The border vidette., 1912-11-23
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest CulIed From Our
 Exchanges.

J tion was formed Saturday in ty-fve fanciers present who formed the association. It is planned to hold large poultry show some time during the spring months.
 President Woodrow Wilson will be invited to atted the American National Livestock as- sociation meeting, which takes place in Phoenix January II, 15 and Is. It will not be known for several days whether the governor will attend or not.
 Francis H. Mclean, general secretary of the national society of associated charities will be in Phoenix in December He comes to the Arizona city from New York to look into the conditions in Phoenix and advise new me- thods in caring for the indigent and helpless in the new state.
 Two thousand acres belonging to the Tucson Farms company
 
 clearing of the second unit of land is progressing rapidly, ac- cording to officials of the compa- ny. Eighteen stump pullers are engaged in clearing the land of desert trees. The 50 houses be- ing built for the farmers are now well along toward completion.
 The Tucson fire department during a test run made a record which will be hard to beat. An alarm of fire was turned in at approximately 1:3O o'clock, to which the firemen responded and made run of 1900 feet and had water flowing from the hose in just ffty-five seconds. This record, when taking into con the loss of four sec onds through a misunderstood ing of the signals, is a good one.
 Selim M Franklin has return ed from Phoenix where he se- cured an order in the United States district court adjudicat- ing the Arizona Gold Mines & Co.,, a bankrupt. The has ten claims in San ta Cruz county near Patagonia. The group is in the hands of A. B. Crepin as receiver. The re- ceiver was authorized to borrow money for the purpose of doing assessment work on these claims.
 Rather than put Cochise coun- fo Nf h special election to choose his Sam B.. Bradner with drew his resignation as a mem Der ot tho lower house of the He resigned his position as secretary of the live stock sanitary board instead. Mr. Bradner handed his resign ation from the legislature to the governor some few days ago, but when it was discovered that ] special election would have to be called to supply his place, he changed his mind and resigned instead.
 It is reported in Tombstone that H. c. Clark has struck it rich' in a placer claim, on the | northeast slope of the Huachuca near the old Salva- jon Army claims noted for their | generous output of copper dur ng the management of Connolly | several pears since. The claim | S one which Mr. Clark has held | for some time. It is near the line | 0f the Fort Huachuca military | It has been known | for some time that there is excl | ent placer ground on the reser- | vatiOn but government rulings | prevent anyone from working | his ground,
 That M. c. Hankin, Chairman of the Cochise County Democra- tic Central Committee, will un- laubtedly be the next poStmas- ter of Douglas is a fact that has become known publicity. MT. Rankin is one of the strongest | Democrats in southern Ariz ona and has the endorsement of | practically every member of the 1 party in Cochise county. He was a tower of strength to the | party in the recent election and | 5he fact that Governor Wilson | .an so far ahead in what was supposed to be bull ! moose stronghold was due in d arge measure to the work of |