The border vidette., 1916-08-12

IOi LiidIuS u0u. Here IS every
 indication that the coming fall and winter will be one of the
 busiest this district has ever ex-
 perienced. Increased business, due to the resumption of opera tions at the various mines, is already being noticed, with every prospect that the activities now under way will be greatly in creased in the coming months.
 Announcement that the United States Bureau of Mines had au- thorized a U. S. mining experi- ment station to be located at the University of Arizona is an inn portant step forward in the pro- gress of Arizona as mining state. and a more important step i'll the advancement of the min ing working at the University of Arizona. The permanent pro- gress of the state rests upon the mines. They encourage and support the other industries and cut the trails of civilization and advancement.
 Declaring that patent to min eral lands has been issued to the Santa Fe railroad by fraud mem berS iof the Chloride Mining Bureau are urging Arizona's re- preSentativeS in congress to in vestigate the means by which patents were secured to some sections of the old land grant, made to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad company in 1866. At that tune congress granted every other section for twenty miles on each side of the right of way to the railroad company, but ex- cepted from the grant known mineral lands.
 That Prescott has been slum- bering for years on a floor of gold is indicated by pannings made from excavations of the new V!avapai county court house. Assays of the ore taken from the trenches for the courthouse foundation give returns of from 85 cents to $1.1 15 cubic yard. The value of the gold deposits in the ground on which the courthouse is to stand, to a depth of only twelve feet is es- timated at close to $50, ,OOO, while it is conceded that the value of the gold deposits under the new courthouse will increase with depth.
 Two impressionistic sketches in oil showing soldier life at Nogales, done by Miss Kathe- rine J. Huntley of Redlands, Cal, are on exhibition in a Con- greSs street place of business, and are attracting much atten- tion. One of the studies is en- titled "G Street. and shows a tented avenue with cook tent in the foreground. The other is a study of the Second California encampment and shows the mountains in the distance. The coloring is very pleasing and truthful. Miss Huntley is stay ing in Tucson at present and is doing a number of desert paint ingS.-Star.
 Frank Murphy, formerly pre- sident of the ill-fated Develop ment Company of America, is said to have made plans for a corporation to take over the Sasco Smelter on expiration of the two years lease now held by the American Smelling & Refin- ing company. The latter has expended about $85, ,OOO on inn provementS since taking over the old plant with such results that the two furnaces have been driven to a consumption of 900 tons of copper ore a day, 50 per cent above their rated capacity. This has been made possible largely through the use of cus- tom fiuxing ores.
 The board of supervisor will take advantage of the presence in Cochise county of the enlisted men from New Jersey and Mon tana and will place at their dis posal in Douglas a couple of thousand pamphlets that have been issued showing the re- sources of the county. They will be placed in several places in Douglas so that the soldiers can procure them should they so desire and they can then send them to their respective homes. The board will also furnish en- velopes and all the soldier will bauo tO 6n is tn nav thp nOStaOo