The border vidette., 1914-10-10

| who was Tn from the Cata lima
 noun ntains Monday, says that he
 has an order for Juniper seeds,
 which will be used by the man
 ufacturer of a celebrated root
 beer. In compromising h e
 syrup for this beverage, the
 Intalian juniper seed has been
 used, but the war has cut off
 this supply or curtailed it.
 J. B. Bristol, secretary of the
 Nogales Chamber of Commerce
 has written to the Tucson cham
 Der of commerce, that Nogales is glad to be credited in the
 boost and build edition of The
 Citizen with being the key to
 the west coast of Mexico. He
 says that he is willing Tucson
 should be the gateway as long
 as they don't break the lock and
 NogaIes holds the key.
 The platform adopted by the
 democrats of Cochise county at a recent meeting of the central committee declares for the erec-
 tion of a hospital for miners, a
 pledge not to sell any state lands and urges a change in the law, so as to compel voters to de- clare their party when register ing. The platform also contains a strong endorsement of the ad-
 ministration of Governor Hunt. The proposition of endorsing the 80 per cent citizenship bill was brought up and discussed, but no action was taken.
 The meeting of the American
 Mining Congress will be held at Phoenix on the 17th of Decem- Der, and every one who has the interest of mining at heart should do all possible to make a success of that gathering. Local boards and Board of Su- pervisors have the right to ap- point delegates, and every or ganization should be represent ed. The Mining Congress has an important duty to perform in the keeping alive of interest in mining and it's kindred industries and our people should give un- stincted aid in making the gathering at Phoenix a success.
 Target practice has begun at the University of Arizona. The first squad to shoot was taken out yesterday by officers in charge of that line in the mili- tary tactics and they were given instruction in that part of drill work. The first squad did their yesterday morning, and from now on at each drill period, a new squad will be out On the range learning how to shoot. The range is fifty feet and the ammunition used is the regular P cartridge. The range is the same as the indoor range, but | on account of the atmospheric | of this vicinity, the | range is placed outdoors.
 A United States treasury 1 warrant for $94, ,198. .92-Ariz- ona's portion of the amount de- rived from the twelve national forests in this state for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1613-was received yesterday by Gov. Hunt and transmitted to the state treasurer. The sum, which is twenty five per cent of the total amount realized from the sale of forests products from the national forests, will be applied to school purposes, as stipulated in the federal sta tute regulating the disposal of funds received from the nation al forests. The remainder of the receipts goes to the federal 
 With the election of Frank J. Duffy of Santa Cruz county as the democratic state central committee was reorganlz- ed last Monday at a meeting held at the capitol building. Some time ago it was announc- ed that c. M. Roberts of Cochise would again be a candidate for the chairmanship. When this statement was first made, the a n ti administration fore 8 brought John H. Robinson of Prescott into the ring. How ever, when Robinson made 1t plain that he did not care for the position and Judge Duffy's name was brought forward by the Hunt adherents, Duffy proved so acceptable that Robin son withdrew from the race and himself nominated the man from l