The border vidette., 1915-11-27
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest CuIied From Our
 Exchanges.

| Fifteen thousand brook trout, raised in the high altitude about Leadville, Colo, are expected to arrive shortly in Tucson for the stocking of the upper Sabino canyon stream in the CatalinaS. | Advices have been received that the Arizona Bankers Asso- citation has offered a reward of $1OO for the arrest of the robber of the San Simon bank on No vember 2nd. The Security Go. also has a reward of S1OO out. making standing reward of S2OO.
 Tonight will see the close of one of the best state fairs yet held in Arizona. From the stand point of the racing card and the amusement attra ctions, the fair was equal of any ever held in | the state, and the attendance was far in excess of many of the fol mer fairs.
 Arrangements have been made with Warden R. B. Sims of the state prison at Florence where by the inmates will be given the opportunity of listening to a l series of lectures on agriculture | by representatives of the U. of A. Agricultural Extension Ser vice Tucson Citizen.
 ''The Philadelphia Inquirer says: The fact is that war is generally promulgated by those who have the most to gain and least to lose in the conflict. whose own skins are safe, and who are enabled to drag after them all of their followers by 1 holding up a sacred banner of patriotism which is often false Economic pressure has had much to do with war, but ambition has 1 had more."
 Anson H. Smith, proprietor of l the Mohave Miner, has been warning throughout the state against all persons claiming to be agents or solicitors for that paper. The Miner has none. The great gold strikes which have been made in the county | have probably made it easy for | impoSterS to secure advertise ments and subscriptions for the | Miner.
 It is announced that Victor Jackson of Bellevue, who is leasing the Powers Gulch prop erty, owned by B. F. Crawford, | associates, has just received a shipment of 831 pounds of tung- Sten ore which was taken by the Primos Chemical company at the rate of S1, ,346 a ton The total return on the 831 pounds was $559 26, but freight amounting to $21.25 was 6educed.-S Silver Belt.
 The increasing importance of the U. of A. Farmers Short Course to the State is indicated l by the fact that Governor Hunt has consented to deliver an ad | dress to the farmer students. The Governor will speak on "The Farmer and the State" the evening of January II. This is one of several addresses to be delivered by prominent men at | the Fourth Annual Farmers Short Course. The railroads have provided special rates of one and third fare for the round trip.
 Petitions are being signed by numerous friends of l.. A. | Brown, of Bisbee, who agreed to be the goat" in testing the pro- hibition law in Arizona, as to it's application to the sale of Bar rette, a near bear, which had been manufactured for sale ir the Arizona dry counties before the passage of the state prohibi- tion law. It was contended by many that any beverage that was not intoxica ing could be sold under the prohibition amend ment and MT. Brown after 12 o'clock the night of December 31, made sale of one bottle of Barrette with the intention of standing trial as means of testing the law. He was tried in the superior court at Tomb stone and convicted and sen- fenced to serve a term in jail and pay fine