The border vidette., 1913-11-08

nat prospects TOT a cOmO1na tlo3 creamery, ice plant, meat market and laundry. to cost S23 eco, at Chandler, are bright, is liie belief of l. M. Kellogg. a pioneer creamery expert who is
 working Gut plans for the eStab- lIshment of the enterprise.
 The similarity of the Egyptian desert to the deserts of Arizona yet with the difference that there is vegetation on the young CT deserts, was the feature of the lecture illustrated with ste riopticon views given by Dr. D.. T. McDougall at the Episcopal church Sunday evening.-Trc- son Star.
 Advices from Miami state that the contract for the new post office has been signed in favor of the Live Oak street site, the bid made by the Live Oak St. Improvement association having been accepted by Postal Inspect or G. K. Marshall and now only awaits the approval of the an thorities at Washington before the actual change is made.
 That there will be the great est attendance at the Arizona state fair this year than ever before is evidenced by the tre- mencouS demand for boxes. Every box was sold six weeks before the fair opened and now there is a general clamor for re- served seat tickets in the grand stand. There are seven hun dred reserved seats in the grand stand and it looks as if every one of them would be sold as soon as they are placed on sale. Phoenix Republ z
 Approximately 83 cents on the .$1OO will be the Phoenix city tax rate for the ensuing year, according to the budget tentati- vely adopted by the city coun. cil. It is estimated that it will require the sum of $386, 897. .49 to run that city the coming year, which will be met by tax on the city's property value of $24, 1S4, 26O. It is estimated that the total revenue of the city from such sources as fines and licenses will be $186, ,275, leaving $2CO, 622. .48 to be raised by direct taxation.
 The commissioner of the gen eral land office, Washington, D. G., has called the attention of Arizona land office officials to the fact that applications for re inStatement of cancelled entries are frequently filed direct with the commissioners office. In structions are given that these applications, involving land in Arizona should be filed first in the land office at Phoenix, in order that proper notation of the application may be made on the records. and all parties af- fected thereby put on construc- tive notice as to the pendancy of the applications.
 A deal has just been consum- ated whereby J. T. Scanlon and Louis Kennard have become as sociated with William FesSler in leasing the Harrison froup of mines, which are located near the Three R property. Messers. Scanlon 6 Kennard, who recent ly came here from Bisbee, are miners of much experience and will without doubt do well at the Harrison. MT. Fessler, who visited the property Tuesday, returned on Wednesday with very encouraging news, also ex- hibiting some very nice speci- mems of ore, carrying good cop per values. s.-PatagOnian.
 A census is being taken of the Indians in the Southwest by Vincent Natalish, a full-blooded Apache Indian and a supervisor in the United States service. Natalish is a graduate of Car lisle, and has been in the gov ernment service for some time. This is the first time that the Indian census has been taken by an Indian, and the experiment. seems to be working out satis- factorily, as more names and data are being secured than ever before. He already has 3OOO names from around San Carlos and Geronimo and has not yet been to the Fort Apache