The border vidette., 1907-01-12
TERRITORIAL NOTES
Items of Interest CuIled from Our
 Exchanges.

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 Years day but the fakes were con- verted into water by the time they reached the ground This is the first time in ten years that there has been hint of snow in Florence. But the temperature stood at 3S degrees above zero, therefore was far above the freezing point.-Blade.
 Miss Laura Crable, the effirient Tombstone postmistress, left today for New York and thence to Washington on official business Miss Crable hopes to secure off cial recognition for need- sd improvements in the local postoffice and it is with a view of personally presenting her claims to the depart ment official that she visits the atio n s cs pitol Prospector. The Hassayampa district, among the oldest organized mining districts in the Territory, is agog with excite ment over rich strike of ore made in the Ten Spot vein, when solid body ol ucaNy suiPhioC OA HUH OiOs fiCh HI copper and gold, was encountered in a cross cut being run from the 29O foot l level of a shaft on the Storm Cloud group of mines, owned by H. J. | Beemer.
 w. H. Mann, former mana ger for the Postal Telegraph Company at Phoenix, has received the appointment of trainmasrer on the Cananea, Yaqui River & Pacific road, running out of Guaymss. A portion of this road is already being operated. Mann was a former trainmaster on the Santa Fe, l Prescott & Phoenix line and at one time was in the employ of the Mexican Oentral.-Ex.
 Judge Buckley. Republican, was elected councilman from M ohave coun- ty at the special election held there Wednesday of last week. His oP- ponsnt was Kean St. Charles, editor of tho Mcjave County Mineral Wealth. Buckley was elected by a plurality of 60. The special election was neces- sit.ted by the sudden death of Patsy Collins, the Councilman elect who had represented Mohave county for sew eral terms. Collins was Dem ocrat. It will be of interest to growers and dealers in provisions in the terri tory to learn that their stocks of me ats and meat products will not be effected by the pure food law which l became operative in the territories Tuesday. United States Attorney Alexander received a telegram from secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture informing him that meats and packing house products will not have to be relabeled under the new law as they have been covered under the meat inspection nlaw.-Republican Engineers are in the Rincon noun tains making preliminary investiga- tions and surveys for storage and power dam with which to make and | furnish to Tucson electric light and power. The proposition is reported upon favorably so far and the money is at hand to put through the work if it is deemed feasible. The very same proposition is being worked up on at Sabine Canyon and it seems probable that it will not be many years before better and cheaper power will be furnished the city of Tucson Post.
 O. F. Hall of Chicago, who repres- ents the Ready Money Gold Mining company, arrived in Yuma and left the same day for K ofa. The company owns l2O acres of placer land and a silver and lead ledge has been found
 which has been found to be immense ly valuable. The King of Arizona
 mine is on one side of the placer land and the rich strike made recently by
 Felix Mayhew is an extension of the ledge. From the property owned by this company mors than $1O0,00O was mined in four years. No work has
 been done for some time, however and Mir. Hall took a small force of
 men with hin to commence work.
 Yuma Sun.