The border vidette., 1908-05-30
TERRITORIAL NOTES
items of interest CuIied From Our Ex.
 changes.

While grading the site for their new smelter at the mining camp of the Mansfield Copper Go, about 70 miles southwest of Benson, the company was surprised by uncovering the apex of blind ledge of ore within 100 feet of one of their large operating shafts. It will be developed by erosscutting from the shaft. Most of the shelter machinery is now on the ground and being installed. The remainder has been shipped from the Denver foun- dry. They expect to be turning out copper matte in a few weeks.-Benson Press.
 John Young was bitten on the leg by a rattlesnake of the dewindor variety. while hunting near Yucca. last Tuesday morning. He was brought to Kingman on the first passenger train and put in charge of Dr. Hilton. Before leaving Yucca the wound was treated by applying Iodine. which made an ugly burn. The boys also poured into him all the elixir of life they could, and when he arrived in Kingman he was suffering little from the bite. His foot is quiee badly swollen but no bad results are expect ed.-Mohave Miner.
 The pupils of the Phoenix Central | schools have started in earnest to ad- vertise their valley. A supply of letter heads have been furnished them by the board of trade and each child is writing Q letter in his or her own language and mailing it to some eastern business man or friend. Some are even going to the governors of states. The letter heads are in the form of 6 two sheet folder. The front page is left blank for the letter. with the exception of the lettering at the top. The other three pages are filled with various matter compiled by Secretary Cow sill.-Yuma Sun.
 The time of the court yesterday (May 26) was occupied in the trial of the case of Frank and Josephine Powers vs. the Worlds Fair Mining company and Ray Ferguson to recover the sum of $S, 500 which was reliazed from the shipment of ore by Ferguson Judgment was entered in favor of the defendant, the court holding that Fer guson had the right to ship the ore from the Worlds Fair mine under his contract. A similar case tried in Santa Cruz county for S6, 400 resulted in a veredict for the plaintiff but this judgment was afterwards reversed by the supreme court.-Tucson Star. Following is from the Bisbee Re- Cananea at present, and workingmen should keep away from Cananea for some time. eight or ten month at least. At the present the Greene Cananea Company has enough men to fill their wants when they do resume operations. This fact is due to the labor saving devices installed and the labor saving improvements made Tn the various de- partments of the company's plant. This can also be said of the Democrata Mining Company, which is located in the heart of the Greene Cananea. This company employs 50 men, and the company will not resume smelting until copper has reached a better price.
 The automobile idea is beginning to take hold among our business men. A. J. Peters has order ed a machine in which to make the round of his various business points. It is predicted that once Mir Peters gets on to the run of his machine he will make the other scorchers of the valley look like slow ones Judge Andrew Nielsen in an ticipation of big increase in the real estate business has ordered a fine auto which will make three miles seem like one to prospective customers. In south ern OaliforpIa where the real estate business has become 8 science, the au- tomohile plays a most important part. Mir. Nielsen believes that it will be just the thing for this section.-Tempe