The border vidette., 1914-03-28
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest CuIIeG From Our
 Exchanges.

Hon. Carl Hayden has framed
 and caused to be printed a bill
 authorizing the construction of
 the San Carlos irrigation project
 and providing an appropriation
 for the same.
 Street Cleaning Day in Pata-
 gonia proved a great success from every stanpOint and the
 main thoroughfaIe e, especially,
 was. we'll cleaned and presented
 after the cleaning a much differ
 ant appearance.
 1 William Stewart, a former sol dier convicted of the murder of
 Fred Kibbe at Globe, was re- sentenced to die at Globe on
 May 29th by Judge Sawtelle in ] the United States court Tuesday. | Stewart appealed but the circuit court of appeals affirmed his sentence. Tucson Citizen
 Colonel Cody Buffalo Bib known and loved by thousands of Arizonans for his stalwart qualities and his great big heart, is coming to Arizona at some later date to stage some big spectacular historical dramas of the frontier days gone by and Tucson will be his Eeadouarters.
 John Syverson, president of the Yuma Valley Cotton Grow CTS Association, told a Sun re- porter yesterday that the pre- sent estimate on the number of acres that will be planted to cot ton in the Yuma Valley this year was 5000. It will be scat tered from the town limits of Yuma to the extreme lower end of the valley.
 Alleging defamation of char acter Percy V. Caldwell. super intendent of the Pioneers Home instituted suit in the superior court against the Journal Miner Publishing company. The plain tiff seeks to collect $2,OOO in damages by virtue of story and an editorial which purport- ed to lay bare the existence of Dispatch.
 Reports that the Huerta gov ernment is recruiting men in Tue son and the surrounding country are not taken very seriously by Tucson officers or by constitu tionalist Sympathizers. If re- cruiting is being done it is done so quietly that it is not noticeable. While undoubtedly some men are occasionally sent out by Huerta sympathizers. 1t is not believed that their num- Der is very large. According to agent in Tucson Huerta money in Arizona is very scarce just at present
 Arizona delegates to the most important irrigation conference ever held, to take place in Deny CT April 9, were appointed today by Governor Hunt, as follows: B. A. Fowler. John Orme, c. B. Wood, Phoenix; Andrew Kimball Thatcher; M. J. Dougherty, Mesa; George P. Brown, Buck eye; George Nicholson, pr. J A Ketcherside F. B. Elliott, Yuma; A. s. Sieboth, Florence; and Charles F Bennett of Casa Gran de. Mulford Winsor and w. A. Moody will represent the state land commission
 The Ray Consolidated Copper Company has just completed the construction of long Hume to carry the tailings from the mill | to more available ground. The | company owns the entire valley | land from Hayden Junction to Winkelman, 8 distance of about | four miles in length, which is be- ing used for depositing the tail ings The old system of allow ing them to run down through canyons and washes is now be- ing replaced by the system of fumes so that the taillngs can be carried further away and allowing the land there being covered up and then filling up gradually back towards the mill. Eight thousand tons of ore is now being handled per 24 hours, which is the largest tonnage handled to date During the month Of December the copper output from the local shelter was over 5000, ,OOO pounds from the Ray Consolidated concen trates, the largest since the com of operations