The border vidette., 1917-09-29
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Culled From Our
 Exchanges.

| MISS U. Louise bOonl1nRSr. ex- county uperintendent of schools in Yuma county, has purchased the Arizona Teacher of Prof. Colodny. and will at
 once assume complete charge,
 issuing the publication in the future at Phoenix. The first
 number of the Teacher under
 her editorship will be issued the
 last of September.
 Attorney General Wiley Jones
 announced this week that he
 had appointed w. Paul Geary, former chairman of the Arizona corporation commission, to sue ceed R. William Kramer as as
 sistant attorney general. Geary
 will have charge of the legal
 work for the corporation com mission. Kramer has resigned
 to become associated with the
 Phoenix law firm of Armstrong 6 Lewis.
 | The railroads of. the country are preparing to throw them. selves again in back of the Lib l erty Loan when the second issue of bonds goes on sale. Local | railroad officials have received i word that striking posters call ing upon railroad men to rally to the cause would soon be is sued by the railroads war board and displayed in every railroad station, shop and terminal plant in the country.
 Barometer of patriotism is rising rapidly throughout the United Sta s. There will be few families that have not loved ones gone to the war, either of the rich or poor. The natural result must be that minor eco homie differences will give way to public welfare. There are but two sides of the war question and one of these is right. Those who are not with the govern ment are against it. There can be no such thing as a neutral American. Any country that is good enough to live in is also good enough to fight for. There must be no traitors in camp.
 The Cochlse- Graham Cattle Growers Associa tion has passed resolutions of commendation on the work of State Land CommiS- sioner w. A. Moeur, in connec tion with the operation of a law that allows leasing of State lands for grazing purposes. It was asked that the leasing law be extended to permit the ac quirement by single individuals of not more than 64OO acres of land for grazing purposes, the present limitation of 64O acres being to small. It was urged that the 6,OOO,OOO acres of land still in possession of the State best can be made useful through such an extension of the leasing maximum.
 Another mine of the Tucson district was placed in the pro- ducing class this week, when the Mile Wide Copper Company, which last week signed a con- tract with the Sasco shelter. began shipping. For the last six months the ore has been >piling on the dump at the mine awaiting a contract. From now on it is planned to ship four car loads of ore per week. Accord ing to c. P. Reineger, the ore which is being shipped will average around per cent, be- ing mixed and unassorted cop per carrying high percentage of iron. The ore proved attrac- tive on assay to the Sasco smelt- CT by reason of the iron contests as we'll as the copper.
 c. w. Ingham yesterday re- ceived a letter from his son, Donald, who is at Fort Riley with the first increment of Yuma county boys who are preparing to go to France, in which the boy stated that the spirit of the Yuma contingent was good and all are we'll and bappy. Donald returned his grip and all his clothing, including shoes, stat ing that the boys were provided with new uniforms throughout Since arriving at Camp Funston they boys have been vaccinated twice, once against smallpox and once against typhoid fever. The letter states that according to the present schedule the boys at that cantonment will depart for