The border vidette., 1918-07-13
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest CuIIed From Our
 Exchanges.

l
 1 Two horses were taken las
 Friday night from the corral a
 the ranch of Clyde McPhersor
 of the San Rafael valley. One
 of them was the property ot
 Richard Kunde, brother-in-laW
 of MT. KcPhereon, who is in the
 United States army. No trace
 of the missing animals has been | found. -Patagonian.
 The charge of murder against
 J. T. Holmes for the killing ot
 Wm. Pemberton at Kyrene, was
 dismissed in the justice court in
 Phoenix, Sunday. This clears Holmes of all criminal liability for the shooting of the Pember-
 ton brothers in an altercation
 oyer the killing of a COW on his
 ranch two weeks ago.
 Col. Wm. McDermott has with
 drawn his acceptance of the ap-
 pointment teDdered him last
 week by Governor Hunt, as a
 member for Arizona of the Ma tional Council of the United States naval reserve. Upon re- consideration, he decided that his membership in several other national patriotic societies would occupy all of his spare time.
 In accordance with instruc- tionS received from the sugar division of the food administra- tion, telegrams have been sent by the federal food administra- tor for Arizona to all county and deputy county food administra- tors stationed on the Mexican border, asking them to take inn mediate steps to prevent the sale of sugar to persons taking it across the line.
 J. J. Ward, who was sent to the penitentiary last year with his son Bufford for the shooting of Mark Turney in the Whet- stone mountains, has been pa rOled and is now raising cotton on a place near Chandler. He 1as fine crop this year and ex. poets to turn out a big lot of the staple stuff. His son, young Tom Ward, is in Tucson getting ! petition signed for the parol | of Bufford and many are sign ng it.
 To prevent further cattle rust | ing along the border between El Paso, Texas, and Las Cruses, New Mexico, the number of line 'iders will be increased. This vas decided at a meeting of | Panhandle and Southwestern Stockmen'S Association officials ast Wednesday afternoon at El oaSO. In addition to the new iders, the ranchmen of Dona Ana county have agreed to urnish men to operate with the patrol.
 Congressman Carl Hayden will 'e a candidate at the forthcom- ng primaries to succeed himself. Congressman Hayden has made ,ood and the people will surely feet him to the same position. During the stirring times lead ng up to the war declaration nd after that time he has been
 consistent advocate of the pol cies of the administration and pheld the presidents hand in very way. And he has been ight on every other question.
 Officer Camacho of the police apartment, stationed at Stone venue and Congress street, has cen equipped with a traffic thistle and he is trying to in truct automobile drivers in the SC of signals. They know that he right hand is extended when he driver intends to turn to the ight and the left hand when he attends to turn to the left, but lany of them do not know that hey hold the hand straight out rom the body if they are going traight ahead.-Tucson Star.
 It seems Arizona has suffered 1 ess from drouth during the last 1 wo years than most parts of the outhwest. While it has been { cry dry in most parts and grass as been very short, the per { of cattle that have died 1 as been light. One reason for z ais is that Arizona has princi- ] ally browse ranges and when i lenty of water and salt is pro. { ided for the cattle, there are l cry small losses. Many of the ( attlemen realize thls and wells l