The border vidette., 1916-05-13
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items Of Interest Culled From Our
 Exchanges.

i Sheriff Dickinson Of CocOnino
 county has purchased couple | of thoroughbred blOOdhoundS to | be used in tracking down crimin- als. The pups are but eight
 months old and untrained, but
 the sheriff will put them through
 a course of sprouts calculated to
 make the animals good hunters.
 Dates of the 1916 State Fair are November 18th to 18th in
 elusive. These dates were select ed because of the general cleo tion being held on November l 7th, and for the convenience of the cattle men of the State, who do not finish their fall roundups
 and shiDments until after the 1 first of November.
 As a result of the Labor For
 ward movement, 323 men were initiated into the Miami Miners
 Union Wednesday night. Up to
 Tuesday afternoon, 473 applica-
 tions had been received, but q
 renewal of the influx of new ! members brought a total mum be1.
 to be initiated up to 325 before i the meeting was convened - Silver Belt.
 Anglers Inn is the name chosen for the new resort soon to be opened on Roosevelt Lake, near the Tonto end. The name
 was suggested by w. H. HaugII- ton of Globe and was selected
 
 names sent to the owners of the resO.t in answer to an advertise
 ment published in the Silver Belt. offering q prize Of SlO. .O0 for the most appropriate name suggested. Miami Silver Belt.
 H. B. Imus, who owns control of the linus tungsten properties. 50 miles south of Blackberry. re ceived n check yesterday morn ing for S569.1 16, the net proceeds from the sale of 25G pounds of tungsten concentrates shipped to Pittsburg. Pa, recently. The concentrates were yielded by GOO pounds of ore extracted in doing the location work on nine claims Mr. linus is very en- thuSiastic over the properties -
 Miner.
 Displaying a free gold speci
 men weighing one and one half ounces and valued at about S20, w. H. Enderton, superintendent of the La Fortuna mines, de clared yesterday that he has discovered the greatest gold bo- nanza in the history of Yuma county, and that the palmy days of the La Fortuna, when that company was shipping gold ore to the value of about 800, ,O0O per month, had reappeared like a 1 ghost in the night.
 What is probably the most inn portant gold discovery made in this section for many years was made a few days ago about 25 miles south of Ajo, in Yuma county. The discovery is an old mine and is said by the Indians to be the Lost Frenchman that so many prospectors have been looking for in years past. There is a very large gold ledge ex posed on the property and for a distance of 5000 feet on the sur face shows free gold in abund- ance.
 Petitions are circulating to secure sufficient signatures to place prohibitionist candidates in the field in tLe movement for state ticket. Those behind the movement hope to get full legislative tickets in everyone of the counties of the state. They want the law to be as severe as the Idaho law, which forbidS even the possession of beer, wine or ardent spirits in any form, Their desire is to make a straight fight on the single issue. .-PhOe- nix Messenger.
 Attracted by news of the gold strike near Gold Basin, about 50 miles northwest of Blackberry, automobile parties from all parts of the country are passing through Blackberry daily to the
 scene of the discovery. Reports
 brought back are very favora ble. Parties were out a few days ago for the purpose of looking the
 ground over with a view of selecting townSite. Claims have been located for the dis