The border vidette., 1916-04-29
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest CulIed From Our
 Exchanges.

A recall election to be held
 May 9th at Winkleman, to re-
 move Justice of the peace W. J.
 Roberts.
 Vital statistics for the last
 six months of 1915 show 2292
 births in Arizona as against 1171
 deaths for the same period. Of
 the deaths recorded 923 were
 whites, 734 Mexicans and IF Indians with g of other races.--- Review.
 1 Although Jerome only recent gently completed fine large school building which was deem ed ample for the demands of that live city, the develop ments of the past six months have made it evident that an other school building will have to be provided in the near future.
 Late ast>week, party of gyp- sies, eight men, nine women and twenty two children, passed through Douglas. travelling in five autos. They stated that they do not use horses to travel with now, but were kicking on the high price of gasoline, through admitting that business was good.
 B. J. Mckinney, we'll known cattleman, received a carload of registered Hereford bulls from Fl Paso last week. The animals were taken to Mr. McKinney's Yellowstone Springs ranch and when asked Saturday regarding them he stated they were year lingS and as fine a bunch of bulls as were ever shipped into the country Wilcox Range News. George Alkire of Glendale wanted to take 75O-pound bull to Chandler Saturday, so loaded the brute in the back of his Ford car and made the trip in an hour and half. The only trouble occurred at Tempe. The bull thought he had got to the end of the journey there and tried to jump ont but was per suaded to sick around while longer. Gazette.
 After a four hours struggle in the Salt River with a seven foot alligator, Frank Davis and his four grown sons succeeded in capturing the brute and loading is enc of a plumber washed away from the amusement park last year, and it is believed that sev- eral other alligators will be found in the river. The alliga- tor was brought to Phoenix Gazette.
 The goat industry in Arizona at the present time is better than ever before, according to w. J. Satathite of Kirkland. Satathite is interested in goat raising neal Kirkland, and says that when handled properly the industry cannot but pay good returns on the investment. Mo- hair is at a premium, he said. and the price of mutton IS high CT than for many years.-JOurn- l-Miner
 Charged with defrauding a Winkleman woman by promising to secure the acquittal of her son charged with forgery. Walker Bush, city marshal, Ace Brown and Bud Ming, of that place are under arrest. Two of the men, it is claimed. went to the boys mother and told her they would secure her sons re- lease for S75O, and induced her to raise the money by selling her cattle. A short time later Ming approached her and pur- chased the cattle. They are be ing held for trial in the superior court.
 On Saturday, the farmers of the Whitewater district. about thirty, met in rabbit drive. At noon they congregated at the Seaver place, where the ladies had spread a sumptuous lunch beneath the beautiful spreading trees. After doing full justice to the many good things to eat. visiting with their neighbors for l a time, the drive was renewed, closing in the near B. T. Himps- ton place, where the rabbits came in droves. The slaughter amounted to 635. there being 400