The border vidette., 1914-05-30
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items Of Interest Called From Our
 Exchanges.

The young man who starts
 out to set the world on fire often
 has cold water thrown on hls efforts
 That the. project to build a
 railroad from the Globe district
 to Durango, Colo. is not dead
 and that work may be started
 on the line without much more delay, is the opinion of well in formed persons. This is based on the report from Washington
 that the Arizona & Colorado has
 won in it's litigation with the Denver & Rio Grande.-Globe Record.
 Mrs. Annie Old, who shot and killed her husband. w. A. Old, deputy sheriff and con- stable at Pearce, was brought to Pearce yesterday by deputy sheriff, Allie Howe, for her pre-
 liminary hearing at which she was placed under a S5COO bond to appear before the superior court Mrs. Old was accom- panied by her attorney. w. B. Cleary and one of her sons. Deputy County Attorney A. Murray, of Bisbee, represented the state.
 So far as known by local me- dicoS for the first time in the history of skin grating the cut icle of Indian boys will be util- ized. Five little Indians have agreed to allow the doctors to operate on them iD an effort to save the life of their playmate, Debi Gustil, who was badly burned a few days ago when he rolled into a camp fire near Rice. The skingrafting operation will take place at the Old Dominion hospital in Globe, where the boy was taken a few days ago when he was brought from the rvation.-Silver Belt.
 MT. and Mrs. William Ayers celebrated their fifty-four wedE ding anniversary at the home of their son A. ". Ayers near Gilbert on Sunday of this week. Mr. Ayers is 91 years of age and has been quite ill for sev- eral days. For a time his life was despaired of and his child ren from distance hurried to his bedside but for the past few days he has been gaining and on the anniversary date of his we'd dim he was able to sit at the table with his faithful com panion of over a half century and enjCy the meal.-Phoenix Republican.
 A rara avis was recently captured alive near the Willie Rose mine. according to reports from that camp. It measures 40 inches from tip to tip, and is perfectly white. It has an un- usually large face, declared to be not unlike that of a monkey, and it's cries resemble that of a human being. Nothing like this bird has been seen by any one in these parts, and no one knows what to call it unless it is species of owl If unable to keep the bird alive, the Willie Rose officials intend to send it l to taxidermiSt to be preserved | as nearly lifelike as possible - ArteSian Belt.
 The new senate bill covering for the Indians | has had an amendment offered 1 by the Arizona senators provid- 1 ing S25, ,OOO for the purpose of | building a bridge across the Col orado river at Topock. Senator Ashurst urged the amendment | before the committee and it was agreed to. Now if Carl Hayden will favor this appropriation in the house it will become a law. The people of northern Arizona may feel considerable pride in the way Ashurst has looked after their interest and in fact the interest of the whole state. The bill provides that Arizona, California and the government shall contribute equal amounts toward the building of this bridge, and the county of Mo- have is to aid in the building of a wagon road that will be above high water level from the in tersection of the old wagon road now running to the Needles ferry. The government is to connect this road with a road to Fort Mohave through the valley, where it will do the most good