The border vidette., 1918-03-30
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Culied From Our
 Exchanges.

Capt. l.. w. Mix, of Nogales chairman of the committee which raised funds and bought the silver service for the battleShip Arizona is in receipt of a letter from the manufacturers, Reed & Barton, conveying intelligence of the delivery of the goods at a navy yard, to be delivered to the commander of the battleShip Arizona.
 Governor Hunt of Arizona and Governor Alexander of Idaho. were early in the field in the issuance of proclamations for enrolment week of the United States Boys Working Reserve. Governor Hunts proclamation has been sent to all high school principals and county school superintenderts, to be given publicity in the schools.
 Authority has been given for the opening of two new state banks. At Ray, the Merchants and Miners bank has capitaliza- tion of $5O.OOO. At it's head is T. M. Quebedeaux, with c. l.. Wolfe, as cashier. April 1 has b, en set as the opening date. At Clifton a new bank is the Peoples Bank and Trust company, with $50,OOO paid up capital.
 Improvements to the buildings of the Tempe Normal school provided for in a $5O,OOO appro- priation made by the last legisla- ture are being rushed to comrle- tiOn and the new auditorium will barring any unforeseen delays, be ready for commence ment exercises in May, according to Leroy A. Ladd of the com mission on state institutions.
 It took the jury in the case of B. F. Winsor, the Clarkdale shelter guard accused of the murder of Manuel Orosco, just forty five minutes to declare the defendant not guilty. A number of reputable witnesses testified that OroScO was of a QuarrelsOme disposition and that officers had frequently warned him he would run into the wrcng man some time.
 The Food Administration has the intereS of the farmer at heart, as is shown by the activity they are taking to right a great wrong and injustice that has been done the Arizona farmer, because the nearest wheat ter minal has been Los Angeles. They have requested that Tue son be the Arizona terminal and that the price be fixed at $2.15 per pushed at that point.
 The Smith Hughes Act which passed Congress F'ebruay IF, 1917, and the provisions of which were accepted by the last legis- lature, provides Arizona with automatically increase until 1926, when it will reach the perman- ent fund of S3O,OOO. These for dollar by the state. For the year 1917-1918, therefore, there will be available for vocational educational in Arizona, $3O,OOO.
 Several hundred thousand head of sheep are being sheared in the Salt River valley, a large proportion held on the alfalfa and early grain fields, though the grass is starting on the plains, favored by the late rains. More than half the fiocks have been brought in by rail from the north, owing to the lack of feed on the trails from the forest reserves. Despite the high cost of feeding alfalfa hay and oil cake, the ewes and lambs will be turned off, much earlier this year than ever before giving even better profit than in ordin- ary years.
 It would seem that the Salt River valley is to bave more cotton growers on a gigantic scale, if the incorporating of the United States Rubber company, under the laws of Arizona, means anything. Those who know, state that this large corporation intends to clear up large tracts of the desert land and raise cotton, as the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company has done. The long staple cotton has made the Salt River valley famous throughout the world, and it is hoped that more Of our