The border vidette., 1913-02-15
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Culled From Our
 Exchanges.

The merchants of Phoenix. backed by the local unions ot
 the town, have organized to com
 bat the mail order houses. This
 is a move in the right direction
 and should be followed by every
 town in the southwest. Will | Hams News.
 1 The West Coast of Mexico, in
 terested more in prosperity than
 politics just now, is reported Wednesday to be entirely tran squil. No uprisings in favor of
 Diaz are reported anywhere
 from Nogales to Topic. Com
 plete order prevails throughout.
 Charles F. Solomon, president
 of the Arizona National bank,
 said Wednesday that the de-
 posits of the institution have
 increased $8O,OOO in the 20 days
 since it's reorganization. There are now 2S stockholders and the number is being increased from
 time to time.
 Struck by an automobile, James McVeagh, well known re- sident of Tempe was badly injured. McVeagh was driving a buggy and an auto crashed into the horse and buggy with great force The animal is said to have been instantly killed, the buggy demolished and McVeagh badly, though not seriously injured.
 That an 8-story $500, eco hotel will stand at the southwest corner of Central avenue and Jefferson street within IS months is the report about Phoenix. George H. N. Luhrs, proprietor of the Commercial hotel of that city and owner of the site for the one of the leading promoters of the new institution.
 Graham of Cochise is still anx- ious to have an experiment we'll sunkin the Sulphur Springs valley and introduced his bill, which failed to get through at the last session, again. He asked for S7, ,5CO to sink wells on school sections to demonstrate whether or not there is sufficient water in that section UO pay the farmers to incur a like expense on their own accOunt.-PrOS- pector.
 That there will be no Demo cratic appointment for United States marshall of Arizona until 1916, is the opinion of Congress man Carl Hayden as expressed in s letter received from him by Neri Osborn Jr., now in Tucson. writes: 'NThe commis- sion of MT. c. A. Overlook, the present incumbent d oe not expire until May, 1916, so that our senators have over three years in which to agree upon the choice of his successor. There has been no friction be- tween them, and I am certain | that they will have no difficulty | in getting together on this ap pointment when the time comes"
 Mexican Consul Anaya was assaulted Saturday night as he was coming away from the Con- cordia club by a rebel sympathi- ger. The official was unable to come down to his office yester- day the consulate being closed. No arrest has been made. An to reach the consul by was unsuccessful, it be- ing stated at his residence that | he was at his office, which was closed. The particulars of the attack could not be learned, but it is understood to have been made by Mexican who is thought to be rebel sympathiz ar. It was learned that Consul Anaya was not seriously injured. Tucson Star.
 A Bisbee dispatch says: Con- binual rumors regarding the ab- of the Saginaw, Denn aud Warren mines by larger companies are now aflOat here, | but to date nothing definite look ing towards an absorption has The Saginaw is con brolled by the c. & A., Denn by the Shattuck and the Warren is an independent mine. One of the most current rumors about the Saginaw is that the c. & A. is about to run drift from the Junction shaft to the Saginaw shaft. The Denn property lies between the c. & A. and Sagi-
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