Mexican Chavez freed after Mexican officials refuse extradition
Sheriff Hood pressed for Chavez extradition in the Jesse Fisher murder at Slaughter ranch. Mexican authorities at Agua Prieta released Chavez despite his confession, while Manuel Garcia and others remained jailed in Douglas. Hood wired Gov Campbell and officials in Sonora and Mexico City with no replies as Chavez vanished toward the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherif Joe Hood
Agua Prieta
Haven
Jesse Fisher
Chavez
Agua Pri
Hood
Sopora
Obregon
Mexico City
Campbell
Manuel Garcia
Chaves
Douglas
Slaughter Ranch
Sherif Hood
Pina
Sonora
Rivera
Obveson
War Calles
Wm. King
Douging Atorney
Rafael Gabilondo
Kell
Douglas Dispatch
Cochise County
Presidente Gonzales
Garcia
Jove Peres
Jose Rubio
Fisher
Peres
Hodd
Agua Pyele
Meixcan
Conor
Small Fruit Crop Expected After Spring Frosts
A report by L M Harrison of the U S Weather Bureau says Arizona fruit yields will be very small except Salt River and Yuma valleys due to April frosts. Peaches failings and half or less normal apples are noted in several counties. nationwide outlook bleak with frost damage across many states, Georgia to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt River
Yuma
Arizona
L. M. Harrison
Astician
United States
Yavapai
Apache
Navajo
4Illa
Cochise
Santa Cruz
Yuma County
Parma
Maricopa County
California
New Mexico
Utah
Colorado
Washington
Ore Ko
Montana
Artroma
Harrison
New York
Alabama
Florida
Western governors seek federal aid for reclamation pact
Five western governors led by Campbell of Arizona and Hart of Washington flew to Washington to press President Harding and Congress for reclamation projects. The group endorsed the Smith McNary bill with 259000000 in funding and urged forming a Colorado river basin water pact to share waters among states and avoid litigation delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Washington
Harding
Congress
D. W. Davis
Idaho
Thomas E. Campbell
Arizona
Emmet D. Boyle
Nevada
Charles R. Mabey
Utah
Louis F. Hart
Hart
Western States Reclamation Associaion
Campbell
League of the Southwest
Sup
Smith McNary
Colorado River Basin
Tombstone Prom Fourth of July Celebration Planned
Tombstone will host a large Fourth of July celebration with plans for a brass band, possible Fort Huachuca military band, and military maneuvers by the 16th Cavalry. Director WT Boyd will oversee arrangements and seek cooperation from Bisbee Douglas Benson and other county towns. The event will feature a horse race automobile races sports and a grand fireworks display funded at several hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombstone
Crystal Theater
WT. Boyd
Bisbee
Douglas
Benson
Boyd
Commercial Club
Fort Huachuca
16Th Cavalry
Ade
Chambers of Commerce
American Legion
Black Man to be Tried on Incident Charge in Nogales
In Nogales Arizona on May 11 military authorities handed Thad Mitchell a Black man charged with an incident involving Blackwoman Efe Blackwell. Mitchell allegedly struck her head with an axe and injured her. County Attorney Arthur DeReimer plans to prosecute within weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Ariz
Thad Mitchell
Efe Blackwell
Negress
Mitchell
Arthur DeReimer
Water Conditions Report From Tombstone Area Springs
Harry Hesselcreen notes Broncho spring between Tombstone and Charleston flows normally. Cecil Costello reports Sycamore spring about usual while Huachuca district wells show mixed flow. Fort Huachuca area and Nogales water shortages threaten supply. Mayor Cummings orders street repairs to aid drainage and conserve rock disposal costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hesselcreen
Tombstone
Charleston
Cecil Costello
Hua. Chlucas
Huachuca Water Company
McCoy
Nogales
Arizona
Fort Hundhgea
Commencement Calendar for Tombstone Schools
The local Tombstone schools close the year next week with May 1 notes and a calendar of events. On Monday May 16 the grammar school stage a play No Girls Admitted followed by a high school event on Wednesday evening the 18th and graduation exercises for both schools on Friday evening the 20th. The community is invited and the Prospector will publish the program. The Monday play features a cast of named school children with musical interludes by the Orchestra and Treble Clef Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grammar School
Prospector
Arizona Wheat Crop Near Normal, State Report Says
A May first survey by LM Harrison and the University of Arizona Extension predicts Arizona’s wheat crop near 80 percent of normal with an estimated statewide yield around 1,000,000 bushels. Severe law cases in Cochise County hinge on jury questions tied to 1920 road incidents and a major damages suit involving Great Western Company and Shattuck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona
LM Harrison
United States Department of Agriculture
University of Arizons Extension Service
Maricopa
Graham
Pinal
Navajo
Pima
Santa Cruz
Cochise
Superior Court
Attornpys
Lo FL Parcker
Margaret Parker
Wit Pullen
County of
Tate & Tate
Cochise County
Supreme Court
LD. Sharetuck
Great Western
WW. A. Brown
Shattuck
Brown
Real Western Company
Gadsden Fire Possibly Incendiary Origin Report
May 12 Gadsden fire in the building housing the Gadsden Commercial Company and the Gadsden State Bank was of unknown origin. Deputy Sheriff Hunter, passing through the town ten minutes before the blaze, saw no signs of life. The rapid spread and the building's collapse appeared suspicious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuma
Gadsden
Mgbt
Gadsden Commercial Company
Gadsden State Bank
Iunter
License Rules Force Both Parties to Appear for Marriage
In a Navajo Territory notice Clerk Lloyd Henning reports that under house BI Ne 59 the act effective June 1 requires both parties to appear at the marriage bureau to obtain a license. Opinions from Attorney General Galbraith and the Navajo clerk conflict over whether appearance is mandatory or optional, with affidavits to be completed by applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicenix
Claude 8. Berryman
Lloyd
Henning
Mr. Galbraith
Berry Max
Galbrait
Berryman
Wild Dogs Hamper Cattle Calves At Pinal Ranch
At Willan Hobbs’s ranch in the Pinals a pack of wild dogs has killed several calves and raided young stock. Hobbs tried shooting but scrub explains limited success. He set a steeple trap, yet the animal escaped, leaving a torn trap and a lost chance to stop the depredations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Willan Hobbs
Judge Cabell Seriously Ill at Calumet Hospital
May 12 report Judge James M. Cabell pioneer of Cochise County now at Calumet Hospital in critical condition after a sinking spell. He was brought in from Courtland yesterday and is one of Cochise's old timers and a notable cow firm figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
James M. Cabell
Calumet Hospital
Judge Cabell
Courtland
Cochise
General Cabell
Negro Politician of New Mexico Held in White Slavery Case
Traced for weeks, B D Williams a 44 year old Black man and Lupe Lapis a 35 year old Mexican woman were arrested by Chief Ford and DOJ Agent Bates at West Congress street auto packing grounds in Tucson. They were booked for investigation with federal officers likely to file white slavery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Arizona
B.D. Williams
Lupe Lapis
Ford
Department of Justice
Bates
West Congress Street
Williams
Lupe
I & Ford
Two Plead Guilty as AMC Sentenced in Douglas Case
Two pleas of guilty heard by Judge Lockwood in Department 1 of the Superior Court. Fa Morgan, arrested with John Scott near Douglas, charged with larceny, gets six months in county jail. Leo find paroled from state penitentiary to serve remainder of sentence for grand larceny tied to jewelry store robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockwood
Superior Court
Fa Morgan
John Scott
Douglas
Leo Find
State
H.C. Legros
Connention
Lacras
Walede
Chas Chick
Lagras
Trip
Morgan
Plorenne
Fire Patrolman Named for Huachucas District
The Huachuca Water Company appoints Alteed Temds as patrolman for the eastern Huachucas. His post begins at Jack Maes with support from Fort Huachuca and the Forest Service to report fires instantly. The move aims to protect the Tombstone area and Romney Canyon resort while relying on soldier aid if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huachica Water Company
Forest Roazer Roa
Hodsers
Seniile
Alteed Temds
Huachuca Mon Tates
Jack
Maes
Rutgers
Forest Set
Tucson
Co Winna’s
Fort Huuchucn
Fort Munchues
Romney’ Vanton
Bonds
Hands
First Shipments of Cattle Made Prescott
May 12 reports show Cordes and Hillside yard shipments brightening the cattle market. Coburn Brothers Cattle Company moved 1400 yearlings from Cordes siding to Ely and plan 1200 more to the Tisdale ranch in Wyoming. Timken Cattle Company completed 600 head shipments from Hillside at 22, 42 and 53 dollars by age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
Cordes and
Hillgide
Incus
Coburn Brothers
Catt Vany
Cordes Siding
Ely B
Tisdale Ranch
Wyoming
Timken Cattle Company
Hillside
Federal Road Bureau Rejects Apache County Bond Payment
The United States bureau of public roads will not allow Apache County to pay one third of road work on federal aid projects with county bonds. Officials said the county would try again to sell a Honda as part of the funding plan, but no market was found for the rents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Apache County
Ae Honda
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Campbell Will
Georg
Dunn
Hunter Canyon
Huachucas
J. A. Rockfellow
Mayor Cummings
CL. Cummings
Fremont
Allen Streets
Allen Street
Dorothy Lacile Bennet
Christine Elitatets
Thurman
Louise Jane Sparks
Mildred Eliott
Witherth
Orstra and Treble Cief Club
TATE
Pinal Mountains
Udge Cabell
Catherine Moore
EM. Dunn
Chandler
AMC
Federal Road Bureau
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