The border vidette., 1914-02-21
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Culled From Our
 Exchanges.

House cleaning has been going on in Kingman for more than a week past and illsmell- ing and un-sanitary places have been cleaned up. Precautions spread of smallpox from outside mining camp.
 Col. Guildfoyle, commander of the regiment of cavalry sta toned at Douglas, has received instructions from Washington to return to the owners all arms and ammunition that was seized during efforts to cross it from Douglas into Mexico during the period that the embargo was on.
 From Ray comes the reports of a second gold strike, this time of rock reported to assay $1O, ,OOO ton. It is said to have been made by Arthur Higgins, who filed the first claims on the dis covery of last week. It is in the same district as the former strike and by some is believed to be d continuation of that ledge. Arizona Record.
 On the ground that the skin and feathers of an ornithological if edible do not constitute the 'bird' as it is re- garded by the Arizona statues, O. c. Polling, a taxidermist, won out from the state in his hear ing before Justice Johnstone. The charge was Polling did buy and barter certain quail and ducks. Phoenix Republican.
 Strike troubles are at an end at the Magma mine at Ray. The trouble rose from a racial controversy, but is now settled and for the past week work has gone on as usual. It has been agreed that no more SlavOnians shall be employed. The pc culiarity of the strike was that MeXicanS and Americans were allied to keep out the -bohunks."
 No less than S17, 7,OOO will soon be received in Mesa for the ad- vance to be paid on the cotton week consigned to eastern mark cts. This week it is believed that upwards of $1O,OOO will be received on the amount of cotton to be shipped. The two weeks shipments will mean no less than $27, ,OOO in advance money alone to be soon available in this city. Tucson Citizen.
 John Phillips, one of the di- rectors of the Nevada Arizona Gold mines company, arrived in Kingman a few days ago and went out to the mines in the company of H. l.. Ste wart and John H. Ware. The company is working a force of men in de- velopment work on the lower level of the property, and ex
 pect to further develop the mines from the Roosevelt tun- nel. This is one of the good properties of the county, which will probably be sending bullion to the mint during the year.
 Last Saturday the Tom Reed shipped their regular monthly cleanup of bullion, the four bars weighing $1OO,OOO This looked mighty good to the boys who have been watching these big bars coming in regulary from that property the past four years, and especially do the dividends have the faculty of growing larger and better look ing to the shareholders as the years roll OF, The past year showed net dividends of over sixty-six per cent, and the re- serve fund has grown to nearly $500, ,OOO. The company has mine reserves that will maintain the high average production and dividends for the next three years, that amount of ore now being broken in the mine stopes. No other mine on the coast could discontinue development six months without draining their resources, while the Tom Reed would not have to touch on the un broken reserves for years. The broken ore is of the same general quality of that milled during the year.-Miner.