The border vidette., 1911-09-09
TERRITORIAL NOTES.
Items of Interest Cuiied From Our
 Exchanges.

l The Colorado river is very
 low for so early in season. It is
 carrying but II, ,OOO second-feet
 of water and the sand bars arc
 peeping out in a great many places. Sun.
 The South Methodist of Ari
 zona have on hand movement for the establishment of the Arizona Polytechnic college, by
 that denomination, in some part
 of Arizona. .-Ariz. Dem. | Several sections of land near
 the road from Tucson to Floren-
 ce and about 10 miles southeast
 of the latter, have been taken up by a California syndicate known
 as the Davis Hind California Colony.
 Effecting a compromise, the
 Fl Paso and Southwestern rail
 road company and the Boquillas Land and Cattle company have
 settled a right a of way difficulty
 which temporarily halted con
 crete work on portion of the
 railroad extension to Tucson,
 and which threatened court
 procedure, according to advices from Bisbee.
 H. H. Carter, one of the pione- CT residents of the territory, is dead. He came to Arizona in
 1865 with his father, James P. T. Cartier, who was the second secretary of the court, treasurer member of the board of supervi- sors and clerk of the board in Yavapai county and was highly esteemed by all who knew. him.
 Fifty Russian families; includ- ing over POO former subjects of the Czar, are to arrive in Ph9- nix today from Los Angeles to make their homes on a tract of ? 1-2 sections of land which they recently purchased south of Glendale. The Russians will have small town of their own about two miles west of Alham- bra
 The construction of six regi- headquarters buildings, for which $119, ,OOO has up to the present time been allotted, is to at Fort Huachuca October l, and bids for the con are to be opened Sep | tember 16, according to Capt. J. | l.. Jordan, construction quarter master United Stat army Tucson Citizen.
 Operators of Quinner placer in the Altar district | are reported to be preparing to add to their machines recent | made by one Harry Loeven, a placer operator and 1 patented in Mexico City. It is ] comparatively inexpensive elevator to take the dirt away from the Quinner machine at cost.
 The Prescott National bank received from placer mine in Black Canyon nearly $1CO worth of gold nuggets which were valued at nearly $2O an ounce, or practically as pure as stand lrd gold. says a Prescott paper. This is said to be highest grade hat has ever been mined in the but is characteristic of he section it comes from. Rich Hill is said to be the next in 'ank for production of high grade gold, which runs on an Lverage over SIS per ounce.
 That women and girls are the ,nly ones who spend good hard ash for ribbonds is a theory hat many have entertained. Not 70, a pure and baseless fabrica- ion When the Labor Day parade passes through the streets If Tucson tomorrow this will be by one organiza- ( ion at least. the Typographical Union, which will be joined by ] he PreSSmen, since in Tucson the l alter have no organization of heir own. This body is to pre- ent a fine appearance in uniform ] if white, but the members will ' lso be thoroughly bedecked and for already there has ,een Iurcased to brighten their { inform by the committee over ( co yards of ribbons. There will be bright hat bands and ,right belts, ribbons here and ] ibbons there and the old idea { hat women alone wear ribbons 1 will be shattered as if hit by a (