The border vidette., 1899-08-19

enemy rallied for another, prepared
to annihilate him with my cannon
ball, when suddenly my own weapon
turned upon me; my field piece rolled
backwards from the window sill; fell
upon my great toe. Thus wounded
and vanquished 1 was carried from
the field in the arms of my mother.
Pension? Who denies my right to a
pension as a veteran and as a soldier
wounded in action?"
Did you ever notice what little
noise big mining man makes when
he arrives in a mining center! For
example. L. Lindsay was at the
Montezuma yesterday, and he was
seen only as he passed to and from
the hotel and places with which he
had business. Lindsay is the man
whose property attracted the attention
of Senator Clark to Mexico; he gave
the bond on the Sierre del Cobre,
Lave de Cobre, Oversight and Column
bia de Cobre, total of Sc pertenen-
cias to Senator w. A. Clark of Mon
tana, and his brother j. Ross Clark of
Los Angeles. In addition Mr.. Lind
say and his friends have given to B..
@. Curtis of Boston, a bond on the
Eureka, 81 pertenencias opened with
a tunnel; the Montana de Cal, 9 per
tenencias; Contiguos, 9 pertenencias,
and Reina de Cobre, 5 pertenencias,
80 pertenencias in all, that average
% per cent copper, 25 ounces silver
and from 50 to IS gold. Then after
that he has left for himself to keep
the wolf from the door, the America,
50 pertenencias; the Copper Belt, so
pertenencias; the Demacias, sc perte-
nencias, and the Fractional, perte-
nencias. Senator Clark in his pros
pecting work has run 900 feet of tun-
neling to meet a shaft that is now
100 feet deep. His bond expires in
February. No man can say he will
lift it, but it looks good.
Jim Roach swan through the San
Miguel river. Do you know Roach9
He has been in this country % years;
everybody except tenderfeet know
him. 1t is not the swim, but the
frills that accompanied it that makes
the happening worth this space. Jim
had been out to Cobre Grande and
took the trail for Nogales. He was
afoot and carried several costly vest
ments in sack. When he arri we'd at
the river he saw water running bank
full and realized that he had met the
results of the rainy season. He had
better tell what happened:
''Oi could see" he said, "that I'd
have to swim, an Oh tot ov me pack.
TIL furst ting Oh did was to thry to
land it feminist tn opp'site bank.
Now what do ye tink Oh did. trew
me pack; it sthruck de clay pile, fell
back into tn water and was carried
down stream. Oh started to get it, an
whin Oh waz nearly exhausthed whin a
biquero on the bank threw me a rope.
Oh caught it an he pulled me out.
But fir him, Oh would have drowned
tryin' to git me clothes.
That reminds me of another river
story. ''Billy" Schuckman, president
of the Dos Naciones Cigar company
of this city had a river experience
that is especially apropos at this time.
'Billy," it should be explained, is
part wner of dredge boat on the
Yaqui river. AS he was passing the
Montezuma hotel the other day, Rob't
Williams accosted him with: 81 sup
pose you've good case for damages
against the Yaqui Indians?"
"How's thatl" questioned Mr..
Schuckman.
'I hear the Indians have taken
your dredge boat; turned it into a
gun-hoat and are defying the Mexi-
can army"
''If that is so" retorted Billy, 81
at last have a war relic and that's
something"