The border vidette., 1913-11-29

the approved plats of the survey of five townships, the land embraced iu which will Ee open for entry iD the land of fee on and after Dec. 17. The land is all in Mohave county.
 The Grand Army reports a membership of 187, ,2O3. It is a fine showing for the stamina of the men who went through the great civil war fifty years ago and we cannot help wondering if our rising generation of sappy heroes would ever hold out half so well.
 Mike Rice, known throughout the thirsty reaches of the Has sayamps for a matter of forty years, has resigned his position as justice of the peace at Hayden. The board of supervisors have appointed Charles T. Studley, Jr., to fill the vacancy caused by Judge Rice's resignation.
 The agricultural district trib- utary to Benson is surely and rapidly coming to it's own. Across the river east of town, at Robinson district, much new land is being broken and many improvement being put in. A visit there should put enthu- siam into our people and give them just reasons to be sure of BenSOn'S future
 IL. Murdock of Camp Verde, Arizona, is nine feet two inches tall, is still growing and can't help it. He is well proportioned and in physical strength he is a veritable giant MT. MurdOck is in great demand by the owners of apple orchards of the Verde Valley because he can pick the fruit without the aid of a step ladder and this helps some.
 A movement for the preserva- tion of the old Navajo Indian dwellings about Kayentd, in northern Arizona, has been set on foot by Governor George Hunt. He has written to United States Senator Henry F. Ashurst and taken the matter up person Si Hayden, State Historian Parish and Prof. A. H. Wilde, president of the university.
 The 32O-acre homestead law, or, as it is often called, the en- larged- homestead law, has made possible the entry of many mil lion acres of dry land in the 111 the size allowed under the orig inal homestead law. Only lard which has been designated" by the Secretary of the Interior as 'nonirriga ble" can be entered under this act. More than 2OO,- OCO,OOO acres have been design ated, but petitions and sworn statements requesting further designations are constantly be- ing received.
 ''Death Valley" Scotty has plans for the development of one of the most famous gold mining prospects in the western part of Arizona. He has breezed through the Harqua Hala noun tains from both directions and become imbued with the belief in the mining future of that sec tion, providing that money and nerve are used in it's develop ment. Scotty will supply the nerve and hopes to obtain the property in due course. He is sure there is gold in the Glory Hole mine richer than that ever heard of and the history of pock- ct formation bears him out. E..
 The University of Arizona sin cerely regrets that not all towns can't be reached this year with the customary Health Lecturers that are being delivered through out the State, but it does assure that the visiting list will be increased from year to year and that these towns will be reached from time to time. Each year the expense is being borne by the University, but unfortunate ly the fund is none too plentiful:
 however, greater freedom is eX- pected in the future. The in
 tereSt manifested by many Ot
 the towns in these lectures has
 convinced the University that
 such money has not been spent
 in vain, and that much subStan
 tial benefit is to be derived iron l them.