The border vidette., 1914-10-24
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Inte, est Called From Orr
 Exchanges.

Those who were appalled, by
 the size Of the ballot in the pri-
 mary election, have another
 they get ahold of the ballot for
 the general election. This bal
 lot will not be quite as long as
 that used in the primary, but it
 will be two or three times as wide It will be twenty one
 inches wide and forty two inches
 in length.
 The greater Arizona League
 is a non partisan body composed
 of citizens all over the state,
 and is the first organization of
 the kind in Arizona to be sup
 ported entirely by voluntary
 contributions. It is taking an
 active interest in questions of
 public welfare, and at present | is devoting attep tion to some of
 the initiated laws to be voted on
 at the coming election.
 That the country will begin to
 to feel an incr aSe of con- fidence and prosperity within 60 or 90 days, was the statement recently made in Tucson by H. V. Platt, general manager of the Southern Pacific, who was a business visitor in the old pueblo. Platt stated that in his travels he had run across many communities which did not even realize that times are hard. Sweeping reductions in com modity rates to Arizona from eastern points will go into effect on November 15 and are for car load or less than carload lots The changes in so many rates caused the railroad companies endless expense in the publica- tiou of the new tariffs. The Southern Pacific has just issued new book containing rates to California, Arizona and Nevada, at an expense of SS5, ,OOO
 Moving pictures in and about the University of Arizona were taken early this week in Tucson by the Eclair company. The films will be used by the city for advertising purposes. In order to make the film more interest ing, a scenerio was written around the arrival of two new students who are shown over | the grounds and buildings, the 1 camera man following on their trail. Several scenes from a | football game are also shown.
 With the aid of the Flying Squadron, an organization of | noted orators and singers, the | prohibitionists made hurricane | close of their campaign in Phoe | nix and Tucson last week. The | two principal speakers were ex- Governor HanIy of Indiana and | ex-Governor St. John of Kan sas. Governor St. John is one | of the pioneer prohibition ora tors of the country. having been chief executive in Kansas forty | years ago when the state wide | prohibition law was passed.
 F. A. Jones. of the Arizona Corporation Commission was signally honored this week in Chicago when he was elected DroSlQonU or all dSSOCldUlOn COIL l posed of the west. The repre- sentatives of numerous western commercial associations are also affiliated with the body. The corporation and railroad com are now in Chicago for the purpose of attending the of the intermountain rate cases. MT. Jones is pre- senting the case for the Arizona Commission and consumers.
 That the cars in the coming Ell Paso- Phoenix race will average in the neighborhood of 40 miles an hour was the statement made last week by Robert H. Rinehart, chairman of the contest board of the Fl Paso Auto Club, who ar rived in Phoenix after a trip over the course was the fast road race in the country and that the time of the Los Angeles Phoenix race would be far lower than the Fl Paso- o-Phoenix grind. While here Rinehart made the interesting statement that the Beaver Bullet, which finished in eighth place at the last Indiana polls 500 mile race, would be en- tered in the 50 mile race at the fair and also might be an entry il { n fn