The border vidette., 1908-02-29
TERRITORIAL NOTES
Items of Interest CuIIed From Our Ex
 changes.

merly known as the Total Wreck, i with E. A. Pike in charge as super intendent, is making shipments to the ! Fl Paso shelter. Epes Randolph, 0. T. Roberts and Wm Griffith are the principal owners Shipments are be- ing made from Pantano.
 There is not a city or town in Ari- zona but is engae eed in public improve ment work. building sewers, paving side walks, improving water works and fire departments, erecting public build ings, and so on. Advantage Is being taken of cheap money and cheap la bor to go forward with all public enter prises -El Paso Herald
 The scien lists of the Arizona Desert Laboratory announce the discovery that the Salton sea is receding some what. They made measurements un- der extreme difficulty, but they found that the water line was between 40 and 42 inches lower than it was a year ago when they made what was the first exploration of this sea-
 Taking the second definite step to- ward the construction of the new terri torial prison at Florence, the board of control is now asking for estimates of the cost Of labor, material and con struction for the new institution, hich may cost any sum up to S12O,OO On March 10th the estimates as sub- mitted by architects and contractors will be opened.
 The Republican Territorial Central committee of New Mexico last Tuesday unanimously adopted resolution en- dorsing William H. Taft for the Pre- sidential nomination of the Repu blican party and pledging each member eff the committee to do all in his power to assist in his nomination. The re- solution also endorsed the policies of Theodore Roosevelt in strong terms.
 If last nights meeting may be taken as an indication, in the near future Tempe will have as active and earnest a body of boosters as is to be found in any country. It is realized that great benefit is to be gained by in telligent and persistent organized effort and to this end the Tempe Board of Ira de will direct it's energies. It is hoped to swell the membership to over one hundred before the next meet ing.-Tempe News.
 A successful jail delivery was per- petrated at Lowel, Saturday night, when five prisoners made their escape. The men gained their freedom at about 10 o'clock, by cutting the bolts from the hinges of the heavy iron door. Four men, two Americans and two Mexicans, who were also in the jail at the time of the delivery, re- mained in prison. These men are short termers. and would have gained little by scaping.-Gazette.
 Reports from the Imperial state that the shelter at Sasco is turning out copper matte in very satisfactory manner. Approximately $50 tons daily are being run through the shelter. The Southern Pacific com pany recently made a rate on ore from Pantano to Red Rock of 50 cents a ton, and it is reported that several properties in the Heivetia district are making preparations to bring ship ments to the Sasco shelter in pre- ference to Fl Paso.
 From a reliable source it is learned that the recent strike made at the Leadville mine, now under bond anC option to the Calumet & Arizona Go
 is one of the largest strikes ever made in the history of the Gleason district and promises to disclose one of the
 biggest bod1es of carbonate ore evel uncovered in that section. The bono on the group will expire about th'
 middle of next month, and the coHa-
 pany has put on three eight-hour shift
 to rush the work on the new discovery It Is said the ore body has been pen
 etrated over 75 feet with no signs 0 walls thus far.