The border vidette., 1908-03-28
TERRITORIAL NOTES
Items of Interest CuIIed From Our Ex.
 changes.

Twelve hundred and seventy five
 acres are to be planted to cantaloupes
 in Maricopa county this season. to
 supply the markets. This is said to be
 the largest erea devoted to cantaloupes
 in any county of the United States.
 Territorial Treasurer Kirkland has
 received reports from the banks hav-
 ing territorial money, showing the
 interest earned by territorial deposits
 during the month of February. The
 aggregate amount is $956 "A, as
 against $s6O for the month of Jan
 uary.
 From Yardnaster Reins the Ben son Press learned this week that a | great increase in freight trs fife has recently occurred over the s. P. branch from Benson to Nogales, con- sisting in coal, coke and lumber. destined for the mining regions of
 Mexico.
 Sims Ely. private secretary to Gov ernor Klbbey, kicked man by the name of D. J. Brown out of the gov in the territorial penitentiary with ten-year sentence hanging over him. who had $4OO he was willing to part with for the secretary influence with | Governor Kibbey
 Arizona will not be unrepresented in the Pacific coast welcome to be ac- corded the warship fleet now at Mag dalena Bay. The Cudahy Packing company has slaughtered and frozen 400 head of fine beef cattle bought in Arizona, and sent the beef down 10 Magdalena Bay to tickle the palates of the officers and jackies.
 Chas. Stewart left thls week for Texas to look>atter his large land in terests there. He owns 2,OOO acres of fine land in the Lone Star state which he proposes uo sell and he will invest the greater portion of the proceeds in this valley. He realizes that this is 
 hortitultural land on the face of the earth. .-Florence Blade.
 H. L. McCarn, general manager of the Rainbow mines, was in Kingman the first of the week. He reports that the shaft on the Rainbow mine has reached depth of 16O feet and has good showing of ore. This shaft is being put down perpendicularly and as the vein is vertical it follows thIs vein all the way. The mine is one of the best of the lead bearing veins of the Chloride section.
 Nearly half million pounds of wool will be shipped from this station this year. After shearing all the sheep | it is the intention of the sheep men to graze the focks through the Sacra- mento valley and then go back to San Francisco mountain by way of Wall apai valley and through north of Mount Hope. The feed is in fine con- dition in the valleys of this county K in gman Miner.
 Phoenix officers have discovered that the numerous burglaries recently com mitted in that city, were the work of group of small boys, ranging in age from l3 to 17 years A half dozen or more of tue juveniles have been rounded up and much of the property stolen has been recovered. The first boy captured--a thirteen y year-old lad-had revolver and a dirk knife on his person.
 A. l.. McKesson, who is owner of group of mines in the Gold Flat sec tion, was in KInsman yesterday. His mill Is ready to start up just as soon as he gets his boiler and engine in shape New fiues have to be put in the boiler and this will take a week or ten days to complete, when the mill will be at once started up. He has large ton mage of $50 ore on the dump and enough ore in the sucpes to keep the plant running several months. As soon as the mill IS put in commission and success assured he will put men to work opening up new ground-King- man Miner