The border vidette., 1914-12-19

day Tor ms services. ValenJln0 i will be arrested for desertiOn if i he ever crosses to the American side of the line.
 Bernard G. Johnson. the local i date promoter and cultOriSt, will leave today for Algiers, Africa, where he will spend the next ! two or three months gathering date shoots for importation to Yuma. This makes the third trip for Mir. Johnson to Africa for date shoots and each time heretofore he has brought back a fine shipment, and he hopes to be equally successful on this trip.-Sun.
 A new monthly publication, called the Arizona Farm Ad- visor, is being issued by the agricultural extension service of the College of Agriculture, and it's aim is to give the farmers of the state agricultural iufOrma ton in plain, non scientific ian guage that can readily be under stood. It will be sent free upon application to the Superinten- dent of the Agricultural Exten- sion Service, Tucson.
 Hard times and low prices have combined to bring pennies to all the towns in Arizona according to a state exchange. In Miami it was reported the other day that a hundred thousand pen nieS were about to arrive and be put in circula tion. In some of the mining towns where a quart CT was about the smallest coin in circulation, the news that pennies were soon to be seen, almost caused beart failure among some of the old timers.
 F. F. Hopkins, member of the board of supervisors, and party have gone into the desert seven ty miles to the sout of Wellton, prospecting for gold. There are several antique mines in that locality, which no doubt could profitably worked in this day and age, if they could be located. The Lost Padre mine of fabulous richness is also said to be located near the SO noita river, close to the Interna tional line and in the vicinity of that place where MT. Hopkins and his party are prospecting.- Yuma Sun.
 The Whale mine of the Copper Canyon group, now leased by Connor, Smith and others, gives promise of becoming one of the greatest producers of the state. Six feet of solid copper ore is the latest report. Along the fOotWall of the vein is a great showing of molybdenite ore, run ming from 7 to 45 per cent, while small stringerS show some solid metal. Molybdenite is now quot ed from S45O to $500 per ton. With a plant to handle the ore and put it in commercial shape, the mine should be made to pay big dividends.
 A concrete highway between the town of El Cen trO. in the I'm perial valley, California, and the town of Yuma, Arizona, is one of the dreams of Arizona and Cal ifornia highway boosters that may be realized shortly. An appropriation of $2OO,OOO is to be made, it is reported. by the California legislature and a good part of the sum will be expend- ed on the El Centro Yuma road. The worst stretch from Phoenix to Los Angeles is that between Yuma and Brawley and a con crete highway between these two points would offer a road for touring autoiSts that could not be excelled.
 The Josephine group of claims in Josephine canyon, in the north end of the Patagonia dis trict, is making a fine showing. This group includes the Gonnec ticut claims, from which Me CutcheOn and Hogan made ship ments of rich ore, and the Della ware claims, on which Hudson, Tate and Cartier are now work ing. They have opened up a ledge showing high values in silver, lead, copper and zinc. Enough ore is on the dump for several shipments, but the Smelt CT penalties on the zinc make shipping unProfitable, and mill tests are being made by Colo rado and Pennsylvania firms to find a method of separating the ] contents nrOfita b1V