The border vidette., 1917-07-28
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest CuIled From Our
 Exchanges.

66o; COcOnino, 5S; Gila, 56; Graham, 66; Greenlee. 344;
 Mohave, 81; Navajo, 79, Pinal,
 312; Santa Cruz, 112; Yavapai,
 39S; Yuma, 90.
 There was big rabbit drive in the Casa Grande section last
 Sunday when all the farmers for
 miles around and the town peo
 pie turned out and rounded up
 poor Jack Rabbit and killed some 600 of hlm. Much depreciation
 has been done by rabbits in that section, especially to cotton crops some of which were entire
 ly destroyed by the pests. The
 ScalpS of the rabbits were taken
 and will be presented to the
 board of supervisors and the county money donated to the Red Cross The bounty is 5 cents per rscalp.-Blade Tribune.
 During the first week in July over 25, ,OOO acres of land were located in Big Chino valley, and
 five operating companies formed to drill for oil. The lands taken over were inspected by oil en- gineerS of California and New York, and the region passed upon and showing favorable in- dications is situated some dis tance from Valley, or where the Chino Valley Oil Company has a rig in action. The sedimetary formation was selected, where no Assures exist, this action be- ing authorized by the oil ex- perts, and endorsed by those who are to place their holdings under development. = Yavapai.
 Tom Turner, the Pantano cat tleman, has been in Tucson most of the week, attending court Tom is one of the old time Ariz- ona cattlemen, who came from Texas many years ago. For several years he was manager of the Empire ranch. After wards he was ranch owner and sheriff of Santa Cruz county. Now he owns one of the best little COW outfits in the country six miles, from Pantano. Tom has also raised a large family and has lately become a grand father, as there is a big new boy in his sons family, and Tom puts in a good deal of his time with his head in barrel following Grandpa" to hear how it sounds.-Arizona Cattleman.
 Mrs. John Carter, married to a Douglas soldier. who smuggled herself over to France with her regiment when he was called to foreign service, has been ordered returned to the United States by the Amer ican military authorities. Mrs. Carter's mbition was to become a Red Cross nurse. She cut off her hair and made the voyage without detection, only to be sent home after reaching her destination. Before marriage Mrs. Carter was Miss Hazel Blauser, daughter of Pete Blaus- CT, we'll known in this county, a former employe of c. B. Wilson of Patagonia MT. Blauser re- gently sold his ranch at Vaughn to Ed Ellis and is now living in Salem, Oregon.-Patagonian.
 In Arizona the local exemption boards will consist of the county recorder, the sheriff and the health officer of the county un- less for some reason other per sons are designated, but this is the general constitution of the boards. There will be two dis trict boards. They will pass on industrial reasons for exemp- tions. All persons who have been drafted will receive due mo- tice when to appear before the local boards. That will probab- ly not be for two weeks and perhaps later. Notices will be sent out to all persons whose names have been drawn. In seven days from the mailing of the notice, the persons must ap pear. Persons who have been drafted cannot plead failure to receive the notices to appear before the board. The draft num- bers will be posted in stated places. It is the theory of the that all who have been registered must ascertain whether they have been draft ed. Tempe News.