Lordsburg Borderland Highway Gains Ground in New Mexico
The Western Liberal reports Senator Murray's bill to create a state highway from Elephant Butte to Rodeo, through Hillsboro Lake Valley Camp Monarch Fort Bayard Silver City Tyrone Lordsburg and out at Rodeo. Governor Lindsey is expected to sign, enabling counties Sierra and Grant to tax for finishing and upgrading existing roads into first class shape. The route will connect Grant county portions and link east west north south pathways, boosting regional access with modest costs since key sections already exist.
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Prominent Bisbee butcher burned carrying gasoline
John M True, a well known local butcher, was badly burned yesterday morning when a can of gasoline spilled while cleaning supplies were being used at a neighbor’s home. He ran into the house and carried the burning can outside before firefighters arrived. He was treated at C. A. hospital and later returned home in Bakersville. his condition was not stated as critical.
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Cotton brings record price almost 60 cents
Phoenix March 20 The Arizona Exposition Cotton Company sold 44 bales of Pima cotton at 58.60 cents a pound, a national peak since the war. The purchase from Tempe farms nearly clears last season’s valley crop, with cotton destined for American Thread.
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Picketing Case Appealed Before Supreme Court in Phoenix
On March 22 two superior court appeals reach the Arizona Supreme Court. One involves Cochise County picketing in Troax versus Bisbee Local No. 280 Cooks and Waiters union. The other case, Southern Pacific versus Yuma County, disputes taxes. The Espee paying taxes beyond law is challenged amid bond details. F. L.
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El Paso Boosters Tour Cochise County Shows Growth
El Paso boosters travel by rail and auto through Willcox Pearce Cochise Kelton and Pearce to promote road and trade links. The party highlights Willcox as a farming hub aided by irrigation and mining support, praises local schools churches and steady commerce, and notes automobile transit replacing ox carts and pillion transport. The Willcox band played as visitors met merchants and rode the depot.
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Gosper Grave Maintenance Request Sparks Arizona Response
Friends of the late John J. Gosper urge state support for maintaining his grave in Evergreen cemetery near Phoenix. Governor Campbell replies no session means no funds. public contributions may cover upkeep. Gosper died in 1912, body kept in Los Angeles for six weeks until Arizona could pass burial funds. He died penniless. after passage and governor’s signature, body placed in soldier’s plot with no care provisions.
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Doings in Cochise Superior Court
In Cochise Superior Court the jury found Kid Lee guilty of bootlegging in under five minutes. Lee was absent and represented by attorney Frank Dean. Sentence will be imposed next week as no other cases were set until Monday. Special venire members reported this morning. Jack Roberts pleaded guilty to bootlegging and will be sentenced later. Luke Short’s bond was forfeited for not appearing.
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Bisbee Leads State in Postal Savings Deposits
A February report by Postmaster Paul Smith shows the largest ever postal savings increase, raising state deposits to about 700000. Small banks gained, foreign born depositors were active, and Bisbee Arizona led with 208401 in deposits as of March 1 while offices nationwide surpassed a million-dollar mark. Newark Seattle and Kansas City reached the million-dollar level in February.
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Indian Affairs Tour Heads Through Arizona And Oklahoma
A House committee on Indian Affairs departs Washington for a tour covering Seminole and Choctaw lands in Florida and Mississippi, then Oklahoma and Arizona to inspect irrigation projects and reservation conditions. The trip includes Congressman Carl Hayden and several colleagues, plus staff, shortened by a special April session.
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Douglas Residents Circulating Petitions for County Seat Move
Three Douglas men circulate petitions to move county seat to Warren Lowell or Bisbee but local reaction is cool and the ten cent fare wage demands of circulators are not met with much success.
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The Plight of Douglas in county seat fight
Tombstone battles Douglas for county seat supremacy amid voting power disputes and bootlegging arrests. Fifteen Douglas men pleaded to bootlegging in two weeks and twenty five in the last month, risking a surge of ballots from bootleggers if they could vote in precincts.
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