San Pedro Valley and the Charleston Dam Plan
Debate over developing western resources focuses on the San Pedro valley and Charleston dam with backing from the National Reclamation Association. Advocates argue the dam will impound water, power farms, and boost the region’s output, while critics cite project sequencing and past decisions on Roosevelt dam.
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United States
Antiles
Manera
Gulf
Ational Reclamation Association
San Pedro
Charleston
National Reclamation Assas
Casa Grande Dispatch
George H. Maxwell
National Reclamation
passagker-Smith
Cochise County
San Carlos
National Reclamation Association
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Dam
Epee
Daily Silver Belt Claims Globe-Superior Route Blocking Apache Trail Debate
In a heated argument the Daily Silver Belt accuses Globe-Superior proponents of praising a transcontinental route as the shortest while warning southern Arizona residents they will be left out if the Bankhead and Roosevelt highways favor Globe. The paper vows to continue vocal opposition and to press for attention to the Apache Trail and Superior Highway in the broader highway dispute.
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Miami
Globe-Superior
Silver Belt
Globe-Miami
Roosevelt Highway
Superior Highway
Globe
Mimi
Gila
Globe and Mian
Glob Bankhead
Arizona
Dairy Industry Shifts as San Pedro Valley Attracts Cattle
In Salt River valley cotton rises while alfalfa and dairy grow. Dairy herds shrink in the Second Nile area as farmers seek new fields. Dairy cattle are moved into San Pedro valley with plans for a Benson creamery to process local produce. Cochise County’s markets welcome milk and cream, previously shipped from Tempe, and Bisbee bans its sale.
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Salt River Valley
Nile
Pa Company
Rainy
San Pedro Valley
Representativ
Creamery Company
Benson
San Pedro
Cochise
Tempe
Bisbee
Pacific Creamery
Sampans
Rights of the Middle Class Union Grows in America
The Middle Class Union formed in New York gains nationwide traction. The piece argues a future where a real American accepts this movement even without a labor card, praising the day when persistent workers need not fear shifting winds and torn bridges along their paths.
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New York
United States
Madam University Mind Reader At Wisconsin
A senior at the University of Wisconsin is described as possessing mind and muscle reading abilities. In psychology class experiments, she read thoughts by wrist pulse and moved a pin on a movable board with precise actions. The piece notes her potential future and questions happiness in marriage.
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Madison, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Newspapers Against Court Secrecy Face Tough Test
A Douglas Dispatch piece defends confidential sources and warns that prosecuting journalists for revealing information would cripple press freedom. It recalls a New York murderer case where a reporter’s disguise led to a confession and argues editors must protect confidences to maintain trust and investigative power.
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New York
Douglas
United States
Dees
New York City
Douglas Dispatch
Ter
Love as Insanity Drives Judge to Bellevue Hospital
Judge Sweetzer of New York ordered a love-struck man committed to Bellevue for mental examination after he overwhelmed a young woman with unwanted declarations. The prisoner protested his sanity, but the judge quipped that love is insanity.
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Sweetzer
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Charge Former Aviator With Embezzlement
Phoenix dispatch reports W. W. Herne a former Royal Flying Corps lieutenant and former secretary of the war camp community service was taken into custody in No brook Arizona awaiting a Phoenix warrant charging embezzlement of eight dollars according to information released by the district attorney.
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Phoenix
Herne
Royal Flying Corps
Nobrook
Arizona
Aengnty
Women Choose Delegates to Annual Convention
Phoenic women select four vice-chairs twenty seven delegates and twenty seven alternates to attend the state federation of women club at Bisbee on April sixth. Mrs Thomas Campbell wife of the governor is named as a delegate.
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Phoenin
Wowan's Club of
Phoenic
State Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Bisbee
Thomas Campbell
Hosun
Courthouse approves $500 reward for murder suspects
Nogales March 17 court Supervisors authorize a record $500 bounty for the capture of Eze suie Lara and an unidentified companion, believed to be Manual Gala, charged with the murder of Arnander and John Frazer and the robbery of the Frazer brothers’ store near Montana Cap three weeks ago.
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Nogales
Eze Suie Lara
Con Pat
Arnander
John Frazer
Frazer
Montana Cap
French Memorial Certificates Here for Heroes Families
In Phoenix on March 1 the Arizona American Legion reports many French Memorial certificates ready for distribution to relatives of brave servicemen who fell in France defending their country.
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Phoenix
Department of Arizona
Arizona
France
Slag Dump Digging Proves Dangerous Near Jerome
In Jerome Arizona on March 19 workers at the United Verde smelter faced danger while digging the slag dump. Multiple slides released slag that toppled shovels and injured one employee, with another damaged shovel noted in the incident.
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Jos Jerome
Ariz
Thoul United Verde
Jer
Alleged Slaver Held for Grand Jury Action
March 19 Natalie Lowee appeared before U S Commissioner Henke for a preliminary hearing on a Mann Act charge. Lopez allegedly brought Lulu Garcia from New Mexico. Lopez held to answer before the federal grand jury at the fall term. bond set at 1000. He is reported to have a wife and four children in Phoenix.
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PHCE
Natalie Lowee
U.S
Henke
Fen
Lopes
Lulu Garcia
New Mexico
Lopez
Lovit 4
Phoenix
State sues for injuries and car damage in Phoenix
A. Altman of Phoenix filed two claims against the state, charging negligence by a state highway truck driver. He seeks 2009 dollars for personal injuries and 118.33 dollars for vehicle damage from an accident on February 2 along a state highway, with the secretary of the board of directors of state institutions.
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Phoenix
A. Altman
Board of Directors
Altman
Arizona to be represented at national Legion meeting
Phoenix March 19 Clifford Caires of Globe will represent Arizona at the national executive committee meeting of the American Legion in Washington on Monday March 22. Dudley W Windes department adjutant for Arizona announced the upcoming session where the committee will draft recommendations on land legislation bonuses and other questions affecting world war veterans.
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Phoenix
Arizona
National Executive Committee
American Legion
Washington
Clifford Caires
Globe
Dudley W. Windes
Legion’s Department
Faires
Legion
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