The border vidette., 1917-06-09
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Culied From Our
 Exchanges.

and Measures for the state Oi | Arizona by Governor Campbell. 1 Wingar succeeds o. N. Creswell 8 Hunt appointee.
 Let the auto speeders recog-
 nize the rights of others. Judge
 Smith and the other officers are l to be commended for their in
 terest in giving them heavy pen alties, for it is the only way
 people are going to get justice. Yuma Sun.
 Arizona has 15, 700 motor cars Haccording to the records kept by Sidney P. Osborn, secretary of state. At this time last year the number was 9432. Here in Phoenix the increase in autos is about one hundred cars each month. Messenger.
 New potatoes are now selling four pounds for quarter and eggs are but thirty cents dozen. Those who have been eating a pound of beefsteak can now have a dozen eggs instead The price of wheat and flour has dropped materially and the backyard gardens are already beginning to reduce the high cost of living. Messenger.
 Important revisions in the plan for training the war army have been made by the war de- partment, which announces that the half million men to be called ,,, sixteen .cantonments, instead of thirty two and that many of the forces probably would be put into tents instead of wooden barracks.
 Expressing confidence that the response would be prompt and patriotic President William Sproule of the Southern Pacific company issued 8 call to- s45, 900 employees to participate in the Liberty Loan and announced the railroad would advance the required funds, re imbursement to be made in salary deductions over long period.
 Apache Indians in large num-
 
 labor shortage in the Salt River valley according to message re- ceived by the defense conncil from Ernest Stecker, superin tendent of the San Carlos re servation. Persons in close touch with the situation say from 500 to 1000 Apaches may be ob- tained for farm labor.
 This week the Arlington Im- provement company sold a hand some steer weighing 154O pounds for $157 .O3. the purchasers were Messrs. Babbitt and Cowden brothers of Flagstaff, Coconino county fl om which section this steer was shipped to Salt River valley last November. He was just an ordinary feeder shipped from range to be fattened for market.
 What was planned to be the most severe motorcycle race the state has ever seen will be start ed on July l before the Gadsden hotel, Douglas, when the mo- tOrcycliSt fans of the southwest leave on their annual 7OOmile four day endurance contest for a purse of $500. Tucson will have the largest contingent among the races, 25 of whom have entered thus far.
 With the mayor, common coun- cil, Chamber of Commerce, Rifle club, safety committee, Boy Scouts, Pioneers Historical society, Red Cross, Army and Navy unions, and all other or ganizations of the city repre- the annual Flag day ex. ercises of the Elks to be held June II will exceed any display of patriotism ever marking a affair in Tucson.
 Recently John Degan, who buys for k. A. Tovrea Meat Co.,. at Bisbee, shipped some fat cat tie from Yuma to butcher and among the steers was a big three year old Holstein steer that had been fed along with the COWS from the time he was old enough to eat. The steer weighed 1900 pounds and brought 10 cents. This is the most money ever paid for a three year old steer in Arizona. This steer dressed GO per cent when slaughtered at Bisbee.