The border vidette., 1919-11-08
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest CulIed From Our
 Exchanges.

1 Killing five mountain lions in one day is the remarkable record made by Ramsey Patterson who is employed by the government as big game hunter.
 There will be a big Yaqui dance November 8, day and night of that day, the date of the close of the fair. It will be held on the west bank of the Agua Fria a mile south of Bill Moore's place. It is a religious rite, known as the "pascala."
 The high cost of transporta- tion need not interfere with at 1 tendance at the Arizona State Fair this year. Thanks to Uncle Sam. who believes in the educa- tional value of such exhibitions the railroads have announced a reduced rate of fare and one half from all points in Arizona to Phoenix.
 Assuring the war department of their willingness to e-employ every body who formerly worked for them and left to enter the army or navy, the Ray Conso- 1 lidated Copper company recent | ly applied to Col. A rthur Woods, assistant to the secretary Of war for the citation issued to en- ployers meeting such conditions.
 The case of John O. Dunbar, charged with violation of the espionage act, was dismissed by Judge Neterer in the United States district court on the mo. ton of the federal district attor- ney. The charged was based on an article in the paper relative to the Liberty loan committee here.
 To assure the Arizona people of their hearty co operation in interstate highway building. and more particularly to further the linking up of Phoenix and Ari-t zona with the acific coast, a party of representatives of the California state highway con- mission, tbe Dixie Highway as- sociation and other good roads enthusiasts arrived in Phoenix Sunday night for conference with Arizona highway engineers, commissioners and road builders.
 The jury in the case of the State vs. Hale Chenoweth, after deliberating since four o'clock Monday evening. returned a yer dict of manslaughter this morn ing at ten o'clock. The verdict carried a recommendation of ex- treme leniency by the court Chenoweth was charged with the murder of Claud Mcdowell near Paradise several months ago, and this was the second hearing of the case, a hung jury being the result at the last crim- inal term m.-ProSpector.
 A movement set on foot in Cananea recently has as it's mo- tive the repairing of the auto mobile road from Cananea to Naco, where it joins the Naco- Bisbee highway. To raise a fund of $3,OOO for this purpose the larger companies, business | interests and automobile men have been assessed a stated monthly sum by the Cananea chamber of commerce. Accord ing to the present proposal, $500 per month is to be raised to be expended upon the highway.
 w. s. Myers, of Houston and Dallas, Texas, wealthy furniture dealer of the Lone Star state, passed through tombstone this morning en route to his home following a four months tour of the west, during which they visited as far east as Kansas City, going through the north western states to Vancouver, B. O., then to all the wonders of the west, including the Yellow stone Park, Mt. Rainer. the Grand Canyon, and all points of interest along the route travelled.
 The state highway department has just issued a call for bids for the improvement of the state highway from Clifton to Frank lin. The work involves the con struction of new highway from the city limits of Clifton, up Wards canyon. joining the pre- sent state highway at the top of the hill. It will result in a shorter and better road than the present state highway, and will follow in a general way the loca-