Trapping Antelope Plan Considered by State Game Department
The state fish and game department contemplates trapping antelope in the Anderson Mesa region and moving them to southern Arizona to alleviate scarcity there. Officials deem reducing northern herds preferable to an open season, aiming to establish a larger southern population without immediate hunting.
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State’ Fish’ and Game ‘Department
Anderson Mesa
Arizona
Navajo
Apache County
Public Sentiment on Special Session Recommendation
A legislative committee urged a special session to enact economy measures. Some lawmakers and county majorities oppose the expense and doubt any progress. Governor Hunt refrains from acting on the committee’s recommendations.
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Legislaure
Hunt
Apache County sees farming rebound near St Johns on available lands
Prospect and healthy conditions return to St Johns farm lands as water flows and swamp drainage improve prospects west and north of town. St Johns, county seat and largest town in Apache county, looks to a bright future if enough workers are found for feed and truck crops. The town’s stability rests on local food production tourist trade education and access to Gallup Holbrook and McNary markets. Strong White Mountain snows add to this year’s potential.
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Apache County
St. Johns
Gallup
Holbrook
McNary
White Mountains
St Johns Eyes Postwar Revival Through Irrigation Efforts
Filling Lyman Dam to overflowing for the first time in its history, Apache county contemplates land recovery and profitable cultivation. Draining 1500 acres of swampland near St Johns has yielded fertile land for fruits truck products and alfalfa hay. Onions and beans have shown promise, offering a path to renewed prosperity if residents return to farming.
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Lyman
St. Johns
Apache County
Reducing Fatal Accidents On Arizona Highways
The piece argues for smoother highway shoulders to prevent rollovers when cars leave the road. It cites abrupt grades in Arizona and advocates sloping grades from the surfacing end over ten to twelve feet and filling barrow pits to allow safer stops. The plan reportedly cuts accidents and maintenance costs and should guide future road construction.
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Arizona
Barrow
Barrow-Pit
Arizona Households Targeted by Home Goods Drive
Arizona Industrial Congress promotes a wide list of state produced goods for homes and builders, including foods like cheese and citrus, fabrics, furniture, lumber, cement products, and metals. The campaign urges citizens to buy Arizona products to boost business and employment.
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Arizona
Arizona Industrial Congress
Congress
Safety record set by railroads cuts passenger deaths to new low
Four passenger fatalities in 1931, the lowest on record with railroads carrying 150,093,000 passengers per fatality. Santa Fe safety chief Isaiah Hale cites improvements in equipment and signaling, noting the vast distance traveled and minimal fatal incidents compared to highway deaths. A Coolidge Fire destroys a building at Main Street and the Florence-Casa Grande highway area, now replaced by a large cement structure.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Isaiah Hale
Santa Fe
Hale
Coolidge
Main Street
Florence
Casa Grande Highway
Osburn injured in downtown Prescott collision
Prescott reports Dr. Joseph W. Osburn Miller Valley veterinarian, 72, in serious condition at Mercy hospital after being struck on a downtown street by Elroy Peterson dental mechanic from Rochester New York. The accident follows multiple recent incidents in the area, with none of the others reported seriously hurt.
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Associated Press
Prescott
Joseph W. Osburn
Miller Valley
Mercy Hospital
Elroy Peterson
Whipple
Language cites cruel and unusual punishment in Adkins case
Judge C. C. Faires labels the punishment as an in fliction of a cruel and unusual punishment. Adkins is confined in the state penitentiary at Florence.
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C. C. Faires
Adkins
State
Florence
Harward Doctor Links Crowded Civilizations to Colds
Harvard's Dr. Wilson G. Smillie says crowded civilization, not drafts, causes colds. He notes Spitzbergen residents stay healthy in winter, then outbreaks occur with spring ship arrivals bringing epidemics of colds in the Arctic.
Government reports eleven month deficit of 2.68 billion dollars
The June treasury statement shows eleven months of the 1932 fiscal year with a deficit of 2,684,950,446 dollars. Receipts total 1,770,269,398 dollars while expenditures reach 4,455,219,844 dollars. last year eleven month receipts were 2,684,438,387 and expenditures 3,729,348,486. Income tax drop from 1,564,628,881 to 895,978,640 drives the decline.
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Washington
Treasury
Santa Fe Summer Trains Eyed From Phoenix to Prescott
Northern Arizona towns stir as the Santa Fe contemplates running stub trains from Phoenix to Prescott for summer travel between the Salt River valley heat and Yavapai cool. The move aims to boost Phoenix recreation and bring revenue to Prescott, despite Bisbee critics in the Chamber of Commerce.
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Prescott
Arizona
Santa Fe
Salt River Valley
Yavapai
Mile High
Phoenix
Bisbee
Chamber of Commerce
Tucson
Government Spending Outline Shows Steep Budget Drops
The report notes declines from last year in customs duties totalling 310 379 420 down from 349 356 553 and general expenses for eleven months at 2 311 321 while the postal deficiency rises to 170 018 810. reconstruction corporation requires 500 000 000 to start operations as part of the fiscal picture.
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Reconstruction Corporation
County Attorney Announces Re-Election Candidacy
Navajo County District attorney A D McCauley declares candidacy for re election as County Attorney subject to Democratic Primaries on September 13 1932. He signs the notice from Co D McCauley.
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Navajo County
Co. D. McCauley
Hitchcock Announces Candidacy for Navajo County Recorder
County Recorder candidate C. M. Charlie Hitchcock announces his bid for Navajo County Recorder in the Republican Primary on September 13, 1932, seeking support from friends.
Mary A Brown Seeks Navajo County Superintendent Post
A message supporting Miss Mary A Brown in the Democratic primary for County School Superintendent of Navajo County to be held September 13, 1932. The writer asks for the support of friends.
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Navajo County
Mary A. Brown
Sheriff Campaign Request in Navajo County Primary
A campaign notice seeks the Democratic primary voters support for the Sheriff candidacy in Navajo County. It requests the voters’ backing at the September 13 1932 primary and notes that the support of friends is appreciated.
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Navajo County
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