Blanket Case Postponed in Bisbee Deportation Trials
The Bisbee deportation “blanket case” is postponed from June 14 to November 8 after defense counsel W H Burgess motioned for continuance and County Attorney R N French acquiesced. The delay is to secure a proper rural Cochise County jury and due to defense and witness constraints. Judge Pattee set the new date for 10 am November 8.
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W. H. Burgess
R. N. French
French
Wootton
Udge Pattee
Tombstone
City Park Receives Fresh Spring Renovation
City Park improvements under City Marshal Porter McDonal progress with ground cleaning, new white paint on band stand and fence, and wiring for a lighting system expected to be operational soon. Public spaces receive renewed upkeep and brighter appearance.
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Porter McDonal
Wallin Sues Physicians Over Amputated Leg
George W. Wallin filed suit in Phoenix on June 3 alleging his right leg was amputated due to blood poisoning from negligent care by Dr. E Payne Palmer and Dr. Charles Vivian. He seeks damages of 31000 for injuries suffered December 23, 1919 while employed at Egyptian Artesoma Cotton Company. he says care at St. Joseph’s Capital worsened his condition and led to amputation.
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Phoenix
George W. Wallin
Srougat
E. Payne Palmer
Charles
St. Joseph’s
Jaze
Tien
Jasuary
More Money Needed to Sink San Simon Well
GE P Smith of the University of Arizona irrigation division says $5004 allotted by the last legislature for a deep well in the San Simon valley will not cover costs. The Cochise county board must match with another $5004, but even with that total the project needs about $20,000. Smith seeks increased state funding next legislature and notes log data from a nearby oil well is unsuitable as proof. He has surveyed storage sites at Cienega Creek and Round Valley with funds already set aside.
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U. S
Arizona
Phoenix
R. J. High
Careau
Animal Industry
Hight
Navajo County
Ays
GE P Smith
University of Arizona
San Simon
Cochise
Cienega Creek
Round Valley
Libel suit dismissed in Arizona case
Judge Stanford sustained the demurrer filed by Jovl O. Dunbar charged with criminal libel and dismissed the case. The ruling held the article could not be enlarged by innuendos beyond its explicit meaning. The complainant was P. R Milnes secretary to Governor Thomas E Campbell. The article appeared in Desbar's Weekly dated May 31, 1919.
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Phoenix
Stanford
Jovl O. Dunbar
P. R Milnes
Thomas E Campbell
Desbar
State County Officials Judges Teachers Seek Raise in Bill
A proposed initiative measure drafted by the State Assessors' Association seeks to raise teacher pay to 1200 next year and 1400 the following year while boosting salaries for state and county officials. Govorner, chief justice, and supreme court judges would see sizable increases, with other state officials rising by substantial margins. The plan aims to address higher living costs and is the product of consultation with teachers and county officials.
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Phoraia
Sinc
State Assessors’ Association
Superior Court
Supreme Court
New Dormitories At Fort Grant Accepted
Phoenix reports the state accepted new dormitories at the Fort Grant Industrial School. Built at 68000 cost, the 190 boy and 190 girl housing facilities were inspected by architect Ogene Durtee and building inspector R T Powell. Contracts were let before price increases and the facilities are described as well built and modern.
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Phoenix
Ormal
Fort Grant
Clayton Bennett
Jstate Institutions
Ogene Durtee
R. T. Powel
State Water Commissioner weighs San Pedro District papers
State Water Commissioner W S Norviel expresses cannot attend Tombstone hearing on June 8 for the San Pedro Irrigation District petition. He notes data gathering on Gila and tributaries, slow but necessary surveying from Safford Valley to Winkleman, and that the district attorney should coordinate with the County Attorney to ensure all steps are legal before bonds are sold. Norviel plans to visit Tombstone in late June or early July.
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State Water Commil
Tombstone
San Pedro
Board of Supervisors
W. 3
Norviel
Joseph Hansen
Irrigation District Association
Charleston
San Carlos
Ian
Gila
Safford Valley
Winkleman
W. S$. Norviel
Slain man said to be murderer letter surfaces
A mailed letter to Merced County sheriff implies Jose Garcia, an outlaw, killed a man in Cres ent and suggests another man shared his fate. The missive, penned from Los Banes stationery, hints more clues will follow as investigations continue.
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Polvo
Jose Gioia
Cresent
Merced County
Jose Garcia
Merced
Cantu May Remain Governor for Lower California
In Mexicali Lower California in June opposition to Baldomero A Al mando as successor to Heteban Cantu is reported. The article notes political maneuvering over the governorship and succession in the region.
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Cantu
Lower
California
Mexicali
Baldomero A. Almado
Heteban Cantu
Dams Voted At Once For Verde Irrigation Project
Phoenix reports immediate bond votes to build Horseshoe and Cemao Verde dams on the Verde River as the Paradise Verde irrigation project moves forward. A. G. Smith says legal steps will align soon and construction starts quickly to store flood waters and aid irrigation in the Salt River valley.
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Phoenix
Verde
Paradise
A. G. Smith
Washington
Smith
Distillery Found Hidden Beneath Chicken House Throne
Deputy Bowe Vickers and officers found a fully functional distillery under a chicken house at Williay Boyle’s ranch six miles NW of Double Adobe. Boyle and family away. he arrived from Bisbee with wife and two children and 100 raisin packages. He is jailed in Douglas as investigators assess liquor production. Desert Power seeks higher electric rates for Kingman area mines.
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Sam Bowe Vickers
Williay Boyle
Double Adobe
Hoyle
Bisbe
Kelly
Boyle
Bisbee
Douglas
Call for bids on Vail Benson road and Florence Superior highway
Construction bids invited for sections A B and E of the Vail Benson route and Florence Superior highway with bridges and crossings. Work underway on Florence to Superior and Benson to Vail sections, aiming to complete main road from New Mexico line at Rodeo to Phoenix this year.
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Vail-Benson Road
State Highway Department
Ber
Wall
Benson
Wit
Douglas
Tucson
Mids
Herms
Florence Superior Highway
Teinforces Concrete Beldge Us
Queen Creek
Superior
Florence
Tempe
Mesa
Benson-Vail
Point
Phoenix
See
Maricopa County Highway Commission
Cochise County
Rodeo
New Mexico Line
Water project estimated at 16 million dollars
Phoenix May 1 The Horseshoe and Camp Verde reservoirs plus diversion dam transmission canal power plants and distributing system planned by the Paradise Valley Irrigation district are estimated to cost 16 million dollars according to engineers' figures as relayed by former Gov Richard E Clean after his Washington trip Judge Sloan noted approval by the Salt River Valley Water Users association and the Paradise district is required and construction may not start for months he said.
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Phoenix
Horeshoe
Camp Verde
Paradise Valley Irrigation District
Secretary of the Interior
Richard E. Clean
Washington
Judge Stoan
Salt River Water Users’ Association
Paradise Disstrict
Payne
Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association
Sloan
Desert Power and Water seeks rate increase in Kingman
The Desert Power and Water Co of Kingman Mohave County petitioned the state corporation commission for authority to raise rates. It serves Tom Reed and other mining properties in the Ostman district and cited high operating costs as the reason for the request.
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Phoenix
Desert Power and Water Company
Corporatte Commission
Kingman
Tom Reed
Oatman
Mohave County
Ostman District
State Corporation Commission
Santa Cruz County Considers $100,000 Good Roads Bond
A Patagonia chamber of commerce mass meeting urged Santa Cruz supervisors to call a bond election not to exceed 100000 to secure a federal grant of 150000 for a county wide highway system. Aye votes signaled strong support for future road building in the county.
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Santa Cruz Nogales
Santa Cruz County
Patagonia
Good Roads Boosters
Cance
Santa Cruz
Countty
Sonora Railroad resumes old service to Mazatlan
The Southern Pacific of Mexico restored freight and through-ticket service between Culiacan and Mazatlan this week. Regular passenger sleeper service resumes on the Nogales to Mazatlan route under the normal schedule.
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Sonora
Mazatlan
Douglas
Southern Pacific of Mexico
Culiacan
Cla&es
Nogales
Land Gift To Indians Spurs Matrimony In Parker Report
Colorado River Indian Reservation received ten acres per adult under a state policy, claims C M Zander chairman of the state tax commission after a Parker hearing. He says no Mohave bachelors remain and the juvenile population is large and growing, suggesting the land gift influenced marriage trends and reduced bachelor numbers.
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Phoenix
C. M. Zander
State Tax Commission
Parker
Judge Denies Roy Pope Habeas Corpus Release
In Miami on June 3 Judge G W Shute denied Roy Pope an application for a writ of habeas corpus. Pope, charged with forgery, was held to answer to the superior court after the hearing found the evidence satisfactory. He was returned to the county jail in default of $1000 bail.
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Miami
Roy Pope
G. W. Shute
Th Poe
Shute
Poye J
Ball
Camp Cook Valen tine Cortez Killed by Suspect
In Prescott Arizona on June 3 20 year old Mexican camp rustler Sarabia is jailed on a pending charge after the fatal wounding of Val entine Cortez a sheep herder at a camp 16 miles south of Sentinel. Sarabia and Cortez allegedly attacked with a club and a butcher knife while Cortez prepared evening meal. Cortez died from a severe abdominal wound.
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Prescott. Ariz
Ango! Sarabia
Valentine Cortez
Sentinel
Sarabia
Cortez
Cortex
Warrants Out in First Case of Kind in State
Tucson June 3 The first case under the 1919 defusible contract laws to prohibit selling concealing or destroying personal property held under a defusible contract of sale will soon come before the Pima County court. County Attorney Kirk Moore says a test case will be made with two defendants not yet apprehended.
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Tucson
Pima
Kirk Moore
Lsw
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D Parkin
Losa Banes
Calif
Pima County
Wil-1liam T. Robinson
Salt River Valley
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