The border vidette., 1903-10-17

| petition of the citizens asking for pro = hibition under the Local Option law. The denial was based upon the fact that not a sufficient number of elect = ors, residing in the rrc:mct, had signed the petition. The law requires that such petitions shall contain the sign atures of fifty bona fide electors, resid- ing within the precinct. Arizona Blade.
 "Shorty" Dallas, a rancher of the Blue river country, was placed under arrest Monday last by Deputy Sheriff John Parks for aiding, shielding and assisting outlaw Roberts, whom the officers have been hunting for the past two weeks. He did not appear to know that his conduct was violation of the law. He was held under :2OO bonds to answer to the grand jury. - Copper Era.
 Manager UdalI, of the Mammoth tailings plant, has taken over the old Simon mine, situated on the eastern slope of the Black mountains, near Oakwood. He now has force of six miners at work developing the prop erty, and will probably install d reduc tion plant soon. The plant will be a combination plant. including concen trating and smelting machinery.- Arizona Blade.
 The Tucson Citizen states hat Head Inspector Geo. W. Webb of the bureau of immigration at Stone avenue and Broadway, in that city, reports that September was the busiest month since the service was established in Arizona. D.~- al na,rI,e nd Jlx- at Nogales being credited with having accomplished the greatest results in arrests and which followed in a large proportion of the Chinese corralled be ing ordered deported.
 The executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce heard Messrs. Bernars. and Began yesterday in regard to the Orc B!anco road. They reported to the committee that the road can be placed in good repair aG a cost Of S2,OOO and that twelve miles can be reduced in making certain cut outs on the route between this city and the Gro Blanco mining district. The committee will bring the matter be fore the board of supervisors and ex- pect fa vora ble action at their hands. - rucson Citizen.
 
 Several of the local football players are arranging to have n meeting at an early date to perfect the organization of foot ball team in Douglas to play during the coming winter. The Bis bee eleven is already organized and doing weekly practice and they are very anxious to have game with the local eleven on Thanksgiving Day. It is hoped the game will be arranged, as this would bring down several thous ands of the Bisbeeites who would like to get away from the sulphur smoke and root for their home eleven-Inter- national American.
 Constable Dunbar came up from Benson last evening on business con- nected with the board of supervisors. Mir. Dunbar reports that work on the Empire Smelling company's plant is progressing rapidly. The work of lining the furnace is nearly completed and it is expected that a small fire will be started in the furnace next week to dry it out. The elevator for the trans ferring ores from the bins to the feed floor has been put in place. It is now expected that the shelter will be blown in within thirty ys.-International American.
 It is announced that Douglas is to have q brewery soon. This will be a chance for the farmers of the San Pedro valley to engage quite extensively in growing hops. It costs about six cents pound to put the hops on the market, and the market price is often quoted above 25 cents per pound. Our farmers should plant few vines the coming winter and test the adapt ability of the soil and climate for the production of hops. If the brewery is built in Douglas our farmers will have an opportunity to enga ge in n new in dustry -Benson Press.
 That Arizona dates are equal to if not superior to any other, can be seen by visiting the board of trade, where Secretary Wander Veer has on exhibi ton samples of dates grown here in the valley. Yesterday A. Bt r. kenSamp of Tempe, brought in a quantity of dates, winch will be sent to the Worlds Fair. There are three jars of them and they show what can be done in the way of date raising The gov ernment has been experimenting here very satisfactorily for several years, and according to Prof. Forbes of the University of Arizona we have as fine a country as can be found anywhere.