Celebration plans and warnings in county news
Director Boyd returns as three day celebration gears up with puzzles contests prizes and a $500 fireworks display planned for the Fourth. Entries for a big speed event from Fairbank to Tombstone and other features are being finalized. Police seek Philip Alguna wanted in Los Angeles for the murder of City Detective Jola Fitzgerald. background on laborer Martin Fone and prior arrests noted.
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Wot. Boyd
Roy
Southwest
Fairbank
Tombstone
Sheriff's Office
Los Angeles
Philip Algun
Jola J. Fitzgerald
Ari Fone
Nine Stage Lines Fight For Permits Over New Highway
Nine applicants appeared before the state commission on Monday seeking certificates of convenience and necessity to operate over the new Mian Superior highway. After a lengthy hearing the matter was continued to this morning. If approved the present demand will require two round trips daily with four cars. Fallout from the delay includes potential mine openings in the fall and debate over passenger and freight service authorization.
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Phoenix
Umssage
Mian Superior Highway
New Mexico
Woehle
Arizona
Deputies Raid Gambling House Near Old Depot
Deputies Ea Leaky Jimmy OBrien and Wo P Tharp raided an adobe house beside the old depot building and arrested Jo BR Evans Bly Satish and Hares Lear. The men were watched at the game before discovery and released on $100 bond to appear before Judge Taylor.
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Douglas
Depty
Ea Leaky
Jimmy Obrien
Wo P Tharp
Adobe House
Jo BR Evans
Bly Satish
Hares Lear
Taylor
Cattle Industry in Canada Hit Hard Detailed in Douglas Report
In Douglas, June 22, report on Canadian cattle markets notes that while conditions differ, cattle futures remain unsettled. J T Stratton and family discuss industry shifts near Marbleton and Montreal, with Stratttons planning to relocate. French control and church tax burdens cited as pressures on farms.
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Canada
Douglas Man
Renson
Jttle
E W McKenze
Triangie
San Simon
Benson
McKenzie
Lome Ranch
San Pedro
Douglas
Staples
William Stratton
Marbieton
Montreal
Stratton
Bio
Marbleton
Preschmen
Strattons
Mexico Contracts Railroad Grading at Somerton
Maj. Suse Be Aralza signs a contract for grading a Limites railroad toward the Meviown border station of San Luisio of Californ. A large labor force will arrive soon to begin work, aiming for completion by spring. Professor Shaw of the University of Illinois reports grafting success at the Rockteljow place in Co-Chiee Stronghold, noting 243 grafts of English walnuts and healthy growth after recent rains.
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Somerton
Suse BE. Aralza
San Luisio
Californ
Shaw
University of Lllinois
Rookteljow
Co- Chiee
Avapai Highway Contract To Be Probed in Prescott
Yavapai County Attorney announces that Judge John J Sweeney will seek a grand jury to investigate a highway contract let by the Yavapai county highway commission to a Los Angeles firm of engineers. The commission split three to two on the award, and officials say the contract was an illegal delegation of administrative power from 1919 improvements.
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Prescott
Two Indian Girls Found Near Sabino Trail
June 22 report says two lost Indian girls wandering the Catalina mountains since Wednesday, found Saturday by Forest Supervisor Hugh Calkins. They were exhausted, clothes torn, yet in surprisingly good condition and unfearful, avoiding typical fear signs.
Howe to Speak at National Tax Conference in New Hampshire
Charles St. Howe, chairman of the state tax commission, has been invited to speak on Public Utility Taxation at the National Tax Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, starting September 12. The invitation came via the national organization through secretary A. E. Homb of New York. Other Arizona commission members may attend the event with tax officials and representatives from various tax groups.
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Phoenix
Charles St. Howe
Olate Tax Concusion
Bretton Woods
New Hampshire
Howe
National Organization
A. E. Hoomb
New York
Arizona Commission
Thresher At Work Near Benson Aims for Grain
Charles El Goetz’s new case thresher began work Thursday morning on the Eliaz place one mile east of Benson. The machine will be busy for the next two to three weeks threshing grain in the Pomerene section.
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Benson, Sane
Charles EL
Goetz
Eiaz Place
Benson
Pomerene
Babbitt Brothers Lands Inc Formed With 25 Million Capital
Articles of Incorporation were filed with the corporation commission by Armstrong Lewis and Kramer for Babbitt Brothers Lands Inc. authorized capital is 25 million dollars, divided into 50 000 shares at 20 dollars each. Moras, office manager, says the firm aims to centralize varied interests through expansion into a single company.
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Phoesia
Suzely
Corporation Commission
Armstrong, Lewis and Kramer
Babbitt Brothers Lands, Inc
Babbitt Brothers
Plaezetatt
Moras
Babebier Brothers, Inc
Scenic Boulevard Nearing Completion in Flagstaff
Flagstaff June 26. Seven miles of the Scenic Boulevard connecting Flagstaff with the saddle of the San Francisco Peaks near the summit have been completed. The planned fourteen mile route will rise over 500 feet per mile in places yet remains feasible for autos. Plans include a roadside monument near Breast Spring, a scenic area, and a mower to limit road use to about five months annually.
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Flagstaff
Flagetat
San Francisco Peaks
Suddle
Breat Spring
Chamber bulletin cites rate rulings favoring Arizona
A Chamber of Commerce bulletin notes that the Interstate Commerce Commission ruled against discrimination in railroad rates from San Francisco and the Northwest to Bisbee and Douglas Arizona. The decisions compare unfavorably with El Paso rates and will lower rates for fruit mining timber and related goods.
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Pee Warren
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Tne
San Francisco
Bisbee and Douglas
Arizona
Interstate Commerce Commission
el Paso
Returned Home Aired in Bisbee Time
Julia Amen who had spent several days in Bisbee returned home yesterday.
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Julia Amen
Bisbee
Arizona May Soon Get Second U S District Court
The House Judiciary Committee reported bills to create an additional federal judgeship in Montana and Arizona, signaling potential expansion of U S district courts in the two states. The action advances in Washington as lawmakers consider increasing judicial capacity.
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Arizona
U. S. District Court
Washington
Montana
House
Silver movements and shipments from June reports hit markets
The June 1920 report details government silver purchases under Pittman, total sales for six months near 70 million ounces, and output around 45 million. It notes China and Hong Kong shipments, India as a buyer, and Germany’s holdings at about 2.5 million ounces, suggesting hoarding and market activity amid monsoon and Asia demand shifts.
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New York
Pittman
USA
China
Hong Kong
Mexico
India
London
Asia
Shanghai
Unusual suit filed in Tucson over joint trust fund
Arthur Morgan sues Clara M Evans Smith claiming a 1814 contract to establish a joint trust until $40,000 was reached so they could marry. The partner reportedly married RE Smith in Phoenix last month and Morgan seeks $20,000 plus interest after funds surpassed the target.
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Tecson
Arthur Morgan
Clara M. Evans Smith
RE. Smith
Phoenix
Morganson
Phoenix weighs in with few seized scales and measures
June 21. Phoenix reports only three scales and nine measures condemned and seized during 1,136 inspections in the past year. State sealer Raymond Dyas lauded the city as among the best in the state, noting Phoenix had the most inspections except Tucson, with Clarence Ice, city sealer, supplying the figures.
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Phoenix
Raymond Dyas
Clarence Ice
Dyas
Tucson
Arizona life and industry in Sunset magazine feature
The Sunsets Institute of Sunse magazine spotlights Atioune with striking visuals including a full page "The Shining Symbol" of the Mission San Navier del Bae. Walter V. Woehike writes "What Cotton Did to Arizona" tracing cotton from rise to slump in Salt River valley, noting cattle, alfalfa impacts, and a hopeful future. Illustrations include a progressive Tucson gram jone school.
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Sunse
Atioune
San Navier del Bae
Cotton
Arizona
Walter V. Woehike
Worhike
Woheike
Aritomas
Tucson
Companion of slain man held Tucson
Word reached Espee railroad police that Manuel Sandival, a young Mexican, who rode with Firmino Paquero before Paquero's dead body was found near Pichacho on June 5, has been arrested by Pinal County authorities. He is in Florence jail charged as an accessory to Paquero's murder.
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Tucson
Espee
Manuel Sandival
Firmino Paquero
Pichacho
Pinal 1
Florence
Paquero
No Registration at Special Election
Phoenix June 77 a question arises can a special election occur without registering qualified electors. Ernest Mall secretary of state asked the attorney general for an opinion after Mr Hall questioned if a referendum against a House bill paragraph could block the special election. Hall argues the state should have required a registration halt and contends new citizens would be barred from voting if registration is closed. The legislature did not fund publicity pamphlets and left election provisions to self-functioning.
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Phoenix
Ernest Mall
Hall
Gene
Halil
Secretary of
Adventure magazine recounts Tombstone figures in tale
Adventure magazine shifts to Tombstone with a story by Fraterick R. Beckholt about the 19th century days of William Breckenridge. The former deputy sheriff under Johnny Behan reportedly helped arrest outlaws and now works as an investigator for the Southern Pacific in the plain Department.
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Adventure
Tombstone
Fraterick R. Beckholt
John Slaghter
William Breckenridge
Johnny Behan
Breckenridge
Theson
Wharehe
Southers Pacific
Plain
Miners Cut Back as Arizona Copper Shrinks Work Force
In Morenci Coronado and Metcalf near Clifton Arizona Copper Company reduced workforce to under 100 men. The Morenci and Metcalf smelters run with a partial power house, while former foremen and shift bosses act as operatives. Most mines now employ only watchmen.
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Cliftor
Ara
Arizona Copper Companys
Inite
Morenci
Coronado
Metcalf
Clifton
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