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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1919
Page
7
The Tucson Citizen is a weekday paper published in Tucson Arizona by the Tucson Printing and Publishing Company with Allan B Jaynes as president. It states copyright and republication rights for Associated Press dispatches and local news.
Rosa McKay proposes an act to set a twenty dollar weekly minimum wage for women in Arizona. The plan excludes most employment, saves domestic service, and could push women out of industry as returning soldiers flood the job market. Critics say it harms working women and state industries.
Editorial advocates abandoning wires and shifting to airplane mail routes as aviation expands mapping of southern US routes. Cites San Diego to Tucson three hours, Ft. Worth within a day, eastern seaboard under two days, and emergency fields to be set up by Major Macauley. Warns telegraph system may end if aviators continue record runs.
Ajo may gain a county building funded to host justice of the peace offices a small court room and judge's chambers as sessions of the Superior Court are planned there Judge Pattee supports the plan and estimates include 26060 for the Ajo facility to ease travel for litigants and reduce county seat inconvenience.
Excerpts from the Congressional Record quote Alaska land withdrawals for conservation. Speakers note declining population, tax implications, and preservation aims while discussing a federal appropriation to combat influenza.
Major Kelly of the Douglas International applauds a governor's message as refreshing and notes that a fair press will treat the governor well. Tom Marshall, claiming support, suspects The Citizen and its morning paper may be owned by corporations and questions a newspaper's subsistence without subsidies.
Nogales residents welcome Bracey Curtis as head of the Nogales Board of Trade for 1919. The piece praises his progressive stature and townsfolk anticipate strong leadership for the thriving border city.
The good roads conference in this city on Jan 27 will inform the Fourth legislature with federal road guidance. Experts led by E. S. Wheeler discuss plans, funding, and a statewide highway system to support agriculture, tourism, and daily travel, with bonds proposed to exceed $350,000 and a target of permanent highways.
Fall River editorial condemns Germany and Germans after World War I, arguing they remain outcasts and should remain excluded until genuine repentance. It portrays German deeds as criminal, urges harsh postwar exclusion, and keeps vigilant distance from German neighbors for years to come.
Governor Campbell urged the legislature to discontinue the State Council of Defense whose war era functions are deemed obsolete. The council drew merchant opposition last fall over cost price measures, and the governor noted no need for successors once members resign.
Phoenix January 20 The $125000 addition to the capitol building is stalled awaiting granite supplies. Commissioner Andy Baumert notes an imbalance from nails surplus and stone scarcity while plans require stone walls. He jokes on granite culture as he works long hours to resolve the shortage.
Three Arizonans appear on today's overseas casualty list. Glenn H. Stephens 1960 West Van Buren Phoenix. Patrick UO Gettins of Phoenix. Jose Urrutia 517 East Tenth Avenue Phoenix with Mrs Etta Urrutia listed as next of kin. Luke Steed 728 H Avenue Douglas with Mrs Mary A Steed noted as next of kin. Full lists are kept at the Tucson Citizens' business office as casualty reports continue to arrive from France.
Anecdote recounts Tucson’s 1862 boom after the California Column arrived. Charles O. Brown testifies he ran a saloon and gambling hall with exclusive liquor privilege paid to a colonel, profiting before following troops to Mesilla and later returning to settle.
Washington dispatch outlines U S interest in acquiring Lower California from Mexico as a strategic move to guard the Pacific coast and Monroe Doctrine, noting the peninsula’s independence from Mexican authority under Esteban Cantu and its potential military labor and resources impact. The piece surveys geography, native tribes including the Seris, and speculative futures if the sale proceeds, framing Lower California as a frontier with political and strategic significance.
Twenty years ago Doday Sn Duncson describes Stone avenue as a thriving city thoroughfare with new residences planned. The Azurite mine incident revealed liquid aluminum from clay seals in a smelting process and was assayed at the university. The Pima county bond question draws broad public scrutiny amid debates on investor protection and accountability for lawmakers.
Phoenix January 20 Friends of the good roads movement back a Bucbm an of Pima county bill to extend the Post Road law so county bonds fund a highway to Mount Lemmon. The measure aligns with Eddy’s bond plan while broadening state wide road development under federal cooperation with U S government contracts without bids where authorized.
The Arizona judgeship bill was stricken from the unanimous consent calendar delaying action. Supporters hope for reconsideration in regular order as a method to move the measure forward.
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