The border vidette., 1917-09-22
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Culled From Our
 Exchanges.

That Graham county will not have a fair this year was the decision of the fair commission at a meeting in Stafford Satur
 day last.
 Approximately twenty five 1 thousand dollars for premiums on the general exhibits in the
 various departments of the Ari
 zona State Fair this year. This apart from the races. How much are you going after on en- tries?
 The peace advocates are American citizens, but they run so low grade in red blood that they attract but little atten ton are the fotSam and jetSam of American citizenship.-Winslow | Mail.
 The boys have gone to war but visitors to the State Fair this year need have no worry about prosection. Captain Tom Rynning has accepted responsi- bility for their welfare and three companies of Home Guards will be at his disposal if needed. Membership of the American Red Cross has reached the B. SOC, ,OOO mark and is increasing at the rate of 25, ,OOO to 10000 a day, according to an announce ment sent out from Washington headquar ters. At the beginning of the year the total was 275,- GOO members.
 Oscar c. Cole, former secre- tary at the state prison. was called to the colorS, under the selective draft. He made no application for exemption al though he leaves wife and three small children, the oldest but five years old. He went with the first contingent
 From the way the European cattle herds are being depleted by the war, America won't be able to supply any where near the number of live stock they are going to need in the future. It behooves all American live stock people to hold up all the breeding stock they can possibly get feed for.
 Favorable report was made Friday by the senate committee at Washington on the bill by Senator Jones of New Mexico, authorizing the secretary of the interior to designate lands in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, North and South Da- kota and Nevada to be used for grazing purposes.
 R. w. Kramer, for the past year and a half assistant at torney general of Arizona, Saturday rendered his resigna- tion to Attorney General Wiley E. Jones. Mir. Kramer's resigna- tion will go into effect October 1 :, when he will be identified with the we'll known law firm of Arm strong and Lewis.
 When American soldiers go to assurance that not only they GlGnS0lN0S, OuO Ol101I oSD0l1o- ents will be looked after by the American Red Cross. To bridge the gap between home and army camp, the Red Cross will serve in the dual capacity of protector and medical assistant.
 There is no country like Ari- zona A dry farmer living a few miles from Benson, after return ing home from town @ few days | ago, was beginning to prepare his evening meal. and opening the door of his cook stove, found a we'll done bird inside, which had flown down the chimney, and get into the bake oven. No, there's no country like Arizona.
 The campaigns for canning, drying, and otherwise preserv- ing foods under way in all the northern and western states are doing much to insure a supply of food for winter use, and should be continued through the fall. Special attention should be given at this time to make | fruit buffers. such as peach but ter, qulnce butter, and apple | butter, and no family should relax effort in canning and drV-