The border vidette., 1918-06-29


 nett had an unusually big con signment of cattle to pass in spection Thursday at Hereford. Over a thousand head were ship ed out of Sonora, Mexico, by Elias Bros, bound for the Den yer market. Benson Signal.
 E. K. Gladney, of Wilcox, a long time resident of Arizona, has been admitted as a guest at the Pioneers Home at Prescott. The home now accommodates forty eight. With the improve ments now underway, the ac- commodatiOnS for men will be increased twenty five.
 The valuation of the twenty four telephone and telegraph ! companies in Arizona is re- turned for 1918 by the state tax commission is S3, ,112, ,894. B. These figures, which were made public by the commission, are | for the purpose of arriving at the 1918 assessment of these companies.
 At the last meeting of the Board of Regents of the Uni versity of Arizona, Dean G. M. Butler, of the College of Mines and Engineering, was appointed Director of the Arizona State Bureau of Mines. He will con | tinue to serve as Dean, which position he has held for the past three years.
 Globe will have to wait till after the war for her long need ed sewerage system. Lately a bond issue was voted of S24O,- GOO for this purpose. Now the i capital issues committee of the council of national defense has advised the city attorney that sale of such a bond issue IS con- sidered mot compatible with | national interest"
 Under the Smith Hughes Act l passed by the last session of congress, a large sum of money was allotted to the state of Ari- zona for the training of young people in various trades, agri- culture and home economies; and, the state, having apprO- Driated an equal sum, it seems evident that much more atten- tion will be given to industrial education in the future than in the past.
 The American fighting force in France now has 38 miles of front line trenches and this will be extended after the first of first of July. Millions of men will be in Europe by the first of January and every front will see the arrival of Americans, ready to battle the Hun and his allies. Our boys are go get 'em" fellows and the more the Hun sees of them, the less they will like them.
 Senator Henry F. Ashurst, in letter to Harry Tritle regard ing the matter of Liberty Loans, War-Savings and Thrift Stamp sales, as well as contributions to the Red Cross, says that he
 is proud of the good old Copper
 State, and knows that on the
 18th of this month the state vii go over the top in sales of Baby Bonds and Thrift Stamps. He is proud of every part the state has played in the war, from tht first enlistments of the young Arizonan to the wonderful way , in which she met every othe B demand upon her.
 $ In a letter to Congress mal ? Hayden, Adjutant General Mo :: Cain gives assurances that ever. effort will be made to alloy { drafted men or those inducte' 5: into the service of the Unite States and sequestered in can i comments to cast their votes fO | officers at state primary election or at the general elections fo . lowing. This will be in com
 pliance with the law of an
 state which provides for tn
 soldier vote within the Unite
 States. All soldiers who ma
 be authorized by law to vott
 will have a chance to mark the
 ballots secretly in the cantor
 ments or within the naval rese
 yations, and these ballots wi
 he promptly forwarded to u