The border vidette., 1912-08-31
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest CulIed From Our
 Exchanges.

uC U OHlNeiSlty OI AflZODa lldS decided to establish an agricul- tural experiment. station at Wilcox for the benefit of ranch CTS in the Sulphur Springs Val ley," says w. E. Barnes, travel ing freight and passenger agent on the Tucson division of the Southern Pacific ic-Tucson Citi- zen.
 Theodore Roosevelt will speak in Tucson Tuesday, Sept. 17. if Captain J. l.. B. Alexander of Phoenix, one of Arizona Bull Moose champions can have his plans accepted by the Colonel as he hurries from the coast eastward The former president will also speak at BiSbee if Alex ander'S plans are successful.
 Edward G. Cave. an old time Arizona printer, will leave soon for Prescott, to enter the Pio- neer's home, having obtained a permit from the board of control. | MT. Gave is S2 years of age and has lived in Arizona 47 years. 1 Though feeble and almost blind he manages to make his way alone about Phoenix fairly we'll
 Investigating with a view to colonizing a large tract of land in the Santa Cruz valley, the property of the Tucson Farms company, 10 representatives of Mormon colonists, who until re- gently lived in northern Chihua- hua, are in Tucson from El Paso and are viewing the land and it's water project under the guidance of MeSSrS. John Nets and Ma genheimer.
 The sale for $25O,OOO of water rights in the Canyada del Gro to a flow estimated at 5O,OOO acre feet; may result from a visit to Los Angeles by Alfred E. Stel- Thursday. Stelzer and his bro- ther, John E. Stelzer, comprise the active interests in the Cata- lima Water and Power company which owns the Canyada del Gro water right.
 The State Land Commission has an extensive camping trip in front of it. The commission will have to go overevery bit of pub lie land in the state of Arizona, all in a matter of six months. The work would take matter of four years, but the cOmmis- sion is determined to go over the most important parts at first. Their first trip will begin next week, when they go into Apache and Navajo counties.
 The Copper Queen and Calu- met and Arizona Mining cOmpa- nies have granted to men in their employ working under ground an increase of twenty five cents per day, beginning on September 1. This announce ment was made at the general office of both companies We'd nesday. The new wage scale may be taken as an indication that the two big companies of stability of the present price le- vel of the red metal-Bisbee Re view.
 The Board of Equalization, composed of the Board of Super visors, completed their labors Wednesday. They fixed the tax rate for the year 1912, at S3 on each $1OO of valuation, the same rate as that Of last year. But as the total valuation this year is over $4,OOO,OOO the $3 rate will put more money in the county treasury than did the | same rate last year. The State | rate this year is 90 cents on the S1OO. This comes as a glad sur prise to our taxpayers, as it was expected that the State rate | would be considerably higher.- Florence Blade.
 Petitions of nomination and | for place on the ballot as a candidate for nOmin- l ation as a democratic elector, were filed Wednesday with the 1 secretary of state, in behalf of | George Babbitt of Flagstaff. He is the sixth man in the field for one of the three electoral jobs. The others are Wiley Jones, John R. Hampton, w. A. O'Con- nor, Lysander Cassidy and E. A. Tovrea. Harry $. Ross of Tomb stone has also filed his applica- tion for a place on the ballot but, to the Republican, his