The border vidette., 1918-04-27
ARIZONA NOTES.
Items of Interest Culled From Our
 Exchanges.

ty of peanuts. If labor is scarce at harvest time, the hogs can do
 the harvesting. If labor is
 plentiful harvest the peanuts and feed the hogs the peanut
 meal. The hay is good for all
 livestock.
 The United States govern:
 ment is now testing the long
 staple cotton grown in the Salt
 River valley for airplane wings,
 and as it has proven to be the
 best that can be obtained for
 auto tires there is no doubt that
 it will stand the test for the
 wings.
 William Jennings Bryan, the great commoner, will speak at the Chautauqua at Miami, May
 10. His addresses this year have done much to arouse the public to. necessity of waging sue cessful war. He is in perfect
 harmony with the president, so are all loyal citizens, irrespec tive of past party belief.
 Before this war is over old clothes, old fashioned hats and plain habits of living will be badges of honor. There is much more patriotism in wearing a calico dress or a pair of overalls than there is in keeping up with the fashions. You can buy lux uies with Liberty Bonds after the war is over. Thrift stamps will then be good pin money.
 The purchase of over one thousand cars of beans by the U. s. government should be of interest to the farmers of this part of the country, as the pink bean is a staple product of Ari zona. There is promise that the 1918 bean crop will be much larger in Arizona than at any previous year, and the producer can rest assured that he will find a ready market for his crop.
 Mrs. Josephine Saxon, county of schools, came up from Nogales on one of her semi annual inspection trips, and while here assisted the local school to establish a Junior Red Cross organization. Mrs. Saxon arrived Tuesday, and later in day went to San Rafael valley to instruct the school there in formation of a branch of the Junior Red Cross. She will visit all the schools in the county be- fore returning home.-The Pat 
 A strike was made in the tun- nel being driven on the Dixie this week, which is of value, the ore run ming about $85 per ton in lead, silver and copper, with some gold. The strike was made with in 20 feet of the main ledge, and there is an immense body of ore in sight. This may develop into one of Patagonia's best mining and MT. Tom Staf ford's judgment once more is re- sponsible for good mine. Pa 
 James Cashion and Jerry Sul- livan of the Reid Cashion com pany, were in Wenden the first of the week watching the shear ing of the sheep belonging to the company. They have about H., poo head of sheep in this vicin ity and shearing started on Mon day. Eight shearers are em- ployed in shearing and each shearer clips the wool from about 15O sheep each day. Sev eral other sheep men will also shear at the local plant. This is Mr. Cashion's first visit to the valley since he had charge of building the grade for the railroad through here fourteen years ago. -WickeD burg Miner.
 The export of copper metal for eleven months of 1917 total ed 1,O36, 820, ,48O pounds as against 784, ,1C3, 644 pounds for the entire year of 1916. These figures show an increase of 252,- 716,736 pounds for the eleven months or 22,974,24O pounds each month. It was semi off cially announced that the De- cember exports approximated S3, ,OOO,OOO pounds. This addi- tional amount raised the total for 1917 to 1,119, 82O, 49O pounds. This amount is by far greater than has been exported to date. The. previous record were made in 1913, at