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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-07-13

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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-07-13

Ward 1. j. NJ. Stewart L;
Ward 2. F. B. Streeter so; A. Hor-
ner 9; VIM. McCulley !; L. Stew
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-07-13

Ward l.. Otto Becker 8; Steve Col
dade q, Fred Kelsch 1; w. e..
Ward .: A. R. corwin s; F. Meier,
Jr., 6;
Ward 8. w. S. Freeman 8;
No. 80. Kasper Burgad 8; ~
No: 80. Frank volk s.; Anthony
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-07-13

Subscribe for the Record 81. 90
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-07-13

sqpt. Of Public Instructions VIM.
County supt. Of Schools: H. o. sauer
20; Mrs. #. B. Irvine II; Mrs. b.
Ketchum 8: Laura Petrie g.; Klonda
Lynn s.; Curtis Jenkins 1; Alice
quardt II: Miss solberg /; VIM. Lee
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far as to state at ciiferent times tha; an agreement had been reached stl other candidates
 There are now rumors as 10 the selection of persons to fill the minor offices. hut it is stated definitely that the new members of the commis- sion have not considered such ap- pointments but that they will he left largely if not wholly. 10 the city manager
 Announcement as 10 the choice of q city manager has been withheld. is understood, because of desire on the part of the incoming commits sioners ;o show d proper degree of courtesy to the hold-over members so that no public information will be given out until after the first meet ing ui the commission under the new amidnistration
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Fire Is Put Out

TUCSON, April 27.--i'ne forest ire ill the Jarillas mountains, d short dis tance south Of the Arizona Sonora line which assumed dangerously large proportions Tuesday, was re ported to be practically extinguished, n adyices received al the forestry service offices here yesterday even fns
 Mexican settlers in the vicinity are said 10 have been able 10 bring the flames under control following q de crease in the wind Tuesday noon
 The fire eysterday was reported by Ranger olaf Oleson of the Nogales station 10 be racing towards the for ests on the American side of the line. with strong south wind behind it IL was feared that the heavy growth of grass. which is now very dry, would cause the fire to reach an tn controllable size by the time il reach cd the boundary
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ed grains. potatoes garden truck and fruits showing marked improvem u.. Cotton where miniured by cold weather has made satisfacto: pro ereSs. hut considerable r. plant has been rece e-sary and where s. Was the ease fields present an irs,- Ilnr app, arancc The first cutting ot al. lalfa is progress but in many sections the quality is not entirely satis.ac- tory owing tp the presence Ol foAra.i | which developed rapidly 2riing 9 cold days of early April r. #;o-> n the Salt River calley are iu blossom and early ones are h.ing uarv"- ted. canialonpes melons and smmer squash are making ;.n- nrosr 5, the iatt.r showing blooms
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sLKs CONDUCT SERVICES
 FOR WRECK VICTIM

BlSBEE. April 27-The Elks' lodge room was crowded yesterday after noon by citizens of Bisbee and sur roudinS towns who met there with members of the Elks' lodge 10 pay their las; respects to their departed friend and brother, J. \. Kempton.
 The beautiful funeral services of the lodge were observed. In addition Mrs. F. C. Davis sang two solos and Elder Larsen of the Latter Day Saints church, delivered short eulogy. There were a large number of floral offerings placed about th> casket
 The pall bearers were City Marshal William Brakfieid. Constable Walter Sheppard. William Sherrin. Tom Mooney. City Police Judge J. W. Ho- gan and Baptist Caretto.
 The body was taken this morning at s:30 to Benson, from which point it was shipped by train to Stafford. where burial will take place on Fri day afternoon. The body will be ac- companied by the widow. Mrs. Pearl kempton, and Nathan Kempton. a brother.
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FOREST MEN CAN CROSS LINE TO
 PUT OUT FIRES

TUCSON. April 23-After two long years of endeavor on the part of the forestry service officials of this coun. try. permission for United States for. est fire fighters to cross the Mexican boundary To fight fires before they reach this country was granted. iu d letter received here yestehday by II. A Calkins. supervisor for this dis trict. from T. A. Sanchez. lieutenant colonel in charge of the fiscal depart ment of the army for the Sonora dis trict.
 Forestry officials here have been endeavoring 10 secure this permis- sion for the past two years. but were unable to accomplish their ob- jcct until the matter was taken up wiih the chamber of commerce al Nogales, Arizona, by MT Calkins. officials are particularly sratified al receiving permission at this time. as the dry condition of the forests in Mexico this year makes it extremely probable that many fires will occur there which might prove disastrous 10 forests on this side.
 Several forest fires in ;he past two years have originated in Mexico. and been carried onto this side of the line by the prevailing south winds Since il was impossible to secure the permission Of the Mexican govern ment for the fire fighters 10 cross the line. Il was necessary to wait until the flames reached the United States before any action could be takeD
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GEO. HAReEN FOUND
 DEAD AT FLAGSTAFF

PHOENIX. April 27-Ceorge liar ben, former assistant attorney gen eral, was found dead in his bed at Flagstaff yesterday morning, accord ing 10 q telegram received here soon after His partner. r. NJ. Gould, county attorney os CoconiDo county. is in the city.
 Mir. Harben ten years ago was en. gagged in the practice of law in Mo have county. He was selected by At tOrney General Wiley F. Jones as his assistant and remained in that posi- tion during nearly the whole of the six years Of Mir Jones' incumbency except for a period Of military serv. ice during the war.
 On his resignation, he went to Flagstaff and took the position of as- sistant county attorney under Mir. Gold with whom he was associated in the general practice of law.
 NIT. Harben was last in Phoenix about three weeks ago and though he was apparently in good health, it was known that be was suffering of an ailment of the heart
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NEW MEXICO SHERIFF LOST
 MAN CAUGHT IN FLAGSTAFF

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Apr. 24.-Jim Dolan, alias Joie Kelly, alias c
 Swayne, was arrested here last week by City Marshal R. L. Nein on advice that he was wanted for robbing a store in Mountain Air. N. NJ. On Sun. day Sheriff John Block of Torres county, W. M, arrived to take the man back to Estancia for trial Rube cautioned the sheriff to be careful ac in his opinion the prisoner was a bad hombre. They left here on No. p. A few hours later Rube got a wire ask. ing him to rearrest the man # possi. ble. as he had escaped from the train.
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W. C. FOSTER NEW
 CITY MANAGER IS
AN OPEN SECRET

PHOENIX, April 24.-That W. C. Foster. formerly secretary and treas. urer of the Phoenix Savings Bank and Trust company. will be the new city manager of Phoenix under the new administration which will take office on May l, has been an open secret for a week, although a public oficial announcement of his appoint ment has not been made. In fact, there has been little doubt since be. fore the city election that Mir. Foster would be named in the event of the success of the Taxpayers ticket.
 That was then so understood that it adedd measureably to the strength of the ticket Since then there have been reports that other persons were being considered for the city man. agership. and some reports went so
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LIVESTOCK AND RANGES

PHOENIX, April 2s-General i'm provement is shown in range oondi- tions over the major grazing sections of the district and cattle are making slight improvement Rain is badly needed in the northeastern section and both range and stock are in poor condition. Reports to the weather bureau are to the effect that the i'm provement of pastures in the south ern section is followed by slightly better4 condition Of stock. Sheep shearing is practically completed in all parts of the district; quality of wool. excellent.
 Crop Progress in Arizona
 Seasonable temperatures made their first appearance in the south central portion of the state in April on the goth, when they averaged a few degrees above normal Up to that time there was a daily deficiency of seven degrees. making a total short age of 133 degrees for the first nine teen days. Crops responded prompt ly to the increased warmth and abun. dant sunshine that has since prevail
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DENOMINATION
 ELECTS HEADS

PHOENiN April 2s Charles IT Trough former governor of Arkansas was reelected pres iden, Ui the Init ed States Good Roads association al the organization convention here ,o day Vic. presidents at large chosen are. United States Senator Charles F. Townsend Michigan; O. F. Lara. zola, New Mexico: Judga W. W. Bran. don Alabama. Mrs. Albert F. Thorn ton. Geora;a and X NJ Hubbard of Texas
 !. A Roantre- was reelected direc. tor general ot the association
 Resolutions were adopted by ,he convention as follows
 Mrmora,.zine the federal govern. men' ,o conetruc, national system oi highways to inter connect the cap i,als Of IS states
 Ure'nc congress to authorize ap. propriations of sIo0.UoO.OcO annually to carry out the present program oi federsl and state aid ,o carry out the present federal and state aid until the Iropos,d program of federal and state aid can be worked out
 That ;he convention ao on record as fayorine the preferential employ ment of ex-ssrvice men on ali public highway work federal state and county.
 Pledsina the support ol the associa. tion to any movement to eliminate advertising signs along highways throu-hout the country and urging on its members the importance of aiding and encouraging legislation in all states .o effect said elimination
 Piedeine the association to elimi- nate grade crossings on highways throughout the country. and espec- tally on main traveled ones.
 This afternoon the convention ad- journed and will meet tomorrow morning jointly with the Bankhead National Highway association
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VISITS COUNTY FOR FIRST
 TIME SINCE 1897: TELLS
 EXPERIENCES EARLY DAY 5

BlSBEE. April 27-Wa!ter Upward and wife of Oakland. Cal. who have been here since Sunday OF a visit to James Brophy Of Lowell. will leave this morning for Tucson on their way nome They are travelling bv auto
 Upward came 10 Cochise county from the east in ls>i and went to the old Chiracahua Cattle company home ranch in the Chiricahua noun. tains He was then secretary of the , company. A; that time he was a green Englshman" and had not been , long in this country. h. said Last night at the Copper Queen hotel he recited a number of his ex. periences with the cowboys after he landed here He told how they in.- tiated him into the mysteries of range life in Arizona He told how another member of the company ar rived at the ranch and after eating some sweetenins on his plate. wanted some fruit and had the nerve to ask the cowboy for a clean plate. A rough house was nearly started and MT. Newcomer did not get the plate but ever afterwards was known ,as "Cleanplate
 Upward was in the Chiricahua sec. tion when there was but one wire fence between Tombstone and the Home Ranch There was no Glee- son. Courtland. Pearce and only a few ranches between the mountains and Tombstone, where the ranchers pur- chased supplies. He installed the first pumping plant at the West Well ranch of that company. Al ,ha, time they hauled the wood down from Morse Canyon in the mountains
 He. with James Brophy and others of the company was in the mountains and saw Geronimo and his band when they were on their way 10 Ft. Bowie. where they signed the pipe of peace with General Crook
 Upward !e:; here in iSs, with d shipment Of cattle for San Diego and did not come back until he made ;he present trip. When he left he eX- pected to return, but when he land ed in San Diego he became interest ed in a number of enterprises there and from there went to Oakland. where he entered the wholesale port and import business
 He retired from active life about three years ago He said tha: city life was all right for few montEs year. but that he has the Arizona fever" again and may decide 10 again become q resident of the state by en- tering the cattle business lie stated that he climate Of California was all right. but it was not to be compared with that Of Arizona
 He and his wife may decide to c5 back to Tucson by way of Pearoc and visit the old West Well ranch.
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ARIZONA RAIL RATE
 HEARINGS SET FOR
 JUNE BY THE L.

PHOENIX. April 26.-Dates for the rehearing of the application made jointly by the states of Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada for a reduction of 12 cents a mile in the present rate applying to interstate passenger fares have been set by the interstate commerce commission, according to a notice received here by A. A. Betts, member of the Arizona corporation commission. The hearings will be held in June in the three states af. fected.
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PAGE FIVE
eOcY OF WOMAN SLAIN 3s YEARS AGO TO BE BURIED
 BESIDE THAT OF HUSBAND


 r.SBEE. Apr 2S Walter Fife. for.
 ,luu;y assessor ol Cochiss coun. y and at present hide buyer for ns Ange.as firm. arrived here last
 'enins , .9 Los hnr-!e- and will cave thi- ..rrning wiih James Ali son of q. ilerne>sy Allison Under taking cpro-uy. for the Chiricahuu mountain, n" vicinity of the Old Ch:ricahua om~ Ranch. where they will eXh n- :he body ot ,Ir. Flies mother. al.d bring t back here for shipment - cgden. Utah.
 Mr ri,'- .aoth-r. Mrs William N. Fife. wa- i,'dered al the ranch in September ls>i. by Mexican. she and her daughter Agnes, were al the ranch house alone one afternoon when Mexican. who had been work ing around other rauche. in that vi. cini,y, came to th- ranch and asked for something ,o -a, Mr,. Fife gave him meal He returned tp he house. entered a room where Mrs. Fife was and. in broken Enci, ,h. told he- to look out the window a, she turned he drew revolver ant shot her thru the left arm and thru the body. Her daughter. Agnes who wa, Tn the kitchen when she heard the shots. ran ia A she cam into the room the MeXi'an held the gun u her hea, and snapped t on ,hr-e different shells which :aiea explode She managed to set a~ay and locke4 her self in an ad'oinine rom
 4 Mexican ramed N."uc, ano was working on the ranch in he field some distanc" from :H- :,. l@arG th@ shot and came r.nu.A9 up lie attacked the Iexi,an aud took -.e gun away from him ba' a,a no ';.e4ns Of holding him Manuel asked Miss Fife 70 get him rai.o b hiEd the other MeXicar. bat sh, was .t:raid to cone out aS sha though; it was d franc VI" and that tha, wanted to Kill her Manuel then knooked the other Mexican down aul I-g to ge: the rope himself While he ~-4 gone the Mexican maGe his escape and as it was about dark h. vas no: found.
 Th- next morning the entire neigh borhood was aroused and 6 search was started Tor him about nine 0 clock. John Dem .nisbi. better known as Italian Joe" who started for Fl. Bowies with load 9i .-getab.es. ran across the Mexican n Apache Pass He unhitched ore of h!s horses from the wagon he was driving, gave chase and finally caught tE. Mexican He tied him iu the wagon and drove to tn. Rigs ranch All Of the men were awag on the hunt for the Mexican so he hoInd him with wire and rope 10 the windmill tower and left the wom- en ;O watch him. !, was not long af- terWard that William Riggs and other men arrived and tke Mexican was taken to the Fife ranch and then strung ur ;o tree
 Nrs Flies body wi.l bs taken 10 Ogden sHd buried beside that os her husband who was buried there sev. ersl years ago.
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Kingman-Gold values at Rather inc mine increase with depth. New machinery installed at Treasure Vault mine.
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DEMOCRATS URGED TO MAKE SURVEY AND REPORT TO
 THE STATE CONFERENCE

Appeal 10 Democratic county chair. men and county precinct committee men throughout the state to make thorough survey of conditions. so that the representatives at the state May 18th may he advised as to the real sentiment of the public. is con. tained in a letter being sent out by Chairman NJ II. McCalla. chairman of the Democratic state central com mitte.
 The Democratic state conference will be held in the Tucson national guard armory. to consider the claims of candidates for election next fall
 The text of Chairman McCallas s let ter follows:
 TO the County Chairman. and
 County Precinct Committeeman: "Sirs:
 One Q! the main purposes of the state Democratic conference to be held in Tucson on Nav l5 is to en- courage the right men tu aspire for the nomination on the Democratic ticket and to see that the different parts ot the state are. as nearly as possible. equally represented on the ticket 10 be voted for at the coming general election. In view of this l urge you to make thorough survey of underlying conditions. present and prospective, in your county and pre- oinct to the end that the represen- tatiyeS at the Tucson conference may be advised as to the real senti- mt of the public and thereby en- able il To intelliyently make selec- tions for endorsements.
 Our cleanest. ablcst and most ef- f.cient Democrats should be nomi- hated for office. and yourselves as chairman and precinct committee men, in conjunction with other Dem ocrats, should lend your fullest CO., operation until the desired result has been accomplished
 Tn order to rescue the state from the condition of bankruptcy into which the Republican administration has plunged it. the ablest and best men possible should be nominated and elected The Democrats pro pose to exert their best efforts to this end and Democrats and other good citizens are invited to aid in carrying ont this policy
 The success of the Tucson confer ence depends largely on the methods used in its procedure Therefore. suggest that county delegates refrain from making pledges or promises in oI1v. that they may he unhampered in giving full consideration to the suggestion of other delegates present and due regard for their wishes. It is presumed that whatever action is taken by the Tucson conference will he the -esui: Of friendly council and an honest effort to conciliate indivi- dual political views. advance the in terest of the Democratic party and promote the general welfare of our state and it's people. To obtain this end personal desire and individual preference must give way to sober and collective thought and a desire 10 do only those things that seem fair to the entire membership of our party.
 Trusting that you will appreciate the spirit in which the foregoing is suggested, and hoping that your county will be on hand with q full delegation at the Tucson conference. I am, very truly,
 tSignedD Vi. II. McCALLA, Chairman Democratic State Central
 Committee"
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GOVERNOR LOpS s7a.6oo
 FROM APPROPRIATIONS

pHOENlX. April -S. Appropria lions made by the special session of the Fifth legislature for various pur- poses totaline s72.6o0 were vetoed and thereby stricken from the general appropriation hill hy Governor Thos. F. Campbell aS items which could be eliminated without interterring with the efficiency ci the department for which they had been made
 Tn. appropriation bill known as house bill No 5s. with the exception O: the items stricken, was signed and approved by the governor late yes. terday afternoon and transmitted to Ernes, R Hall Tor his signature The bill provides for appropriations for the state departments for th" fiscal year beginning July I. ls22 and ending June 20. 1923. and carries the emergency clause.
 sI.5o3.i2' 10 Run State
 The bill as presented 10 the gov ernor for his approval ay the legis- lature after several days of discus, sion called ior total appropriation of S4.5sl.7il as the amount deemed necessary by the legislature to run the state for one year With the items stricken Dy/the governor de ductea from the/0iil ;he total amount of the bill. which became effective yesterday, is s4.5os.l21 The appropriations for the same pertod as pro, ided by the former ap- pfopriatioa n.l! to,aled S5,o7S,fsi. The total difference between the new bill as approved by the governor and ,he old bill is s564.372. The estimated expense Of the special session ot the legislature was approximately s60.Oo0.
 Following are the items stricken from the bill by the governor.
 Items Cut Out,
 For Governor For contingencies, $500.
 For State Auditor: Extra clerical hire. sI.0oo; for travel s1.00o For state Treasurer: Accountant. s2.7oo.
 For Corporation Commission Rate clerk. s2l"o; s,enographer sl,56o investment stenographer. slsso; mailing and reception clerg sl.jso: for contingencies. s2.5e0
 For Secretary of State Clerk. sl.soO: for travel, slooO.
 For Board of Directors oi State institutions for the state prison. for industrial operations in or about the prison. s25,o0O.
 For Board of Directors of State In stitutions for the Capitol building and grounds Furnace man. sssl
 For State Board of Health Tenn porary clerical help, sl.o0o.
 For State Library: S,enographer, $500.
 For Commission of Agriculture and Horticulture: Quarantine inspector, Nogales. sl,2oO; for capital invest. ment. S2.630.
 For the Livestock Sanitary Board For expense incident to eradication Of disease among cattle known as "scabies." and for maintaining quar- antine of cattle in this state. 5000.
 For office of State Water COmmis- sioner; Special services. sl,200.
 For State Land Commission: Clerk. sI.500: Janitor. sI,0s0.
 For Normal and High School Cadet commission. total $12.000.
 For State Board of Education for the education of blind children under school age total s2 800
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ARIZONA TO BE FACTORY
 STATE, SAYS SPEAKER

PHOENIX. April 27--A word pic ture of an Arizona Of the future as the chief manufacturing state of the west was painted by John A. Crook, Denver engineer. in an address here today before the convention of the United States Good Roads associa- tion.
 Arizona" he declared. can be come the Ohio or manufacturing state of the west with 56 cities of over 5000 population. As Ohio has it's two 'C's.' Cincinnati and Cleveland. so can A-i- zona have its two 'P's. Phoenix and Prescott. And that prophecy is no piffle
 Mir. Crook spoke on the problem of the ages-transportation. He hail ed the Rocky mountain region and Arizona as the stopping point of the vast tonnage from the Mississippi val ley, turned westward toward the cen ters of population of the Pacific coast and across into the awakening orient" 10 be manufactured and re- fined
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MANY TO ATTEND
 UNIVERSITY WEEK

TUCSON, April 2e-VisitOrs from all sections of the state will begin to flock into the city today and to,nor- row to attend the annual University Week program. that will open a. the university tomorrow.
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Tucson-Machinery treating 25 ten daily installed at Sunshine mine.
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People Moving West

You can readily see that the tide Of population is fast moving west ward" he continued Then look across the Pacific to those great na. tions of five hundred million people. Look at the copper industry in Ari. zona. Why. If Alladin were to appear upon earth tonight and rub his magic lamp. he could not conceive of wealth as great as lies in the undeveloped resources of our mountain region"
 The speaker urged the construction of two great trans-continentaI hard surfaced highways, supported by a network of tributary highways reach ing out their connecting links to ev- cry isolated village and every solitary farm in the land