Novel meteor mining project in Cossnine county Arizona
A major mining venture near Canyon Diablo in Cossnine county claims to recover a large meteor embedded underground. Led by S. P. Holsinger, the shaft already reaches 200 feet with water found. a 90 foot depth is expected to reach the meteor, thought 300 feet wide and containing nickel worth substantial sums. Pumps will resume sinking, and the effort is touted as scientifically significant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cossnine County
Canyon Diablo
5. P. Holsinger
Buried Village Found Near Dun Can Along Gila River
Excitement rises over the discovery of a buried village one mile down the Gila river from Dun can. First found by M.8. Gonzsus who began digging on his homestead about two weeks ago. Local residents have helped unearth houses with three and four rooms containing bones broken pottery arrows tomahawks and household fragments. Some rooms appear perfectly preserved revealing building skill. The village sits on Mesa and was hidden by earth disturbances, prompting the collection of historic material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gila
Duncan
Gonzsus
Celier
Goneales
Mesa
Measle Epidemic at Don Luis in a Small Town
A measles outbreak hits Don Luis with 44 pupils at the school, only 15 attending while 29 remain home sick. The disease is described as light but widespread, with hopes it will end in a week to ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tts
Don Luis
Discouraging Outlook For Statehood Bill
In a clash of telegrams from Washington Arizona statehood hopes falter as Senate leaders oppose the bill. Hale, Crane, and Aldrich reportedly block passage while Beveridge claims bipartisan support and predicts Senate approval within ten days, despite contrary dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beveridge
Senate Committee On Territories
Cameron
Senate
Washington
Afflicted Man Is Refused Admission In Tucson
A measles patient on a Southern Pacific train toward the coast was refused entry in Tucson. City Health Officer H. E. Crepin and Chief of Police Flanagan ordered the railroad to proceed westward. The man, a naval recruit, was diagnosed with contagion in El Paso and Lordsburg but could not alight there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skelusing
Tucson
Southern Pacific Railway
City Health
H. E. Crepin
Flanagan
San Francisco
el Paco
Lords, Bare
Messles
Phoenix Man Invents Economic Windmill
W. Hards of Phoenix has invented the Irrigator windmill to be made by Valley Machine Company in three styles. The device is patented in America and abroad. It claims triple power for its wheel size and a pump jacket designed to save energy. Hards believes the patent will be valuable and the mill successful. The Mildred Mining and Milling Co will move and operate its Humboldt millet plant to Stanton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Hards
Phoenix
The
Valley Machine Company
America
Hard
Mildred Mining & Milling Co
Humboldt
Bes
Tte ‘Neem
Stanton
Hammond Reiterates Salting Charges In Arizona Mining Row
John Hays Hammond writes to Yavapai District Attorney Henry D Ross denying salt ing charges about a mine in the territory He asserts some dishonest promoters exist but praises Arizona minerals and its people He rejects a certain February report as misquoted or formal Weighs that proving salting is uncertain while noting gold filings in samples may be circumstantial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Ross
Yavapai County
John Hays Hammond
International
Arizona
Hammond
Hammondays
Prescott Invents Noted Airship by A W Stewart
A. W. Stewart of Prescott, chief of electricity for the 8 F P and P system, develops a tri plane air ship model. The ship measures 50 feet, with main planes 34 by seven feet, built of aluminum or vulcanized silk. It uses a 40 hp gasoline engine and aims to exceed 49 mph with a lift of five pounds per square foot of wing area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
Journal-Miner
A. W. Stewart
8. F
Paulhan
Wright Bros
L A Excursionists Delayed by Wreck
A Yuma dispatch reports the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce excursion stalled at Indio overnight due to a freight train wreck ahead. The itinerary will omit Bisbee Douglas and Benson, staying in Tucson tonight and resuming from Globe tomorrow on the planned schedule. A committee will visit Bisbee and Douglas on the chamber’s behalf before rejoining at Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuma
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Indio
Bisbee
Douglas
Benson
Tucson
Globe
Chamber
San Carlos Cutoff Still Hangs Fire
Dispatches report the big construction outfit from Randolph lines in Mexico crossed into Arizona to join the P and E project at Winkleman, then disbanded as Sonora work paused. No government permission to use the Gila river box canyon delayed the San Carlos cutoff, while Tucson Bar Association held its first annual banquet with Judge Lovell as feastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preas
Whchh
Randolph
Mexico
Arizona
Winkleman
J. ©. McClure
Arizona Eastern
Harriman
Sonora
San Carlos
Gila River
Box Canyon
Tucson Bar Association
Old Pueblo Lab
Indge Wom Lovell
Daily Mra Austin W Brown Leaves for Akron
Thursday notes show Austin W Brown traveling to Akron due to her mother Valeren Goodrich illness. Valeren and other items touch on court matters, cattle shipments, and local weather. Residents include JW Swayzee from Patagona with Arizona Mines. A baby boy arrived to Deputy Court Clerk W E Bogge and a fox terrier gift to Gus Kueb enbecker. St Patrick Day observances appear in Tombstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladden
W. E. Bogge
Papa Boggs
New Potatoes All the Year Round
J M Crosby brings a specimen Hurbenk potato to Benson Arizona praised for fresh appearance and growth resilience. Field timing shows winter harvest potential for late potatoes, promising higher prices as year round supply. Nearby, Moyer and Troxel report a Florence area find prompting renewed prospecting rush and railroad concessions for Phoenix Buckeye project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson Press
J. M. Crosby
Arizona
Benson Canal
Crosby
Mexico
Missed Tombstone trip and prison bond tale
A doorstep theft occurred during Mr and Mrs J F Knox absence with Mrs Knox jewelry sets and $30 cash stolen from a bureau. County Auditor Purdon left for Douglas. A dance by the Protection Hose company drew praise for music and mood, while Tombstone boosters toured Arizona towns. Duncan McDonald posted a $10,000 bond on a murder charge and returned to Paradise. The thirteenth patient at the asylum, Guadalupe De Leon, an 80 year old Mexican woman, was committed after a decline marked by incoherence and fear, to be moved tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Knox
Duncan McDonald
McDonald
D.W. Clair
Paradise
Allen R. English
Guadalupe de Leon
Has Consumption Cure But Applies for Aid
The report describes Red Maxson, a Cochise county figure and county hospital patient, arriving in Maricopa county. He claims to have cured consumption with a personal remedy but lacks medical validation and seeks indigent relief from the board of supervisors. The piece notes ongoing Cotton Land Co. work in Mohave valley, cotton planting plans, and labor and rail construction activity around Flagstaff and Williams for the Santa Fe double track with Williams as construction HQ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat
Phoecis
C H Moxson
Board of Supervisors
Maxson
Koch
Territorial items of Interest condensed
The surveyors for the new canal of Geeewe and Randulpi have a force of 25 men at work. The roughest part of the survey has been completed and no difficulties found in locating a line on higher ground to drain the Gila. A local option petition was presented to the Yavapai county board. Wm. Palmer, mining property owner in Cunningham Wass district, died at Wenden after a brief illness. Carlo Pena and Jose Corales were arrested in Yuma on charges of stealing 18 pairs of trousers from merchants and selling them at a second hand store. A commercial club with 50 charter members formed at Winslow. Friends of local option seek an election in Apache county. Maricopa county now requires retail liquor licenses to be issued in the name of individuals, not corporations. H. C. Hudson found a productive water line at 93 feet on his homestead well. Mrs. Stillwell of Chicago addressed women at Bisbee on White Slave Traffic. Mesa defeated Phoenix Coyotes 4 to 3 in 12 innings. next Mesa-Normal game decides the league cup. Water shortages threaten stock across southern and central Aurora. cattle deaths likely without rain. Tucson Blue Rock club’s first six-month shoot yielded Will Julian top score, Dr. DC Williams close behind. Southern Pacific announces summer rates to eastern points with some reductions. Dr. A. G. Schnabel’s resignation as city bacteriologist of Tucson was withdrawn. Capital group mines bunkhouse burned. miners sheltered in tents and cooked on campfires. Salt River valley hosts debate over Water Users Association presidency. Six high schools participated in Tempe declamatory contest. Ellen Armstrong won first, Wynnie Belcher second. Tucson plans a new opera house. three-story building to host store cafe and family hotel.
Romance of Tombstone Girl in California Divorce Case
Ruth Engstrom formerly Ruth Aubrey, a former Tombstone girl and Berkeley coed, won an interlocutory divorce decree in Los Angeles after alleging her husband Engstrom abandoned her since March 1900, drank heavily, and consorted with other women. She may pursue stage work after a possible Sullivan engagement. her mother corroborated financial strain and support needs.
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University of California
B.H Bogatrom
Mills
Los Angeles
Ruth Engstrom
Ruth Aubrey
Mieoree Froe
Los Angeles Heraldays
Engetrom
Becauce
Berkeley
Engstrom
Oakland
San Francisco
San Jose
Mia
Mary Aubrey
The Editor's Song A Tribute To The Steady Subscriber
The piece extols the loyal reader who pays in advance and supports the office, bringing esteem and financial stability. It lauds how such subscribers brighten the sanctum, fund operations, and keep the publication thriving. The tone is affectionate and celebratory toward dependable patrons.
Courts and Estates Docket Entries Across Records
In Various Courts of Records suits include Herman Hendricks versus Virginia Hendricks for divorce and Otilano Gutierrez versus Ramona Cabera de Gutierrez for divorce. An estate matter appoints appraisers for Richard McGregor. Guardianship hearings set for Lote Alston Carter et al with real estate sale cause. First Nations Hark and J A Lewandowst involve sale of 1 484 05 dollars and 199 841 shares of Southwestern Oil at public auction in Douglas on March 31.
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Richard McGregor
Lote Alston Carter
Goldie Violet Carter
Ernie Wede Carter
Douglas
J. A. Lewandowst
Southwestern Oil Company
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A. I. Carpenter
H. H. Linney
Carpenter
Linney
Tococ
Friends of Statehood
New Mexico
Congress
Hale
Maine
Crane
Massachusetts
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Bailey
Texas
L. A
Mra
Austin W. Brown
Akron
Ohio
Valeren Goodrich
Bubee
James W. Walker
Courtland
JW. Swayzee
Pasenger
Patagona
Arizona Mines Company
Gus Kuebenbecker
W. F. Kuebenbecker & Son
Porter McDonald
Greene Cattle Company
Ireland
Kelton
James Duncan
Safford Street
Montezuma
Florence
Moyer and Troxel
Phoeniz-Buckeye
Mohave Valley
New Cotton Land Company
Flagstaff
Williams
Three Points
Geeewe
Randulpi
Board of Supervisors of
Yavapai
Tounty
Wm. Palmer
Cunningher Wass
Wenden
Carlo, J. Pena
Jose Corales
Winslow
Friends of Local Option
Deavo
Apache County
Maricopa County
H. C. Hudson
Higley
Smvestead
Mesa High
Coyotes
Aurora
Tucson Blue Rock Club
Will Julian
DC Williams
Southern Pacific Railway Company
A G Schnabel
Tae-on
Capital Group of Mines
Mohave County
Salt River Valley
BA Fowler
J F Orme
Waterisers” Association
Tempe
Ellen Armstrong
Wynnie Belcher
Jerome
Phovpix
Tucton
Holmes
Tombstone
Histrict Court
Herman Hendricks
Virginia Hendricks
Otilano Gutierras
Ramona Cabera de Gutierras
Probate
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