City Council Sets Up Fire Hydrant Box Change and Police Judge
The Tombstone city council with all members present approved replacing wooden fire hydrant covers with iron ones and discussed enforcing dog licenses. James F. Duncan was appointed Police Judge and will preside at ten o clock daily in the City Hall. Street work requires water and machinery, with the Tombstone Improvement Co. to remove pipes on Allen and Fremont streets as the Huachuca Water Co. pledges support.
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Miocom
Bravin
James F. Duncan
Connell Chamber
County Enaneer
Ryan
Tombstone Improvement Company
Allen and
Fremont
Huachuca
Improvements Spur Activity in Tombstone Construction
Tombstone sees a surge of rebuilding and new businesses as carpenters and masons work vigorously. The Sowa States Telephone Company removes the old Chinese opium den at Fourth and Allep, planning a garage now with a headquarters later for a toll exchange. The Loompany aims for a future fine brick Telco building at the corner. The Sun On Company finishes a modern concrete building housing a general store with cooling views. Damasio Lopez opens an ice and soft drink parlor in the Rock building. Post office furniture unpacks, new milled wood from Chicago arrives, and the Machomich Mercantile Company tears down adobe behind Flach's for additional yard space.
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Tombstone
Sowa States Telephone Company
Fourth
Allep Streets
United States
Mexico
Crick
Roads
Sun On Company
Allen and
Fifth Street
Damasio Lopez
Rock Building
Mr Rock
Chicago
Machomich Mercantite Company
Flach’s
Fisehire
Tombstone Sends Five to Navy
Recruiting Officer Piper of the U S Navy leaves Tombstone for Patagonia to recruit. Five have been obtained in Tombstone, three of whom departed yesterday for El Paso for final exams: Grant Warner, Hoyt Ash, and Lawrence Land. Will Engle and Earl Hartman will go to El Paso next week for the final before San Francisco. The 614 Camp has contributed several to aviation, army, and sheriff Wheeler reports for training at the Presidio.
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Piper
U S. Navy
Pata|oni
Tombstone
el Paso
Grant Warner
Hoyt Ash
Lawrence Land
Engle
Earl Hartman
San Francisco
Aviation Corps
Army
Harry C. Wheeler
Presidio
Dueling dance tragedy leaves two men dying in Arizona
In Twin Buttes after a Lake County ball a quarrel erupted and Rafael Nunez shot Komando Nogales and Abram Merado through the abdomen with a .44 revolver. Nogales is dying at the county hospital while Merado’s prognosis is grim. Witnesses say all three men were intoxicated. Lawmen question witnesses and pursue the shooter who fled across the border into Mexico.
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Tucson
Rafael Nunez
Komando Nogales
Abram Merado
Nogales
Mecade
Twin Buttes
Nunex
Operations at Irish Mag shaft suspended after broken hoist
Bishee May 9 broken bull wheel on the hoist at the Irish Mag shaft halted work for several days. The light shift was moved to the Gardner shaft. Between 25 and 40 men will be laid off as the mine operates under lease until repairs are completed.
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Bishee
Irish Mag
Mag
In From Ranch Visit by South Pass Rancher
Harry Kenna was among visitors in town today from his South Pass ranch.
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Harry Kenna
South Pass
Arizona State Defense Board Meets Friday
The executive committee of the Arizona state council for defense is called to meet at the University of Arizona at 10 oclock Friday morning. Dr DT McDougall chairs the council and Governor Campbell may attend. Subcommittees on labor mines food military training science research and others prepare reports for the next day session.
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Arizona State Defense Board
Tlcson
May
Arizona State Council For Defense
DT McDougall
University of Arizona
J. Donnelly
Labor Committee
Tucson
Food Commaltese
Ir McDouglas
Chal Jan
Profesor Willis
Small Newspapers May Face War Tax Suspension
Arizona Record editor Charles Edward Hogue warns that small newspapers nationwide may need to suspend publication if a war tax bill becomes law. He argues the 3 percent corporation tax and 5 percent on advertising collections would devastate small town papers, urging protection for publishers while noting their past space generosity to larger outlets. He calls for avoiding England’s lack of transparency and stresses patriotism and support for the army and navy during wartime.
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GLOBE
United States
Asia
Charles Edward Hogue
Arizona Record
Renatore Smith
Ashurst
Hayden
Arizona
Svat
Army
Navy
England
Missing Tomlinson Feared Foul Play in Bisbee
Tomlinson, employed by Henderson Watkins Lumber, vanished April 21 after leaving the Oliver house. Brother Bert Tomlinson leads inquiry as authorities and family fear foul play while noting he carried a considerable sum and had no known disputes. A quiet search for his body has been conducted.
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Bisbee
Tomlinson
Henderson Watkins Lumber Company
Oliver House
Bert Tomlinson
Dynamite caps injure Tucson trio during Cinco de Mayo celebration
A box of 50 dynamite caps exploded at a Twin Mattes home injuring Rita Esquedero a 11 year old girl and her brothers Patrice 15 and Francisco 20 all brought to St Marys hospital in Tucson. Doctors said they faced risk of lockjaw and other complications but had a good chance of recovery. The accident occurred as the siblings wet caps and a coal spark ignited the fuse.
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Tucson
Rita Esquedero
Patrice
Francisco
Twin Buttes
St. Mary's Hospital
Francisco Esquedero
Ives Slated for Special U. S. Counsel
Phoenix dispatch reports that Eugene B Ives, long a challenger in the Arizona governor race, is expected to be named special counsel for the United States attached to the U S attorney for Arizona. There is also word that George Purdy Bul of Campbell & Bul, a former Arizona attorney general, may succeed him as general counsel for the Southern Pacific in Arizona.
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Phoenix
Eugene 8 Ives
Hunt
United States
Arizona
George Purdy Bul
Campbell Counsel
Southern Pacific
Delayed Explosion Harms Three Men at Porphyry Copper
May 10 Globe reports a delayed blast at Porphyry Copper injured three workers, with Clyde Law severely hurt after advancing to remove a misfired fuse. August H Parson and G W Rockley suffered minor injuries, Law’s prognosis doubtful due to facial lacerations and possible eye loss amid internal damage.
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Law
August Parson
G. W Rockley
Arizona to hold 74 men at training camp
May 11 report from San Francisco states Lieutenant Colonel Fred W. Sladen announced that 74 Arizona applicants will join a national pool for the Presidio Reserve Officers' Training Camp. The total nationwide reaches 1404 names with 349 held, 97 guardsmen and 150 to be chosen by engineers.
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San Francisco
Fred W. Sladen
Presidio Army Reservation
Arizona
California
Idaho
Monana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Tah
Washington
Charles Ho Adams
Tucson
Floyd Allen
Warren
James M. Arthur
Lester Ho Augup
Douglas
Louis
Brichta
Norfleet Ht Bone
Justin Pred Barnard
C. Heardsley
Phoenix
David J. Beckman
Tuc Jeon
Milew B. Belden
Kingman
William Campbell
Arivaca
Harry Chambers
Predbel
Arthur W. Colton
Power Conway
Frederick J. Cormick
Casa Grande
Errol £. Crouter
WE Cunningham
Arthur H de Riemer
Nogates
M. J. Grattan
Dougherty
Mesa
Lewis B Douglas
Francis Ft. Duffy
William F Dwyer
Cassidy Here in Bisbee on official business visit
Mike E Cassidy former postmaster of Bisbee now with Copper Queen Mining claim department toured the city on official business He is active in Cochise Republican politics and visited his old friend A H Gardner He offered services for training camp due to military experience and the wartime climate He supported Campbell for governor and the national war effort.
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Mike E. Cassidy
Bisbee
Copper Queen Mining Company
Wan '& Visitor
Mr. Cassidy
Republican Party
Cochive
A H. Gardner
Poties
Campbell
United States
Germany
KI YI
George Bravin
Harry Evans
Telephone Exchange
Hu. i
Douglas
Allie Howe
Cochise
France
Monson
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church of
Canada
Simonson
J. F. Duncan
Glenn Allen
Bravin
Allen Street
Red Gannon
Tombstone
Arizona University Grounds to Be Training Camp
May 10. Regents may establish a military training camp on university grounds for students and other qualified men seeking enrollment in officer training camps. The university offers dormitories over the summer, rifles for the battalion, an excellent target range, and a cadet organization that could provide officers and non-commissioned officers for instruction. A small number of students may return for regular courses in the fall.
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Tucson
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Rye Miles
Sid Simpson
Nunez
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Wahington
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Ives
U. S
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EO. McCormick
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Metcalf Weldon & Pickett, Jr
Elwood
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Yuma
Fred Gray
Taueson
Henry H Grimshaw Phoeni
A Lew Hicklin
Caxa Grande
Cave Hilton
Joe A. Hinton
Thomas R. Hollowell
George W. Harden
Elin W. Hartford
Jerome
Thomas A Hayden
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John A. Hedgpeth
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Frank A. Love
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Elbert Monro
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Frank J. McSherry
Coburn FL Maddox
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Harry L. Osborne
John C. Parent
Harold K. Patch
Chas, A. Pickell
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Ezra Cedrice Scheerer
Rank
Smith
Oscar H. Swaney
Beverly Hi. Tucker
Albert Warner
James
Randolph
Bunker Hill
EY Paso
Gene” Larrieu
Huachuca Siding
Yougerday
Elsie Toles
San Pedro
St David. Curtis and San Marcos
Istricta
Miss Toles
Benson
B. Mons
James Kelly
Carr Canyon
Huachucas
Kelly Wan
Charleston Bridge
Joe Bishop
Jobin
Mountain States Telephone Branch
J. E. Kelly
Mostdaiemarch Copper Company
Kelly
Middlemarch
W. E Gilmore
J. F. Rees
Sheriff's Office
Earl Young
Bowie
Young
Earl
James Lawry
Cochise County
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Bisbeen
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Dragoon
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Willcox
Cassidy
Dr. Schell
Arlington
al Turner
Bisbee-Tombstone
Billy Bennett
Jay
Harry S. Ross
W. A. Wood
J.P. Bringer
Charleston
Superior Court
Schell
Arlington Hotel
J. F. Ross
Justice Court
Gleeson
Louswmore
Uibson
Gleesoe
Navity
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