The border vidette., 1916-03-04
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest CuIIed From Our
 Exchanges.

The last issue of Breeders
 Gazette of Chicago contains a
 full page likeness of Dwight B.
 Heard, president of the Amer
 ican National Live Stock Asso-
 citation.
 The state will build $1O,OOO
 building on the Capitol grounds
 at Phoenix for the supreme
 court. With so many commis-
 sions to care for in the capitol
 building the supreme court has
 been crowded out. - Flagstaff
 Sun.
 Navajo Indians living on the
 reservation near Shiprock, N.
 Mex, brought story to the
 agency to the effect that an h.
 dian woman who lived just west
 of the Cariso mountains. was re-
 gently attacked, overpowered
 and eaten by wolves. -Stockman
 Farmer.
 Records made public by the Live Stock Sanitary board show that nearly half million cattle | were handled in Arizona last year. Shipments to points out side the state totaled 264, ,981 head and 91 491 head were ship ped between points in the sta te. l The number of cattle slaughter ed in Arizona was 58, 491, mak- 1 ing a total of 415, ,O96 head that moved commercially. Move ments of hogs totaled over l 5, ,OOO head 5,692 being exported. Over I I shipped to outside markets. Phoenix stands in danger of losing her three National Guard | companies, A. B. and F. The business men of the capital are strangely apathetic toward the militia, says Adjutant General | Charles w. Harris, and many discourage their employees from joining. It is said that num- strike duty at Clifton lost their positions because of their long 1 absence. It is now very difficult l to secure enlistments. Promises of financial support for an ar mory have not been fulfilled the adjutant general declares.
 Congressman Carl Hayden has introduced bill in the house of representatives providing for an appropriation of $25, ,OOO,O ,OOO to be prorated among the several states for the purpose of aiding the states in building good roads According to the terms of this bill the highway department will submit plans for proposed con- struction to the Secretary of Agriculture, who will then de- termine in each case the propor- tion of the estimated cost to be born by the federal government which shall not be less than 30 per cent and not more than 50 per cent, the balance to be con- tributed by the state.
 The big warehouse at Nogales | which is 326x76 feet in size, is completed. The building is di- vided into several compartments, | several of which are already | bonded by the Government. A manager is in charge, who is re- ceiving and delivering merchan- disc daily. This is one of the | greatest assets of the county, | and is really an indication of the approach of Nogales to city size. By means of this warehouse, i'm porters and merchants may store their goods in either the open or bonded department, for which he gets warehouse receipts that may be used in commercial tran sections. This is the custom in the larger cities es.-Patagonian.
 The committee appointed at the meeting in Ell Paso of the New Mexico Cattle Sanitary Board, outlined plan for the creation of inspectors districts at a conference at the boards headquarters here recently. The plan will be submitted to the board at the meeting to be held | here while the Panhandle and Southwestern Stockmen's Asso- citation is meeting. The object aimed at is more efficient inSpec- tion. Under the district plan twelve or thirteen inspectors will be employed in addition to the present force. The inspect ors probably will be armed with mounted police commissions. A