Victory Loan Volunteer Day Proclaimed in Arizona May 6 1919
Acting Governor Simms proclaims Tuesday May 6 1919 a legal holiday named Victory Loan Volunteer Day. He calls on all Arizonans to suspend work and support the Fifth Victory Loan with 29 volunteer solicitors to secure subscriptions, urging national duty, honor, and rapid peacetime return for soldiers.
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Arizona
America
Europe
Germany
Mit Simms
State of
Victory Loan
Gray County jury convicts Todd for assault with deadly weapon
After seven hours the jury finds Joe Todd guilty of assault with a deadly weapon in Blabee. The judge will sentence him later. Separately, State v Henry Gray proceeds with five witnesses sworn and more to come as jurors are added for Monday.
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Joe Todd
Tom Mooney
Blabee
Todd
Henry Gray
J. Thingebury
Tritate
M. McKelligan
Lyman Hays
Sth
Schwartz
Lockwood
Concrete work to start on Bisbee Douglas highway
Bisbee May 1 concrete pouring will begin on the section from Lowell to Forrest Ranch and now on District No 1. The county highway commission completed an inspection tour and agreed to start pouring as soon as possible. Work east of Douglas and the Silver Creek bridge were deferred until after May 15. With the Bisbee end nearly ready, planners expect traffic to open by mid summer.
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Bisbee
Lowell
Forrest Ranch
County Highway Commission
Posicie
Douglas
Silver Creek
Doug
Phoenix Booms With 150 New Homes In Short Span
April 30 1919 report notes a building boom in Phoenix including 150 new residences. The Noll building sold for 135000 to Home Builders. Two 26000 garages rise in the west. Odd Fellows plan a West Adams street home. Laurabell Gardner to upgrade East Adams Street block. Acting Governor Mits Seams signs the state seal.
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Phoenix
Noll
Arizona Club
Arizona Gazette
Gas Noll
The
Home Builders
Laurabell Gardner
Arizona
State of
Capitol
Simple Two Course Dinners and Florence Dam Talks
A collection of menu items for a meat substitute dinner featuring lentil croquettes and prune whip, with time tables and preparation steps. Also reports an agreement completed for Florence Dam construction outlining diversion works on the Gila River, water rights, land divisions, and duties of the interior secretary. Additional notes cover An American Legion convention travel rates and aims for veteran support. The items include lentil croquettes, tomato sauce, croquettes, potatoes, celery, prune whip, junket, and various side dishes.
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Florence Dam
Florence
United States Indian Service
Florence Casa Grande Valley
Water Users’ Association
l + Angeles
Hele An
Gila River
Picacho Reservation
Secretary of the Interior
Bresd
CH Activity in the Patagonia Mine District
In the Patagonia district Santa Cruz county Arizona active operations include Morning Glory ore mounts to 506 tons monthly. Rich ore found at Plux mine to be mined with C B Bachman supervising extraction from a 20 inch ledge at 200 feet on Tres de Mayo mine. Duquesne Mining and Reduction Co expanding development. Gross Kennedy lease Clark Peterson property awaiting wagon road to install 309 foot shaft and machinery.
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Patagonia
Santa Cruz County
Arizona
Morning Glory
George Wieland
Plux
C. B. Bachman
Tres de Maye
Duquesne Mining and Reduction Company
Gross & Kennedy
Clark & Peterson
Cattle and Sheep Clash Near Oracle Led by Water Dispute
Tucson April 20 A cattle and sheepman conflict flared near the Yale ranch at Oracle after the pump was blown up Deputy Sheriff Richard was sent from Florence to quell tensions. The dispute centers on access to water and range land after Herbert Boyer leased the ranch and allegedly cut off cattlemen from free range and state land without a lease.
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Tucson
Yale Ranch
Oracle
Richard
Florence
Yale
Herbert Boyer
Boyer
Bowie Tests First Oil Well Near Bowie
About four hundred people from Bowie and nearby Arizona watched the spudding of a test well by United States Oil & Refining Co. northeast of Bowie. The 340-foot hole reached oil sands yielding paraffin, with drillers from California on site and a rig capable of extra depth. The crowd’s turnout signals growing local oil fever and a possible Bowie boom.
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Bowie
Arizona
United States Oil & Refining Co
Streen Aisles
Coe
United States
California
Tungsten Queen Mining Prospects Near Benson
Tungsten market outlook improves with peace treaty, says J J Wien president of Tungsten Queen Mining. He reports development at the Dra gon mountains property northeast of Benson, with sheelite ore and high quality samples from past month mining activity.
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Benson
J. J. When
Tungsten Queen
Dragoon Mountains
Wien
Fragmented early 20th century crime item from Safford
A garbled report notes a $65,000 theft tied to Mary, with reference to a brother and a death said to be hastened by joy. Mentions a Jasper P. E. Smith, a William son Graham School House, a Quaker Oats telegraph, and overseas funds, all tangled in a single chaotic paragraph.
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Safford
Ariz
Mary Los Angeles
Jasper P.E. Smith
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R. E. McGillen
Warrazt
S. Cass
Hamburg
Committee of Six
Los Angeles
I Onde
Secretary of the | Interior
Erican Legion
ST. Louis
Power Conway
American Legion
Theodore Roosevelt
New York City
Veteres
Army
Navy
Conway
Goldsworthy
Marine Corps
Simin
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