The border vidette., 1903-08-15

books, has occupied deskin Coun- ty Recorder Phil Hcrold's office.
 Paul Heermans, representing Heermans Stationery Company of Tucson, spent several days in No gales this week in the interest of his house. Paul is a good hustler and while here did splendid business in the way of taking orders for office supplies. Yesterday morn ing he returned home
 A two-round contest with "bare nucks," between two females oc- cured on Morley avenue last We'd nesday night about the hour of twelve With the exception of a few body blows and little hair pulling no damage was done. The night marshal didn't happen to be there and no arrests were made.
 Thursday Manager Will Geoghe- han of the Southwestern Commer- cial company went to Benson on the delayed train to meet Mrs. Geoghe han and two children who were on their way to Nogales from San Diego The Geoghehans will on September first move into the house on Morley avenue now occupied by MT. A. s. Noon and family.
 w. L. Burton, the accredited travelling representative in Arizona for the we'll known hardware house Of Simmons x Co.,, after several days visit in Nogales, left Thurs day afternoon on the delayed passenger for the north. The gen. tleman reported having done a splendid business in the line cities. From here he went to Phoenix.
 E. l. Oakes of Harshaw was in tue city yesterday on his way to San Francisco to attend the meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mir. Oakes has recently returned from the east where he has been for some time visiting friends and relatives. Speak ing of raining in the Harshaw district he said that it was rather quiet at present, although the outlook is very good for the winter.-Star.
 D. N. Phillips, general manager of the Mexican-American Mining X Development company's San Ricardo mine, is up from the mines on visit with Mrs. Phillips, who is sojourning in Nogales for 2 couple of months. Mir. Phillips says thereis now at La Poza station 5-stamp mill which will be hauled to the San Ricardo and in running order within forty days.
 This week Mir. Sid Kempton, an old time Arizona mining man, well and favorably known in "h@nix mining circles, has been a business visitor in Nogales from Sonora where for a number of years he has been operating. A short time ago MT. Kempton sold a copper mine in Sonora and his friends will be glad to know he is prospering. A number of years ago he operated the Old Vulture mine near Phoenix and made lots of money.
 Robert Carew, the popular brake man on the north end is glad he is alive. He was on freight train No. 3S last Wednesday when it went into the ditch. When the cars turned over Bob, who was on top of the one containing mescal, made a record-breaking jump and landed clear of the wreck. The only injury he rereived was a slight scratch on one of his legs. Bob has had many close calls but none with such a close margin as the last.
 John NJ. Hess of Chicago, represent ing capitalists ill that city, stopped over in Benson on Saturday last leav- ing in the evening for Nogales. From there he will go to the Promontorio mine in Sonora, which mine he will thoroughly inspect for his company. The Promontorio is one of the ancient mines of Mexico, having been worked dnring the early occupation of the cauntry by the Spanish, when it was known as the Tumacacori mine The