The border vidette., 1914-06-20
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of interest Called From Our
 Exchanges.

de. recently handled 2OOO pounds
 of salt, by parcel post and an
 SCO pound shipment of oats.-
 Arizona Republican.
 Mrs. Albert Steinfeld and
 daughter Viola, accompanied by
 Miss Florence Donau, left this l week on the Golden State Limit
 ed for New York City. Later
 they will be joined by Mir.
 Steinfeld and the party will sail July on tue Vaterland for
 Europe. e.-Tucson Post.
 Professor Wilson, of the University of Arizona, has gone to Chicago to assist one of the stockmen to make selection of registered animals for one of the stockmen of the state. The sale occurred June f and it is expected that valuable animals will be added to one of the best Arizona herds.
 The grounds of the University of Arizona have never been as attractive as at the present time. Those who are familiar with the
 
 parts of the Southwest describe this as being the most beautiful of them all Much work, water and intelligence are required to create a garden on a callche hill.
 More than thirty years ago the Saint Vincent de Paul's society, a branch of world wide charitable organizations, was esta blished in Tucson in behalf of the poor of the city. Today this society is taking care of from thirty to forty needy families, distributing to them monthly a supply of staple pro- vision, such as four, sugar, rice, beans, coffee and soap.
 A S2O, ,OO0 addition to the plant of the Pioneers home in Pres colt to provide quarters for wo men and for married pioneers will be built in the near future if plans submitted to the eXecu- tor of the w. c. Parsons estate are adopted by the state board of control. The amount set aside for the Pioneers home in the disposition of the estate amounts to S4O,OOO, half of which is availa ble at the present time.
 The Jensen well, 432 gallons per minute, heretofore consider ed the largest artesian we'll in the valley was relegated to second place and put far back in the shade Thursday morning, when B. A. Washburn brought in a we'll nearly twice as large a we'll almost as large as any two in the San Simon valley. The Washburn we'll flows TAO gallons a minute, the figures be- ing arrived at by the aid of Government tables. The Arte- sian Belt.
 American cattlemen of Sonora have exported their full allow ance of 10000 head of cattle at the rate of $5 United States currency head, under the special concession given them by General Carranza. The time limit expired Thursday. Some of the owners, who put up a certain amount of the fifty thousand dollars failed to get their stock across the line, but as others realizing their predica- ment sent their own cattle across there will be no monetary loss to any of the Sonora cattlemen, eX- cept that of having to keep their stock in Mexico or pay the old rate of S1O gold a head Tomb stone PrOspectOr.
 Andrew Clevengar, a Super for youth about 17 years old, is to have a finger amputated, the result of. being bitten by rattle snake. Clevengar, was bitten on the third finger of the right hand. Dr. Slaughter of that place, is to perform the amputa- tion and hopes to be able to save the hand. About two weeks ago Clevengar and several other boys about his age were out hunting in the vicinity of Su- perior. He saw the tail of the snake sticking out of a hole in the ground and caught the snake by the tail and dragged it out of the hole when the reptile stung his finger three times as quick as flash. -PrOSpcctor.