The border vidette., 1917-03-31
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest CulIed From Our
 Exchanges.

1 The RlHe Club are preparing to entertain markSmen Of the
 State in May, including militia men and members Of other or
 ganizations. Interest in good | markmanship has increased
 materially the past year and no dOub6 some clean records will
 result from the coming meet ing.-The Tucson Post.
 1 c. W. (Doc.) Pardee, who has
 been on trial in Prescott before Judge Sawtelle of the federal
 court for the past week, charged
 with attempting to aid Joe Davis to escape from the Prescott jail
 was found not guilty. The jury was so convinced of Pardee's
 innocence that the formality of a
 ballot was done away with.
 Governor Campbell has signed
 the anti tobacco bill which raises
 the age limit from IS to 21. The | bill also strengthens the exist | ing law further by making it a | misdemeanor for minor to pur
 chase, receive or accept tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, or tobacco in
 any form, and the same penal
 ties which apply to the seller apply equally to the purchaser.
 Even the giving of cigarette
 papers to minors is forbidden.
 Renewed activity on some
 mining property down the river,
 which may have an important bearing on the future of this min- ing section has begun. Ell Caj- on" property, situated about thirty five miles to the north of Benson, at the head of Soza Canyon, has been acquired by Messrs. s. $. Culver, of Los An geles, J. B. Hudson and Geo. Rieben, and they are now en- gagged in getting out the ore and preparing to make shipments The Tucson Signal. ..
 Arizona's school system is second to that of no other of the newer states and better than that of a great many of the older states. More money is spent per capital for schools than in majority of the states and in most instances we believe it is better spent. The state institu- tions are university at Tucson which ranks high in all respects, a normal school at Tempe in the sunny winter cline and another at Flagstaff in the bracing snow country of the state.
 The first move of the Arizona state authorities in case war is declared. and the president asks for volunteers, will be to fill up the ranks of the First Arizona Infantry, now on border duty. Governor Campbell stated that in so far as he was able to deduct | from the army regulations. that | Arizona would in case a half | million volunteers are raised, only be required to put in the field 2,iOO men. that is 800 for | each mem Der of congress. There | are at present 800 membe of | the First Regiment.
 The meeting of business men and cattle men of the Gila | valley, which took place yester- day afternoon at the Bank of | Stafford, and which was called | for the purpose of making ar for the first conven- tion of the Cochise- Graham Counties Cattle Growers Asso- citation, to be held here April 2nd and 3rd, was largely attend ed, all sections of the valley be- ing represented. Plans for the reception and entertainment of the towns guests were fully dis cussed and resulted in the ap- of committees. Ora ham Guardian.
 A Miami school boys compost tion on "The Editor," ran as follows: "The editor is one of the happiest beggars in the world. He can go to the circus in the afternoon and to the Mex ican Theatrical Company at Dreamland Hall in the evening without paying farthing, also inquests and hangings. He has free tickets to the movies, gets wedding cake @ sent to him and sometimes gets licked, but not often, as he can take it back in the next issue, which he gen erally does. While other folks have to go to bed early, the edi- for can sit llD every niOht and |