The Benson signal., 1919-05-31
ARIZONA
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Arizona; State Fair-Noy 8 to g. 101!

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The ministerial union of Phoenix
has adopted a resolution protesting
boxing bout, scheduled to be held in
Toledo July 4.
j. ID. Newman, prominent sheepman
of Flagstaff and Phoenix, has been
convicted by jury in the Superior
Court Of manslaughter in connection
with the shooting of Frank Hoctor,
another widely known sheepman, near
Hot Springs Junction, Jan. 30 last.
Wilbur Earl, first sergeant of Com
pany G, 24th infantry, stationed at
Columbus, N. NJ, who was in Nogales
Ariz., on furlough, shot and killed
his wife in their home, then turned
the gun on himself and committed sui
eide. Officers investigating the case
said jealousy was the motive.
The Lyman dam is almost COM
| pleted, 125 men and about seventy
teams are at work and more are
wanted. 1t is expected that by June
Is dam will be high enough to supply
water for the irrigating season. It
is one of the most considerable land
reclamation projects in the state.
Governor Campbell, accompanied by
Mrs. Campbell, is in New York to
carry Arizona's welcome to returning
United States soldiers and particular
ly to those who went overseas from
this state. It was not announced how
long the governor would remain in the
East, but while there he will make at
least one trip to Washington.
Yaqui Indians, numbering approx
mately 100, attacked San Pedro de
Suaqui, Sonora village, fifteen
leagues south of Moctezuma, capital
of the Moctezuma district. The inhabi-
tants, after battle of several hours,
drove the raiders off with a loss Of
seven killed. Three of the townsmen
were killed and several wounded
The Arizona state engineer has been
notified by the War Department that
distribution of trucks to the various
states is to be made in a few days.
Under the plan of distribution Arizona
will get over 280 trucks, worth over
six hundred thousand dollars It is
proposed, if it can be done within tho
law, to distribute these trucks to the
various counties.
Official denial that the ban on
liquors in the state of Sonora will be
lifted, and that saloons and gambling
| houses will be permitted to operate on
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line, were received by II. Valde, Mexi-
can consular officer at Naco. The
statement came from the governor Of
Sonora in reply to telegram from the
consul relative to the reported decree
of the Legislature.
Yuma has been officially designated
as one of the thirty-two cities of the
United States where government, avi-
alton landing fields are to be located.
Three places in Arizona have been
chosen-TucsOn, Phoenix and Yuma.
1t is proposed to construct a field of
all public utilities and to provide at
tendants. It is estimated that 1t wifi
cost about $4,000 year to maintain
the field
Deserted by companions who be-
lieved her dead, Maria Louisa Pre-
ciado, we'll known Nogales girl, was
found pinned beneath an overturned
automobile on the Tucson road. Miss
Preciado said that she went riding
with Frank BorbOa and another girl
and man whose names she refused to
reveal. She stated that the car turned
over and all were thrown clear except
herself. She was pinned beneath the
radiator. The girl told officers that
it was about o'clock in the morning
when the accident occurred. She was
found four hours later.
Recognized by a number of Cana
nea people as one of the b-chiefs of
the bandit gang which terrorized the
town early on the morning of May 9,
killing five policemen, robbing a bank
and four stores, Mexican known to
the Sonora officers by several aliases,
but whose true name is said to be AL
bertO Alcavar, was hanged to a tele-
phone pole at Cananea, near Douglas,
Ariz, by the rural guards under COM
mand Of Gen. Carlos Plank.
Final arrangements to obtain Ari-
zona's .chalcedony contribution to the
Washington monument have been com
pleted. The slab of chalcedony, or
petrified wood, from the Chalcedony
forest, is to be selected by the for
est's custodian, William Nelson, and
shipped to Los Angeles to be dressed
and suitably inscribed. A short while
ago it was discovered that Arizona,
unlike the other states, was not rep.
resented by stone in the Washington
monument. Federal authorities called
the state attention to the fact, and
as a result slab of petrified wood
four feet long, two feet wide and six
inches thick, will be sent to fill the
breach.
The petition of Mrs Fannie r. CuD-