The border vidette., 1914-09-19
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Called From Our
 Exchanges.

The total registration in Co., chise county for the primary election, was 1,755. Of this were women.- Dispatch
 Miners in Arizona are pre- pairing to ask congress for relief from assessment work this year because of the times of stress that have followed the declara- tion of war in Europe Globe | Record.
 The ranges are declared to be in splendid shape throughout the north by virtue of excep tional rainfalls. Hence the con ditions are such that no incon- venience will be encountered in taking care of the extra supply of cattle. Miner.
 Chief Scout w. H. Pierce, who guards the ancient Cliff Dwell ings for the government, reports | that there were 5S7 visitors at the Dwellings during the month of August. Every year shows a big increase in visitors to this | popular scenic point. Sun.
 i Ten head of milk cows were turned back into Mexico on Friday by special Agent Creigh ton, the animals having been brought to this country in viola | tion of the sanitary and customs laws. They were the property of Frank Hudson.-Bisbee Re- view.
 The humble pink bean, known locally as the frijole, is coming into it's own this year and will be a 'big money" crop for the farmers of Arizona. The market for beans is steadily advancing, six cents. per pound being the Los Angeles quotation Sept. f. Douglas Dispatch.
 Reports of wonderfully rich gold strike recently made in the Patagonia mining district have been received locally. Samples of the ore which was sent to assayers for examina- tion are reported to have run as high as S4,OOO a ton in gold alone. The find was made in the Santa Rita mountains.
 It is reported that the Phelps Dodge interest, which recently took over the tombstone Con- solidated Mines company, have put large force of men to work cleaning up and doing other work in advance of resuming operations on the property. During the past week over six ty additional men have been en- ployed.
 A number of property owners in the town of Florence are up in arms because of the recent action by the town council in adopting resolution providing for the construction of cement sidewalks s feet in width in the business portion of town. It seems that a majority of the property holders of the Pinal county town favor a sidewalk 10 feet in width and it is possible that the referendum will be in voked by the citizens.
 A recent bulletin issued by the government census department contains some interesting data in reference to Cochise county. According to the government dopesters there are 8485 homes in the county ard of this num- Der 115S are farm homes. One thousand and seventy-two of the farm homes are owned by the occupants and are free of mort gages, which is particularly exellent record. The mortgaged farm homes number but 26. Renters occupy 55 farm homes in the county.
 That the mining sections of Arizona will suffer less from the European war than any other mining section of the United States, was the trend of re- marks made in Globe this week by Franklin B. Harding, not ed mining engineer from Chi cago. Harding stated that cur tailments in production and re- trenchments, far greater than those experienced in Arizona, had been the rule in practically all other copper mining districts ! of the United States, and that | foI. this raaSOp ha holinUQ6 thjS