The border vidette., 1921-11-19
PATAGONIA.
Interesting News Items. Clipped From
 the Patagonian.

Craig Pottinger, editor of the Nogales Herald, was among the week end visitors in Patagonia on Saturday and Sunday of last week.
 A. w. Jenkins, superintendent of the state highway work near Patagonia, motored down to: the county seat this week on official business, and during his stay was a guest at the Hotel Bow man.
 A garrison of 75 men and off. cers is to be maintained by the M eXican government at Colonia Morales. sixty miles southeast of Douglas, for the purpose of of suppressing border stock thieves.
 C.. w. Little. locating engineer of the state highway depart ment. at present making his headquarters in Patagonia, was mum bered among the guests re gistered at the Hotel Bowman on Monday of this week. Manufacture of hard liquor in the state of Sonora is legalized by a law just passed by the state legislature. Distilleries, brew cries and saloons will be licensed and the proceeds devoted to constructing roads, according to the provisions of the law.
 The Progresso mine, in the Ures district of Sonora, is now a regular producer of silver bull lion. The ore averages, twenty ounces of silver Uo the ton, with some gold, and the mill treats 25 tons a day. Because of the gold content, $1 an ounce is paid for tie bullion at the San Fran cisco mint.
 The freigbt rate on coal and coke from eastern points, jnclud ing. New Mexico, to Tucson has been cut 65 cents ton. Most of Tucson'S coal comes from Daw son and the rate from that poin t is reduced from $7.63 to $6.98 a ton. The rate from Trinidad is only fifteen cents higher than that from Dawson.
 Automobile owners will not be able to get the same license number for 1922 that they have this year. Numbers are here after to be issued by county assessors instead of the secre- tary of state, for one thing. Furthermore, the assessors have been instructed to pass the num- bers out in rotation, as they are called for.
 Dr. l.. w. Klene of EIgin was elected president of the Santa Cruz Farm Bureau at the annual meeting held in Soncita on the occasion of the bureaus first annual picnic at that place. A. M. Benjamin of Sonoita was elected vice president and J. B. Bristol. the retiring president, was chosen secretary of the organization.
 More than 5000 hunting and fishing licenses were issued in Arizona during October accord ing to Wesley Hill who said that the state game warden's office al- ready has received $4O48 in fees for the licenses and he estimated that much more had been col lected by deputy wardens in various parts of the state and would be forwarded to the war den's office later.
 It is estimated by the county farm agent that Coconino's potato crop this year is worth at least $2O2, 500. This is figuring the price at $2. .25 hundred pounds. the present price, but it is stated that 75 per cent of the crop is being stored in the hope of better price. Growers think that they will get $3 later. There are about 25O farmers in Coco nino and half of them are grow ing spuds.
 The old .townsite of Charleston, seven miles from Tom bstone, was sold to land and cattle company for $342. Charleston,in in the early days of silver mining in Arizona, was one of the big geSt and most active of the mushroom" communities. To- day it is distinguished from the surrounding country by a tiny railroad station and a few crumb- ~