The border vidette., 1917-03-24
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Culled From Our
 Exchanges.

Senate bill 50 is an act to amend revised statutes of ArlZ- ona 1913 and pertains to shorten ing of the time of publishing notice of improvements. Muni- cipalities will not have to publish notice of local Improvements in a. daily paper over five times and in a weekly paper but twice.
 The southeasterly end of the Tom Reed estate, known locally as the Aztec workings. and the Rig Jim mine, which adjoinS the Aztec Center claim on the west, are developing one of the big gest deposits of gold ore in the weSt-an orebody that would be considered phenomenal in any other district but ca tman.
 The United Eastern mine at Oatman will produce something like $1, 1,725, ,OOO in the next year of the average for the last thirty days is maintained Since the mill was put into operation in January the United Eastern has shipped more than 5000 ounces of gold, valued at $75, ,OOO. The main three compartment shaft is down 665 feet and it is expect ed that it will cut the vein at $50 feet.
 Attorney General Jones calls attention to the fact that lever" since the governors proclama
 tion of December 18th, last, de-
 claring capital punishment abolished in Arizona by vote of the people, the board of pardons and paroles has had no power to recommend any murder cases, and the matter, therefore. rests wholly with the governor to act as he pleases, without any re commendation from the board of pardonS and paroles.
 Among the bills signed by Gov. Tom Campbell Wednesday night was House Bill No. 4, known as the red light abate- ment bill which makes it illegel to rent property for purposes of prostitution. Another bill signed was House bill No. 34 introduc- ed by Mrs. Pauline O'Neill and known as the Bone Dry" mea sure. It prohibits the introduc
 tioE of liquor into the state and even prohibits paper within the state boundaries from pub fishing liquor advertisements.
 The Yuma valley of Arizona, under national reclamation has forged rapidly to the front as one of the rich and fertile re- gions of the southwest. The change from the old haphazard methods which prevailed during the period when private irriga tiou systems were operated to the present condition of intensive and practical farming under the government canals, is marked. This change is particularly gratifying to the Reclamation Service at Washington, D. c.
 Warning against the activities of one J. B. Collins, who is said self as insurance agent for the North American Accident In surance company of Chicago was issued this week by the in surance department of the Ariz- ona corporation commission. Collins, the warning says, has no license from the state insurance department, nor is he licensed to represent any insurance com pany operating in Arizona. Col lins is said to have operated considerably in Flagstaff and Jerome and other points in northern Arizona.
 For the first time in many years strontium ore has been marketed from deposits in the United States, according to J. M. Hill, of the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior. Most of the ore marketed in 1916 was produc-
 ed in Arizona and California.
 The ore mined in the State of | Washington was not marketed.
 The domestic output was equal
 to about 10 per cent of ordinary
 demand. which amounts to 2OOO tons. The British embargo on
 strontium salts need cause little
 disquiet among American users.
 for abundant ore is no doubt
 available in this country, and