Courtland Denies Camp Abandonment Reports
Courtland through its chamber of commerce denies claims the camp has been abandoned. The Arizonan notes Copper Queen stopped work on a property but says no more than two shale were worked at once. Walter Dougise reportedly asked for a visit by reporters to Courtland to show current conditions and counter false impressions.
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Courtland
Ths Chamber of Commerce
Arizonan
Walter Dougise
Arisone Mining Journal
Court
Arizona Telephone Lines to California
General Manager Hinchcliffe of Consolidated Telephone contemplates linking Arizona lines with Southern California. Pacific Telegraph and Telephone Co of California is building toward Yuma to join a transcontinental network. Gaps remain between Yuma and Tucson and between Douglas and El Paso before Tombstone and other Arizona cities gain direct coast-to-coast telephone service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinchcliffe
Consolidated Telephone Company
Arizona
Southern California
Pacific Telegraph and Telephone Company of California
Yuma
Pacific Company
Tucson
Douglas
el Paso
Doings in the Probate Court Estate of Lee Perry final account approved
In the probate court the final account of John H. Perry administrator was approved. A residue of the estate was ordered to be distributed to Harrison W. Perry. Harold B. Witherell and William G. Witherell were discharged and released from liability. The estate of Maximo Gavito was set for hearing on March 21, 1910 at 10 a.m. for Josefa Gavito petition for letters of administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Perry
John H. Perry
Harrison W. Perry
Tatate
Harold B. Witherell
William G. Witherell
Maximo Gavito
Moodey
Josefa
Gavito
Will Develop Latest Gold Strike Near Courtland
James W. Walker arrives from Courtland as one of the original owners of the gold strike near Courtland. The property shows merit with development planned to open claims to best advantage and potential boost to the region as a major industry. The Friends of Ireland plan a reunion to be held at Od Follows healed by Prescots Merch 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Walker
Courtland
Walter
Walker
Friends of Ireland
Heal
Prescots Merch 17
Arizona chamber revises lake itinerary for next week
A Los Angeles dispatch reports Arizona towns push revised excursion routes. Benson is first, then Tuc Son. Douglas gets an hour and a quarter, Bisbee in the evening, Globe on Thursday from 8 30 to 3 30, Bowie short stop, Willcox evening, and Tempe added for Friday morning. Phoen x reaches at 9 30 to restart the original plan.
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Los Angeles
Arizona
Chamber of Commerce
Ite
Benson
Tucson
Douglas
Bisbee
Globe
Bowie
Willcox
Mess
Tempe
Phoenx
Slaughter Family Grief As Ills Deepen In Phoenix
Thursday's Daily reports Will Slaughter and baby 00 gravely ill with tubercular meningitis and other serious conditions after a telegram from Phoenix. Mrs Stowe from San Bernardino ranch travels to Phoenix to be with Mrs Slaughter as Miss Stowe helps care for the sick child. Inns include Mrs M Wilson of Bisbee visiting Tombstone. T P Roach, master mechanic, visits as a Tombstone guest while U S Attorney Morris notes Tucson as a designated official residence and Probate Judge Goodbody travels to Bisbee on business.
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John Slaughter
Phoeix
Will Slaughter
Little 00
Miss Stowe
San Bernardino Ranch
Phoenix
U 8
J. E. Morris
U. S
Tucsop
Hing
Goodbody
Bisbee
Made Fast Time from Tucson to Tombstone
Sheriff Jack White and Deputy Roy Swain returned from Phoenix after two weeks with the sheriff's mines in northern Maricope county. They report progress satisfactory and properties showing well as development continues. The trip from the capital by auto covered 75 miles from Lucien to Tombstone in under six hours despite poor last stretch highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack White
Roy Swain
Phoenix
Sheriff's
Maricope County
Lucien
Tombstone
Arizona pair held in fictionless trunk theft conspiracy
Albert Pink and his wife, believed to be Arizona residents, were arrested in Los Angeles on conspiracy to defraud an insurer. Southern Pacific detectives traced a trunk worth 10000 of jewelry, reported December 29, to San Jose where found empty. A hotel clerk identified Mia Fink as the trunk claimant. The couple posted 5000 bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Dispatch
Albert Pink
Arizona
Southern Pacific
Fink
Theo Fink
San Jose
Mia Fink
Rich Guano Caves In the Huachucas
Rich Guano deposits in the Huachucas may soon be shipped from Arizona. WG McDonald of Douglas told Bisbee Miner of extensive cave findings in Hoschaca mountains with deposits also in Chirfesbus range and Morenci. He refused precise location but noted a small gold mine accompanies the discovery.
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Arizona
Bisbee
WG McDonald
Douglas
Hoschaca
Huschoes
Chirfesbus
Morenci
McDonald
Hoschucas
Lineman Shot Amid Rifle Accident Near Phoenix
Charles Sperry, a Consolidated Telephone lineman, was shot by an accidental rifle discharge while exiting a vehicle north of Phoenix. The weapon was carried in direct violation of company rules. He sustained a non fatal wound and was treated locally.
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Charles Sperry
Consolidated Telephone Company
Phoenix
Old Arizona paper excerpt on gold bullets and Indian encounters
An 1866 Prescott Arizona Miner fragment recounts F X Audrey’s 1853 journey. It describes Indians exchanging gold bullets for clothing and using gold bullets to shoot rabbits. The account notes language differences and hostile battles with various groups during early territorial exploration.
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Arizona
Prescott
J. F. Crampton
Globe
F. X. Audrey
Miner
Audrey
Wee
Aesloon
Capture of a Pair of Burglars in Mexcan Town
Chief Bravin and Jailer Ned Whi arrested two Mexicans in Mexcan town for burglary. A third Mexican planned a larger spree using skeleton keys. Stolen goods were recovered and the youths admitted guilt, facing jail or penitentiary time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombstone
Arizona
Ned
Bravin
Winslow Cow Sewer Work Starts With 30 Men At Site
Last week the Winslow cow sewer project began with 30 workers scheduled. Officials expect the crew to grow to about 75 soon. The Courtland factory aouBt by C. and A. Company installed a complete assay outBt including two motor operated crushers last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
Courtland Fearty
Territorial Items Of Interest Condensed
RJ McLeod and his son John McLeod, formerly of Bisbee, survived being buried four hours under snow and timbers after a recent Idaho ranch accident. A new club named Pink Poomen forms in Biabee. Loretta academy Bisbee celebrated mid-session with a reception. 200 students enrolled in three years. Reverend J F Moody from Glendale now preaches at Bisbee First Baptist. Phoenix officer Harry Gaskin beaten defending an intoxicated man. his six-shooter seized. Arizona Honey Exchange shipped 34,750 pounds of honey. Wa Parker, McCabe district miner, cut by a bucket blow in the Great Republic mine. JJ Hayward, Santa Fe engineer, injured in Winslow yard collision. treated in Los Angeles. Great Western Copper ships two ore cars daily from Mary mine Courtland to El Paso. A & A shipping Germania ore to Douglas smelters. Twenty German families arrive in Glendale to work sugar factory. Gypsies ordered from Mess after collecting five dollars from leader. George Martin Stattleman, 70, admitted to Tucson citizenship. Holbrook Irrigation & Power dam site surveyed north of Holbrook. Kingman committee studies city government maintenance and water/sewer bonding. Kingman post office receipts top national rate. $4560 total receipts, 6000 money orders. Prof Bates of UAZ lectured on Shakespeare and his Followers to Tucson Woman’s Club. Three prisoners escaped from Kingman county jail via grated window. Kid Kitty shot in Tucson red light district. special policeman J D White under arrest. Arizona Turquoise Mines shipped 1600 pounds of turquoise from Mineral Park, Mohave County.
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Great Western Copper Co
Mary
Courtland
el Paso
Germania
Douglas Smelters
Glendale
Mary Barrow moves to Riverside Farm Tombstone area
In Friday's Daily cet era Mary P Barrow has leased her cottage in Tombstone and now resides at Riverside Farm in St. David between four and five miles south of Benson. Her children and grandchildren visit regularly from Benson.
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Mary P. Barrow
Tombstone
St. David
Tve
Benson
Benson Presa
Surveyors Rush Work on New Telegraph Line
E P and W surveyors camp near Elgin station along the 8 P line while tracing a route from Hereford to Tucson. The party plans to cross the Huachucas and Barba comari near Mescal Pass then head to Whetetones toward Tucson. About 20 men work under Chief Engineer Henning as surveys continue to find a feasible lower Barbacomari route.
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E.P
8. W
Hereford
Tucson
Elgin
Prosixctox
Huachucan
Barbacomari
Mescal Pass
Whetetones
Fucson
Mescal
Elgincumbere
Henning
Deserter from U S Marine Band Surrenders in Nogales
A man was arrested in Nogales after presenting at the sheriff's office and volunteering as a deserter from the U S Marine Band in San Francisco. He was placed in custody and later transferred to Fort Huachuca by Undersheriff Lowe. Known as the big Swede, he had worked for H K Chenoweth of Nogales, who had advanced wages to him.
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Nogales
U. S. Marine Band
San Francisco
Lowe
Fort Huachuca
H. K. Chenoweth
Congregational church votes to call Rev Meyers again
At a recent church meeting the Congregational church unanimously called Pastor Rev. C. W. Meyers to serve twelve months. Meyers has not yet accepted but is considering the call as church reports show encouraging work and hope he remains.
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Congregational Church
C. W. Meyers
Meyers
Cochise Land Brings Good Price Near Benson
L. D. Redfeld reports a 320 acre artesian tract south of Benson sold for 4800 dollars to Mr. Angle a real estate man promoting immigration to Sulphur Springs valley. The sale is expected to spur development in the San Pedro valley as Angle becomes a local property owner.
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Benson Press
L. D. Redfeld
Hhs
Benson
Mr. Angle
Sulphur Springs
San Pedro Valley
Angle
Haynes Company Closes Operations in Jerome District
The Haynes company, once a leading operator in Jerome, has closed for the present despite encouraging results. The shaft has been abandoned to the water.
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Haynes Company
Jerome District
Controversy Over Naval Academy Nomination In Arizona
In Prescott controversy erupts after Ralph Cameron nominates Stanley Livingston Wilson of Boston as midshipman alternate for the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Local residents question residency and accuse Cameron of favoring an outsider, noting Wilson's December arrival in Prescott and family ties to New England figures.
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Prescott
Ralph Cameron
Congress
Stanley Livingston Wilson
Boston
United States Naval Academy
Apospolis
Young Wilson
Winslow
Charles B Howard
Electric Theater
the Courier
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
W. W. Rows
Wilson
Savel Academy
Arizona
Congress Hotel
Hotton
Norris
Milk Street
Mass
New England
American Linseed Oil Company
Cameron
Lowell
Flagcraft Observatory
Fret
Naval Academy
Notrie
Stanley
Young Howard
Brush Fire Sweeps Yuma Valley Causing Panicked Escape
A Sunday brush fire swept through the lower Yuma Valley, spreading for miles and frightening residents. It damaged outbuildings and farm tools at Johannesson’s nearby property, with losses around two hundred dollars. His wife and children fled to open fields to escape the heat.
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Yuma
NC Johannesson
Someton
Joes
Jobannesson
Predicts Rush to Mexican Placers by Altar Ground
Attorney Richardson returned to Douglas with Woods of Los Angeles. Richardson, recently visiting the placers, is bullish on a rapid rush to the La Cienas diggings, likening it to the Klondike boom. Many prospectors are going in, with a 5000 pertinencies concession taken and more locators moving in.
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Richardson
Douglas
Woods
Los Angeles
Placere
la Cienes
Klondike
City Councilman Tartell Returns From California Trip
Councilman C B Tartell reports a week in San Francisco and California towns shows activity, but none match Tombstone as a desirable place to live. He shortened the trip to return to Tombstone and the Classic Shodes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Tartell
San Francisco
California
Tombstone
Details of Benson Accident Death for Manuel Gusas
Manuel Gusas a Benson native and Southern Pacific roundhouse call boy was fatally crushed Friday morning when a pillar struck him as the engine entered the round house. He died at Tucson hospital around 11 o clock and his burial in Benson Saturday was well attended.
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Benson
Manuel Gusas
Tucson
Henson
Riggs Resigns From Board of Control in Arizona
Governor Sloan announces Robert Craig, Phoenix water works superintendent, will replace J. J. Riggs on the territorial board of control. Riggs resigns due to illness after long service, plans a coast recuperation.
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J. J. Riggs
Board of Control
Sloan
Robert Craig
Phoenix Water Works
Mr. Craig
Ren. J. J. Riggs
Territorial Board of Control
Riggs
California
Phoenix
Gazette
Arizona News Briefs From The Southwest Region
A Phoenix dispatch reports Albert Moore named by Governor Sloan to succeed J C Adams. California requests for Alex Jones alias Fred Martin for forgery arrest. Jones captured in Tucson and to be extradited. Tucson stamp sales rise 5663 in 1909 with Feb 1910 up 1148.88 over 1909. A Butch Hartman returns from Leavenworth and praises Arizona brande demand. A divorce case in a Loxosian area ends with cow shelter dispute. Berney Carvallo’s body found near Eagle Morenci with a pistol wound. murder suspected. $35 purse found on him.
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Phoenix
Arizona
California
Alex Jones
Fred Martin
Bakersfield
Quino
Tucson
Jones
Cafornia
Berney Carvallo
Newtown
Eagle and
Morenci
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M. Wilson
Chas. McDonald
T. P. Roach
RJ McLeod
John McLeod
Idaho
Biabeo
Loretta
Bisbes
J F Moody
Cal
First Baptist Church
Sich
Harry Gaskin
Arizona Honey Exchange of Mess
Parker
McCabe
Great Republic
JJ Hayward
Santa Fe
Company Hospital
George Martin Stattleman
Campball
United States
The
Holbrook Irrigation & Power Co
Holbrook
Kingman
Kingman Post Ofice
Bates
University of Arizona
Woman's Club
Kid
Kitty
Red Light
J. D. White
White
Arisona Turquoise Mines Company
Mineral Park
Mohave County
William Coats
Reyones
Tucson, Nogales
Andrade
Barrel Hatcher
Cochise
Yuma Valley
R. Gabalando
Gagelando Ranch
Sonora
Pasteur Institute
Albert Moore
Richard E Sloan
J.C. Adams
R. Hartman
Butch
Leavenworth
Kansas
J. B
Kende
Kansas City
Arizona Brande
Humane Society
Shetter
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