Monthly report of Cochise Farm Advisor May 1919
May 1919 Cochise County Farm Advisor report notes Argentauen Home Demonstration meetings at six centers, new Garces center, and six more meetings later in May despite rain. Highlights include steam pressure cooker demos, millinery school plans, earlier planting due to heavy rains, sorghum acreage rise, best grain and forage sorghum varieties, hairy Peruvian seed, deep water pumping concerns, potato variety tests against sulphur smoke, 200 purebred white leghorns for a poultry operation, black leg vaccine impact, shipment of 25 Hereford bulls and upcoming shipments, feeder cattle requests, hog herd care visits, poultry flock testing, soil samples to University, cooperative store in Cochise, home canning and pruning demos, egg shipments from Mt View to Douglas, pit silo demo planned in San Simon, water storage planning with irrigation expert Geo Maxwell, Kingman rural and Buckeye bunkhouses, Diamond Joe mine silver shipments, and related development work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Garces
Kansas
Douglas
Ives Estate Wins In Costello Litigation
From Tucson reports Judge O Connor in Pima County Superior Court overruled the complaint in the George H Neale estate versus Eugene V Ives estate matter tied to Cunningham Costello settlement. The ruling disposes of the suit as to the Ives estate, confirming relief from additional payment per the compromise.
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Pima
George H Neale
Eugene
Ives
Cunningham Hotre
Neale
Tees
Supreme Art
Supreme Court
Gibson
Tombstone
Jonn
Wright
Tacoon
Paiog
O'Connor
Gosens
National Thrift Sunday Protest in Tucson and Statewide
A Tucson report urges churches across Arizona to cooperate with the government for National Thrift Sunday on June 22. State Director Vitor F Palmer says thrift is essential to reconstruction and civic virtue, encouraging personal donations through War Savings Stamps and thrift stamps as a means to fund government needs and pay national debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Vitor F Palmer
War Savings
France
Seiboth to Work for Soldier Settlement Act
Phoenix June 19 A C Selboth secretary of the soldier settlement committee of Arizona will depart for Washington soon to monitor developments in the soldier settlement bill before Congress Registrations for land in Arizona are rising with over 100 applications filed to date All soldiers sailors and marines honorably discharged are eligible to obtain land and cover filing costs with the state land department
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Phoenix
A. C. Selboth
Soldier Settlement Committee of
Arizona
Washington
Congress
State Land Department
Confessed Phoenix bomber commits suicide under care
Arthur B. R. Clay, who admitted planting nineteen sticks of dynamite and twenty three caps at a sanitarium, killed himself with a razor in a hospital after advances from nurse Anna Mornberg were spurned. He died moments after severing his throat as doctors said recovery was unlikely. His death followed removal from county jail for treatment and an ensuing legal plea of not guilty to the explosive charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arthur BR. Clay
Anna Mornberg
Clay
Osakis
Minn
Laney
Montgomery
Sanitarum
Dnetor
Macias To Plant Arizona Grains On Farm In Mexico
Dr Jose XI Macias rector of the National University of Mexico visits Tucson. He plans to trial growing maize, alfalfa and sorghum on his Guanajuato farm with Arizona seed, aided by the chamber of commerce. If successful, three Arizona products may be added to his farm and trade with Mexico may increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Jose XI Macias
National University of Mexico
Macias
Guanajuato
Mexico
Slide
Chamber of Commerce
Arizona
No Special Session on Equal Suffrage
Governor Campbell received from Acting Secretary Polk a copy of the equal suffrage amendment and filed it for ratification at the next session. He said a special session would not be called unless fewer states than needed had ratified, and only if Arizona’s vote would be decisive for effectiveness in time for the next presidential election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Campbell
Polk
Department of State
Arizona
Couple Accused of Counterfeiting Label in Phoenix Case
June 19 in Phoenix Judge De Souza presided at the close of a preliminary hearing in the case of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Rurup charged with counterfeiting a registered label on a product from an eastern manufacturing drug firm. The company alleges a nationwide campaign from Phoenix, selling thousands of dollars of material across coast states.
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Phoenix
H. L. Rurup
de Souza
Rurups
Gasoline Tank Burst Destroys Car and Garage
Arthur Pickles sustained serious burns when a Chevrolet gasoline tank exploded at St. Luke's home in Phoenix. He rolled into a blanket to smother the flames after the static spark from the funnel. The car, garage, and contents were completely destroyed with losses around $1,000.
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Phoenix
St. Luke's
Arthur Pickles
Pickles
George N. Kellar
Ineal Standard
Oldrneh
Gilbert Gilbertary Burglary Linked to Wickenburg Theft
A Gilbert burglary is linked to the Wickenburg robbery by a gang led by a Mexican suspect. Six pairs of shoes and blankets were taken from a rear window entry at the Nowell store in Gilbert, with deputies assigned and Sheriff Montgomery noting similarities to the prior case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Buyton
Wickenburg
Nowell
Gilbert
Hang
John Montgomery
Federal agents pick up two alleged slackers
Nogales June 19. Paul Brancke, alleged draft evader from 849 Bixel street Los Angeles, arrested by military intelligence officers here. His father Paul Frederick Brancke, owner of valuable apartment house property in Los Angeles, held for examination. Son tracked crossing from Mexico last night by train from Noria with a passport tested by J Ms Carpia Mexican sued at Glently BC. Nogales-Garbanizo crop valued at $6,500,000 across 1,000 cars.
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Nogales
Paul Brancke
Bixel Street
Los Angeles
Paul Frederick Brancke
Mexico
Noria
J. Ms. Carpia
Glently
B.C
Arizona to Be Advertised by the Railroads
June 19 The United States railroad administration will advertise Arizona across the country and Europe to attract homeseekers and investors. J F Jarrell of Washington, supervisor of the homeseekers bureau, led a Phoenix meeting with secretary Harry Welch of the chamber of commerce. The railroads plan a bulletin series on Arizona covering production, markets, land values, climate, schools, churches, roads, and living conditions. The committee is chaired by CL Seagraves and includes Andrew Kisiball and JS Trumbull with regional agricultural supervision partners.
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Phoenix
United States Railroad Administration
Europe
Arizona
J. F. Jarrell
Washington
Homsexeekerm Bureau
Harry Welch
Chamber of Commerce
Railroad Administration
Homeseekers Bureau
Jarrell
CL. Seagraves
Santa Fe
Andrew Kisiball
Arizona Eastern
JS Trumbull
EP & SW
Girl Tells Story In Sordid Love Tangle
In Phoenix on June 14 Nine Wagner defended herself in a trial charging her with stealing 2700 dollars from W. D. Thornton. She disputed an alleged confession to County Attorney Laney while Thornton, jailed for Mann Act violation, claimed she took cash and Liberty bonds during a sordid affair spanning Oklahoma and military life.
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Phoenix
Wagner
W. D. Thornton
Laney
Thornton
Oklahoma
Unbranded Cattle Case Opens in Santa Cruz County
Judge O Connor presides in Tucson over the state versus a herd of unbranded cattle near the Giba ranch. Tom Burts county ranger serves as witness, with Pink Murray Tow West Billy Barnett among summoned cowboys and ranchers. George Hilzinger and Paul J. Cella seek ownership. Rels Shepherd and Richey & Rickey assist the county. Value set at 200 dollars. hearing scheduled for June 21.
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Tucson
Judge O'Connor
Santa Cruz County
Tom Burts
Rance
Pink Murray
Tow West
Billy Barnett
George Hilzinger
Paul J. Cella
Rels Shepherd
Richey & Rickey
New County Jail Opens in Wisbee Building
NEW COUNTY JAIL WISBEE June 20 The city marshal moves his office to the new county building on the lower floor near the entry The jointly used facility houses a jail with three east side cells and a large west cell plus bedding and furnishings for up to sixty prisoners Upstairs awaits a court room and offices for county officials A feature is a private jury room and supervisor chairs The completed building is praised as among the state’s most complete of its kind
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Wisbee
J. A. Kempton
Dip Justice
Adams
Board of Supervisors
Social Activities at Huachuca Keep Officers on Jump
June events at Fort Huachuca include Tenth Cavalry picnic supper near the reservation edge with moonlit return. A moonlight dance in Garden Canyon featured a tarp floor and Tenth Cavalry Band with refreshments at 10 PM. The Tenth baseball team beat Nineteenth Infantry 16 to 5 in Douglas, then split a double header with Bisbee. A new concrete tennis court and volleyball court opened for enlisted men on June 17 with more recreational facilities planned.
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Port Macheca
Tenth Cavalry
Fort Huachnea
Garden Canyon
Nineteenth Infantry
Douglas
Bisbee
Fourteen Paroles Issued By Governor
Phoenix June 18 Governor Campbell issued parole to fourteen men after board recommendations. One elderly paroled murderer who is paralytic may return to relatives in Mexico. Another man with advanced tuberculosis is released so relatives in a distant state can care for him. The rest, twelve, had served minimum terms of an indefinite sentence and worked well at road camps.
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Phoenix
Board of Pardons and Parvies
Campbell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cochise Farm Advisor
C. R. Adamson
Cochise County
Argentauen
Eros
Ettock
Blackles
Cochise
Mt. View
San Simon Valley
Geo. Maxwell
Kingman—Raural
Buckeye
Diamond Joe Mine
Om Property
National Thrift Sunday
Seiboth
Razor
St. Luke
Simary
New County
Huachuca
Cochise Courie ToussTows
Slate Bank
Benson
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