County Treasurers Report on School Funds for 1921
County Treasurer Guy C. Welch presented to the board of supervisors the school funds report for the year ending June 30, 1921. Total receipts from all sources were 1,959,819.64 and expenditures 1,403,538.60 leaving a June 30 balance of 356,281.08. End balances show various fund classifications including unapportioned, district funds, building funds, high school, and bond accounts totaling 556,281.04.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cochise County
Guy C. Welch
Board of Supervisors
Pioneer stage driver dies in Phoenix hospital
George Wilson, pioneer stage driver aged 0, died September 17 at the state hospital in Phoenix where he had been committed last year. He was among the old timers who drove a stage between Bisbee and Tombstone when the region was a rough trail. Herbert A. Lowdermilk, receiver of the Central Bank of Willcox, visited Tombstone with attorney John Gung’s to seek two judgments from bank debtors as depositors may receive less than 10 percent of their money.
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Ward
George Wilson
State Hospital
Phoenix
Wilson
Tostive
Bisbee
Tombstone
Herpert A. Lownermilk
Central Bank of
Willcox
John Gung
Lowdermilk
Good crops near Benson showcased by local boosters
In Benson Arizona reports highlight Valencia onions from J A Gamm at Hollywood Gardens. Gamm harvests 160000 pounds from four acres irrigated by two artesian wells at a wholesale price of five cents per pound with production cost of 200 dollars per acre. Also noted are 12 foot sugar cane on K and H Grocery farmer Lancaster’s land and Corning’s tomatoes gathered fresh twice weekly with seasonable varieties.
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Benson
Ariz
Sept
San Pedro Valley
J. A. Gamm
Hollywood Gardens
Gumi
Valencia
J. LeRoy Lancaster
K. and H. Grocery
Mr Lancaster
San Pedro
Superior-Miami Highway To Open October First
Phoenix dispatch reports the 60 mile Superior to Globe and Geronimo road will be permanently opened October 1. F M Holmquist announced the completion while Parker continues Geronimo toward Seaford as Arizona Traffic Association plans a Douglas meeting with Bisbee attendance and rail hearing discussions. The board of directors meets Saturday. E R Raumaker coordinates a new cane against railroads. Also listed is a 160 acre Douglas farm for sale with water, wells, and outbuildings, owned by Mrs Lucy J Giragi. A traffic bureau board is noted in Kingman with miners in Katherine district to hold a meeting here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Superior-Miami
F.M. Holmquist
Jas. Parker
Globe
Geronimo
Parker
Seaford
Arizona Traffic Association
Douglas
George Buxton
Bisbee
E. R. Raumaker
Lucy J. Giragi
17Th Street
Arizona
Aavét
Promoters Sell Mohave Desert Land to Eastern Colonists
Promoters offered a large Mohave desert tract near Twenty Nine Palms at 35 dollars an acre. An inquiry reached AL Ishom, secretary of the Redlands Chamber of Commerce, who learned the land is distant from a railroad and water access. The land is assessed at 35 cents per acre and reports say about forty families from Maine plan to move to California. Another promoter near Hollonton, California, has sold about 10,000 acres to colonists there.
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Mohave Desert Redlands
Cal
Mohave Desert
AL EL Ish Om
Chamber of Commerce
Maine
California
Marine
Hollonton
Can
County road work and a child’s funeral noted
County Engineer Sid Smyth advances ditching and surfacing on the Mooreville to Benson road while a major plan prioritizes main lines first. A death in Don Luis follows the illness of Jimmie Cook, 13 months, with a graveside service held. Repair crews start Tombstone-Charleston road work, shaping the big hill just outside Tombstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Smyth
mbstone-Benson Road
Douglas-east
Tombstone Greater Bis Bet
Smyth
Gineer
Rasuliveax
Bankhead
Cochise County
Jimmie Cook
A. S. Cook
Don Luis
Tombstone
Tombstone-Charleston
Thompson-Elliott
Big
Jewels Stolen From Mrs Campbell Recovered by Jerome Lad
Phoenix report says jewels stolen from Mrs. Thomas Campbell wife of the governor during Prescott Frontier Day Fourth of July were found by Tiny Bish age 10 of Jerome. He recovered part of the pieces including a diamond lavalier and turned them to his parents who alerted Mrs Campbell. She identified the jewels on a trip north this week and praised the finder before his schoolmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Thomas
Campbell
Prescott
Yenter
Tiny Bish
A. Bish
Jerome
Tle
Sue
Sheriff orders end to highway dove shooting in Cochise County
Sheriff J E Hood warns hunters to stop shooting from or across public highways in Cochise County or face full prosecution. Complaints describe shells peppering autos on Bisbee curves and dove hunters firing from stopped cars on Bisbee Douglas road. Deputies are to arrest and prosecute violators under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Hood
Cochise
Bisbee-Douglas
Recognition of Mexico Would Benefit Arizona Trade
Tucson dispatch reports Frank Hitchcock, former postmaster general and Taft era Republican leader, urging U S recognition of Mexico under Obregon. He says recognition would boost trade relations and greatly profit Arizona as normal dealings resume between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
Mexico
Arizona
U.S
Tucson
United States
Frank Mitchcock
Roosevelt
Taft
Naonal
Arioun
Obregon
Ashurst urges vacancy of Newberry seat in 1918 fraud ruling
In a lengthy Senate subcommittee report from Phoenix dated September 26, Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona argues that Michigan Senator Truman H. Newberry's 1918 primary campaign involved illegal expenditures and fraud. The report concludes that Newberry's credentials are stained and his seat should be declared vacant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Seatomz
Subcommittee On
Senate
Henry F. Ashurst
Arizona
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
United States Senate
Ashurst
Newberry
Ford Car 18 Found Mrs Featherman Dies in Douglas
Word of the death of Mrs William Featherman early this morning in Douglas hospital ends a four year illness from tuberculosis. She was 51, leaves husband and four children. The mother and family resided with the Wolcott school area and the funeral is set for tomorrow afternoon. In Prescott the case of bootlegging involving a Ford car used for transporting four gallons of intoxicating liquor was tried and guilty verdicts returned.
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WM. Featherman
Douglas
Mra Wm. Featherman
Tombstone
Bartlett
Tucson
Builty
Prescott
Wolcott
Ford
Curlee, Ames
Portr
James Koonts
Lamson
Couple seeks first trial marriage license in Flagstaff
Sept 25 Flagstaff reports the county clerk is examining an initial application for a trial marriage license. The unnamed couple sought to marry under a provisional arrangement, citing the desire for a flexible union. Local officials note the request requires scrutiny by the quartarite-district office and the clerk’s approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flagstaff
Tom L. Reesever
Quarzaite
Tom
Descriptions of Caves by Nameless Ranger Found
Forest service files reveal a nameless ranger report detailing Chiricahua caves and ancient Indian sites near Turkey Creek and Chiricahua Flat. The anonymous notes recount legends of vanished tribes, a cave in Keating Canyon with a white man’s bones, and Geronimo’s claimed cave of hidden gold, with scattered signposts and rock formations amid Apache country.
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Forestry Office
Tucson
Chiricahua Mountains
Turkey Creek
Chiricahua Flat
Casa Grande
Mexico
Geronimo
Chiricahuas
Keating Canyon
Buckelew Ranch
Notice for Desert Land Purchase Proof at Courtland
Emma Z. McGrath of Webb, Arizona, holder of Desert Land Entry No. 026473 for the E 12 NE 14 Section 32 Township 19 Range 5, has filed intent to prove up the land under the 1815 act before T. G. Emmons U.S. Commissioner at Courtland on October 20, 1921. Attending are Robert B. Grantham, Robert G. McBride, Roscoe F. Burnett, Howard C. Dillman of Webb, Arizona. First publication Sept 18, 1921.
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Iona
Emma ‘Z. McGrath
Webb
Arizona
Range
Rob
Meridian
T. G. Emmons
U. 5
Courtland
Robert B. Grantham
Robert G. McBride
Roscoe F. Burnett
Howard C. Dillman
John R. Towles
Register
Earnest seeks three year proof on Gleeson land in 1921
Herman H Earnest of Gleeson Arizona announces his intention to prove up his homestead entry 646985 for Lots 1 3 4 5 6 7 and surrounding descriptions in section 6 township 21 south range 235 via witnesses Luther M Brown Henry P Melendon Harry C Kendall and Roy L Kendall before U S Commissioner W A Fowler at Tombstone on the Sunday in October 1921. First publication September 4 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Omce
Phoenix
Artona
Nathaniell. Houston
Fort Huachuca
Arizona
Meridian
W. A. Fowler
Tombstone
Willard T. Roth
Elgin
T. B. Titus
Henry Pyeatt
Fred
Frederica
Flrat Pub
Arizona Register
U.S. Land Office
Herman H. Earnest
Gleeson
Mae Homstead
G. & Srb & Meridian
U. S
Luther M. Brown
Henry P. Melendon
Harry C. Kendall
Roy L. Kendall
Tombs
Chase, Marshall
Register
Public Notice of Homestead Proof at Tombstone
Notice from the U S Land Office Phoeniz Arizona dated August 27 1921 states Homer G Fisher of Pearce has filed to prove his homestead claim for sections 20 29 township 175 range 26E and will present witnesses Joseph C Fisher Samuel W Tan Arthur Pointer Henry Gibbons at Tombstone October 1921. First pub Sept 4 1921. Catarrhal Deafness ad claims offer one dollar reward for any case cured by Chewers or Broadst?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Land Office
Phoeniz
Arthons
Homer G Fisher
Pearce
R. B & Meridian
W. A. Fowler
Tombstone
Arizona
Joseph C. Fisher
Samuel W
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State Aid Co
Pioneer
Willcox Bank
Fin
Superior
Miami Highway
Traffic Bureau Board
Kingman
Kather
Rother
Rraud
Spacis
Chiricahua
Francisco Gambo
Francisca Borjon
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