Arizona Crop Report Sees Mixed Yields Across State
The June crop report credits wheat at five percent of normal, predicts about one million bushels, unchanged from last month, with cotton and oats showing gains in acreage. Alfalfa, cantaloupes, and fruit crops show varying condition, while frost damage limits peaches and apples. watermelons and can taloupes look strong as San Joaquin Valley shipments loom. A lost Belgian bloodhound theft case adds local color as Sheriff McDonald pursues clues in Cochise County.
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Arisona
L. M. Hartienn
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Maricoya
Pinal
Yuma
Cocaino
Navajo
Apache
RG. Risser
San Joaquin Valley
Imperial Valley
Arizona
United States
Jimmie McDonald
Boston
Geo. Henahan
Sheriffs Office
Willcox
McDonald
Cochise County
Concrete Pouring Underway On Sbee Douglas Road
Douglas June 10 reports show more than two and a half miles of concrete laid on the Sbee-Douglas highway with pouring starting on the Bisbee end. Highway commission notes progress on Pearce to Cochise, Tombstone to Benson, and Silver Creek routes, detailing dirt work and bridge installations. Treasury as of May 31 stood at 665,280.65 of the original 1,000,000 for county road links.
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Douglas
Hbisbee-Douglas
Bisbee
Highway Commission
Abe
Pearce To
Cochise
Tombstone
Benson
Silver Creek
Methods Used to Hire Miners in Verde Extension
In a Jerome letter to his brother Postmaster Paul A. Smith James Smith describes hiring practices for miners at the Verde Extension. He notes strict physicals including Bertillon-style measurements, fingerprinting of hands and all fingers, thorough birthmark records, and a signed waiver prohibiting lawsuits if injured.
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Paul A. Smith
James Smith
Jerome
Verde Extension
Hart
Dinner for Tombstone Returned Soldiers on Flag Day
Invitations announced a June 14 dinner at the Palace Restaurant in Tombstone to honor returned soldiers and sailors. Local organizers urged attendees to wear uniforms and RSVP by Friday morning to assist catering for the expected turnout.
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Tombstone
Atteut
Euest
Livestock Board Fails to Sign Predatory Animal Pact
Phoenix report states the Arizona Livestock Sanitary Board chair remains unsigned on the working agreement with federal officials over the predatory animal extermination law. Secretary EA D Stephens says a Flagstaff conference with government inspector Musgrave was satisfactory and the pact likely protects stock interests. he unofficially expects signing.
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Phoenix
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Flagstaff
Ea.d. Stephens
Stephens
Livestock Board
M. E Musgrave
Customs Funds Shortage at Sasabe Under Investigation
Sogales Ariz June 10 Investigator Cardenas of Mexico City conducts checks at Sasabe over a customs funds shortage. Officials say the loss may reach under 25000 dollars based on port receipts since theft began. Efforts press to extradite Cashier Perez Anda to Mexico. Nogales officials pledge tighter border supervision and penalties for embezzlement.
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Sogales
Ariz
Cardenas
Mexico City
la Stil
Sasabe
Basabe
Nogales
Perez Anda
Mexico
T.ree
Turner On Foot Through Southwest For Story Research
Hert Turner a Kansas native and novelist traveling afoot across the southwest to gather material for a book. He stopped in Tombstone and Nogales en route to Mexico, planning months there to learn Mexican realities for his manuscript. Turner, a globe traveler fluent in several languages, has visited many regions and aims to write soon for a western newspaper. He explored Tombstone landmarks including the Bird Cage Theater and historic sites as part of his research notes.
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Hert Turner
Kansas
Spaper
Go- Paso
Tombstone
Nogales
Turner
Southwest
Mexioo
Globe
Lie
Toni Thiethes
the Prospector
Cooperation Body Delayed From June Hearings
The Inland Commerce Commission news notes the copper bullion tariff hearings from Arizona mines to Atlantic ports are postponed to June 16. Commissioners left Chicago for Washington to discuss freight reductions with the railroad administration and to attend a public service commission convention before returning to Phoenix for the rescheduled Chicago hearing.
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Oenin
Corporation
Johnson
Nice
A. Jones
Arizona
Atlantic
Interstate Commerce
Chicago
Washington
Railroad Administration
Public Service Commission
Phoenix
Freig
General Tuthill to reside in Phoenix for medical practice
General A M Tuthill arrives in Phoenix from Globe with construction work underway. He will attend a state medical association convention in New York and Boston, then complete a postgraduate course and return to Phoenix to practice medicine after September.
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Phoenix
General A. M
Tom
Roing Tuthill
Globe
Agi
State Medical Association
New York
Boston
Tuthill
Juarez Deserted as El Paso Guards City Defenses
Juarez appears deserted as communication with Mexico City is cut off. About 1500 troops are confined to barracks or at trench defenses while civilians seek refuge in El Paso. Rebels under Generals Angeles Vega and Lopes are reported to be near Guadalupe thirty miles from Juarez, outnumbering federal forces.
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EL Paso
Juarez
Mexico
Guadalupe
Niles Ema
Felipe Angeles
Roman Vega
Marin Lopes
Rio Grande
United States
Two men seized in still operation near Doug
Douglas sheriff's posse arrested June Jack Bytes and Jim Gould at a ranch near Mad Springs for operating a still. About 75 pounds of brown sugar, coloring, raisins and bottles of raisin brandy were found with a warm still. Officers noted a nearby hog drive and questioned the ranch's suitability.
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Douglas
Jack Bytes
Bisbee
Mad Springs
Jim Gould
Omners
Dougas
Conference Called On Big Strike In Roosevelt Dam Plant
The Salt River Valley Water Users Association will meet a employer delegation to discuss causes of a recent strike at a Roosevelt dam powerhouse that halted one unit and left other plants to meet peak demand. President F M Wilkinson sent the notice to federal mediator Hywell Davies, who was contacted by the Labor Department to help resolve the dispute.
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Phoenix
Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association
Roosevelt Dam
Presient
F. M. Wilkinson
Association
Hywell Davies
Department of Labor
City awakens to new era of progress after war board ruling
Contractors emerge from months of restraint as the War Industries Board eases controls. The city braces for a surge in activity, with major real estate deals and the year's greatest improvements still ahead, and many transactions awaiting finalization.
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Warndustries Board
Troop Movements in Sonora Questioned Amid Rumors
Mexicans in Agua Prieta say General Carlos Plank of the Sonora rural guard has not moved from Bahora recently and troops are not being sent toward Chihuahua. Reports of a 200 man march through Pulpito Ajitos Pass were disputed, with locals doubting any large force could be spared. A regiment of lancers reportedly departed Guadalajara to join operations on the Yaqui River against insurgents.
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Sonora
Douglas
Carlos Plank
Plank
Pulpito Ajitos Pass
Chitestumi
Mexico City
Agua Prieta
Colonia Morelos
Pupito
Tas
Guadalajara
Atcers
Moell
Manzan
Agus Prieta
Mazatlan
Guaymas
Watn
Yaqui
Sohota
Indiana
Regiment of Lancers
Ouel Lek
Mining engineer recounts Yaqui killings near Batue
Tucson mining engineer John W. Writer describes the 1918 massacre near Batue as he heard from Mexican guides. Four Mexican outriders were killed, two others perished, and Maldonado died of heat after an escape. The Yaqui fighters numbered about 60 and terror spread across the region. Also listed is the school apportionment for the 1918-1919 fiscal year totaling $311,164.90 with numerous Arizona towns and districts named.
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Tucson
Charles W. Toveray
John W
Mexico
Sugat Battie
McParland
Opere Pre Kresso
S Donado
Merchant of
Battie
Maldonado
Counc Tl
Melean Returns to Morenci Post Health Break
F W Melean mine superintendent for Phelps Dodge Morenci branch returns from California where he spent months to improve health. He is reported much improved and ready to resume his duties. Yuma district plans call for 17,006 acres in cotton.
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Clifton
F. W. Melean Mine
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Morenci
California
Morenci Vet
Yuma
Footprints Tie Turner to Superior Court Trial
Photographs of footprints shown in Phoenix court appear to match John W. Turner’s prints suspected in the hay burnings of AV Auxier. Turner was held to answer to the superior court after bail of 1500 dollars was not furnished, with images of the burned hay photographically presented by prosecutors.
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Phoenix
John W. Turner
Turner
AV. Auxier
Superior Court
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Sagabe
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Courtland
Nowy McAlister
Price Canyon
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Lawis Springs Canyon
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Oliga
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Sulphur Hills
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Middlemarch
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Mt Spring
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