The border vidette., 1917-06-02
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Culled From Our
 Exchanges.


 an increase in the state ranger
 force to maximum of 1000 men
 and carrying an appropriation oi $25O, ,OOO, was passed by vote of 71 to 3S.
 Grass is showing satisfactorily and there is water on the cattle g
 ranges in New Mexico and west Texas, according to the reports ot the inspectors of the Panhandle le and Southwestern Stockmen' $ association to secretary w. L.. Amonett in El Paso.
 l It is illegal to bar brands on cattle being transferred from one person to the other. It is the law that in such transactions the cattle shall be vented or counter. branded. The practice of barring brands is countenanc- ed in Texas and New Mexico, but it is against the law in Ariz- ona, and yet, some of our inspect OrS permit it.
 1 One of the new laws that goes into effect the Eth of June is | called the Cigarette act. By this it is unlawful for any person iu | the State of Arizona to furnish, or cause to be sold, given or furnished, any cigars, cigarettes, or cigarette papers, smoking, or chewing tobacco of any kind or character to any person under the age of 21 years.
 This is decidedly no time for the loafer. Every, able bodied man can find work now if he will. .. Farmers want men to work. Every man who is willing to do a fair days work at decent wage, we believe, can find job. And at this time it is but little short l Of a crime for a strong, hearty man to consume the worlds goods and not aid in production. Northern Arizona Leader. Aliens, Mexicans, will be re- quired to register if they are be- tween the ages prescribed, but will not be subject to draft, ac- cording to Adjutant General Harris. Aliens will have to register" said Col. Harris today when the fact that some alarm was being expressed by the Mexicans was called to his at tention, "but they are in the exempted list. and will not be drafted for service"
 Successful cabbage culture in northen Arizona has been demon strated and it also has been de- monStrated that northern Ariz-
 IL z it's excellence, being very sound and sweet. If the plants are put out with care and at the right time and then we'll cared for, a crop is reasona bly, certain. The plant is hardy and will grow a month after froStS come in the fall. Williams News.
 The recent rains have covered the valleys of the surrounding country with weeds and grasses, and although the stock of the country has just passed through one of the worst winters for feed that has ever been experienced here, it is now as fat and glossy as anyone would care to look upon. From the indications it would appear that rain is to be one of the regular orders of the calendar from this time on, and it is to be hoped that this is the caSe.-Mohave Miner.
 It seems that some people are led to believe that when they enrolled their names with the couny assessor it then became unnecessary for them to further enroll their names as eligibleS l for military duty There is nothing further from the fact. The enrolment by the county assessor was from the ages of IS to 45 and was merely for the purpose of showing the military strength of the nation. The en- rollment to take place on June | 5th is under the provisions of the selective draft measure just l adopted by congress and is for the purpose of selecting an army from men between the ages of | 21 and 31 years. Under the selective draft bill all men be- tween the ages of 21 and 31 are obliged to register on June 9th, | be they citizen or foreigner. | From the number registered on | that date the war department | u1i11 cn1nct man fny, Snruino