Three Die in Premature Explosion on Superior Miami Highway
Five workers from the state highway department were on the Devil's Canyon site five miles east of Superior when a blasting charge exploded. Two men died instantly, a third died 11 hours later, and two others were seriously burned. names listed include Frank Lyons, Charles Moore, and Eugene Schneider among the deceased. Pederson and Rapier suffered severe injuries and burns. The blast occurred as workers tamped a 26 hole charge tied to a springing delay, with authorities attributing the accident to heat from tamping friction rather than a hot hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fhoenix
Devil's Canyon
Superior
Miami Superior Highway
State High Department
Ram Bone
Frank Lyons
New York
Charles Moore
Springfield
Eugene Schneider
Thomas Maddock
Superior-Miami
Pederson
Rapler
Lyong
Moore
Schnelder
Rapier
Magma
Whch
Cowboy Celebration Overflows in Tombstone Contests
Tombstone hosts a two day Cowboy celebration with events at Schuster Park and Legion Hall. Tombstone Stars beat St David 15 to 7 in baseball opening game. Races and roping crowns awarded to Willcox, Pearce, and Webb competitors. Cheyenne Chambers wins broncho riding. Al Stedham and Ed Echols tied for first in Sunday roping. Visitors praise hospitality and enjoy a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombstone
Schuster Park
Tombstone Stars
St. David High School
George Giragi
Page Thiers
Herbert, Page
Willcox
al Stedham
Webb
Clarence Delaney
Billy Ryan
Cheyenne
Chambers
Coentee
Robt. Giles
Witeos
Ike Price
Ed Echols Ted
Prise
Herbert Page
County Agent September Report Highlights Harvest and Livestock
The September report by County Agricultural Agent C A Adamson notes harvests beginning with beans and sorghum, a projected 360,000 pounds of beans, and above-average bean prices. It details silage work, drought responses, hog carloads, sheep and cattle movements, and cooperative farm programs across Cochise County with multiple field visits by university and extension staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Adamson
Willcox
Farm Bureau
Light Mercantile Company
R. G. Lewis
H.W. Hochbaum
Gov't. Extension Service
A. B. Ballantyne
Cochise
Tother
Geneva
W. M. Cook
Arizona
Ounty
Lion sighting on Cochise County highway alarms residents
Mountain hunters near Tombstone reported a four foot lion weighing about 200 pounds seen on a well traveled Cochise county highway. The animal prompted Hart to plan carrying a gun on trips and a hunting party was formed in Douglas to locate it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Hart
Board of Supervisors
Tombstone
Douglas
Forrest Station
Hart
Mart
George Buxton
Cochise
Good News on Bank Reopening in Tombstone
A wire from attorney William A Bowen reports Mrs. Mary M. Costello's bank matter progressing favorably in Los Angeles. Depositors' committee seeks completion on his return, likely this week, with stock surrender delaying reopening. Bank examiner A B McCans leads efforts with Costello's counsel and the committee to secure a prompt reopening, under or new charter depending on stock surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Prospector
William A Bowen
Mary M. Costello
Los Angeles
Bowen
A.B. McCans
Baby Creep Leads to Tragic Drowning in Irrigation Ditch
In Phoenix a year old girl Maida Carlton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Carlton of Sixteenth and Homewood streets, slipped from the yard while under watch. About an hour later her body was recovered from an irrigation ditch that runs in front of the home, a short distance from where her sisters and others played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Little Maida
W. M. Carlton
Homewood
Carlton
Appeal of condemned man heard in Arizona Supreme Court
Phoenix Oct 11 The appeal of Thomas Rodman convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of one year old August Heintz in Tempe during the Baber Jones store robbery last January will be heard today in the Arizona Supreme Court at 10 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Thomas Rodman
August Heintz
Tempe
Baber Jones
Supreme Court
Bisbee Fair Opens With Barbecue for Thousands
Bisbee hosts its first annual agricultural exhibit in the municipal market building with products from Cochise county. A noontime barbecue fed about 4000 as cowboy sports dominated the afternoon program amid county participation. Public notices announce land filings and three year or five year proofs in Arizona while local towns report on school plans and football results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bisbee
Sue Subee
Cochise County
Saturay
Conway seeks reinstatement at Arizona in mandamus case
A Tucson court issued a writ of mandamus ordering the reinstatement of Joseph Conway to the University of Arizona or requiring the defendants to show cause in court. The petition contends university officials, led by President von Klein Smid and the faculty, denied Conway entry and his final year of the law program after he reportedly refused to immediately account for his management of The Desert, the university annual. The hearing is scheduled for October 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Ingraham Conway
Sprhie
Conway
von Klein- Smid
Hogs shipped from San Simon valley to Globe market
An additional cooperative carload of hogs was sent from the San Simon valley with a third car being assembled. County agent aided farmers in market access and delivery. The shipment's destination was Globe. Also legal notices from the U.S. Land Office in Phoenix announce various filings and intentions to prove up land entries in Arizona towns Webb Gleeson Tombstone and Courtlagd with witnesses named. First publication Sept. 18, 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Musgrave
San Simon Valley
Douglas
Imperial Valley
California
Noxt
Douglas Nest Spring
E. R. Stanley
Universty
Arizona Hereford Breeders’ Association
Willcox
Kanas City
Arizona
E—L. M. Harrison
Webb
Lipment
San Simon
Ariz
Globe
Homestead notice and nearby farm for sale in Pearce area
Department of interior notice announces Ho mer G Fisher of Pearce filing for Three Year Proof on land in sections 20 29 township 17S range 26E G and S R and Meridian with Tombstone Arizona date October 6 1921. Also listing for sale 166 acres near Douglas Arkansas with fencing wells pumps windmills and buildings, widow seller Mrs Lacy Giragi seeks buyer. First pub Sept 4 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
W. S. Land Ofice
Phoenix
Arizona
Logan Lockard
U. S
Sonoita
Lewis R. Spradlin
James Parke
Thomas D. Mathes
Albert F. Wulfsen
Elgin
John R. Towles
Register
U.S
Arena
Inez Solano
Township
R. B & Meridian
Fowler
Tombstone
Ernest Espeed
Etein Arizona
Marek C. Hurnie
Anna H. Harkey
Fairbank
Lee Harkey
U. & Land Office
Nathaniel L. Houston
Fort Huachuca
Meridian
W. A. Fowler
A. S
Arisona
U.S. Land Ofice
Emma T. McGrath
Webb
T. G. Emmions
Courtlagd
Robert B. Grantham
Robert G. McBride
Roscoe F. Burnett
Howard C. Dillman
U.S. Land Office
Herman H. Earnest
Gleeson
Arizon
Ranger
Ranger E. G
Luther M. Brown
Henry P. McLendon
Harry ¢. Kendall
Roy L. Kendall
Chase
Marshall, Register
Department of Wire Interior
Homer G. Fisher
Pearce
G. & S. R. & Meridian
Joseph C. Pisher
Samuel W. Pittman
Arthur Pointer
Henry Gibbons
Chas
B. Marshall
Lacy Giragi
17Th Street
Douglas
Arksoma
Fragmented Local Item From Lay Var Notice
A partial OCR text appears to reference Lay Var item in Illinois with numbers and initials. The readable fragments point to a local public notice or classified brief lacking clear context or full details.
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Miami Highway
Dick Pederson
Clint Rapier
Bowie
Sao Si
Phucyf
UA Aye
Bisbee Stages
Glendale
Nogales
Eastern Canal
Southern Pacific
Cananea
San Pedro Barber
Lay Var
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