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THIS MONTH IN ARIZONA

The city of Prescott requires gamblers to purchase a $15-per-month license.

The Oasis newspaper reports water is lower in the Salt River than it has been at any previous time in 20 years.

Maricopa beekeepers ship the first two of an intended 15 carloads of honey to the East.

The Secretary of the Interior considers protecting the Petrified Forest from becoming a private stone quarry.

A Phoenix resident reports that his insurance policy with the U.S. Casualty Co. of New York was canceled, reportedly because living in Arizona is too great a risk to be covered.

Yuma miners stop working when the thermometer tops 110 degrees.

Look Out, You Missed a Masterpiece

While Phoenix-area museums bring some of the world's great art to the state through traveling exhibitions, many masterpieces are already there, right under your nose. Don't overlook these gems, always on display in permanent collections, while visiting museums for special shows.

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

Knight Rise Skyspace, a roomsized viewing chamber to observe the changing sky by resident international art star James Turrell. Glass Scrim Wall by James Carpenter Design Associates.

Arizona State University Art Museum in Tempe

Horse's Skull on Blue by one of the most famous female artists of all time, Georgia O'Keeffe.

Osprey and the Otter and the Salmon, attributed to John James Audubon.

Nuclear Stockpile, a modern masterpiece by Robert Arneson.

Phoenix Art Museum

Flowering Arches, Giverny by impressionist Claude Monet. Zoroaster Temple at Sunset by a master of the Western landscape, Thomas Moran.

Home of the Desert Rat by one of the best of the West, Maynard Dixon.

Heard Museum in Phoenix

Red Tail Hawk by renowned contemporary Indian painter Dan Namingha.

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Katsina Doll Gallery from the collections of the late U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater and the Fred Harvey Co.

Fear of a Red Planet: Relocation and Removal, a monumental threewall mural by Navajo artist Steven Yazzie.

THE VILLAIN WAS A STUDEBAKER

A gripping courtroom drama unfolded in Prescott in 1921. The case so grabbed public attention it made page one of the Journal-Miner newspaper. But get this: The "desperado" was a car, a Studebaker to be precise. Bootlegger "Curley" Morrison had used it to smuggle hooch, but poor Curley had been in the pen for four months when his car stood before the bar of justice for violating Prohibition laws.

At issue was a confiscation attempt by the state. The Studebaker's lawyer, J.A. West, argued that Curley had already paid his dues and shouldn't lose his car. He howled that the court was "biased and prejudiced against automobiles caught hauling whiskey." Judge John J. Sweeney wouldn't budge, saying, "I'm going to sell it unless stopped by the Supreme Court." Sweeney's verdict? Guilty! He ordered the Studebaker sold to the highest bidder.