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

| Ben F. DdnlolS, or rough flQo1 fame, and United States Marshal und r the Roosevelt admis- tration, is now g. candidate for sheriff of Pima county on the republican ticket.
 The superdreadnaught Ariz- ona, the biggest war vessel in the United State navy at the time of her launching iu June. 1915. will be placed in commis- sion September 15.
 The rainy season is fast ap | preaching @ two months con- tinuous cloudy and rainy season, next Tuesday completing the Sixtieth day. This is the record for 12 years. -ProspectOr.
 Contest between Olney and Hunt is not and issue. It is simply an incident of the cam paign. At any rate both are average men and with either one nominated his election will follow.
 Cont ntinued rains are keeping the Cochise county cattlemen in splendid humor. In this imme diate vicinity the grass is mak- ing rapid growth and cattle on the range will soon be beef fat Douglas International.
 An exchange remarks: "Why is it that young woman who appears injured if she imagines male passer-by looks above her shoe tops, can go to the beach and take off everything but smile, and never turn a hair"
 Kingman has a building boom. Over twenty five residences and business buildings are being planned for construction prior to the first of the year. A famine of residences during the past year has been the cause of the activity.
 John Hennessy, Flagstaff, Ari- zona, on Tuesday, August 29, shipped eight carloads of lambs to Kansas City. Julian Garbin- do, of St. Johns, recently took shipment of 25OO lambs to the same market and they netted $5.6O after paying all expenses.
 The Knights of Columbus will establish club house in Doug las for the benefit of Catholic members of the regular army and the national guards. The rooms at HOS G avenue, adjoin- ing the Saratoga, have been se- cured and as rapidly as possible will be fitted up for occupancy.
 The Tucson public schools will open for the school year on Monday, September IS, at 9 a. m. During the summer the build ings have been renovated and numerous repairs have been made. An addition has been built to the Drachman school and cement walks and curbings have been built at the Holladay school. All new teachers are either college or State Normal school graduates with excellent records. and everything seems to indicate good school year.
 What is claimed by mining men to have been the most re- markable shipment of tungsten ore ever marketed in Denver, is to the credit of the Chizona Mining company of Tip-top dis trict, which is operating the Tunsten King property. From 24 tons of crude ore shipped to the Sutton & Steele company, in that. city, the value averaged S21 50 to the ton. The separa- tion gave 1O,473 pounds of first grade concentrates that assayed 67.7 per cent and settlement was made on the basis of $45 per cent unit, 3,O46.5O per ton, or total value of $15, $40. Miner.
 Fortunate this government which, in peace, with malice to wards none, without envy, with out any desire in the direction of aggression, looks across the wide ocean upon a shattered continent and only figures how it can best contribute after the war is ended in sympathy, in deeds, towards the healing of wounds, the building up of the spirits of those people and strengthening them in the effort to overcome the disasters which have befallen them. And in this work our people will know no German, no French, no Ita- 1ian no RuSSian m RritOn in