The border vidette., 1918-01-12
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest CuIled From Our
 Exchanges.

fine looking lot of fellows. They stopped over in town an hour to drill and to take a hike around the outskirts. s.-Miner.
 New Years day was enjoyed in the San Rafael valley by g. large gathering of people from the surrounding country who had arranged program of sports, including horse races. There are some sadder but wiser men who attended the sports.- Patagonian.
 The possibility of a smelter for Patagonia is very bright. as Mir. E. R. Shaw and associates of San Francisco are still en- deavoring to secure enough good ground leases to insure the smelter's being kept busy in case other producers do not desire to patronize it.
 There will be no more wind mills erected on the Babacomari grant, according to "Joe Rush," the versatile investigator of na- tural phenomena, who lives at Huachuca Siding. He claims that there is not wind enough to run what there is now, and any additional mills will redfce the power.
 The area of the State of Ari- zona is equal to the approximate areas of Connecticut, Massa- chusetts, New Hampshire, Yer mont, Maine and New York. It's area is greater than all of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware; or Illinois, h. diana, New Hampshire and New Jersey combined.
 Small shippers of copper ore are steadily dropping out of pro- duction and shutting down their properties in different parts of the state, because the govern ment fixed price of 239 cents per pound does not afford them op- portunity to earn profit on the rising scale of costs for all ma- terials they employ.
 Bids for the $1, ,oOO, ,OO0 issue of. highway bonds that were re- gently voted by the citizens of Cochise county will be opened on Monday, February 4th. It is expected that there will be no difficulty in disposing of them, as they offer a safe investment at five and half per cent. These are the first road bonds ever issued by the county.
 Harold Bell Wright, the au. thor, and F. w. Taylor, man. ager of the Tucson Farms Co.,, are reported to have leased the residence of Dr. A. B. Douglas of the University at 1189 Speed way for the winter. Dr. Doug las is building a new house near Olive road. MT. Wright will use the quarters for the creation of his new novel. Star.
 Some good moly bdenum ore is being brought to Patagonia from Duquesne for shipment. Molyb- denum Is in demand at present and is bringing more than S4OO per ton. The metal is used in the manufacture of steel and in the preparation of ammonium moly bdate for laboratory use, as a diSinfectant, to color pottery, porcelain, leather and rubber, and to dye silks and woolens.- Santa Cruz Patagonian.
 Apache Indians, III of them. gave two dollars apiece to the Red Cross at Globe, Arizona. Their leader deposited $222 and gave notice that others from the San Carlos reservation would soon apply for mem bership. The wards of Uncle Sam. have re- sponded nobly and many Indian boys from the various tribes have enlisted in the army. They seem to realize fully that our government is worth fighting for.
 Ajo presented the only large new copper producer in the state of Arizona this year, the New Cornelia Copper company in that district making above 10000, ,OOO pounds in tbe six months of it's operation. In 1918 the company will probably make another re- cord in expansion of producing area in the state. New Cornelia was euab blo to DrOduco thrOuOh