The border vidette., 1917-08-11
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Culied- From Our
 Exchanges.

] pointed supervisor of the Gil;
 National Forest, with headquart
 CTS at Silver City. N. M, ac
 cording to an announcement
 made at the district headquart
 CTS of the Forest Service. He
 succeeds Hugh G. Calkins. who
 entered the Officers Reserve
 Training Camp at San Francisco
 several months ago.-Citizen. Americas foreign trade ir 1917 reached the unprede nted total of $8, 953, GOO, ,OCO, of which l $6, 294, ,COO,COO was exports and
 S2, 659. .OOO, ,OCO imports. Exports
 in June, the last month of the
 fiscal year, totaled S676, ,OOO,OO the highest of any month in the country'S history with the ex- ception of last January. In,
 ports during the month were
 valued at S3O7, ,OOO, 900.
 An appeal is being made by J.
 H. Mcclure, local agent of the
 Southern Pacific company, to
 all local shippers. for heavier car
 loading. He states that in the
 past the reason for car shortage is that whole cars have been
 used to ship only half of their capacity. If the public will CO., operate, Mcclure asserts, things will loosen up and there>will be less tieups on the road-Citizen.
 According to information from Prescott, Judge Lyman of the Superior Court, Division No. ?, of Maricopa county, sitting in Yavapai county, has rendered a decision in the county salary case of that county, holding the salary law passed by the last legislature to be inapplicable to county officers incumbent at the time of the enactment of the law. In some of the counties, boards of supervisors have al lowed the increased salaries.
 Carrying with him motion for the elimination of all l. w: W. influences in the ranks of the International Typographical Union. Howard Keener, of the Laws Com mittee of the Union. will attend it's annual convention at Colorado Springs, Colo, next week and endeavor to secure the backing of the organization for the extinction of the move ment, should it appear in the locals of the Union anywhere in the United States.-Tucson Star
 With over forty experienced forest officers on the1r way to France, and these only partially replaced by inexperienced men, the National Forests of the are running short handed according to a statement made to district Forester Red ngton. To aid the remaining Rangers in preventing destruc tive fires, the Forest Service is asking for special care on the part of the public in handling ,heir camp fires, matches and tobacco while on the forests.
 To the members of the First l Baptist church of Tucson, who | nave enlisted in the service of | 5he United States, a roll of honor | was unveiled Sunday morning | It the First Baptist church. The pastor, Rev. John H. Clifford, gave a patriotic address and the ludience sang several songs. The names engraved on the roll include - Lloyd Andrews, F. Pickett, IT,, Mason Ger lart, Percy H. Harley, William Morris Whitfield Mote md Ernest M. Upshaw.
 Attorney General Wiley Jones n an opinion delivered to Ad- utant General Harris, denied ne power of the governor to emove him from office or to .bolish the office. Generally the opinion is based on various tatutes which provide that of icers shall continue in the dis .harge of their duties and in ustody of public properties un- il their successors are elected IT appointed and qualified. Gov rnor Campbell on Saturday light asked for the resignation if the adjutant general and on he following Monday declared lis office to be vacant.
 The Wandering Jew mine, in he Tyndall district near Alto, 'nce the property of the late lark Lulley and associates. is oming to the front as cOnsiS- ent lead producer under the .ew management of Kohlberg nd Verfurth, BiSbee men who