The border vidette., 1916-10-28
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Cuiled From Our
 Exchanges.

Cotton of the long staple
 Egyptian variety this year yields
 as high as bale and a half to
 the acre. One farmer near Yu-
 ma estimates his eighty acres
 will reach that average. Salt
 River valley has 74OO acres in
 cotton this year and the yield is
 very satisfactory.
 All records in cotton were
 broken when Fred C. Weeks
 sold six bales for $1 ,0OO. At
 this rate the cotton growers of
 the valley will have more money
 than they will know what to do
 with. Tbe' staple is worth 30 cents pound and seed is worth S27 ton.-TucSon Star.
 Hunters in various sections of | Arizona have been successful in
 bagging wild turkeys and killing deer. The game laws of the state as we'll as of the United States,
 have been pretty we'll respected the past few years, owing to ac- tivity of officials ably assisted by sportsmen of the state, hence l IL.
 Trading votes should not be tolerated by any democrats. In the first place it is not right in | principle and on the other hand democrats, being in the majority have all to lose and nothing to gain by such practice. As form erly republicans in county and state will try to trade but as usual it is only a confidence game.
 The Southern Pacific has plac- ed orders for 28 locomotives, 50 passenger cars, 42O4 freight cars, all to be delivered the lat ter half of this year. This was made necessary by the increase in business in the last few months. The company has also ordered two ocean going steam CTS and one tank steamer to be deliver in 1917.
 The third car of concentrates from the Arizona Butte mill was loaded for shipment to the smelt- CT yesterday. They have value oI dI) dI)pIOAIhldUSIy @1AO EIOI tOh and each car shipped or pre- pared for shipment contained 30 tons, giving a total value of $375O to the car. The mill is able to turn out about three cars a week or better.-Miner.
 In Navajo and Apache coun- ties a number of diseased horses are to be destroyed to prevent spread of the malady. The gov ernment will pay one-h half the appraised value of the animals, and a check for that portion will be given at once. For the other half the State of Arizona will pay, but it will require special legislative act to appropriate the money. Q
 The whole town of Duncan large quantity of ammunition and dynamite caps exploded in the store of the Billins Merchan- disc company. The explosion was caused by a fire. the origin of which was not discovered. | The Billins company is a lead ing firm in the community. Loss | caused by the fire and explosion is estimated at $45, ,OOO.-Silver Belt.
 The state tax commission has | finished placing the valuations on the rolling stock of the priv ate car companies operating in Arizona. All companies send l ing private cars across the state l are forced to pay taxes on their | property. The heaviest indivi- dual taxpayer is the Pullman company, whose property cross ing and recrossing the state is valued at $977, ,974. 4.8O.-Arizona Herald.
 The registration at the Tempe Normal has reached 42O. A | large majority of that number are above the high school. The | registration of the training | school is nearly 200, and twenty in the rural school, making the | total registration GAO. There are | several who are expected to at- | tend the school this year who | have not yet reported for work as yet. The registration is ex-
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