The border vidette., 1919-10-04
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest CuIied From Our
 Exchanges.

1 Steps were taken by the state board of education at a special session yesterday which will assure the filling of some 65 vacancies in the state, caused by the inability of school boards to secure properly qualified teach CTS.
 Governor Campbell has issued a proclamation designating Sun day, October 9th, as American ization Day" The people are invited to hold public meetings; churches are asked to devote at least one service to the discus sion of the AmericaniZing of foreigners within our borders.
 Within the past week fifteen thousand doses of AggresSin permanent immunity blackleg vaccine have been sent from Arizona to three cattle outfits in Sonora, Mexico. This indicates that some of the big cattle out fits of northern Mexico are using up-to date measures in prevent ing disease.
 Inspector of Customs J. $. Kelly has seized $500 head of cattle on the land of l.. A. Glenn at Silver Creek, on the ground that the cattle had been snug gled across the international line | from Mexico. The federal off cers are making a close investi- gation of the matter and one of them stated that sensational de- velopments might come to light at any hour.
 Ed. w. Stephens, secretary of the livestock sanitary board, has a big job on his hands re record ing the 10000 cattle brands, many of which have become ob- solete. Already more than 5000 applications for re recording have been received. The legis lature appropriated $4375 with which to do. the work. This fund is nearly exhausted al though the work is only we'll started. d.-Cattleman.
 The Pima county bond issue was passed recently by an over whelming vote on the figures of the five Tucson precincts alone. If the vote is sustained through out the county, the decision to issue $1, 100000 worth of bonds for good roads throughout the county was reached by vote of 6O3 for the bond issue to 1O5 against issuing the bonds. The total vote cast in the five pre- fc of showing there was practically no opposition.
 The location of oil claims has extended from the Milestone mountains, where the San Pedro Oil & Gas company have control of 12,OOO acres, to the border. Claims are now located on the west side of the Huachucas from the San Rafael grant east along the border, and it is reported in the vicinity, that a company is preparing to drill in the vicinity of the head of the Jacquin Creek. There is said to be con- siderable locating south of the Camille mountains.
 Dean G. M. Butler, of the col lege of mines and engineering, has men enrolled in his depart ment who came from many diff ferent states and colleges. The states represented are as fol- lows: California 7; Texas 6; Illinois 4; New York 8; Michigan 8; Oregon 3; Colorado ?; and one each from Washington, Ohio, Kentucky, New Mexico, Geor- gia, Alabama, Tennessee. South Dakota, Wyoming, Pennsylva- mia, low and North Carolina. One man from China has regis l tered.
 | Senor Cubillas, of the Sonora Bank and Trust Co.,, Nogales, and Senores Fuente and Bringas of Sonora, Mexico, were up last Sunday on a tour of inspection of the San Pedro oil fields, says the Santa Cruz Patagonian, of last week. These gentlemen, says the paper, were much i'm, pressed with what they saw and learned, and went away with un- shaken faith in the strong oil in dications found, and with no misgivings as to the final suc- cess of this latest and greatest new enterprise of the South west. It is said Sonora capital