The border vidette., 1907-07-06

l morning to the effect that an Amer ican named Edward Edgarly, shift boss at the Capote shaft of the Greene -Cananea company. and well known in Arizona mining circles. had beer stabbed in the back by n Mexican while on his way home, and instantly killed.
 Orders have heen receIved ny the Arizona immigration authorities from the department at Washin gton that they hereafter photograph no incom ing Japanese for the purpose of iden tification. The order IS the result of a diplomatic protest by the Japanese government through it's representative at Washington.
 On Friday night of last week, the entire saloon d strict, known as "New rowp," situated one half mile from Morenci, was burned to the ground last night at 10 o'clock The loss will reach from $75,0O0 to $1OO,O0O, proba bly, nearer the latter figure than the former. The buildings were mostly of frame aud the insurance on struc- lures and contents will not be over S3OOO. One Chinaman attempted to commit suicide after the destruction of his building but was prevented from doing So and removed to a hospital where he may recover.
 The Detroit mine at Morenci Ari- zona, one of the Phelps Dodge proper ties, Is giving an excellent account of itself. and this notwithstanding that it's ores are very low grade It is now outputting at the rate of from eighteen million to twenty million pounds of copper a year, and it is believed that it can do better Under that belief Phelps, Dodge < Company are going to expend one million dollars on the property in improvements. They are erecting a new converting plant en- tlrely of steel construction, which, when completed will be model of its kind-M Mining Review.
 To help them harvest the biggest cantaloupe crop in the history of the Salt River valley, Tempe and Mesa farmers have employed l5O Indians, most of them students of the Phoenix Indian school, to begin work in the cantaioupe fields on July l. Hugh Dana, who is Tn the city to- day from Mesa, states that in the Mesa and Tempe districts this season l ,O0O acres of cantaloupes will be har- vested, most of which have been con- tracted by the Chicago buyers. The quality of the crop and prices will be even better than last year, when 500 acres were harvested.-Tempe News.
 George Aiken, the we'll known mining man, came down from Hack berry Thursday. He reports having just made shipment of ore averaging twenty ounces gold to the ton to the smelter. The ore was taken from his mine in Music Mountain. This claim has been opened to depth of sixty feet and ore shows all the way down the shaft. An investigation of the surface showed the vein covered with debris some distance from the place W here it was popularly thought to be. He broke into the vein at this place and took out the rich ore which he shipped to the shelter. Mir. Aitken believes he has one of the best mines in that section. Miner.
 Senator William A. Clark's shelter at the United Verde mine at Jerome, Arizona, will be moved soon to Farm ington, New Mexico, which lies in the midst of coke and coal fields, and the Clark interests will build a line from Jerome to Pennington via Gallop, N. M, for the shipment of ores from the United Verde. Plans have already been laid for the change and the gigantic task will be carried out as speedily as possible. The change is made for two purposes. The primary reason is that the smelter is above the mine at Jerome and is said to be gradually sinking. The ultimate destruction of the plant is seen. At