Bootleg Whiskey Destroyed On Toughnut Street In Tombstone
A large Valued cache of bootleg liquor dating to prior sheriff administrations was dumped into Toughnut Street after Judge Lockwood ordered its destruction. About 1,000 gallons of whiskey along with fifteen barrels of beer and forty kerseia wine stored in county jails will be crushed by deputies, with total value around thirteen thousand nine hundred dollars at bootleg prices. The operation, witnessed by a crowd drawn by the odor, began with four 25 gallon barrels rolled from the jail and is to continue until all stock is disposed of.
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Toughnut Street
Tombstone
Buch
A. C. Lockwood
Superior Court
Geo. Henshaw
Sheriff Wheeler
Sheriff Welch
War Department
Welch
Phoenix
United States
Washington
Red Cross
Sherif James McDonald
East
Lockwood
Henshaw
Lowel
Commissioners Begin Inspection Tour of County Roads
Special county highway commissioners from Tombstone, appointed by the board of supervisors, depart Douglas for a three day road survey. Sid Smyth, engineer, leads a party including representatives from Pearce, Willcox, and Douglas Epil Marks of Lowell. They will report findings and seek approval for a $1,200,000 road bonds issue to fund construction, improvement, and maintenance of priority county roads.
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Douglas
Board of Supervisors
Tombstone
Sid Smyth
Highway Commission
Pearce
Willcox
Douglas Epil Marks
Lowell
Dof
Praey Road
Fiume Port Demand Strains Italian Peace Efforts
Italy presses claims over the Adriatic port Fiume as a key obstacle at the peace talks. Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino resist heavy pressures from the Allies while President Wilson and others weigh eight points and armistice terms.
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Fiume
Adriatic
Italy
Salando
Itale
Finme
Prein Orlandy
Son
Ban on Johnson grass in Arizona upheld
Arizona Attorney General Jones issues opinion clarifying sections 594 to 601 of the 1913 penal code prohibit transporting or cultivating Johnson grass within the state. The ruling warns that common carriers may not ship such seed and that possession or sales are misdemeanors, reflecting a statewide effort to eradicate the noxious plant.
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Tombstone
Phoenix
Jones
Arizona
EA. Washburn
Sansimon
el Paso
Wiley E. Jones
Army invites bids for border camp housing expansion
The Army solicits sealed proposals for extensive construction at camps in New Mexico Texas and Arizona including barracks mess halls latrines stables and utilities. Bids due June 2 1819 at the constructing quartermaster offices with plans calling for infirmary recreation hall four barracks two mess halls and multiple support buildings.
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ARMY
Border Eisuee
New Mexico
Texas
Arizona
Mestean
Cammy Texais
Sace
Buildines
Cantwcksmith
Camp Travis
America
Federal pursuit in Sonora follows weekend town riot
Reports from Canages and Phoenix describe federal forces under Genira Care les Pluk advancing toward Sierra real ceustalas to trace bandits who robbed several stores and attacked police. Loot valued at thousands was partly recovered as arrests followed, including women and children among detainees. A separate Phoenix note warns lawmakers may face a two year relief bill if state institutions run short before July 1 1919.
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Bouglas
Genera Careles Pluk
Sonora
Canages
Sierra Real Ceustalas
Hove
Temeen Nya
Answel
Jove Maria Suarez
Villa
Cansnea
Las Negales
Sierra Amal
Tome
Bendit
Thisleate
Phoenix
Senate
Alelaine
Hal Alesse
Boys and Girls Raise Pigs in Salt River Valley
May 7 registered pig day drew twelve valley youths and parents to Phoenix to borrow bank funds for pig purchases. County club leaders report many members have registered pigs and plan to place stock on ranches, with a boy selling pigs worth 120 dollars to peers. Employment division notes 200 plus veterans placed in jobs, auto trades in high demand amid mine closures.
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Phoenix
Salt River Valley
Pig Club
Th County
Pie Club
Phursia
May
Tne
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Club
Fires Destroy Clifton Homes in One Evening
Two fires occurred in Clifton Monday evening. The first started from an electric iron at H A Elliott’s residence, causing minor damage to the judge’s library. Five minutes later a blaze in M L de Pfyffer’s east Clifton home consumed the building, with $750 damage, partly insured. Local boys with burning sticks were blamed for the Pfyffer fire.
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Clifton
H. A. Elliott
Eliott
Clifton Heizn
M. L. de Pfyffer
de Ptyffer
Expenditures of Cochise County Highway Commission Report
Secretary A H Gardner reports on Cochise county highway commission spending through April 30 governed by 22 demands and 32 warrants. Items include Bisbee Douglas highway 148.07, Douglas Bost 1093.25, Tombstone Hersom 103,567.60, Willcox Gleesary 25, and overall engineering and material costs. One contract remains for Ink from Douglas toward Bernardino Station, with May let. May 12 bids were rejected for being too high.
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A. H. Gardner
Cochine County Highway Commission
Bisbee
Cochise County
Willcox Gleesary
Asco
Douglas
Bernardino Station
Opinion Commission
Legal Cannonballs Roar In Harris Campbell Clash Phoenix May 13
In the Arizona Governor Campbell versus Adjutant General Harris battle, a dray reportedly carried items from Harris office while a court fight over an injunction continues. Harris lawyer Pugh argues Harris is a civil officer not appointed by the governor and not removable by the executive, with an answer from Campbell’s side expected soon. Also note mining and plant news from Prescott and Clarkston about tunnels and stone leeching plans.
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Phoenix
Arisona
Charles W. Harris
Spencer B. Pugh
Col. Harris
Douglas Man Chosen Chief of Lumbermen
Alvert Stacey of Douglas was chosen vice president of the Arizona Lumbermen's Association at the Santa Rita hotel meeting Tuesday. E. E. Young was elected secretary, H. T. Hayward of Los Angeles presided due to J. G. O'Malley’s illness.
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Tucson
Alvert Stacey
Douglas
Arizona Lumbermen’s Association
Santa Rita
E. E. Young
H. T. Hayward
Los Angeles
J. G. O'Malley
Arizona fair boards reshuffle as season opens
May 13 report from Phoenix outlines resignations and new appointments across the Arizona state fair commissions including secretary, treasurer, and chair positions in Phoenix and Tucson. The event marks a return to American Automobile Association rules for track racing by November 8 with G P Bullard in charge and Dick Hollingsworth assisting. The Mines department, cotton goods division, and livestock/cowboy events receive new leadership, while other notes mention a 1000 foot shaft project at Silver King, a Bisbee Globe job call for miners, and expected Franco-American Copper Co growth in Humboldt.
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Phoenix
Cnas
Price
Shirley Christy
Jaty
Pishon
J. 8 Land
Tucson
H. A Terk
Felon
Cates
Iay
American Automobile — Association
G P. Bullard
Dick Hollingsworth
Grandstand
Mines Department
J.C. Goodwin
Tempe
Educational
H. E. Matthews
Mesa
J. B
Superior
Silver King
Bisbee
Globe Employment Office
Humboldt
Franco-American Copper Co
Lightning fires column leaps from ground at unlocated oil claim
In the Catalina foothills near Oracle an oil claim near Idsho Bills ranch allegedly sparked by a lightning storm. A group including Mrs Kweges observed a flame plume rising hundreds of feet as lightning struck earth and gas reportedly burned fiercely for long. The event was witnessed from a wagon in the area several years ago. some locals believed the blaze indicated a gas pocket opening the claim.
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Tucson
Catalina Mountains
Idsho Bill
Francis Mrs Kweges
Oracle
Hartman
Louis Jaege
Mr Hartman
Arizona chalcedony to represent state in Washington Monument
Phoenix May 13 Final arrangements to contribute Arizona chalcedony for the Washington Monument have been completed. The petrified wood slab from the Chalcedony forest will be selected by custodian William Nelson, shipped to Los Angeles to be dressed and inscribed. The statue’s designers discovered Arizona lacked a stone in the memorial and a four by two by six inch slab will fill the gap.
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Phoenix
Arizona
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Luly
Versailles
Persuraph
Sila
Yuma
Hila Valley
Fritz & Field
Hayward Lumber and Investment Company
Uananea Bandits
Colonel Harris
Prescott
Black Canyon Mining Co
Clarkston
Washington Monument
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