The border vidette., 1916-04-08

practically all the mines arc
 making good. With the open
 ing of many of the base metals
 mines on Stockton Hill and far
 ther up the range the people ol
 the whole eastern part of the
 state can be readily induced to
 invest, as these mines will be
 able to pay high rate of divid-
 ends for many years to come.-
 Miner.
 Hundreds of head of fine dairy
 cows are now being shipped into
 the valley. Yesterday two hcn-
 dred and forty belonging to
 Mesa parties, passed through
 here, and some day this week
 eight hundred head, recently
 purchased in California by the
 Pacific Creamery Company of
 this place, will arrive here and
 will be distributed among the
 ranchers of this section. Dairy ing is fast becoming the most
 prOfita ble and leading industry of the valley.-Tempe News.
 The citizens of the United States, outside of military organi-
 cations. are evidently taking the
 talk of preparedness seriously, as reports are being received from every section of the coun- try showing the formation of rife clubs, organized for the pur- pose of training citizens as markSmen. This shows that the spirit of American pioneers is still in the breast of all Amer jeans and if given sufficient time, the American nation, as a nation, will soon be recognized as a shooting nation, as it was in the days prior to the Civil War.
 Flagstaff Elks have taken over the financing and proper celebration of the nations natal day in that town this year. Each and every member has been named a committee of one to make it the biggest and best ever pulled off. As patriotism is one of the cardinal principles of Elkdom, the boys want every body to show his or her patriotic spirit by getting out and boost ing the big show. They are to be commended and it is hoped that they will have one of the most successful celebrations of the glorious Fourth ever pulled off in the state.
 Work on the construction of BensOn'S new canning factory is progressing rapidly, the foun- datiOn having been completed a few days ago. The new build. ing will be one story, 4Ox64 feet. l The total cost of the new plant | will be about SS.OOO. The com pany expects to have the new | installed and to be | ready for business July 20. The | new factory will can all veget- | ables and fruits raised in the | district with the exception of l corn and peas. The total cap acity will be 100000 cans of l tomatoes and 5OO,OOO cans other zen.
 Tucson has one of the finest | areas of farm land in the state but only few people know it. The secret is getting out, how ever, and the new people are in. The land has been there all the time but nobody thought it was worth nything for farming, not even the Tue son people. And it wasn't worth much until a few years ago when the pumping plant became demonstrated success. Now all the Tucson people are trying to get hold of a chunk of it. TbiS condition is not only a big thing for Tucson, but it is an other demonstra tion of the pump ing plant as reclaimer.
 The purchase of horses for the United States government ser vice has been proceeding satis- factorily at the Lambert corral. Five points, and the first cars loads were shipped out this morn ing The government require ment is for horses from 15 hands up for the cavalry and 15 handS and one inch up for the light ar tillery service. Weights are from 115O to 125O pounds and no mares roans or greys will be Ages must be from five to eight years. The govern ment is paying good price for all horses accepted and the pur- chase money is paid in spot