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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1916
Page
4
The Lion Company takes over a security building on Gotham Street in New York City amid ongoing urban development. City officials remain silent on project timelines and potential impacts on nearby businesses.
The piece argues for W. A. Baker and Kendall as county supervisors citing their long commitment to the area, management skills, and potential to attract outside capital. It asserts they serve county interests broadly, not factional, and highlights expected growth with Ajo and farm development. It also notes community figures and club leadership connected to the local university and political scene.
Sen. Ashurst spoke at the Tucson Armory addressing the Citizen’s eight questions with a flourish, offering pledges of liberty and praising Wilson while avoiding concrete commitments. Other speakers included Lamar Cobb and several local candidates, followed by a reception and dancing.
Dee Pardee in charge of the wild west program wires secretary Myers that he has booked a good batch of running horses and volunteers for cowboy events. He will attend the northern Arizona fair at Prescott to run the horsemanship exhibit. A J Favideon will furnish 206 wood for the roping contest at the fair.
The ticket lists President Charles E. Hughes and Vice President Charles Fairbanks, with electors including J L Hubbell John Greenway W W Cooke and others. Additional figures Joseph H Kibbey Henry L Eads are noted as congressional or electoral participants.
The document presents a state ticket slate with Thomas E. Campbell for Supreme Judge Otis J. Baughn for Secretary of State Joe Prochaska for Auditor Dean Merrill for Treasurer John A Campbell for Attorney General J L Gust for Tax Commissioner G H Smalley for Corporation Commissioner J Hi Cloonan for Superintendent of Schools Mine Inspector H E Matthews for Mine Inspector and H J McKenzie among others.
A fragmented comic vignette describes Henry F. Ashurst appearing with Blue-checked SpellSters at an Armory program. The narrator attends, finds the crowd amused, and recalls speakers shouting without substantive remarks while Ashurst and associates interact with the audience.
A string of visitors and locals pass through the Santa Rita hotel and Tucson and Phoenix noted figures include AD Betts a Democratic candidate from Phoenix and mining men from Florence Ruby and Ajo. Names like Thomas H. Fot C Haydock Wm Garnet and R T Ward appear among a broader roster of travelers and officials calling on business in the region.
The message predicts Cheries-Evens Hughes will win easily with a safe majority. It cites E Power of Conway, a Democrat, traveling from an extended eastern trip to the New England states and mentions expected carries in New England, New York, and Wisconsin.
Inspector Larenet W Brown arrives in Tucson to assume duties for the court here. He has served with the United States government for ten years after starting in the army. Edmonson of Mian Consolidated Mines visits the city with Wre bay. The report mentions Lordsburg and El Paso figures and a Los Angeles observer, Morton Levy, another unnamed party.
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