The border vidette., 1916-10-14
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Cuied From Our Exchanges.

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 On account of it's favorable To- cation, Tucson has been deSjg- mated as a permanent recruiting station by the war department, instead of Phoenix, where it was first decided to locate a perman ent station.
 The general land office has de- cided that non resident entries on desert lands are invalid and subject to cancellation. Persons desiring to locate homesteadS in Arizona, must come and live within the state before making entry.
 The mill of the Arizona Butte company is turning out the high est grade concentrates ever pro- duced in Mohave county Sam ples taken from the bins show the concentrates to have a value of 66 per cent lead, S45 gold and 12 ounces silver to the ton.
 l.. F. Verkemp returned from Navajo and Apache counties last week. He reports that there will be over 9O,OOO head of lambs shipped out of that coun- try in the next few days. Most of the fat lambs will go to Cud- ahy in Los Angeles, the culled punches going to the eastern markets for feeders. .-Coconino Sun.
 The McNeal Fair Associa tion is not alone anxious to better the grade of livestock and food stuffs raised in the Sulphur Springs valley, but the crop of human mites as we'll. For that reason a better babies show will be a leading feature of this years fair at McNeal. October 28,- according to residents of that section.
 Four million acres of public land in Arizona were surveyed 1 by the government during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916. As it takes approximately two years after the survey to pass title from the government, little of this land has yet been select ed by the state land commission. But there are yet millions of acres of former selections, avail | al ble for settlers.
 Now that the big Douglas Phoenix road race to be run on ] November 18th is assured, plans are going forward rapidly to make this the biggest event of it's kind ever held in the South west, and from early indications .@ all previous road races held in this state, but in the number of entries and time of running it is expected that it will excel the famous Los Angeles to Phoenix desert classic.
 During the interim, pending the appointment of a register of the United States land office to succeed Thomas F. Weedin, de- ceased, the office will be kept open and filings received which will be held until the appoint ment of his successor. Pending that time no action will be taken on the filings and no dates will be set for making final proofs. | As the late register was taken sick just prior to the termina- tiOn Of his leave of absence, the entire business for August and September now awaits action by the new register.
 Mrs. Josephine Saxon, coun- ty superintendent of public in struction, was in town yesterday, making an official visit to the local schools. A parent teachers association is proposed for Pata- gonia. The matter of school for the children at the Three R mine, which has been talked of for the past few weeks, will not materialize this term probably on account of the date set by law for forming new school districts. In order to get money for a new school the districts must be set aside some time in the months of May or June. It is estimated there are about 50 or 60 children of school age at the Thera R at the present time, and the county school superintendent is endeav- bring to form a private school un- til such time as a regular school district may be fOrmed.-Pata- l gOnian.