The border vidette., 1917-09-22

Egyptian cotton. The acreage
 is 3l,OOO acres and it is thought
 this will produce about 17,0OO
 bales of cotton, 500 pounds to
 the bale. This at 60 cents a
 pound will bring in the neigh
 borhood of five million. Picking
 has already begun and it will be
 continuous performance until
 in January.
 Judge John A. Ellis of the
 Superior Court of Mohave
 county, is being considered for
 appointment as federal judge
 of a new United States district
 court, embracing the northern
 tier of counties in Arizona, ac-
 cofding to word from Washing
 ton this week. The movement is said to have been favorably
 considered at the national capi-
 tai. It is known that the bar of
 the several northern counties
 are almost unanimous in advo- eating the appointment of Judge
 Ellis.
 The Florence postoffice and the office and printing plant of tue Florence Blade Tribune were destroyed by fire last Saturday. The loss is estimated at about S1O, ,OOO, partially covered by in surance. The fire origina ted in the printing plant, having start ed, it is believed, from thegas engine used to furnish power Owing to the lack of a water system, the only means at hand
 was the chemical extinguisher cart and when this was brought, it was found that the apparatus had been left unchanged.
 The U-boat peril has ceased to give serious concern. It will doubtless remain a plague while the war lasts; but the govern ment is confident of being able to hold it with limits. We shall be able to send men and ma terials across the sea without fatal intolerance. Only one Amer ican steamship out of POO has been sunk by submarine since we entered the war. In no case have the Germans succeeded in sinking fast or big ship. They have merely picked off a few slow tankers and freigters.
 Adjutant General Harris has received from the department definite information that the First Arizona Infantry regiment would be filled out with drafted men from this state. It was feared for time especially since the selected men had been sent to Fort Riley and the First Ari- zona had been ordered to Linda Vista, that the regiment would be filled but by drafted men from other states nearer canton ments, so that the regiment, though bearing the name of the First Arizona, would be made up in considerable part of men who are not residents of the state.
 The Yuma weather observer noticed a freak in the elements occurred since Heck was a pup. It consisted in the highest tenn perature of the day occurring at five o'clock a. m., and the lowest at five o'clock D. m. The former | was 83 degrees and the latter 76.8. The fact that five o'clock | in the forenoon and five in the | saw Upper and ne- ther" is not the whole feature. | Perhaps never before has the | hottest period of any one day | been as early in the morning. But this September has been | freakish all thru so far. The | relative humidity Monday was 79, the highest in many moons. Yuma Sun.
 Secretary Vim, of the local draft board, is in receipt of a card from Morris D. 1 Glessuer, who is in far off Chile, South America. The man lived 1 in Yuma and was for a long time | an employe of the reclamation service, leaving one year ago | for the southern cline in search | of fortune. He was rigistered l by the American consul at the | place where he lives, and it took | the card within a few days of a month to get here. If another call for soldiers is made and this | man should be drawn it would | be necessary for him to make a triD of abOut 15 GOO miles tO re-