Father and Son Die in Blaze Near North Seventh Avenue
Proenix Maren Patton and his 14 month old son Glen perished when a fire swept their frame house on the Little Maricopa near North Seventh Avenue. Mrs Patton woke to smoke and saw her husband enter the home to save the child, but the roof collapsed trapping them. Neighbors and bystanders aided efforts to reach the bodies as smoke and flames continued, with the charred remains found in the doorway between the front room and kitchen.
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Proenix
Maren
Glen
Patton
Saby
Maricopa Tenal
North Seventh Avenue
International Conference to be opened by Arizona governor
Governor T. E Campbell of Arizona will open the international business men's conference in Nogales on April 4 following the Nogales convention. Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican treasury secretary, will reply for the Mexican government. De la Huerta travels from Mexico City to Hermosillo en route to attend as Sonora’s governor at the event. The event includes a large barbecue set for April 2 two miles west of the international line with grounds prepared for visiting delegates in Nogales Arizona and Nogales Sonora.
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Nogales
T. E Campbell
Arizona
Sonora
START WORK REBUILDING BRIDGE
Debris clearance and rebuilding of the Watervale bridge proceed after a fire. Traffic over the E P S W branch to Fairbank will resume soon, with possible temporary cribbing to avoid long train delays. Air shortages affect focal sensors, boilers, and the big compressor, delaying mail and express service. Passengers and freight are moved by truck between break endpoints while Tombstone freight rests at Fairbank.
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E. P&s W
Fairbank
Tombstone
Installing Dummy Cops At City Intersections
A work crew sites at main street corners to install dummy traffic cops following city council action. Large boulders from near the Schieffelin monument replace wooden caps, buried deeply to deter removal yet low enough not to damage vehicles.
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Schieffelin Monument
Boy Dies After Train Fall Near Ash Fork
Prescott reports 16 year old Miles Reynolds of Okemah Oklahoma died in county hospital from injuries after he fell beneath a railroad train while attempting to ride west on a freight car near Ash Fork. He lost both legs and an arm but regained consciousness briefly and asked staff to notify his mother.
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Prescott
Miles Reynolds
Okemab
Okla
Ash Fork
Stokemab
Douglas youth attempts to end life
Nathaniel Slane, 25, son of Mr and Mrs B J Shane, attempted suicide yesterday morning by slitting his throat with a razor. He is in El Paso county hospital with a painful neck wound but doctors say he is not in danger. His father indicated years ago a head injury left him despondent. Slane had recently left railroad work and left a bank check with the note goodbye.
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Nathaniel Slane
BJ Shane
Avenge
Slane
Bus
Phss
Eire
Hig 1
Cauzey
Stane
Hrartal Slaxz
el Paso and Southwestern Railroad
Pioneer home beckons Blatz known as French Frank
Blatz a longtime Tucson and Benson stage driver and expert on horse flesh will leave the city within days to enter the Pioneers Home. Known locally as French Frank, he has resided here over thirty years and his health has gradually declined. Residents wish him happiness in Arizona's Pioneer Home. Prescot
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Blatz
Tucson
Benson
Southwest
Frank
Arizona
Prescot
Editors to Yuma Association Meeting in April
A meeting of the Arizona Tally Newspaper association is called for Yuma on April 7. The group includes all Arizona daily papers and those in El Paso, aiming to advance the newspaper business. Judge Westover of the Yuma Sun invites editor members to attend and view the Laguna dam project affecting the Yuma valley and Mesa.
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Arizona Tally Newspaper Association
Yuma
Arizona
el Paso
Judge Westover
Yuma Sun
Twn
Yims
Laguna Dam
Yuma Valley
Mesa
Arizona Overstocks Burros Supplying Florida Markets
Phoenix reports Arizona ships burros to Florida for winter resort entertainment. Burros once driven from mining camps have multiplied on ranges as oil fuels transport declines. Mexican owners culled some by stockmen bullets, while a Nogales border factory slaughtered thousands for hides and meat processed into fertilizer and animal feed.
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Arizona
Nogales
California
Bill Introduced To Suspend This Year’s Assessment Work
Mining interests press for delay in annual mining assessment work due to inactivity and mine closures. Congress considers suspending the 1920 deadline until June, hoping to ease hardship while awaiting relief measures. A measure by Senator Stan Mr. Onegin seeks to extend the due date and prevent abrupt penalties.
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Congress
Macat Sea
Seater Stan
Onegin
Reward Offered by State Head for Assailants in Phoenix
Governor Thomas Campbell issued a proclamation declaring a reward of 250 for the arrest and conviction of participants in a flag assault connected to a series of whippings. The Ku Klux Klan allegedly claimed responsibility for the attacks on Rollin P. Dunes school principal and Aubrey Carter, a black elevator conductor, with a pattern of masked assailants and marked faces. Sheriff Montgomery and County Attorney Shepherd stated citizens may defend themselves if rights are threatened, and nine men were arrested in the Jones case including relatives of a Lehi district pupil.
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Phoenix
Thomas & Campbell
Adm
Rollin Po Dunes
Sch
Aubrey Carter
Arizona Republican
Freita
Ku Kins Klan
Jones
Lehi
Riding Instructor Tillson Transferred to Douglas Border
Major J. C. Tillson Jr the mount ed dirt officer at the University of Arizona R O T C has been reassigned to the First Cavalry at Douglas. He received notice yesterday and will depart for the border city this morning. St Johns County road bonds approved in January were sold to Denver bankers.
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Tucson
J. C. Tillson, Jr
University of Arizona
First Cavalry
Douglas
Tillson
Maj
St. Johne
Denver
Veterans Bill Aims Farm Loans For Disabled Ex-Soldiers
Senator Ralph Cameron proposes a program to rehabilitate disabled veterans as farmers on 200 five acre plots in Mesa division of the Yuma irrigation project. Each man would get 1000 dollars start up funds, with land and irrigation costs amortized over 40 years, housed in temporary barracks during development. An appropriation of 500000 dollars would back the effort to launch farming as a vocation. Also reports pioneer rancher Bo McParland dies at his Barbacomari ranch after heart trouble, leaving a widow and several children. funeral arrangements pending.
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Ralph Cameron
Republican
Arizona
Veterans’ Bureau
Ine
Mesa
Yuma
Cameron
Bo McParland
Barbacomari
Huachuca Mountains
Fuenga
Ten Arrested in Police Drive Against Idlers
Son, March 23 With the primary objective of gathering into the fold as many as possible of Tucson's non working gentry local police officials last night spread out the drag net with the result that the nights haul showed nine negroes and one negress all held in the city jail on charges of vagrancy.
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Tucson
Roy P. Watson Dies at Age 40 in Phoenix Mine Incident
Roy K. Watson a land law clerk with United States Jana Once Frontx died at the Dea Patagonis Bland mine after a pneumonia illness. He was 40 and had been a high grade producer prospect before his death Monday morning at seven o'clock in hospital.
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Phoenix
Roy K. Watson
United States
Jana
Frontx
Dea
Cochise Judge Opposes Convention System
A Cochise County judge denounces the convention system, arguing candidates should be chosen by party members without external guidance. The opinion states the law permits party platforms and that conferences would not bind the party, emphasizing independence of voters and the need for informed selection.
Private projects on the Colorado held up for Hoover report
The article reports private Colorado developments delayed awaiting a Hoover Committee report. It notes figures like "Dad" Fourr and James Girand, with details on proposed power at Boulder Canyon and irrigation rights, and mentions Tombstone and Apache-area history as context.
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Colorado
Hoover
Imite
Sam
Tenderfoot
Tombstone
Federal Rough Road
Surry
James Girand
Arizona
Matond Creek
Boulder Canyon
Fiver Commission
Girand
Washington
Slayer of State School Guard Sentenced to Die
Ania March 23 George Fralick found guilty of murdering Layton a guardsman at Ford Grant Industrial School He struck Layton with an axe from behind as instruction was being given Layton died at home in Safford Three months earlier a senate bill aided Layton's widow and minor children but was rejected then reintroduced and passed by the senate and house before going to the governor Layton belonged to the Layton family of Graham County and to the Mormon church’s president lineage.
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Sapford
Ania
George Fralick
Ford Grant
of the
Layton
Fralick
Safford
Senate
Graham County
House
Mormon Church
Mrs Mary Caretto Dies in Los Angeles
Mrs Mary Caretto wife of Dominic Caretto died in Los Angeles on Wednesday. A Bisbee pioneer who came with her husband 36 years ago they later moved to California. A son Peter left for Los Angeles to attend the funeral and a daughter Mrs Harry Gillispie resides in Warren. Six other children many in California survive.
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Hisbee
Wera
Los Angeles
Mary Caretto
Dominic Caretto
Caretto
Bisbee
Peter
Harry Gillispie
Ives
Warren
California
Bisbee City Council Cuts Payroll
Bisbee city council in an adjourned session wielded the axe and reduced the city payroll by 325 dollars a month, effective April 1. The decision comes amid cost-cutting measures and aims to balance the budget for the coming quarter.</s>
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Bisbee Council
Bisbee
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Matty
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Weal Kary
Coe Tiive
Dragoon
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WelleParce
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