The border vidette., 1918-12-07
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of interest Cuiled From Our
Exchanges.

All restrictions on the. ship
mentS of cotton from the United
States, except to enemy count
rieS and to the northern Euro
pean neutrals, have been re
moved.
A map of Arizona is being
repaired under the direction of
E. G.. LaRue, hydraulic engin-
eer, Department of the Interior,
which will be sold to cattlemen
at cost. The map accompanied
LaRue's Arizona livestock re
port, and gives all information
which cattleman would re-
quire.
At a meeting Of the Board of
| Directors, Standard Oil Com
pany California held October
20, regular quarterly dividend
No. 40 of 50 so per share was
declared, payable December 16,
1918, to stockholders of record
as shown by transfer books OF
the corporation in San Fran
cisco and New York at close of
| business November Is, 1918.
Woman have drawn % places
out Of total of about 32O state
and county offices filled at the
late general election in Arizona.
They have no represen tation in
state office and none in the le-
gisla tive senate. but there are
four in the house of represent
atives and at least one woman
has been elected in each of IS
counties, excepting Graham and
Yavapai.
From a few casual acres last
year. the Salt River valley pea
nut acreage this year has grown
to 1000 The product is con-
sidered of the highest quality
and the crop, per acre, is up to
200 pounds saleabl at II cents.
Most of the nuts are consumed
locally, especially forming the
basis for peanut butter, for the
manufacture of which a large
factory has been esta blished in
Phoenix.
Plans under which all wound
ed men returning from France
will go to hospitals within three
hundred miles of the homes of
their nearest relatives were an
nounced by the war department..
To this end, base hospitals at
training camps have been turn
ed over to the surgeon general,
providing IS hospitals with faci.
lities to care for 1O4, 231 men.
ed to be sent to these institu-
tions within the next 4 months.
First in the state to report
"over the top" for it's war saw
ings stamps society is the Phelps
Dodge Mercantile company. The
announcement was made by
State Director H. r. Tritle of
the Arizona war savings stamp
committte few days ago that
as each war savings stamp so
ciety in the state made good it's
pledges for the sale of thrift
stamps and baby bonds the name
of that society, with an honor
star after each name, would be
published.
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schools in Arizona which have
been closed for so many weeks
on account of the epidemic of
Spanish influenza should receive
full pay, regardless of whether
the schools were open or not, is
the opinion of @. 0. Case, state
superintendent of public instruc-
ton, and that he also believes
that the laws of the state pro
vide for full payment of salaries,
will be good news to the many
teachers who have been serious
ly inconvenienced through the
closing of the schools and the
nonpayment the salaries.
S. w. Higdon of Nogales,
charged with assisting his ne
| phew, Gilbert Burgess, in an
attempt to evade the draft, was
sentenced by Judge. Sawtelle of
the U. S. district court yester-
day to serve six months in the
Yavapai county Jail. Burgess
was recently discharged. The
court sentenced August Mar
chetti to six months for failure
to register; Donald Mason. slack
err, was given 30 days in the
Pima Jail; E. A. Cooke, Stacker,
was given 80 days in the Pima
ID l.