The border vidette., 1913-12-20
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Cuiled From Our
 Exchanges.

An earthquake shock that rat
 tied the windows and in one or
 two places threw dishes from
 the shelves occurred here at 5:15
 o'clock p. m. Friday. For a
 time considera ble excitement
 prevailed, though no serious damage resulted. A low rum
 bling sound accompanied the shock, which was of but a few seconds duration. - Winslow
 Mail.
 There will be two women in the Arizona penite ntiary when
 Mrs. Florence Hunter arrives. She was sentenced in the super for court of Pima county to an indeterminate term of from one diamond ring valued at $25O from the home of Dr. Meade Clyne The other woman is a negress who is in for murder.- Exchange.
 Work on the construction of the line fence between the United States and Mexico from Slaughter's ranch eastward for about 20 miles, is expected to begin in about two weeks. The survey has been completed and the arrival of the supplies is now awaited. The fence will be barbed wire strung on iron posts which will in turn be set in con crete. This work is in charge of Dr. Rosenberger.
 Reports from the extreme northwest part of the state are to the effect that rapid settle ment is being made, where here tofore the jackrabbit has held undisputed away, and there is talk already of the necessity of forming new county. The section lies north of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, and several efforts have been made by the Utah authorities to have it annexed to the state.
 Representatives of the Copper Qeen Mining company are ex- amining all of the workings of the Tombstone Consolidated Mines both underground and surface. Several men are doing the work which will require about ten days. Capt Hodgson, general superintendent of the Copper Qeen is here almost daily. No defnity announcement as to the outcome of their findings can be given at this time.- Tombstone Prospector.
 The Arizona Magazine for No vember presents another repro ductiOn of a handsome oil paint ing by an Arizona artist, Miss Kate T. Corey of Prescott, whose canvasses are already well known in the eastern galleries. It is the picture of Hope House drawn with knowledge of the subject gained through six years residence in the vicinity. Ac- companying the picture are some beautifully descriptive stanzas by Alta Clifford Young, the as sociate editor.
 Tunis sheep for Arizona are given a good boost in Bulletin 69, just issued by the University O1 AE1ZOIld 0ADeEllu0uU Sud which tells of the experiments on by Prof. F. w. Will son of the institution. He re- gards the Tunis sheep as a most valuable animal for breeding in the state, and as an indication that the missionary work of the station is bearing fruit he states that from 25, ,OOO to 3O,OOO grades of the Tunis breed will be mark eted in eastern markets the com ing season.
 Seven thousand brook trout were unloaded at the Prescott depot and delivered Saturday to Eugene Neuman and Harrington Blauvelt, the latter to place them in the Hassayampa and the former to stock up Idylwild, where he has living spring of water. M. A. Perkins, of the Verde river, also is to receive a He states that at his place there is a fine running stream all the year around and the successful propagating of the trout can easily be accom- plished. MT. Blauvelt will stock the Hassayampa at certain places where large living holes of water live the entire year, and which are said to be immune from
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