The border vidette., 1916-02-05
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest CuIIed From Our
 Exchanges.

office in Oatman, a Denver man bought ground and is erecting a S15 eco building, Tn which he
 will provide himself an office as well as offices for others.
 With the signing of & joint agreement yesterday between R.. l.. Slaughter, for the Slaughter
 Land 6 Cattle company. George Woodward and the Bank of
 Bisbee, the litigation in the
 Sonora ranch case is believed by all parties concerned to have
 been ended and a compromise
 effected, which is satisfactory to
 those concerned.
 Mrs. Jones, whose husband
 had just purchased a machine,
 stepped to the window one day,
 upon hearing an auto go by and
 saw Mr- Jones in his new car
 race madly by. In short time
 he passed again. The third time
 he called: Maggie. phone the
 garage and find out" He pass ed out of sight. Soon he passed again. How to stop this thing and tell me the next time l pass"
 w. H Barnett and J. B. David.
 who are doing work at the Hap py Jack. say the vein is widen: ing with the first few feet of work. The tunnel is in 47O feet, and the present vein may be a feeder of the Clipper vein, which the tunnel is expected to cut. MessTs Barnett and David were handica pped in getting their camp esta blished, owing to the recent big snows. atagonian.
 The unprecedented demand for copper from foreign and domes- tic sources resulted in the ad- vance of the quota tion from 244 cents to 254 cents fol delivery during the second quarter of the year. The price. of P cents is reported offered for March de livery. It is rumored that 30 cents was bid for February de- livery. but this is unconfrmed. These prices are the highest since March, 1907.
 Reports submitted by Forest officers in the charge of the Ma tional Forests of Arizona show a total of 1863 deer, 562 turkeys, 34 bear, 4O4 coyotes, A wolves and 402 lions as killed by hunt CTS during the season of 1915. These reports do not pretend to be mathematically accurate. but are careful estimates based on close observations by the Forest Ranger, and give a good general index to hunting conditions.
 Work at the old Hosey prop erty in the Santa Ritas, which is being done a short distance from the old shaft, is uncovering some fine ore. The HoSey is looked upon as one of, the finest in the entire district, and it is no surprise to the we'll that new work is mak- ing such good showing. Sev eral years agO'mapy carloads. of high-grade copper. were shipped from the Hosey, formerly. known as the August. The latest ore fndeis from WinZei down about 40 feet in the tunnel. -..e.,-
 Charles Russell and a party of fellow travellers who have been an effort to navigate the Colorado river through the Grand Canyon in number of small boats have abandoned the attempt after having suffered D umerous; losses. of boat ts and pa ]: fapherpalia,. including cameras i and films with which they ex- ]. pected to get a great collection. of pictures. The last miSfortuI1e q was the lodging of one of .their' boats against rock under. the water, which required five days to release. Mineral Wealth.. 5
 An unusual feature of the. big storm last week was the surpris. ingly large number of trees which were felled on account of the great weight of the snows. In the Santa Rita mountains prOSpectors report great num- bers of stately pines having been crushed and broken, while team sters on the Duquesne haul were kept busy cutting the broken trees out of the road to permit passage of freight. Thousands of trees in the Santa Rita and n