The border vidette., 1914-04-18
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Called From Our
 Exchanges.

R. G. Brady has been appoint ed as a member of the livestock sanitaly board, succeeding J. M. Ronstadt, who will soon take up Shis duties as postmaster of l Tucson.
 The depositors of the Arizona Bank and Trust company, should receive 75 cents on the dollar was the statement of w. E. Ar mold, receiver of the institution on his return from El PaSO, Sun day.-Dispatch.
 Little opposition developed in the annual election of the Salt River Valley Water Users as sociation to the propositions to construct 21 pumping plants within the irrigation project and to build storage dam at Horse Shoe bend, on the Verde river.
 The State Corporation Com mission has issued a permit enabling the Tucson, Phoenix and Tide water railroad to issue S2, 100000 stock and the same amount in first mortgage gold | bonds, for the construction of a rail line from Phoenix to Tue i son.
 c. B. Wood, secretary of the Arizona State Fair, has re- ceived a letter from V. l.. Shuler, Indianapolis, requesting him to be sure and provide a class for ] the 2:O9 trot. He says he wishes to enter Peter Mccormick, POS 1-4 at the Arizona State Fair next fall.
 In ordert to complete extended studies of cacti made by him in | various parts of the world and particularly in Arizona, while at the carnegie desert Ia boratory at Tucson Dr. J. M. Rose, ac- companied by Mrs. Rose, will leave shortly for the west coast South America.
 A carload of cane sugar from the West Coast of Mexico has just reached Tucson Owing to a reduction of about 62 cents per hundred pounds on the duty | on sugar entering the United States, which took effect on | March 1, manufacturers on the West Coast are enabled to enter | the Arizona market.
 A campaign has been set on foot by the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine to raise the money ne- cessary to build their proposed auditorium and shrine building. A site for the building has been secured at Phoenix, four blocks from the business center, and plans have been drawn. These plans call for an auditorium that will seat $500 people. The building will cost about $50, ,OOO.
 In response to the suggestions of Governor Hunt conveyed during a lengthy correspondence to the members of the Arizona delegation in Congress, bill is ! now in process of formation, the purpose of which is to pension all Indian scouts throughout the United States who have served the nation thirty days or more during the perilous days of frontier warfare against the crafty redskins.
 G. N. Pettey is finishing the planting of his large orchard this week which will be about 35 acres principally apples of the commercial varieties. This or chard is one mile long and when, with proper care, it gets a two years growth will make a big showing. There has been other orchards planted around Bowie this spring, many from ten to forty acres, and the most of the farmers are putting in nice home orchards of 100 to 500 trees. - Bowie Enterprise.
 April 24 to be Statehood day" in Arizona if the plans of the Phoenix board of trade are car ried out. A committee from the board decided upon that day for the observance of the 18th an niverSary of ArizOna's s Organiza- tion as a territory. As nearly as can be learned, Arizona was organized as a territory on that day 50 years ago. A banquet will be held in Phoenix. The gov ernor has been asked to issue special proclamation urging that the day be observed thrOuohOut the state