The border vidette., 1910-04-23

council to purchase property adjoining ! the present city hall, tear down the old hall and erect one ample for the needs of the city. He claims the pre- sent city hall IS in nadt quate. The new hali would stand m the center ot a small park and cost not less than S75, 900.
 A military reservation probably will be created in Arizona for the benefit of the national guard to be used as target range. The interior depart ment has withdrawn GAO acres from the public domain 9 miles west of Phoenix for that purpose Secretary Ballinger will recommend to the pre- sident that the area be reserved for military purposes.
 Superintendent Rynning. of the ter, ritorial prison, has adopted the Ber- tillion or "thumb mark" system of identification and impressions of the ball of prisoners thumbs and fingers will be taken and kept on record in the superintendent's office together with their photographs. This is the better and most unfailing system of identification of any yet devised.
 Regular train service has been es- tablished on the Ysqui River exten- 1E eI, Tonichi, and some ore from mines in the Yaqui River region is being handled. The blowing Tn of the 20U- ton custom shelter of the Ysqui River Smelling N Refining Go: at Toledo will not be delayed much longer. The plant IS being thoroughly overhauied.
 Antonio Lopez discovered. short distance west of Florence, on the north side of the river, narrow strata of gold bearing quartz that is richer than and gold ore yet discovered in the Territory, but the real value of the discovery remains to be determined yet. The strata Is not more than one iuch wide. but contains nuggets of gold as large as the end of a mans thumb-Florence Blade
 NJ. W. Jones, owner and proprietor of the Tucson Marble Works, return ed yesterday from successful busi ness trip through .Oochise county. Mir. Jones speaks enthusiastically of tn. tremendous mineral output oe that section of country and of the great future in store for the numerous camps. Occasionally he found busi- ness quiet, but the knowledge of the vast resources behind never failed to spire confiden Co in the future.-Tuc- son Star.
 Project Engineer Sellew has secured the service of two expert submarine divers from San Pedro, Cal. who are operating in the fifty feet of water in the siphon shaft on the Arizona side, blasting the outer edges of the excava tion, the clamshell digger failing to reach such, scoopin9 out the sand in bowl shape. By the use of dy ua mite blasts placed by divers. the concrete shell is gradually sinking to the depth excavated by the clamshell machine. Yuma Sentinel
 A visit to the Dunbar rose gardens in West Capitol addition will surprise even the most enthusiastic boomer of the Salt River valley. There are up ward of 1000 American Beauty roses blooming in these gardens. and for beauty and quality probably it cannot be equalled on the globe. It Is with out q question one of the mo st beautiful sights that can bs seen in the United States, and it will pay all visitors. as we'll as home people to look at thIs great ocean of roses Phoenix Demo | crat.
 That the ore bodies in the various properties that are being worked are opening out in extent and values quite in excess of the anticipations of the owners is freely admitted throughout Courtland, and as a result the man who formerly button holed you to state that the camp was no good for more