The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1910-09-17
TERRITORIAL NOTES
Items of Interest CulIed From Our E,e
changes.

The directors of the Calumet and
Hecla Mining Company of Michigan,
have declared a quarterly dividend of;
81 per share, payable September %.
The dividend calls for distribution,
of 100 600. bringing the total amount
of dividends diabursed by the company
up to S1l2 10000.
A lone bandit. wearing a mask.
entered the Gila Valley Bank IL Trust.
Company in Morenci. at noon Tuesday,
and held up the cashier and secured
| IS, 200 in currency which was ly ing
on the marble slab at the window.
Before aid could be summoned the
daring robber made his escape.-Grah--
am Guardian.
J. NJ. Cook, the mining man of
Jaeger Canyon. who reached the city
yesterday from Imperial Valley, near
Yuma, states that the seasons farm
ing crop is practically a total loss He
reports agricultural conditions deplor-
able and says the loss will run into
the thousands. a greater area being
planted than ever before Sun.
General Agent A r Cater of the
local Cfices of the Southern Pacific,
in a communication from r StuLbs,
general freight and passenger agent,
with headquarters in Tucson, receives
the informant that the rates upon
freight shipments into the southwes
ordered to take tffrct on O;tober / by
the interstate commerce commission,
will not become effective until Decem
Der l A bout l5O tariffs are affected
relating directly to shipments into the.
Salt river valley.
F. Ellis. well known as a miner
OF this section, has returned after
several days visit along the Santa Fe:
and at Winslow. He states that the.
recent order of that railway company
known as Rule 6, which has a rigid
temperance condition, is being enforced
strictly, and through it many men
have been discharged from the service.
Constable agitation is prevailing over
the great number of men that have
cost their places for an alleged viola
tion of this rule-Journal. Miner
A Bisbee special says: Shipments
of rich copper oxide ore are being
made from the Shattuck Arizona mine.
at the rate of 175 tons day The
ore will AVERAGE II per cent copper.
No sinking ID being done at the pres
ent time, as a sufficient ore has been
blocked out on the levels to supply
the demand for some time. The mcst
of the ore shipped Is from the upper
levels and the sulphide in the lower
levels will remain untouched until
the copper market becomes stronger
The returns of election held in New
Mexico to elect delegates to the con-
stitutional convention state that the
republican candidates have been elect
ed by good majority. The election
of the republicans gives them the
control of the constitutional conven-
ton, and the republicans Endorsed
in their platform the initiative and
referendum and pledged their candida
tes for these measures. the initiative
and referendum will be adopted as
part of the constitution of New Mex
leo.
Mr. Baldwin has in his orchard
about two acres of Bartlett GEARS.
From these two acres this year he
will harvest not less than twelve tons
at about $40 per ton or $3.50. giving
a revesus of $240 per acre for the
land. There il still another way to
figure it. Each acre has on it 1O8
tire es and Mr.. Baldwin figures con-
that each tree has on it
between one and Two hundred pounds
of pears; that each tree will produce
a little over two dollSrs worth of
pears -Pbe1ix Republican.
Roy Wills, an excellent miner and
prospector, in Kingman severah
days this week getting supplies for his
mining camp near the Big Sandy. He
is tha owner of copper mines in Au-
brey district that carry good values iu
gold. silver and copper. Samples
brought to Kingman gave results Of
about $50 in gold and silver and As
high as eighteen per cent copper. He
says that the vein is about two feet
wide and the ore streak runs from.
eighteen inches to the full width of tho,
vein. He intends to sink a fifty foot
shaft on the vein at once and h' ewes
that he will be able to ship this o'e to
the sInelter at a nro6t x :, tuaa