The border vidette., 1912-08-31

| US SHdEeIlOluefS Ildppy Dy paying
 the twenty fifth monthly divi-
 dend of five cents a share, the
 disbursement being $50, The
 company has already paid back i to the shareholders far more
 than their shares co $ t, the
 amount of disbursements being above S5OO,OOO. The original
 shares of the company were
 placed at 15 cents, although some of the later shares were
 sold as high as eighty cents, but | these were not from the treas
 ury StOck.-Miner
 The State Corporation Com
 mission is in receipt of an invi- | tation from the State Corpora tion CommissIOn of New Mexico
 to meet with them in Albuquer- que in the first part of Septem-
 Der. The object of the joint meet ing will be to discuss certain
 interstate conditions that are of | interest to both states alike. The
 conditions in all of the South | western states are nearly alike
 and if the laws of each state are alike it would cause less trouble
 to the corporations and to the different Commissions.
 Tariffs have been issued by the Santa F'e providing for the feeding of cattle in transit in the
 Salt River valley that mean much to the farmers and cattle
 men of the state. Effective Sept. 10, cattle originating at points
 between HolbrOok and Seligman
 inclusive will be carried to PhOe-
 nix, Peoria or Glandale, where
 they can be fed for a period not in excess of one year, and then reshipped to Los Angeles, San Diego, etc., at the through rate applying from the originating point. to deStinatiOn.-G Gazette.
 Bryan English, son of attorney A. R. English is one of the most pleased of Arizona youths, since being advised of his appoint ment as midshipman in the U. S. ,Naxyzby- Senator Mark Smith. Bryan is a native TOmbStOnite and his naval appointment is the fulfilment of long cherished ambition. He expects to leave here next month for Washing ton, D. C., where he will enter the preparatory naval school and devote his best energies to study in order to pass the rigid examination exacted Pro spector
 Bill Tremaine, the noted auto driver of Phoenix, has just re- turned from Colorado over the Ocean to Ocean auto highway. He went to Colorado over the Borderland auto route and as a result of the trip over the two routes he has become a Border land enthusiast. The same thing happens to every tourist who tries out the two routes, for when it comes to travelling with ease, comfort, safety and economy, the Borderland route lays over the Ocean to Ocean highway as far as a rose lays over a potato blossom for odor-Blade.
 When the Board of Equaliza- tion of Yavapai and Cochise counties lowered the assess ments of the United Verde Cop per company and the Copper l Queen company, they did not | realize shat they were getting into deep water. The State Tax Commission met on the 2Oth, | and passed unanimously a re- solution, based upon the opinion of the attorney general, that the 1 lowering of the assessment was | illegal and instructed the attor- ney general to begin suit at once against the mining companies. The minutes of the Tax Com mission in regard to this matter are printed below. The Com mission is determined that the shall pay their just of the taxes of the state and mean to use all their power to compel them to do so. Democrat.
 Drill the Boys.