The border vidette., 1908-02-22
TERRITORIAL NOTES
Items of Interest CuIIed From Our Ex
 changes.

Because he believed that he was the
 aggressor in a fight which terminated
 in a pistol duel. Jose Candelora, a
 Prescott Mexican, refused to swear to
 complaint against J. T. Nelson, who
 shot and perhaps fatally wounded him.
 Colonel J. H McCIintock has noti-
 fled the National Guardsmen that the
 territorial rifle practice this year will
 be held at Camp Brodie late in July,
 to choose a team to go to Camp Perry,
 August "A, and that battalion of infantryme will be sent to the big
 military meet at the Nacimientos ranch, Monterey county, Cal, October 16 to 31st-Prescott Courier.
 Thomas Taggar5, chairman of the national democratic committee, will visit Phoenix some time between now and the democratic convention to be held in Denver in July, if he does not change his present plans George F. Merrynan of Phoenix. boy hood friend of Taggart in Indianapolis, received letter from him in which he states that on one ot his visits to Denver he will go to Phoenix.
 The steel bridge on the Coronado railroad between Clifton and Long fellow, which was carried away by the flood. has been discovered near where it stood 3uried fifteen or twenty feet in the sand. A force of men have been put to work excavating, and the bridge is being unearthed piece by piece. It is in almost perfect condi- tion. and is worth the price of resur- recting several times over-Copper Era
 The combina tion formed unla wfully by the saloons of Phoenix in restraint of the satisfaction of thirst, is begin ing to go to pieces. Three of the sa- looms which had entered into the un- holy agreement to advance the price of beer to ten cents, have broken away and are selling it at the old familiar figure of five cents. They claim that five cents was the limit of the trade within their several urisdictions.-Re- publican.
 It IS said that Thomas ". Lawson, who has taken over the Consolidated | Arizona Smelling Company, is nego- ;iat1ng for the purchase of the Saddle | Mountai property at Christmas, with . view to obtaining a selt fNxing prop | shelter in Yavapai county. At present Christmas is virtually a lead camp. It is understood that the management of the praperty holds It's { :laims at $2. 5OO,OOO, but whether MT Lawson will deem it worth the price s question.
 Judge l. O. Cowan, who is inter sted with Hon. Mark A. Smith in mining properties in Sonora, has re- turned from the camp after four months absence from the city. The udge reports confined activity in the Smith Cowan camp and at other points in Sonora. The Llano Gold Mining Company have contracted with he San Francesca Mining Company to 'un through their mill 1880 tons of ,old ore from the mine of the first named company, which Is in the i'm nedite vicinity of Llano, Sonora Tucson Post.
 The smelting plant of the Imperial Copper Company at Sasco, has been completed and blown in. The plant | is one of the most complete that | engineering could devise, | both as to machinery and general plans. The furnace has a capacity of $50 tons of ore per twenty-four hours and provision was made in the plans and in erecting of the buildings and | insta lation of power, etc. for another furnace of equal capacity. This latter furnace will be ordered as soon as it | may be needed. The present furnace is oprating on ore from the Imperial i mines. but the company intends to treat custom ore at this plant and will | install the other furnace for that pur- pose as soon as the offer of custom ,reS shall iustifv the inStalla tiOD