The border vidette., 1908-03-14
TERRITORIAL NOTES
Items of Interest CuIIed From Our Ex-
 changes.

A shipment ot Hungarian grouse
 has been received at San BernardIno by Senator H M. Wills. They will
 be taken care of there until the spring
 season formally opens, when they will
 be turned loose in the foot hills of the
 San Bernardino mountains. They are
 protected for period of two years -
 Needles Eye.
 Engineer L. c. Hill received word
 from Roosevelt today that the upper feet high, except that part over which the water is pouring. The tunnel through which the water is carried is now closed, while the Llewellyn Iron
 Works of Los Angeles installs the big iron gates.-Democrat.
 The Hartman railroads have com
 bined with other American railroads to give extremely low rates for colo nists desiring to locate in Sonora, Mexico, from all parts of the middle west. The lines being built by the Southern Pacific interests are opening greot agricultural regions, almost un- touched and settlers are wanted.
 Wiley E Jones returned Sunday evening from his trip to Sinaloa. Mex ico. Mir. Jones reports the surround ing country in Sinaloa to be ideal for farming purposes, no irrigation being re required to raise crops. Land is now cheap. but rapidly advancing in price. Quite number of Americans are settling in the different valleys near Culiacan Guardian.
 According to a recent ruling of At torney General Cl,rk territorial sheriffs will not be permitted in the future to collect a fee for a second certified copy return to the court is required on charge fee of g for serving the cer tIfied copy of commitment on the war den of the state pen, nor can he collect | a fee of $2 for service of commitment | in cases where persons are taken to the | insane asylum. Heretofore, these fees | have been considered legal and have been collected in nearly every county in Arizona.
 From ore bodies discovered and ex- posed on the Eureka Gold and Copper property, rock has been takec that runs as high 8 ounces to the ton in gold, and this assay was from samples taken from three foot ore body. A seven foot ore body has given returns as high as 6 ounces to the ton, as we'll as high values in silver and copper. These ore bodies were opened up in a tunnel and winze. on the Eureka will give returns of from 4 to 6 ounces of gold per ton. And this not only in one place. but Tn many places, for some distance along the ledge- = Jerome { News
 The Board of Trade, at their meet ing Monday evening took up the matter of the back taxes on the prison site and directed the executive com mittee to raise sufficient funds to pay off said taxes The Board of Super visors was consulted on the subject | and decided the law would not permit | the Board to wipe out the tax The | total amount of the tax, exclusive of costs and penalties, is about $50 %. There should be no difficulty in raising this amount by subscription as our people are too public spirited to per init that small amount of indebtedness to cloud the prison site.-Arizona | Blade
 Mir. and Mrs. 0. D. Reppy arrived here Monday, from Stafford, and took possession of their home on South | Main street, where they expect to re- main permanently. Their old friends will be glad to see them resume their residence here. MT. Reppy, as here tofore stated, holds the position of | claim agent for the Randolph lines and l since the Phoenix & Eastern has be- come part of the Randolph system, Florence Is just as convenient a point | for his headquarters as was Stafford. He has large property interests here and as he is public spirited he will join the progressive element in boosting this town and valley. He has been a persistent "booster" for this town and valley for many years past.-FIorence