The border vidette., 1909-12-18

' 1 Wealth Mining Company at Pearce which will be ready for operation ty the 10th of January, that company will be in a position to handle such ort as that of the Prone at a very low cost They will also do custom work
 The preliminary hearing of Walter and Gilbert Layton. last Thursday ir Central, resulted in both young men being held to await the action of the grand jury on Q charge of nanslaugh- ter in causing the runaway which re- suited in the death of Mrs. Ooombs Bonds were fixed at $2.O00 each.- Stafford Guardian.
 At the mine of the Gibson Copper company in the Gibson district, the underground development work is be- ing carried on at the usual rate. About fifty tons of the ore taken out in the course of development is being shipped to the Old Dominion smelter weekly. This ore is of the high grade characteristic of the Gibson mine and averages twenty one per cent in copper.
 F. M. Riley is exhibiting with a good deal of pride some copper uten- siIs presented to him 1by his son, W. J. Riley, cashier of the First National Bank of Clifton, during his visit to that city few days ago. The uten- sils are card tray and half dozen saucers made from pure copper as it is poured from the converter into the moulds and are very beautiful, show ing the copper in it's native state.- Yuma Sun.
 On January i, the Copper Queen company of Bisbee and Douglas will inargurate benefit association which will afford the employees of the com pany as cheap accident insurance and sick benefits as received by employees anywhere in tue world. It is simply a mutual benefit association of the en- ployes. and in addition the Copper Queen subscribes to the insurance and guarantees the safety of the fund and the interest on the same.
 In the election held in the Tempe precinct under the Pace local option bill. as amended by the Hightower segregation bill, the resuitis draw wn battle. The town of Tempe remains wet as it was before the election and the country part remains dry as it was prior to the election. In the to wn the vote stood as follows: For the saloons lO8, against the saloons S7; total vote 195: majority for the saloons 21. Four mutulated ballots were thrown out.
 As has been published. the new mining law of Mexico has passed the federal congress and been signed by Pres Diaz. Since the striking out of Art. IA which fprohibited foreigners or foreign corporations from acquiring mining properties in the republic the law contains no radical changes from the law of 1892 yet in force. The plainly stated object of the new law is to strengthen the old law and to clear it of certain mperfectiens.-Ch Chihua- hua Enterprise.
 The case of Alfredo Bernardin, the alleged "white slave" trader, now rests with the department of commerce and labor. He was held, in custody, or rather under surveillance, after his ac- quittal on Thursday night of the charse of controlling the immoral life of Luz Flores and yesterday morning it was understood that he would be ar rested on the charge of bringing the woman into the country for immoral purposes, on the arrival of the orIgina al warrant of arrest from Tucson.-Phoe- nix Republican.
 There seems to be misunderstand- ing on the part of some of the claim owners in regard to the nature of the Arizona mining location la w as amend ed by the last legislature. The new law which admits of an eight foot dis covery shaft instead of requlreing that one be 10 feet in depth. as heretofore, applies only to location or initial work and not to annual or assessment work The regulation requiring S100 worth of work per claim is still in force; 1t is