The border vidette., 1917-07-07
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Cuiied From Our
 Exchanges.

J. l1lrdnO. recelVer Of DuOilc
 moneys at Phoenix. Ariz.; Lee
 A. Ruark, receiver of public
 moneys at Del NOrte. Colo.
 About thirty thousand acres
 of the tepary bean will be plant
 ed this year in the United States.
 of which 10, ,OOO will be planted
 in Arizona. The crop should be
 around O.OOO,OOO pounds The
 latest quota ton is 26 cents in
 Los Angeles
 k. J. Sell<irk of the local fore
 stry office has been transferred
 to the Coconino National Forest
 Reserve and will take up his
 new duties within the near fut
 ure. The change was made at
 his request as he was seeking a
 higher altitude for Mrs. Sell1irk's s
 health. They will move to
 Flagstaff shortly.
 A complete crop census map of the state of Arizona is being
 made by the Arizona Council of
 Defense, under a plan devised
 by Chairman Dwight B. Heard.
 which will show the entire crop acreage of the state now in cul- tivation, and also an outline. map, showing what crops are contemplated for the year 1918.
 The miners of the Bisbee dis trict are out on strike, with Sev- eral thousand men affected. The strike was not a popular demand of the home miners but was en- gineered by parties from out side. Sheriff Harry Wheeler is on the job to preserve order and protect miners who wish to work. The Governor has re- quested a probe by the Federal  2 The Ell Cajon mines, situated about forty miles down the river, have joined the ranks of the shippers, carload of ore hay ing been started from here We'd nesday for the smelter at Dem ing, New Mexico for treatment. This is initial shipment from this property, consisting of about thirty five tons and the result is awaited with interest by the owners. Benson Signal.
 The Southern Pacific played an extraordinary part in assist ing the Pacific coast to over subscribe the Liberty Loan. Fig | ures made public at the general l offices of the company in San show that the total l subscribed by employees i on the Pacific System alone, reached $1 ,319, ,OOO. This sum was pledged in twelve days after the | call issued by President Sproule.
 A change in the banking situa- tion, for which plans are all com !, plete. is to be made in veryH time, whereby the banking l facilities of Benson will be in creased by the addition of more l capital and broader field of l The Bank of Benson | will disappear and in it's place l and stead will rise the Cochise | County State Bank, with a cap- l ital stock of $50. .OOO.OO and sur plus and profits of $4, 75O,OO.
 A nVo-m -mlIllOn QOlIaf com pdny, under the laws of | Delaware for the construction of B plant similar to that at Ajo ] and the operation of twenty nine claims of carbonate ores in the 1 Twin Buttes district. has been in Tucson. Walter Harvey Weed, the leading me- and copper mining en- gineer of the United States, heads the new corporation. He will have the executive and ad- power of the com pany in his own hands.
 Nearly 10000 acres of govern ment land that was withdrawn from entry by the reclamation law has been restored and will | be open for homestead entry at o:OO o'clock on the morning of 1 August 20 of the present year and will become subject to set clement and all proper forms of entry one week after date. All l who have prefer ence right to enter will be given 30 days in which to exercise their rights, according to the yesterday of John L.. Irwin, registrar at the local