The border vidette., 1914-07-04

| tory more prosperous tEan It IS
 today.
 The Superior & Boston of
 Globe is shipping hundred tons
 of ore daily to the El Paso
 Smelter.
 Three thousand five hundred
 dollars was the amount spent on
 the Bisbee- Warren stretch of 1 the state highway last month, l-accordiug to figures published
 recently in the Douglas Dis
 patch.
 The Bisbee Review says there are more men on the pay rolls Of the Copper Queen, C.. & A., Shattuck, Wolverine, and Hig gins mines than a year ago with
 work planned that will mean a further increase of men this fall.
 The Artesian Belt published at San Simon recites the details of a growing activity in Paradise District and predicts that min ing section is on the eve of the biggest and best boom in it's history, the next great boom in Arizona, and one that will put the camp into the producing class.
 Charley Miller, son of Fred Miller. superintendent at the old Four Metals, now the Red Mountain Copper company, was in town Monday for supplies. He says at that property at the present time there are between 35 and 40 men employed, and this force is expected to be in creased during the fall. ..Pata- gonian.
 w. E. Arnold, receiver of the Arizona Bank & Trust company, announced on Thursday, that on Friday he would begin paying dapOsitors 50 per cent, which with 50 per cent already paid, will give every depositor 100 cents on the dollar. Not a per son who had any money in the bank will lose one cent.-Inter- national.
 Mohave county leads all the balance of Arizona when it comes to political activity. In Mohave the democrats have been right on the job, and at the present time there is one or more of the l brethren announced as a can- didate for every county office. This is the only county in the state where a complete ticket is in the field.
 Tomorrow will be the last open Sunday in the town of Florence for on July 3rd the Sunday closing ordinance goes | into effect It will be something of novelty in Florence to find | all the principal places of busi- ness, including saloons, closed | on Sunday July, 5th will be the | first closed Sunday under the new state of affairs.
 Harry Barnett was in from the Happy Jack one day last week. He came in after supplies, and reported that everything was rapidly getting in shape to start up work on this property again. Work has now been re- sumed on the lower levels of the property, and the force will be increased as soon as deemed ad- visable. e.-Patagonian.
 A. Reid, a real estate man living in Miami, is now making a tour of the state, circulating petitions for the division of Gila county and the eSta tablishment of an independent county, to be known as Miami, with the pre- sent town of Miami as the coun- ty seat. It looks very much as if the necessary number of sig natures would be received
 c. A. Pierce, engineer in charge at the Ruby Copper company, in town Tuesday, said the work of sinking the Lee shaft at that property had stop ped temporarily at the 45O level, where a station had been cut and work of drifting started. Ore from the drift runs over 6 per cent copper and carries ounces in silver. The shaft will be continued on to the 53O level, where other crOSScuts will be run. A new compressor has been ordered for this property and is expected to arrive in Patagonia within a few days