The border vidette., 1909-12-04


 The E, Paso Herald makes an in esting comparison between New Mex leo and Arizona as follows: New Mex. ico spends for education only $5 75 per head of the population, while Arr zona spends SIS Is per capita. New Mexico's school population is 94 900 as compared with Arizoua's 34.00O. Considerably less than ha:f of the school population Is enrolled in the schools of New Mexico, while three = fourths of the school population is en- rolled in Arizona schools. Arizona teachers salaries are 50 to 100 per cent higher than New Mexico saleries.
 New York, Nov 27--An' anchored balloon sent up off Sandy Hook today at the continuation of the army's first test of aerial warfare, passed unscathed through the fire from a gun especially designed for the purpose. Twenty shots in all were fired, but none hut the balloon. The results of the ex- periments are being kept secret. but the outcome of today's test became known tonight. The balloon was fired upon at height of about 500 feet, but whether the failure to destroy it re- suited from the guns deficiency or poor marksmanship, has not been learned because of the secrecy.-Silver Belt.
 Washington. D. O. Nov. 27.-With a view to enabling anyone to deter mine the denomination of postage stamp at glance. Postmaster General Hitchcock has decided to have printed as an experiment., the To- cent stamp Tn rich brown ink on yellow paper. If the. experiment proves a success other stamp of higher denomInation will be printed in like manner. A supply of the new stamps will be placed on sale as soon as possible. Heretofore there nas been much confusion over the colors of the various denomina- tions of stamps because of the use of inks of different shades of the same Belt.
 For the first time in many months the pelt of mountain lion was pre- sented to the board of supervisors for payment of bounty at yesterdays session. The pelt was brought up by James Draper. of Oibola valley. He the lion chasing his hogs. With his dog and gun he set out after the intruder and soon had him run up a tree, It was then growing dark and he could just see the body of the lion setting on limb, against the sky line His shot struck the beast fairly in the forehead and he dropped to the groud dead. The lion measured six feet from tip to tip The bounty on the pelt is $lO co. which the county pays-Yu- ma Sun.
 The order of the cessation of work on the Southern Pacific line from Kel- ton to Naco, Douglas and Bisbee is a move hard to explain, unless it be that traffic agreement has been reached whereby both roads will use the same track. At the present time the com pletion of the work on the bridges is going forward, material is arriving at Kelton daily and grading is being done there, that appears to mean a connection between the two roads at that point. Such an agreement for the joint use of the one track IS not at all unlikely, for it has been known for 8 considerable time shat an agreement had been made between the two companies for the Nacozarl line. That there was some form of a compact entered into between the two roads at the time of the completion of the grade for the Mexico and Colorado into Courtland and the apparent squabble over right of way at Glee- son, could not be doubted, as the work on the grade between this place and Gleeson was stopped, though lot oi
 heavy work had been done, and at the same time all effort on the part of the
 Southern Pacific to effect an entrance into Oourtland was abandoned -
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