The border vidette., 1918-07-27
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Culied From Our
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Cantaloupe shipments out of the Salt River valley Monday totaled 45 carloads, H. $. French of the United States bureau of mark cts reported yesterday. The total to date for the season is 591 carloads, as against 514 car loads to date last year.
 Automobilists. have learned with satisfaction that the bridge over the Gila river at Florence has been completed and is now open to the public. The river at that point has been the haunt of a new sort of road agent" or land pirate, who held up auto mobilists whose cars stuck in the wash.
 Figures of the Tax Commis sion indicate the total value of Arizona mineral production sub ject to taxation to have been S182, STA, ,5l7.13. This represents the gross returns received by the mining companies from their sales, inclusive of copper, gold silver, manganese, tungsten and all other metals.
 Bearing out the very favor able reports of cotton conditions in the Salt River valley, Free mon Fike last evening brought in a cotton plant from 20 acre ranch of his about half a mile north of the Grand canal on Central avenue. The plant is , feet tall and has POO bolls upon. it. He states that several of his plants are equally good.
 Daniel Granville Cumberland of Ray, an employe of the Ray Consolidated Co.,, has offered stronger guarantee of his loyal ly and service to the country than any other man in the Unit ed States. He has ten sons in the military and naval service of the country at this time. They are following in his steps for he served in the Spanish American war.
 A number of bad boys, who had been unruly, were brought held juvenile court at Douglas, yesterday, were sentenced to a good spanking by the Judge, which was administered by the fathers of the boys. Judge Lock wood has made it a practice to punish bad boys in this manner and it is having the desired re- suits.
 Congressman Hayden sent to of hn army appropriation bill passed by congress and approved on July 9, 1918. This measure car ries items totailing $32, ,OOO for damages to persons during the several battles between Mexican armies around Agua Prieta, Mexico, opposite Douglas, dur ing the Madero and subsequent revolutions in Mexico.
 In the view of Justice Oscar Pease, the state failed to make out case against Sid Simpson, Hugh Bryant and D. Ruther- ford, charged with committing a felonious assault upon Manuel Canes on the night of July at the store of Mrs. Charles Yaki movich, on South Meyer street, and on motion of T. K. Richey, represent ting the three defend ants, he discharged them.-Star.
 Free trips from every county in the State will be offered by the State Fair to the champion teams in both the girls canning and the boys cowtestiug work. At the State Fair these teams will compete for the State cham pionship and also for two $3O co scholarships offered by the Agri- cultural Extension Service of the University. These scholarships are to be used for a trip to the Seventh Annual Farmers and Housekeepers' week at Tucson during January.
 Dean G. M. Butler of the Ari- zona College of Mines and En gineering, has been appointed director of the Arizona state bureau of mines. He will con tinue to serve as dean of the college of mines and engineer ing. Greater emphasis is to be placed by the bureau on geolo gical Investigations. It is said that the lack of knowledge of the geology of the state has greatly hampered the develop ment of the mining resources of Arizona. An expert geologist