The border vidette., 1915-04-03
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest CuIIed From Our
 Exchanges.

the history of Yuma will take
 place next month, when the big
 two state bridge is officially tc
 the world.
 Northern Arizona's greatest
 celebration, Frontier Day, will
 be held in Prescott this year on
 Saturday, Sunday, and Monday,
 July 3-4-5. This was decided at
 a recent meeting of the Cham Der
 of Commerce which has the affair
 in charge. e.-COurier.
 A barrel of whisky seized by
 the revenue officers at Prescott
 because it did not come up to
 standard, is bothering govern
 ment officials. U. s. Marshal Dillon says that it is usual to sell confiscated property, but in
 this case it is booze and he can't sell it in Arizona. = Flagstaff Sun.
 An order by President Roose-
 welt, creating a bird reservation on the Tonto water shed, was issued on February 25, 1909 and @ law enacted March 4, of the same year prescribes the penal | ties for moleSting birds within the prescribed area of the re- servation is for the purpose of hatch and raise their young | without moleStation.
 Copper is slowly getting above fifteen cents, where it is to be hoped it will stay. With copper at fifteen cents that metal can be economically used in many manufactures, but when it reach es few cents higher it's uses are curtailed and overproduction results. With a fifteen cent market all the big mines of the force. .-Mohave Miner.
 Wouldn't it be jolly fine to have a great big milling plant on the Bi Metal mine, crushing from 500 to 1000 tons or more of ore daily? We'll, that is just what we hope to see. The Bi- Metal has the ore to make poSSi- ble such a plant. It is now up to some big capital to do the busi- ness. While the ore is low in grade, it has wonderful possi- bilities. Mohave Miner.
 There is now, has been con- tinuously and will always be, a good demand for horses and mules ranging from 1900 to 1900 pounds. These animals will al ways be in request for farm fno livery work in the cities. At tically no one in northern Ari zona devoting himself to the raising of this type of horses.
 That work on the placing of the Western Union wires in Tue son underground will begin within the next 60 days, was the | statement of prominent Western | city Wednesday. The party in cluded Hugh McPhee, district | commercial superintendent; B. | R. Fisher, district plant super visor; and J. Plotner, general | foreman. all from Los Angeles.
 And it is a fact that a man can print just one big card and go around and vigorously solicit for it and get 90 per cent more advertising for the one card than a man with newspaper circulation of thousands can get who does not solicit; and tine chaps who do this are called business men, and this vigorous soliciting business is the great incubators for fakirs, confidence and all manner of mendicantS.- Leader.
 Surveying of public land in Arizona is being rushed with a speed never before attained. Surveyor General Frank $. Ing alls has for several years main tained an average of eight part ies in the field, but he now has 24 parties, located near Signal, K n g m n, Yucca, Oatman, Chloride and other points the state. Over 300 men are included in these part ies. Orders have been issued to survey approximately 1000, ,OOO acres of Santa F'e grant lands in Arizona and, Ingalls to place eight more parties in the field at an early date. Miami Silver Belt.