The border vidette., 1915-02-27
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Called From Our
 Exchanges.

brought at Tucson to test the
 validity of the constitutions
 amendment relative to prohibi-
 tion in the state of Arizona, has
 been decided in the supreme
 court Of the state adversely to
 Gherna, the court holding that
 the act is self acting.
 That it is illegal to "Iend a
 drink" in Arizona, since the pro-
 hibition amendment forbids one
 to dispose" of liquor is the
 opinion of County Attorney
 George O. Hilzinger. The su-
 preme court of Mississippi has
 ruled that it is not against the
 law of that state to lend drink
 of whiskey with the understand
 ing that a corresponding quantity
 is to be turned.-Douglas In
 ternational.
 Billie Doylie and George Dry
 visited the Fink place near Wal
 nut Grove last week and return
 ed with some of the largest and
 finest grape fruit and oranges
 ever seen in the district The
 fruit raised at the Fink place is | much larger than any that has | been brought in to Ray this
 winter, and the writer attests that the gra pc fruit was not on ly seedless and juicy but of the finest flavor he has ever tasted. Copper Camp.
 The testimonial accorded A. L. PaSchall of San Simon by the university and the boards of supervisors of Cochise and | Santa Cruz counties, with re- ference to his duties as farm ad- visor, is entirely just and merit ed. MT. Paschall being not on ly thoroughly competent but in every way worthy. It is also a tribute to San Simon and the valley that there should be found here a farmer who is wanted on the faculty of the 1 Arizona Experiment Station.- The Artesian Belt.
 One of the big cattle deals of the entire season was made Tuesday when A. w. Atkinson of Tucson sold his entire herd of 25O9 head. near Calabasas, Tor $32 50 per head to w. Parker of Cutter, N. M MT. Atkinson will make delivery from Gala basas on May 15. The country around Cutter is a great cattle section and lies around the Rio Grande. It is one of the richest cattle countries in the state of New Mexico, as the Los Ga aballos mountains furnish snow and the river is always available for water.-Tucson Star.
 J. A. and Harry Tice were in from their Higley ranches this morning on business, and report everything prosperous at Higley, says a recent issue of the Mesa Tribune. Harry is busy getting his new orchard in condition for the production of fruit in the future. He is putting in ten acres of citrus trees, oranges and pomoloes, and ten acres in olives, apricots and peaches. To ecOnOmiZe the ground he has adopted the plan of placing the apricot trees between the olives. The latter are planted forty feet apart and the apricots placed midway between. MT. Tice's citrus trees are nursery stock grown by himself. He has ten thousand seedlings, a portion of which are already budded
 The town council is to be con- in finally making ar to get a water, power and lighting plant for Casa Grande. Friday evening E. K. of Boston conferred with the council in regards to ( giving him the franchise, and ( were made to have : his proposition put in shape and placed before the people of Casa Grande to vote on. MT. Bracket agrees to start work on the plant in six months and to com plete the construction in eigh- teen months if the people agree ( to give him the franchise. It is expected that there will be at i least fifty thousand dollars spent in the construction of the plant. and that large percentage of this amount will be expended [ for labor, which will give work to many of the working men of Casa Grande.-Bulletin.