The border vidette., 1916-12-09
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Culied From Our
 Exchanges.

c. Louise Boehringer. county superintendent, who has just re- turned from visiting the schools in the northern part Of Yuma 1 county, reports that all the in stitutionS in that section are in a 1 fiourishing condition.
 The Southern Pacific company | has had the section crew clean
 up the company's right of way in Patagonia during the past
 week, the work being done un- der the direction of Foreman
 Nick Johnson. Everything on the company's ground is now as neat and clean as it possibly could be.
 Fifty six cents a pound for
 IT nohair is the price offered Ari- zona growers by Eastern buyers, according to w. S. Holder, own CT of a large goat ranch here. A fiat offer of S4OO a head for goats on the range has also been received by Holder. It is esti- mated that the seasons clip of mohair in Yavapai county will amount to $5OO,OOO, at prevail ing prices. s.-Kingmau Miner.
 Fire Wednesday noon almost completely ruined the nice new home of Geo. F. Weiland in Pata gonia. No one was in the house at the time. and just how the fire started is not known Strenuous work on the part of citizens prevented the flames from spreading to the adjoining building, occupied by MT. and Mrs. N. A. Mcdonald. The house had been occupied by MT. H. B. Lawrence, a mining en- gineer. No insurance was car ried on the building.
 The First battalion, California field artillery, with $50 men and 400 horses, arrived in Tucson from Nogales shortly before noon today, and went into camp at the corner of Third avenue and Twenty second street. The battalion, in command of Major R. J. Faneuf of Oakland, was welcomed to the city by a dele gation of officers of the Tucson Chamber of Commerce, which will be responsible for it's in tertainment during the five days the battalion will remain in Tucson.
 Seven federal women prison CTS. in custody of Deputy Sheriff Willetts of Phoenix, Arizona, and three women escorts arrived here today (Dec. ? from Tucson. where they recently were sent enced to serve various sentences for alleged smuggling of drugs and other violations of Amer ican immigration laws. The pris oners were brought here under recently made be- tween the federal authorities and Warden Thomas Tynan for care of federal women prisoners. City Press.
 Fear of a contagion of typhus fever has prompted the Santa F'e railroad to order every section house, bunk house, occupied by Mexican laborerS, to be fumigat ed. A special train has just left Fort Madison, Iowa, with Dr. J. P. Raster, of Topeka, and Dr. F. M. Boyd, of the Iowa state board of health, in charge. and it will traverse the entire Santa Fe system on it's fumigating mis- sion. The train will carry a corps of doctors and nurses provided with rubber suits to wear while disinfecting, and four loads of desinfecting fluid will be attached to the train.
 Con P. Cronin, state law and legislative reference librarian, is assembling the only complete tabulation of the recent election in this state. Arrangements having been made with the clerks of the boards of supervisors of the several counties, he will have when complete detailed showing of all precincts in each of the fourteen counties, showing not only the vote on state and county officers, but also on precinct officers and initiated measures. The scope of the work of this department is developing to such an extent, that it is hoped that tbe coming session of the legislature will provide suitable quarters for the library, so that 1t will be in fact a place where information on any