The border vidette., 1913-10-11
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest CuIled From Our
Exchanges.

only automatic cotton ginning
plant in the world will be in
operation in Phoenix. The plant
of the Arizona Egyptian Cotton
company is now ready to receive
raw cotton.
The Southern Arizona fair VIII
be held December 9 to 13. This
time was fixed upon by the board
of directors late Wednesday af-
ternoon. Construction of the
buildings and track will be rush
| ed to compile etiOn.
The state reform school at
Fort Grant will be reorganized
into a military school. The plan
has been worked out by Gov
ernor Hunt and State Adjutant
Chas. W. Harris, and will be ap-
piled to the school as soon as
posi- Star.
Fifty people Of the Blue Grass
state signed their names in the
little red book circulated in Tue
son as candidates" for the new
Kentucky club. The Idea of
the club was that of Mrs. J. @.
Wheat, and she talked to a num-
ber of signers in regard to the
future organization which will
be completed soon.
Under law passed by the
last legislature, the pensioning
of public school teachers of Ari-
IONA after twenty five years of
service. is now in force, and it
will be learned with very much
satisfaction in Yavapai county
that @. F. Fox is the first to be
rewarded in this line of public
service for his faithfullness as a
public school instructor.
Early construction of the new
railroad line from Holbrook to
Globe, giving this city connec-
ton with the Santa Fe as we'll
as with the Southern Pacific, is
anticipated as the. result of re-
ports received from the interior
of the state which say that the
the route for the line are max
ing rapid progress. s.-Globe Re
cord.
A new law went into effect in
Arizona, October 1st which re-
stricts the number of liquor
licenses which may be issued,
to one for every 100 qualified
electors, of any unincOrpOrated
town, city or precinct though
not affecting licenses in affect
prior to that date, so long as the
L 10 At I,
business within such town or
precinct.
Fred G.. Moore returned from
Navajo county after finishing up
the exploration of the 5000 acre
tract of coal lands owned prin-
cipally by Prescott people Churn
drilling, shaft sinking and tun-
mel operations were the methods
adopted and Mr.. Moore states
the determinations were favor
able. Over three months were
occupied in this work and prac-
tically every location of the nine
teen was discovered. Courier.
That right here in Bisbee there
is a ready demand for all Of the
pIOouCS OI1cbO OllS ctS IL Jul q
lands in the neighboring valleys
can raise has again been de-
monstrated by the fact that the
entire output of tomatoes from
the McNeal canning factory has
been purchased here It has
been taken by the Phelps Dodge
Mercantile company and will be
retailed in their Bisbee, Lowell,
Naco and Douglas store. The
price paid is eminently salts
factory to the valley people
BiSbee Review.
A new record for Arizona cop
per mines was made last Sunday
when the Ray Consolidated Cop
per company's mills made a run
of 8. .S77 tons. News of the mar
velous run was brought to the
city yesterday by persons who
were in Ray Sunday. The fact
that the Ray hoists all of its ore
from underground makes the re-
cord more remarkab able. 1t is not
as though the mine were a steam
shovel proposition. For some
time past the Ray has been
piling record upon record. Here
tofore, however, the records that
have been broken were for the
1icf,.iaf Hhn