The border vidette., 1907-03-16

valley, most or them haVinS oeeh shipped to California.
 Tom Rynning. captain of the Ran gers, has been appointed by Governor Kibbey superintendent of the ter ritorial prison.
 The territorial anditor's office ere ceived during the month of February the receipts for interpretations of S6,- 743,6O, or an average of $24O S4 per day 1t was the biggest months bus mess ever done through the month be fore. January played it close second with total of $6,662. 40, or Sel 20 less.-Republican.
 The Florence Tribune has column account of plucky Miss Cham berlain, school teacher at Superior, who rode her horse across the raging Gila and stood in the saddle on her kness to keep from getting wet. It was hazardous venture. She was both plucky and lucky, and owes her safe passage to the sagacity of her horse.
 The United States Civil Service Commission annuonces that the regu- lar annual customs examinations for the customs district of Arizona, head quarters at Nogales. will be held at Tucson, May II. Applicants should apply to Miss Hilda Nelson, the local secretary of the board of civil serviees examiners. Tucson post office, for ap- plication blanks and information. s-sssA
 new discovery was made on Chase Greek this week when Major Lattin's fine job press was uncovered by some parties who were excavating. It was badly damaged, but can be repaired at some expense: The Major is in hopes that few fonts of type may be dis covered in a short time and then he will be ready for business again. Copper Era, Clifton.
 At Solomonville, last Saturday, the ot Mrs. Harvey Morris and 4-year-ol daughter at Roosevelt about thirty days ago, was tried and found guilty of murder in the first degree and the death penalty imposed by the jury, who occupied but ten minutes in deliberatlon. May 9th is the date set for the hanging of Baldwin.
 1 F. A. Jones last week resigned his position as general passenger agent of the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix i Railway last week and Paul Hastings was promoted to that position. Mir. Hastings has been connected with the road for some time and is we'll known and liked by everyone along the line. Mir. Jones will go into the real estate business in Los Angeles. News Herald.
 4. A. McGovern, superintendent of the Tucson division of the Souther n Pacific; E. J. Humphries, district freight and passenger agent; l.. F. hampion, resident engineer,- and F. o Bordwell. of Oakland, who will succeed MT. Champion as resident engineer of the Tucson division, the latter going to Oakland, left on Su- perintendent McGovern's private car yesterday for Fl Paso, on a trip of inspection on the eastern end of the division, to acquaint MT. Bodwell with his new duties. On Saturday the party went to Yuma, and on Sunday over the Nogales branch.-Star.
 Hon. John $. Jones is in from the Little Jessie mines, located in Chapa- rral guich. He has his double com partment shaft, which is an enlarge ment of the old shaft, down 300 feet The old shaft IS 657 feet deep. He confirms the report of the recent rich strike on those properties The strike was made in erosscut 56 feet from the drift into the hanging wall, and 300 feet from the surface, and was made in virgin ground and beneath a surface outcroppirg. A vein three feet wide was encountered. The sulphates in this vein carry $2O7 per ton in gold. Drifting is now being pushed both ways on the new strike Prescott Courier.