed, he will be turned over to federal health services. In Bisbee a cafe brawl ends with Alec Vassel missing an ear and Clark Anthony jailed on $500 bond for knife wounds. County Assessor E A Hughes returns from Nogales where tax officials discussed valuation methods and plans for higher raises on cattle and sheep at the Phoenix meeting next week.
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Globe
J. B. Nelson
Phoenix
Immigration Department
Nelson
Tucson
Federal
Bisbee
Lowell
Alec Vassel
Clark Anthony
Assel
Tassel
Anthony
Vassel
E. A. Hughes
Tombstone
Nogales
Arizona
Hughes
Commission
Nogales Meettax
Cochise Rancher's Home Swept Away by Cloudburst
July 28 near Mescal in Pima County a cloudburst washed away Tom Price's ranch home two miles west of Mescal. The Price family awoke to water pouring through windows and, in night clothing, climbed to a mesquite tree as the house collapsed. They escaped after about an hour as floodwaters receded.
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Benson
Tom Price
Mescal
Pima County
Arizona maps plan of defense council survey
The Arizona county of defense completes the Maricopa county map showing 266,097 acres under enrollment. Statistician E Sellers canvasses counties to map grain lands as part of a statewide crop survey to boost food production for wartime needs.
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Oreage Maps For
Arizona
Plan OF Defense Council
Maricopa
Enlire Fon
Elk shipments bring more elk to Arizona forest reserves
Phoenix July 28 more elk from Montana will be released in Arizona forest reserves. The second shipment arrives in two months and will graze Graham Mountain preserve in Graham county near Safford. Senator Claridge and local leaders back the plan, with about forty elk expected from Gardner, Wyoming and cared for by game warden V. Prochaska.
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Phoenix
Montana
Great
Arizona
Doe V. Prochaska
Graham Mountain
Graham County
Safford
Claridge
Artante
Gardner
Wyoming
Catholic Church Mass and Benediction Schedule
The notice lists church services led by Rev. Albert Collymore with Masses at a.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, followed by sacrament and a rotary or Benediction. It indicates a first move and second mass timing, detailing the sequence of worship and vows.
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Catholic Church
Rotary
Albert Collymore
Local Mexican Resident Dies After Pneumonia
A well known Tombstone Mexican resident Felicianyuy died at his home this morning after a four day battle with pneumonia. He will be buried in City cemetery tomorrow. Judge M A McAlister of Graham County returned to Saf ford after visiting Tombstone and attending a divorce case in the local Superior court. A card from Assessor E A Hughes via Deputy Walter Thomas from Seattle says Thomas is enjoying the sights and will be away several weeks longer.
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Felicianyuy
M. A. McAlister
Grahamounty
Safford
Tombstone
Doust
E. A. Hughes
Walter Thomas
Seattle
Thomas
Lightning strikes miner's tent in Twin Buttes area
July 27 in Tucson reports a lightning bolt hit the tent of Joseph Kopp, an original locator for Magnate Copper. The house burned fiercely, consuming about $1500 of feeds and provisions, plus $200 worth of diamond dick records and a Faison phonograph in the blaze.
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Tucson
Copper Company
Twin Buttes
Joseph Kopp
Dick Records
Miraculous Escape as Air Compressor Explodes in Yuma
July 27 at about 2 20 in the Winn and Huss garage work department the large air compressor exploded seven or eight men nearby escaped unscathed in a miraculous escape no one was hurt witnesses reported a sudden blast and debris scattered across the floor the incident is under investigation by local officials
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Yuma
Winn & Huss
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Bay
Fued Data
Congregational Church
Trembl
C. W. Stark, Minter
Order For Mineral Survey
Dian
BEE
Plattsburg
Platteburg
N.Y
SAN Simon Rancher
Bank For Bay Check
Atorney
Courtland J P
A. L. Paschall
Cocsive County
Cochise
E. Sellers
Abam
Maricopa County
Malta
Arizona State Forest
Miner
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