Underground water storage may solve big flood problem
June Phoenix report argues Arizona should adopt underground storage to curb flood losses and bolster irrigation. It cites Roosevelt reservoir as a start, notes California and European practice, and praises Olmstead and Newlands plans to slow floods while conserving water. George Maxwell scouted Gila and San Simon valleys to organize nationwide support for the plan.
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Utis
California
George Otis Smith
United States Geological Survey
Olmstead
Gila
George H. Maxwell
San Simon
Clifton
Maxwell
Newlande
Gila Valley
Standard Oil Tax Case Victory Reported In Arizona
Advices from Francisco indicate the Arizona Court of Appeals denied the Arizona Corporation Commission's request for a rehearing in the Standard Oil tax case. The decision follows a prior favorable ruling for Standard Oil, with ongoing interest in the dispute across the state. Reports also note Yaqui bandit activity and related killings near Sonora, Mexico, affecting mining communities and border residents.
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Phoenix
James
Francisco
Cheal Court
Apeals
Arizona Corporation Commission For Art
Standard Old
Ceporie
Fifty People Kill Yaqui Country 1 Report
Nogales Ariz June 7 More than 40 Americans and Mexicans killed by Yaqui fighters and bandits in La Colorada Sonora during the past two weeks according to mining men returning to Washington. The report lists deaths and details, mentions victims from Arizona Colorado and California, and cites letters to Senators and officials.
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CW PL
Tovote
Ve Quis
Haresback
J. F McParlane
el Progresso
Nogales
Arizlanes
Sonora
Harry Majestie
San Xavier
Hof
Waite
Marcotte
Ariz
la Colorada
Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
Calfornia
Wasllington
Shomas
Hiram Johnson
California
Marcus A. Silt
Henry Fo Ashare
Arrzon
Harris Injunction Denied Against Gov Campbell
Phoenix June 9 Judge Lomman of the Superior Court denied Adjutant General CW Harris’s bid for an injunction to bar Governor TE Campbell from removing him from office. The ruling halted the challenge and underscored the court’s dispute over executive authority.
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Phoenix
Lomman
Superior Court
CW. Harris
TE. Campbell
Tablet Missing From State Capitol Construction Warehouse
Phoenix report says a $200 bronze Munt tablet bearing names of former Governor Hast and state officials disappeared from the capitol addition warehouse. Andrew J. Baumert and Crisman, in charge of construction, urged return of the bronze piece weighing 250 pounds, noting it could not have been easily removed and asking for information or sheriff assistance.
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Phoenix
Hast
Commission of State Institutions
Capits
Andrew J. Baumert
Baumert
Bara
Crisman
Capitol
Crissman
Anbody
Novel stock sales and migratory consumption topics in Phoenix
A Phoenix hearing before Corporation Commission chair A. A Bets discussed stock schemes via dreams by a "psychic" named vic jones and "revelations" in the Texic Globe Oil & Gas probe. The Arizona Medical Association devoted session covered migratory consumption as a regional health burden with debate on promoting Arizona as a health resort.
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Phoenix
A. A Bets
Corporation Commission
Texic Globe Oil & Gas Company
Pleads for Aid for Boy Scout Movement in Arizona
Prescott dispatch reports T G Norris state chairman asks county chairmen local committees Cherry toan workers and parents to help enroll Arizona fall quota in the national drive to recruit 1 000 000 scouts and to fund the slogan Invest a Dollar in boyhood to build manhood Arizona aims to maintain its record Chloride 2 000 000 company organized to drill tunnel to tap mountain veins
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Ariz
Cherry Toan
Hor
Arizona
Boy Scouts of
T. G. Norris
Stamp Cancellation Rules For Taxed Goods Issued
The Bureau of Internal Revenue warns that stamps on toilet and medicinal articles must be canceled when sold. Uncancelled stamps found on taxable items bought at drug stores will incur penalties up to 100 dollars. Vendors must mark the stamp with the issuer name and date canceled, and place it on the outside of the package to ensure destruction. Strict enforcement will follow. In another note, J F P Moore, director of war camp community service, plans to establish a Soldiers Club in Nogales with help from the chamber of commerce. The club in Douglas nears its opening as furniture arrives, and Superior-Cactus Oil plans 20 new wells.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Mu ‘Eau
Soldier Club
Douglas
J. F P. Moore
War Camp Community Service
Nogales
Ales
Soldiers’ Club
Doulas
Memorial Air Tournament At Phoenix Plan Set
Memorial Air Tournament details outline a Phoenix plan with eleven aircrafts from Rockwell Field. The effort honors aviator The project was launched by the chamber of commerce and a telegram sought Senate support after a Air Service director's supply for the retreat is promised. minor machine damage delayed some flights but service is expected to resume soon.
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Phoenix
Salt River Valley
Roosevelt Dam
Saspelation
Phoenin
Jace
Phoenixx
S.A. Aly Servier
Chamber of Comme
Ashurst
Sesmrance
Air Serlat
Saul
Hockwell Field
Yuma
Lieut Quing
J. Darrow
Teal
Insurance receipts of Arizona total near a million
Phoenix leads with 223 796.68 in fire insurance receipts for 1918, while Tucson trails at 100 106.48 and other towns show varied totals such as Prescott 64 949.72, Nogales 57 157.06, Jerome 45 202.90, and Winslow 12 146.54. The state collects 1 percent of all receipts.
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Corporation Commision
Tucson
Blebee
Srez Globe
Prescott
Miami
Nogales
Yooa
Jerome
Clifton
Flagstat
Morenel
Winslow
Hayden
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