The border vidette., 1914-10-10
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Called From Our
 Exchanges.

l
 Pima county has returned to his
 home in Tucson from Prescott where he went to preside at the
 trial of Dud Clark, the form
 CT Yavapai county road superin
 tendent, who was charged with
 graft. The trial was a long and
 hard one and resulted in disa.
 greement on the part of the jury.
 Judge Cooper was praised for
 his fairness by attorneys on
 both sides of the case.
 Gus Heyman, one of the best
 known drummers that made Ari-
 zona, died at his home in San
 Francisco several days ago. MT. Heyman was known to more
 people than any man in the state and had an immense circle of friends. When the Pioneers Home was built he endowed a bed for that institution, and also started a fund to supply the place with the best literature. Among the old time residents of the State his death will be greatly regretted.-Miner.
 More than 14OO miles of the Southern Pacific of Mexico be- i low Nogales has been opened for traffic, and the renovation of the line has proceeded very rapidly. The whole mileage is only 1921 miles, and the road is being operated to Guaylnas and beyond. Twice a week trains leave Nogales for Acaponeta, away down in the State of Te- pie. The present trouble in So- nora has interfered with the operation of the road but little except on the Cananea branch.
 Prominent Democrats and Re- publicans from all parts of the state, gathered in Phoenix for the central committe meetings, were unanimously in favor of the proposal to amend the pre- sent primary law be so changed as to prevent mem berS of one party voting the ticket of some other political party in the primary election. This can be done by compelling all voters, when registering, to declare their party affiliations, as is done in California and other states where the primary law is in vogue.
 Now that the Albuquerque Phoenix auto race has been abandoned because it would in sure more to the benefit of Ariz- ona than New Mexico and Al buquerque in particular. accord ing to the stand taken by the merchants of that city, and the fact that Los Angeles is dabbl- ing with a race via a new route tory and which to date has only four entries the big race that will make them all sit up and take notice is the El Paso- Tom mbstone-PhoeniX race, which has 40 entries and will have over 20 to start.
 The News has always been and still is a believer in labor organizations, but it is not believer to the extent of enact ing the "8O per cent'' or the been initiated. These laws would not only seriously cripple the operations of every industry in Arizona, but they would in jure the very classes they are supposed to benefit. There should undoubtedly be legisla- tive action along these lines, but we cannot believe that it will come in the shape of the present drastic and pernicious measures. News.
 With the cutting off of i'm portations of many mineral pro- ducts the United States Geo. logical Surveys list of mineral producers becomes an important source of public information In response to specific inquiries addressed to the Director of the Survey at Washington, concern ing the location Of mines of any kind tributary to any particular market, extracts can be furnish ed from this list. The list is not a published one, as it in cludes about 9O,OOO names and addresses of producers and is constantly being revised, the changes each year amounting to 25 per cent of the list. It can be largely utilized, however, in reply to inquiries from conSum- oc