The border vidette., 1904-09-10
ARIZONA NEWS
Items of Interest from All Over the
Territory

uc DlSOCC 1ACNACH hCehho N.iC
of Mayor J. 5. Taylor often mentioned
in connection with the office of coun-
Gilman from Cochise county. He is
being urged to accept the nomination
on the democratic ticket by number
of his friends.
The Cochise county democratic com
mittee convened IN Bisbee, August p,
and appointed thirty delegates to the
democratic territorial convention to be
held at Phonix on September 10. The
delegates were instructed to vote as
unit for the nomination of Marcus 4
Smith The county convention for
the nomination of county officers Will
meet at Douglas on September "a
The Tempe correspondent of the
Republican says: ''The solar motor.
which for some time past has been in
operation a mile south of town, under
the direction of Mr. Bruins, has been
sold and during the past few days has
been taken down and loaded on a car.
The work was completed Wednesday
evening and that same night it was
shipped to Wilcox, where it will again
be placed in operation, pumping water
for cattle The value of the motor
has been fully dem .nstrated here and
it is believed by those interested in the
machine that it will be only question
of a short time until they viii he in
general use in the west"
Ex Sheriff Behan of Tombstone,
who was arrested In st. Louis for
carrying concealed weapons, was ac-
quilted of the charge by a jury at the
four courts police station. His ac-
quittal resulted from his testimony of
having held the Office of sheriff at
Tombstone, of being used to carrying
weapons and of being a stranger and
but recent arrival in the citv- The
arrest of Behan resulted from trouble
which he had with members of the
Cummins wild west show, one OF the
attractions on the Pike at the Worlds
an -OCheiA Alc1 WV Win IAlC
"wild west people and they sought
revenge by having him arrested.
The republicans of Gila county will
hold their primaries next Saturday,
September ,. The plan adopted for
the selection of delegates in Globe pre-
cinct has much to commend it. The
names of 100 republicans of the pre-
cinct We're written on as many slip of
paper, which were placed in hat and
shaken up, and from which 2S names
were drawn. These % names appear
on the ballot in the order in which
they were taken from the hat. The
voter at the primary will mark Ii of
the names as his choice of delegates to
the county convention and the II re
ceiving the highest number of votes
will constitute the Globe precinct dele
gates. The convention will be held
/ o. September I0.-Silver Belt.
Eugene Ives, attorney for T.. F.
Swain, stated to a Citizen reporter
that the reports telegraphed from No
/ gales that Swain had refused to attend
the court and submit to trial were not
correct. According to Mr. Ives, Swain
had an intimation that the case would
not be reached or brought to trial at
! this term of court, and consequently
that his putting in an appearance
would only result i'll expense and in
convenience to himself and his bonds
men. Mr. Ives declares that if Swain
; indicted at the December term of
the court, he will respond and submit
to trial. r. Allyn Lewis, who it was
expected would be tried at this term
of court, like Swain, did not appear
for trial-Citizen-
This morning there came through
the mail large pouch of democratic
campaign literature addressed to Bo
J. Whiteside. Later on in the day
George Howard, in his ever accom-
modating way, called at the post-ofiice
for Mr.. Whiteside's mail, and the
pouch, weishing eighty or ninety
pounds, was duly delivered TO him
George, in ignorance of the contents
of the canvas pouch, carefully and Ia