The border vidette., 1917-09-01

| T ne new COcUlS0 COunby SGdG0
 Bank opened it's doors in Tomb
 stone Wednesday.
 The weather bureau declares
 that over the principal grazing
 districts in Arizona forage is l plentiful and stock are general
 ly in good condition.
 The death sentence, imposed
 upon William Faltin, January
 25, 1913, will be computed, it was positively stated by Gov.
 Thomas E. Campbell yesterday. | James S. Douglas, president of United Verde Extension min ing company, it was learned
 here today, will leave for France shortly to serve the American Red Cross in an executive capa- city,
 Cotton picking has begun on a small scale and one man on the south side has 500 pounds picked already. By the middle of September picking will be general throughout Salt River valley.
 Cochise and Graham county Gouglas September 3 in semi annual session and already that prosperous border city is pre- pariug to entertain the mem bers in royal fashion.
 John S. Merrill of Cochisc county, a member of the second state legislature has been ap- pointed as superintendent of the Pioneer Home at Prescott to succeed J. T. Mahoney of Win slow who resigned because of ill health
 Isaac Earth, the bean king of New Mexico and state senator from Albuquerque. who has 700 acres of beans planted this sea- son, has been spending some time recently among the scenes of boyhood days in Navajo and Apache counties.
 The cases of more than six teen Slacke1s were heard and disposed of in federal court at Prescott since the court opened in that city above a week ago. The offenders were given sen tences ranging in length from one day to nine months.
 Churn drilling at the Ruby Copper Company's ground, near the endline of Pinal, has been temporarily interrupted, owing to inability to secure competent drillers. Engineer c. A. Pierce reports that he now has exper- fenced drillers on the way from California, and upon their ar rival work will again be re- Sumed.
 The Arizona Consolidated Min ing Co.,, which has all the An derson properties at Greateryille under bond, is doing extensive development work, the result of which promises to rejuvenate this entire mining district. A new hoist has just been install ed and almost daily shipments of mine materials and supplies are arriving.
 Dr. J. A. Stevens, veterinar- ian, returned from Bisbee Tues day where he had been conduct ing tubercular tests on cattle for the last three weeks. He ex- amined more than 400 milch cows in the Warren district, and found the owners anxious to CO operate in the work. Of the last 24O submitted to tests, eleven were found to be affected, which, Doctor Stevens says, is about the average.
 The Duquesne ore haul has again started coming over the road to Patagonia, after being sent to the little Mexican station on the other side of the line, be- low the DuqueSne camp, for few weeks. The roads from this place to Duquesne are now just barely passable, owing to the recent heavy rains, which for few days completely tied up traffic on this important thor oughfare. The company will ship probably between 5000 and 1000 tons per month from Pata- gonia, and will have the effect of stimulating several different kinds of business here. A short age of cars on the Mexican rail-