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Tombstone Epitaph

Location

Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Sep 09, 1917

Page

5

Draft Exemption Board Selects 34 Men for Fort Riley

Thirty four men, five per cent of Goebhise county's first draft quota, reported to Sheriff Marty C. Wheeler at 10 this morning in Bisbee. Tomorrow at 5:30 pm these men will depart Bisbee for Fort Riley Kansas to begin training for the national army. Selection favored those with prior military experience to aid training and form the new draft army. Names listed include Sem Radovich Douglas Gerald Raymond Ryan Douglas Richard Raymond Smith and others.

Goebhise County Marty C. Wheeler Bisbee Fort Riley Kansas National Army

Clifton Strike Reaches Deadlock in September

Clifton Sept 4 The strike remains at deadlock as many ex employees leave the district for other camps. Craft men Mexican miners and mill men are among the departed. If operations do not resume, fall months may see idle plants. Wages lost exceed a million dollars with more to come. The Morenci Mine Mill and Smeltermen's Union shows no sign of backing down. A mediator is unlikely again sent into the district.

Clifton Morenci, Mine, Mill and Smelt Pedersi

Wealthy Clifton Woman Sues for Divorce in Arizona

Mrs. Margaret Lee Williams files for separate maintenance against Emerson Milton Williams in the superior court alleging cruelty. She seeks $1,000 in attorney fees $300 monthly alimony and a division of community property valued at over $75,000.

Clifton Los Angeles Emerson Milton Williams Arizona Margaret Lee Williams Superior Court

Proders urged to complete farm survey for county aid

A county message urges producers to expand crops and livestock while stressing the need to complete government survey forms by September 16. The Extension Service and Council of Defense rely on returns to map agricultural needs and potential development, warning that low response skews county ratings and future aid.

Mining growth in Johnson camp boosts copper tungsten output

The Johnson camp twenty miles northeast of Benson shows rising mining activity due to higher tungsten and copper demand. Cobrizal, Johnson Copper, Keystone operate with about 150, small crews, all copper bearing with some silver. Tungsten Queen Co. builds a road to the millsite. a mill should be ready in two months. Ore is scheelite, signaling a promising outlook amid price gains. The Benson Signal notes Sheflin bookings and urges fuller agricultural defense survey data from Cochise County and livestock marketing improvements for cattle producers led by A L Paschall, county agricultural agent.

Johnson Benson Cobrizal Company Johnson Copper Company Keystone Tungsten Queen Co Benson Signal Cochise County

Constable Arrested for Transporting Whiskey in Bisbee Case

Paradise precinct constables John Underwood and H T Hall were arrested in Tombstone on charges of transporting liquor. Underwood claimed authority as Paradise constable. witnesses questioned his story after whiskey vanished from a Studebaker six car. Information filed in Tombstone, arrests secured with $1000 cash bonds. case likely to be tried in Tombstone.

Paradise Tombstone Sheriff's Office Guich Gulch Restauraee Hall Sherif Bisbee

Arizona Patents Issued To Bisbee Inventor Wm McPherson

Hazard and Miller of Los Angeles received by wire from Washington notice of patents issued to Wm McPherson. Bisbee yesterday was the site of activity as residents, including his fire department family, spent the day with Arizona inventors.

Hazard & Miller Los Angeles Washington Wm. McPherson Bisbee Arizons Inventors Bisbee Fire Department

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Cochise County State Bank A. G. Smith Henry Wetz Jo H. Getzwiller M. W. Smith A. H. Wien P. W. Hamilton Chas. E. Goetz H. 8. Ross N. Wolcott A. McSparron Arthur L Henry Giacoma Bros V. A. Woods Sheflin Theater Physician Bunker Yaple Bunker Hill Mines Company A. E. Davis R. B. Vallance Fred Banking American Bankers Association Arizona Bankers Asso Sem Radovich Douglas Gerald Raymond Ryan Douglas Richard Raymond Smith George Leo Massey Geo. O. McCorkle Douglas Paul M. O'Neil Patagonian G. McKaight Hereford John EB. Temple Frederick C. Hurst, Jr Joseph Louis Schmaizel Theo H. Kirkney Extension Service Council of Defense Willcox Johnson Livening A. L. Paschall Gibson One Gibson Abstract Company Long Beach Gate Silas Toles Joe Elehbaum A. Murchison Roosevelt Dam Roosevelt Lake Joe Eichbaum Warren District E. C. Porter Board of Supervisors Bunker Hill Martin Patota Sonora F. A. Collymore Sacred Heart Catholic EL Paso Douglas Gray, Jr Jim Earle Douglas Harry Almy Otter Coast Points F. A. McKinney The Bis[bee Ore Tombed Home J. T. Kingsbury Fam Wy Douglas Gray Sam Barrow Dragoons Quartermaster's Department Ethel Gribble Edith Smead Corps of Clerks Ross Johnston Los Asgeles Gilmore Cottage Lower Sixth Street Sisbee
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