Local Chamber Protests Deportation Trial Costs
Cochise County officials clash over paying expenses for deportation trials. County Attorney French vows to press the blanket case, while Board of Supervisors demand court orders. Adams and Roberts oppose unapproved payments, urging court direction to curb spending and avoid taxpayer liability.
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French
C. M. Roberts
Imard
Wootton
J Gaines
Taxpayer's Association
C. E. Adams
Cochise
Board of Supervisors
N. Prench
Supervi Vor
J. M. Sparks
Superior Court
Cochise County
Petition board for irrigation district in San Pedro Valley
Farmers sign petitions to form an irrigation district covering about 28 000 acres for the Charleston Dam project. The board set June 5 for a hearing, sought legal opinions, and pledged support to proceed with the district creation and a special election.
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Board of Supervisors
San Pedro
Charleston
St. David
Curtis
Charlestown
Arizona Miner's Refusal and Land Board Hearings
James Colquhoun, Arizona Copper Company manager, recounts being pressured by Russian Bolsheviks to run a mine in Russia, and his successful return to Arizona after refusal. Phoenix reports ongoing land board hearings into the state land department with no charges yet filed, continuing to an indefinite date.
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James Colquhoun
Arizona
Arizona Copper [Company
Dolsheviks
Caucasus Copper Company
Russia
Defense of the Realm
Clifton
Carranza Takes to the Hills After Escape
Washington reports Carranza, constitutional president of Mexico, fled the capital with a small escort toward the mountains near San Marcos between Mexico City and Vera Cruz. Obregon ordered safe conduct if he surrendered and warned revolutionary officers not to harm him. Officials considered the escape a potential counter uprising, while Calles with 2500 troops prepares to move toward Mexico City.
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Washington
Venustiano Carranza
Mexico
Alvaro
Obregon
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
San Marcos
Carranza
Vera Ccruz
Rafe
Tetelo
Puebla
Vers Cras
Arnulfo Gomez
Phoenix census vote favors original federal counts
May 20 Phoenix census committee adopts resolution to accept federal court figures to avoid extra costs. Health authorities in Cochise and Tombstone push sanitation drive amid smallpox concerns, urging residents to clean yards and dispose of rubbish to prevent disease spread. Mayor Guy Welch issues proclamation calling citizen cooperation for a county wide clean up and disease prevention campaign.
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Phoenix
Census Committee of
Tombstone
Guy
Welch
Mattpox
Weather and farm activity report from Phoenix area
May 20 weather bulletin notes generally favorable conditions since heavy rains. light showers restore pasture freshness near Pinedale. calf crop in region around eighty percent. feed shipments from northern ranges continue with imports from Mexico. sheep shearing in western Coconino and Yavapai counties. Arizona crops show progress with warm days aiding cultivation. late spring delays offset by irrigation and partial frost tolerance. Nogales barley harvest underway. Phoenix price war hits apparel retail with large department stores cutting silks by 25 percent and men’s shirts by one third.
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Weather Bureau
Pinedale
Mexico
Coconino
Yavapai
Arizona
Nogales
Phoenix
Sparks Wires Adams On Deportation Expense
Douglas Arizona May 1 1920 J M Sparks member of the board wires J E Adams chairman Board of Supervisors in Tombstone that he agrees the board shall not allow further deportation claims or expenditures unless ordered by the court. He terms any further spending a waste of taxpayers' money.
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J . E Adams
Board of Supervisors
J. M Sparks
Adams
French
Sparks
Douglas
Arizona
CE Adams
Tombstone
J. M. Sparks
State land leasing debate set for May 25 hearing
Phoenix May 20 A special state land board meeting is set for May 25 to review Dr. E. B. Perrin and other applicants for state land leases. The session will address lease equities, not Perrin’s prior charges against Commissioner Moeur, and will also decide if the Gila Bend school section will be sold as original or subdivided into town lots per local petition.
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Land Board
Phoenix
Hadeen
Ballard
Strockmeyer
Tterncy General
Jones
Moeur
Aginst
Barrows
A. F. Parker
Burk-Lead+ Of company
Campbell
EB. Parrin
State Land Board
Perrin
William A. Moeur
Williams
Ariz
Mower
Gila Bend
Carranza Heads Northeast to Board Steamer in Escape
Belief that Carranza fled from Mexico City on May 14 after abandoning trains as liberal forces closed in. He reportedly moved toward Cofre de Perote with a small escort, aiming to reach a port for evacuation, while officials and guards were captured or fled. Refugees recount hunger and terror during the flight and question why he rejected safe terms offered by Generals Gonzalez and Obregon.
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Carranza
Mexico City
San Marcos
Carrona
Cofre de Perote
Mexico
Liberal Revolutionary
Pastor Rualx
Manel Aguirre Berlanga
Interior
Colin
Cancoza
Vera Cruz
Puebla
Gonzalez
Obregon
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J. C. E. Adams
Adame
A. A. Worsley
Worsley
Worstey
Docras Chamber of Commerce and Mines
H. E. Wootton
Land Department
Supreme Court
W. A. Moeur
E. B. Perrin
Henson
Barrow
Bessie Davis
Parker
Barlives
EL Paso Junction
Pablo Gonzales
Pable Ussler
State Department
Manuel Palaez
Tamaulipas
Jampa
Department of State
Guy C. Welch
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