The border vidette., 1916-03-25
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items O. Interest CuIIed From Our
 Exchanges.

votes at the primary and genera
 elections held this year, must
 register.
 The return of the saloon under
 rigid restrictions will be the ob-
 fifteen members of which met at
 Phoenix.
 Ore shipments from Pima coun-
 ty mines for the coming months
 will be limited only by the abil-
 ity of the railroads to furnish
 cars for the traffic according to
 Tucson traffic officials
 Now that the Woman's Club
 has taken up the matter of pro
 viding Stafford with public
 library, there is no doubt in the
 mind of any citizen but that the
 library will be an accomplished
 fact before long.
 The Arizona state bureau of mines desires to publish shortly a directory of the operating mines in Arizona, but is finding it somewhat difficult to keep up | with the progress as so many new mines are opening each day.
 As a pecuniary meas ure, sheriff Harry Wheeler proposes deputiZing one or more men in each town or hamlet in CochiSe county, for the preservation of order and protection of law abid- ing citizens, during. the present disturbance in Mexico.
 John F. Johnson, on behalf of himself and Ell Paso associates, has taken a bond and option oh five claims in the Tucson moun- tains belonging to Judge Charles Blenman. The price has not been made public but it is be- lieved to be about S1O,OOO cash, payable in one sum within six months
 The earnings of the Calumet & Arizona Company for the months of January and Feb ruary are conservatively placed at over S2, 25O,OOO sales of cop per being made at high figures, produ ctiOn costs reasonable and the outlook for the month of March indicating profits of S1, 25O.OOO.
 In the San Xavier, Twin Buttes and Mineral Hill section six out | fits are now shipping to the SmelterS in the neighbOrhood of | 10000 tons of ore per month. 1 Much of this ore is very high | grade and is being taken from | properties that, not much over | a year ago. were not being worked.
 The Arizona State Bureau of Mines has issued a bulletin on | mica, in which it is stated that | it is found in the Santa Catalina mountains. None of the deposits in Arizona, of which there are several, have been developed to any extent and their value is. therefore unknown. Frank l.. Culiu is the author of the bull letin. N 7 That he never had any inten- tion of prosecuting anyone for bringing wine into Arizona for sacramental purposes, is the sub stance for a disclaimer filed by General Wiley Jones in the federal court at Tucson. This is expected to result in thcd dismissal of an application for an injun ction filed by Father Connolly of the Catholic church, a year ago. -t-t Il
 Jim German and Bud Cater,4 who leased the scheelite mine at Campo Bonito from Colonel Will liam A. Cody, are reported to be making good thing out of it. They are shi ipping 10000 pounds month, at price of better than S2.OO.. pound lac- cording to recent visitor to the camp. The boys are paying 25 per cent royalty. This ore is shipped from Tucson.
 There is great necessity for men engaged in the mining in- dustry to be more familiar with political affairs, especially con- ditions in Washington and in their state capitals, is the state ment recently made in a bulletin of the Arizona State Bureau of Mines. That this has not been the case is in no small degree responsible for the unfair distri- button of government funds re- garding mining and agriculture