The border vidette., 1916-09-16
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Culied From Our
 Exchanges.

part time only, as there Is a scarcity of raw material to work on at present. Tomatoes are slow coming in, due to the rains to some, extent. The second crop is just setting on the vines, and an increase in receipts is looked for next week. Benson Signal.
 Charles Warrham, @ popular local carpenter, claims to have killed the largest rattler found in Cochise county in many months Warrham went to Ell gin, which is located in Santa Cruz county, several days ago, and returned yesterday. Near Tombstone he saw the reptile and killed it. The snake meas ured six feet from tip to tail.- Review.
 Five hundred men of the Eighteenth and Fourteenth il fantry will make a 6OO- mile mo- tor truck trip through Arizona within the next days if plans submitted to the war department by Col. Glenn of the Eighteenth infantry are carried out. The itinery planned includes Fort Huachuca, Tucson, Florence, Mesa, Roosevelt, Globe, Willcox, and thence back to Douglas. The trip will take 12 days.
 H. l.. Baldwin, manager of the Arizona, California and Ne vada Telephone company, an nounces that tentative agree ment has been made with Noun tain States Telephone and Tele graph company for joint toll line service. The connection is to be made at Ashfork, thereby giving Kingman and Mohave county direct long distance ser vice to all parts of Arizona, the coast, or, in fact, any part of the United States.
 Applications on the part of married pioneers who with their wives desire to be admitted to the Arizona Pioneer home at Prescott are being denied, be- cause the state is without funds to furnish the new addition, re- gently erected for married and women pioneers, according to c. R. Osborn, secretary of the board of control. A number of applications for admission to the pioneers home have been receiv- ed by the board, but pending of the furnishing of the rooms none have been approved. Courier.
 Work of clearing off the ground on the range of the Tombstone Rifle Club, just below town was completed today and the work starting digging the pits and placing the targets. The Tomb stone club will soon have one of the best ranges in Arizona, thanks to the untiring work of it's officials, and when completed competitive shoots will be held, and later for various trophies offered for the best score made according to rules. The local club has a number of crack shots and no doubt some high scores will be made.-Prospector.
 Ten large boxes and barrels arrived in Bisbee last week from the east and were immediately sent to Phelps Dodge Mercantile company, which store had don ated the use of one of it's large display windows for the pur- pose of showing the silver ser vice, given by the state of Ariz- ona. The silver service is one of the most elegant ever turned out in the east and is said to be wonderful exhibition. It was on display Sunday night and re- mainded there several days be- fore being sent on to other points in the state. e.-Review.
 On request of the state fair association, the date of the fall southern Arizona fair has been changed to begin October 27, the fair to be open for three days Other fairs will begin this year as follows: Stafford, October 4; Nogales October 5; Prescott, October IS, Yuma. November 3; all for three days continuance except the last. All are expect ed to contribute to the state fair which will be held at Phoenix during the week beginning No vember 13. The dates of the lesser events have been strung along for the declared reason Al T -l-.4 (