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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1920
Page
3
Tire users seek a unified view on tire choice driven by mileage, construction and road conditions. The article notes shifting opinions toward a common standard, suggesting United States Tires as the brand guiding decisions for drivers in Census County and surrounding areas.
Secretary of State Simms issues guidance for 1880 election candidates. Details cover filing dates from July 10 to August 18, primary September 7, general November 2, registration windows, party ballot rights, campaign expense statements, petition signatures, and thresholds for various offices across counties and party votes. The socialist party faces ballot limitations after low prior statewide votes. The notice also lists deadlines for initiative petitions and agent disclosures.
Wickenburg June 23 West 14 Hot Springs Junction plans an oil project led by driller C A Seguine. A standard derrick will be erected two and a half miles east of Hot Springs Junction in Wilkenburg Oil District. The company includes Phoenix Marinette Hot Springs and Maricopa county men. The region is gaining support from engineers and promoter figures.
State engineer Thomas Maddock reports from Bussineer Hagen that the Globe Geronimo highway federal aid work near Phoenix will be completed by July 15. Delays were caused by difficulty in obtaining seven pairs of parts for trucks.
The newly promoted pub by the local American Legion post, built by the county board, remains unused as supervisors withhold acceptance due to contractor roof defects. The corrugated iron roof reportedly leaks rain, with improper lapping and no full corrugation taping. The Legion condemned the building, and a deal reportedly pays the contractor five percent of the contract price.
Phoenix June 22 The adjutant general Walter S Ingalls studied an order proposing an aviation section for the Arizona National Guard The measure would place an aero squadron within state troops and seek governor approval at the next general election, reflecting war department authority and the vote precedent from prior elections.
Tucson police were warned to exercise care in using firearms by Police Chief JS Hopley on June 22. The directive follows incidents of shots fired to frighten fugitives in recent weeks, with most shots reportedly for show. Farmers in the dusty area face idle stands as market repairs extend to July 15.
Bleeding from a severe abdominal knife wound, Adolfo R. Lara, a Spaniard, was found by city and county officers beside the road in Mexican Canyon. He is in critical condition at the county hospital after treatment at the sheriff's office. A motive tied to jealousy and a love triangle is suspected, but Lara refuses to name his attacker.
Phoenix officials reported that twenty tests of homestead lands rejected by the Phoenix United States land office in the last sixty days were closed Saturday due to no appeal being filed. Officials noted about one fourth of all contests are rejected.
June 22 in Oracle in Pinal county sales by George Mc Donald of the state land department. Town ship 6 south range 7 east in Section 16 were sold in Florence yesterday, a department announcement said.
Phoenix June 24 W A Moeur state lang commissioner will depart for San Francisco as a delegate to the Democratic convention He will be absent until July 7 and will represent the state in the talks and votes at the gathering.
County attorneys from Maricopa Yavapai Cochise and Pima plan a Prescott meeting to determine how to obtain proceeds from the sale of 1 000 000 acres of land granted to liquidate railroad bonds. The state holds the funds and a proposed method is to have the state auditor issue warrants. The bonds backed a Phoenix Ash Fork to Tucson line that was never built and later sold by the company amid a Supreme Court ruling upholding the bonds.
Eldridge brothers farmed 190 acres near Queen Creek without irrigation, harvesting 16 acres of wheat and selling grain for $540 a sack. The loamy land yielded seven bushels per acre through rains and flood waters with minimal expense, proving soil fertility and farming prowess.
Wadenin reported on June 21 that the Arizona Copper Company sought a large reduction in property valuations from the state tax commission. The company cashier presented last year’s production figures to justify a lower assessment for the Copper Company’s holdings in Greenlee County, Arizona.
The Phoenix chamber of commerce announced it would accept census figures despite calling federal counts unreliable. It cited the official school census showing 1 156 children aged 6 to 21 and suggested population ranges of about 45 000 to 58 000 depending on multipliers.
Headquarters for Arizona division of the federal board for vocational education will soon be open in Phoenix. Fred P. Rowland, assistant in the office of the adjutant general, has been appointed field agent by A W Lamkin chief of the bureau in San Francisco. Previously Arizona war veterans affairs were run from San Francisco.
Arizona officials, led by State Entomologist, enforce a strict quarantine on Florida and other state citrus to curb citrus canker. Florida reports vast orchard losses with over 43 thousand trees destroyed and nursery stock value exceeding three million dollars. The measure aligns with actions by the state commission and Western Plant Quarantine board to inspect and fumigate shipments and involve railroads and federal boards.
June 21, Robert Staley of Arizona Drilling Co fell into a pit at Eslcom farm near Cotton City. He sustained injuries and died soon after. body to be sent to Casa Grande. He was 32 and leaves unknown next of kin.
June 2 news from Bisbee describes plans to remedy the detour on the new Douglas Bisbee highway near Forrest station so the full route can carry traffic between Bisbee and Douglas. Chairman Adams and others inspected the road and announced immediate work to open the two mile unfinished stretch blocked by cement delivery and contractor delays.
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