The border vidette., 1909-03-20
TERRITORIAL NOTES
Items of Interest CuIied From Our Ex-
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| No county in Arizona has as large | a per capita school fund as Coconino, says the Flagstaff Gem. A large | part of this fund arises from tho sale of timber on the forest reservations. Ooccnlno couty asp has more acres of forest reserve land than any other county in Arizona.
 Superintendent A. N. Taylor of the Northern Arizona Normal school has resigned, his resignation to take effect at the close of the current term. This is in the nature of a surprise to Mir. Taylor's many friends, who considered him permanently fixed there. Dr. Bloom of the Tempe Normal is spoken of as his probable successor.
 B. P. Howard, who was about sixty five years old, dropped dead at the county hospital Monday afternoon i'm med;ately after his arrival there from Kelvin. He had been i'll for some time and came to Florence for medical treatment but could not sur vive the trip. He leaves relatives in the east who have been notified of his deatH Florence Blade
 It nov seems assured that the union passenger and freight station of the Mexico & Colorado and the Southern Pacific railroads will be To- cated on the Courtland townsite. The Southern Pacific. it is stated, will be given traffic rights on the townsite railroad of the Mexico & Colorado, thus making it unne cessary for the construction of more railroads through the townsite.
 J. 1. Gardner is making ready to go out to his extensive apple orchards ia Skull Valley to give them their regular spring pruning. The apple growing industry is one of increasing importance ia that section. Yavepai apples have taken premiums at Ma tiooal exp0sitions and are shipped all over the world. A branch railroad to the rich Verde valley would give great impetus to our fruit Industry.- Presc, tt Journal Miner.
 A Morenci dispatch says: "This section has just experienced the heav- iest snow storm in years, the total fsil b,ing estimated at from 15 to IS in ches. Fortunately the wind was very light, hence no da.aage to wires or delay of trains has been reported. The enormous weight of snow, however, proved too much for the Morenci opera house, and the entire roof of that building collapsed, bearing down with it large portion of the sides, The opera house was erected about two years ago for use as q skating rink and cost over $lO,OOO.
 The eyes of mining men all over the United States are centered on Arizona and especially Mohave couu- ty. The phep nominal richness of the Tom Reed and Gold Road mines Is bound to attract, and when these prop critics have been fully equipped and turning out bullion investors will swarm in co get a slice of the good things contained in our mineralized hills. Every mineral that is useful ard necessary to mankind is to be found ke-e and in abundance All we need is the necessary capital to put the properties on producing basis.- Kingnan Miner.
 Snow fell to the depth of five or six 1nches here Wednesday,; and an other snowstorm occurred Thursday night and Friday (this) morning, be fo,e the snow that fell during the first had all melted Tho latter fall had amounted to six or e1ght inches at the time of going to press, when the storm was apparently not yet over. Altogether, tLe snowfall here since Feb. 2l has total!ed atou5 A foot and half-the most in several years-and the cattlemen, who had feared terrible drouth, are happy. In all probability there are from IS to ? 1 inches of snow TOW on tue snow c,x,n, oS