The border vidette., 1912-07-27

for the resumption of work or
 the properties of the Centra
 Arizona Copper company in the
 Black Hills near Prescott.
 Zinc is now higher in the
 market than at any time during
 the last thirty five years. Lead
 is climbing up, but rather slow ly. Silver is @ little over 6C cents and ounce but it is upward
 too slow.
 According to the latest infor-
 nation that has leaked out from
 ultra exclusive political circles,
 Wiley B. Jones, formerly of Saf- ford and now of Florence, would
 like to be presidential elector
 this fall.
 The Mexican citizens of Tue son and the Mexican consulate | of that city will endeavOr to secure a Mexican military band to come to Tucson and furnish
 music for the celebration of | September 16.
 Work will be commenced 1 within the next week or ten days upon the construction of the most expensive residence in Phoenix and the entire south west, at cost of $2O,OOO. P. l.. WOOdman, a new arrival, is the owner.
 That S7OO,OO worth of high grade gold ore has been blocked out in the lower workings of the old Gro Blanco mine which S. J. Varney is said to have relocated, is stated in advices received in Tucson from the Gro Blanco diStricG.
 W. $. Percy of Gila county has been granted the privilege of entering the Pioneers home in Prescott and will shortly leave to take up his residence there. MT. Percy is 61 years of age and came to Arizona some thirty five years ago.
 Additional capacity will be added to the Globe smelter dur ing the present month. The Old Dominion Smelter produced 2,112, ,OOO pounds of fine copper in June, with an average of 12 furnaces in operation. About 1900 men are employed.
 Resulting in the death of two persons. seriously injuring others and causing heavy damage loss, one of the most disastrous storms which has visited Mesa valley in years occurred We'd nesday night shortly before ten o'clock, continuing until far past midnight.
 The erection of the framework for the new machine shop of the Southern Pacific company at Tucson, to replace the one de- stroyed by fire, has been com menced by a force of carpenters. The construction will be of lum- Der and corrugated iron and is to be finished within 30 days.
 Major A. J. Doran, superin- i tendent of the Pioneers home at Prescott, has rendered his re- signation to Governor Hunt, | giving as his reason that his l many personal business affairs | Ct11 OI 1llS LIS I0- signatiOn is to take effect Au- gust 1. It has been accepted by | the governor.
 A card received from c. B. Hill, formerly foreman on the Review, announces the safe of himself and his wife in Honolulu. This card bears date July 8, and says, "This is sure a piece of paradise. Never saw such beauty in all my life." It was written just after his arrival and before he had as assumed his new duties in the office of the Hawaiian News.
 The Gold Roads mines compa- ny this week received six car loads of lumber for shipment to the mines. It is understood that this is the first consignement of lumber for the new addition to the big mill. The new mill is to have more than double the capa- city of the present plant and is to be in commission before the first of January. With a plant turning out more than S2O,OOO per month the Gold Road will be one of the great mines of the Pacific coast. It has the ore and only needs the mill to make tish