Road matters up before supervisors
The board of supervisors held the first of the month meeting to consider road matters and taxpayers’ requests from Pearce Courtland Gleeson and Bisbee. Delegations urged work on the High Lonesome highway and Courtland Pearce road, with funds already appropriated but limited by road finances. County Engineer Sid Smyth discussed the needs. officials said work would proceed when funds allow, likely soon. Reading from county and justice precinct reports filled the afternoon, with tonight’s session slated for auditing demands.
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Hisbee
Gleeson
Courtland
Pearce
Board of Supervisors
Bisbee
High Lonesome
Forrest Ranch
Pearce, Courtland and Gleeson
Courtland Peares
Sid Smyth
County and Justice
Governor fights tax return clause in federal bill
Governor Campbell reports Washington has removed the separate tax return clause from the tax bill. Senator Ashurst confirms the Senate's action ending the inequality against community property states like Arizona. In Phoenix, liquor raid nets 295 quarts and ten arrests. two cars haul the liquor to the courthouse while bottles are found buried near Roosevelt and Sixteenth streets.
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Phoenix
Thomas & Campbell
Washington
Senate
Campbell
Arizona
Thase
Ashurst
Police Partment
Sherif
Tenry Mouser
Perry
Court House
Sixteenth
Roosevelt Streets
Mouser
County Schools May Declare Holiday For County Fair
County schools may declare Friday November 18 a holiday to allow children and parents to attend the first annual county fair in Douglas. Miss Brown says she cannot unilaterally declare the date a holiday. each community’s school boards may decide. The move aims to boost attendance and educate youth about local agricultural and industrial exhibits, with several communities showing support.
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Douglas
Miss Brown
John Newbury
The
Fair Association
Miss Crown
Newbury
Here
Fort Huachuca
Gleeson
Childrew
Professor Gunter Seals Giant Wolf in Sycamore Canyon Hunt
Professor J B Gunter of the Normal school earned a hunting trophy early Sunday morning when he shot and killed a huge wolf in Sycamore Canyon. The animal weighed over 170 pounds and bore old bullet wounds with one front toe missing. President L B McMullen and Professors Walker and Teelly joined the excursion, with McMullen and Gunter remaining at the canyon after others returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Tean Eldredge
Bisbee Tucson grid clash ends in scoreless tie
In a hard fought Arizona high school game, Bisbee and Tucson battled scoreless to the final whistle. A late Bisbee push near the goal line kept fans on edge as a large crowd watched from the stands and streets.
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Bisbee
Tucson
Grid Warriors
Arizona
Old Pueblo
Intrastate Freight Rates Cut In Arizona Railroads Agree
Phoenix November 7 intrastate rates on hay grain and grain products will drop in line with ICC interstate cuts. Amos A Betts of the corporation commission announced a 16 23 percent reduction to take effect on or before November 20 after the commission discussed the matter with railroads and they agreed to implement the lower rates.
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Phoenix
Interstate Commerce Commission
Amos A. Betts
Corporation Commission
Shipment of Hereford cattle to Kansas City ends in Arizona crew
Willcox reports Scaulings Bros. shipped seven carloads of fine Hereford cattle to Kansas City on Wednesday. The shipment was coordinated through the Hereford Breeders’ Association of Arizona.
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Willcox
Scaulings Bros
Kansan City
Hereford Breeders’ Association of Arizona
Robbers Enter Benson Store
J A Gumm, manager of the Benson Lumber and Commercial company, reports that burglars pried off a rear window of the Benson store after midnight Saturday night and stole a quantity of tools and ammunition. Four rifles were selected but left behind when the robbers fled, with no clue yet found.
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J A. Gumm
Benson Lumber & Commercial Company
Tombstone
Warriars
Nogales Woman Is Robbed After Unconsciousness Event
Mrs Francisco Carrasco told Nogales police a Black man entered her home on Nov 7 while she ironed, gagged and beat her until she lost consciousness, then stole 500 in cash and other valuables. suspect still at large.
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Nogales
Francisco Carrasco
Woman fatally hurt when car strikes stage near Tempe
A Mesa Tempe Phoenix stage of the Arizona Auto Transportation Co. left the road two miles west of Tempe after a milk truck trailer struck its front wheel. Passenger Mrs. Slawson died en route to hospital. driver Leland Pew was knocked unconscious. Twelve passengers and the driver were aboard. others were seriously injured. The milk truck reportedly passed the stage earlier and caused the crash by turning in front of it.
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Phoenix
Chandler
Tuiet
Mesa‘Tempe
Pew
Tempe
Slawson
J. Lewis
Bellows
Aise
District Court Relocates to Globe for Ten Days
Tucson district court will move to Globe for about ten days beginning Sunday night. Judge Sawtelle travels with Clerk C R McFall, Assistant Preston Turner, and Secretary Frank Gray. Many criminal cases on the docket will be heard and disposed of in Globe before returning to Tucson.
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Tucson
Globe
United States District Court
Sawtelle
C. R. McFall
Preston Turner
Frank Gray
Sawatelle
Campbell Sets November Sunday for Red Cross Campaign
Governor Thomas E B Campbell urges Arizona to support the American Red Cross membership drive. He notes no community is immune from disasters and calls for hearty backing of Red Cross services in the campaign. The observance aims to boost participation across the state this month.
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United States
Thomas EB. Campbell
Arizona
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Child Dies After Being Thrown From Truck
Charles Prank She Martindale, 1 month old son of Mr and Mrs Franklin Martindale, died from injuries after he and his mother were thrown from a moving truck driven by the father on the Yuna road near the city. Mrs Martindale suffered minor injuries and a nervous shock. The infant died en route to the hospital after the accident last night about 8 30.
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Phoenin
Charles
She Martindale
Franklin Martindale
Afi
West Adan Street
Martindale
Ela
Ho Grande Oil
Liberty
Yuna Road
Gin manager held on charge of assault with intent to murder
Wm Moore, a gin employee, was badly hit and stabbed in a Thursday night affray at the McFarland gin. McFarland gin manager T S Chandler was arrested Friday morning and jailed in Phoenix on the same assault with intent to commit murder charge.
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Chandler
McFarland
McFarland Gin
Phoenix
Wm. Moore
Grey expedition party returns from Tonto Basin hunt
Author Zane Grey and companions arrived at Courtland after a hunting trip in Tonto Basin. They reported one bear taken, no deer, and noted bears hid well in warm weather. Grey opposes the Colorado river power project as harmful to desert lands and Native reservations. Courtland also reports stock pens under construction at Kelton for cattle shipments, with 15 carloads moved recently by Johnson & Cook aiding southern county cattlemen.
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Lee Dosis
Mr. Grey
Grey
Amit
Courtland
Kelton
Johnson & Cook
Chiricahua
Failure to aid in forest fire ends grazing permits
Nov 7 cancellation of two grazing permits in the Coronado National Forest followed their failure to cooperate with the U S Forest Service in controlling fires. Assistant Supervisor Frank Gribly confirmed the action, noting it would extend to other permits refusing to assist in extinguishing fires. The Forest Service withheld details on who held the permits and stressed enforcement via permit cancellation as a cooperation measure.
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Tecson
Coronado National Forest
United States Forest Service
Frank Gribly
Forest Service
Dela
Forest Servce
Grubb
Anik To Morfelt
Coronaido
Black Hand Letter Threatening Nogales Saloonkeeper
A Nogales Sonora saloonkeeper received a Black Hand letter demanding $1019 to be deposited at the Statue of Heroes within 24 hours or threats to his life. He plans no payment and has armed himself. Similar letters reportedly reached another Nogales merchant as traffic runs along the Old Spanish Trail.
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Nogales Sonora
Bernal
Nogales
Sonora
State funds still hold money despite some accounts dry
Nov 7 1931 Phoenix reports that while warrants are registered and paid from the general fund, many special funds still retain balances and salaries are drawn from these accounts. Officials list numerous fund categories and investment balances across state agencies, including education, road, and university funds.
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Phoenix
George Erhardt
Mate Corporation Commission
Board of Education
Animal Industry Fund
Yuma Men Probe Valley Lands for Grape Center
Prominent Yuma figures investigate valley lands to establish a grape producing center. Local officials and business leaders, including key investors, assess acreage suitable for vineyards, irrigation, and market access as part of a regional agricultural development push.
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Yuma
Catarrhal Deafness Misunderstood and Untreatable Locally
A damaged report explains catarrhal deafness results from blocked eustachian tubes and mucous membrane inflammation. It notes local applications fail to reach the inner ear and describes the need to reduce inflammation and restore tube function to improve hearing, with emphasis on general remedies rather than specific cures.
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Wolf
Benson Store
Stace
District Court
OTOR
Hold T. S
Zane Grey
Francisco Bernal
Dlay
Winedow
Bankhead
Honduras
Florida
Tombstone-Bisbee Douglas
Enua Werate
Greenlee County
University
University of Arizona
Yuma Highway
Northern
Norsal
Improsveret
Real Estate Commission
Tvestock Willary Board
Fair Commission
Sadustrial School
Bultdins
Werret
Department of the Interior Land Office
Phoenix, Ari
Logan Lockard
Meredian
W. A. Fowter
Tombston
Lewis J. Spradlin
James Parkes
Thomas D. Mathes
Albert F Ull
Elgin
John R. Towles
Val
Lucy Giragi
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