The border vidette., 1903-08-22

probate court.
 John Henderson is up from his gold mines out from La Posa to purchase supplies for his camp where Mrs. Henderson and the children are now making their home Mir. Henderson says the folks are well and things at the mine are in fine shape. He will return to camp Monday or Tues day.
 Lieutenant Richard Fleischer, formerly of Nogales, now success fully engaged in the mercantile business at Hermosillo, came up from the south last night to visit here several days the guest of his brother l.. B. Fleischer of the Bos- ton Stores. Dick is always wei come here where he has host of friends.
 Tuesday morning H. Jordan, the efficient and popular agent for the Espee railroad company at this place, was northbound passenger en route to Pasadena, enc of California's most beautiful cities, where he will spend two weeks with his mother who resides there. Agent Jordan has worked hard and faithfully for his company and has well earned vacation. Dur ing his absence Chief Clerk Mel Van Trecse will have charge of the com pany's bu mess at this point.
 You can't touch Tom Pereida, foreman of THE VIDETTE, with a ten-foot pole. The fact of the mat ter is everybody about the place from the devil to the editor, is hap py this morning. It is a boy, a new, most welcome arrival at MT. nereida's home last night. Mother and little fellow are doing well and if the fond father don't have bad luck, he will recover. THE VI- DETTE extends congratulations.
 Monday Ed Kingen, president and general manager of the Santa Ana Mining, Milling and Smelling con- pany will go to Tucson on business. Later he will go to Los Angeles on business connected with his big con- pany. The main office of his company is in Nogales and he will in future make this his headquarters. Men like Ed. Kingen are welcome in No gales. There is plenty of room here for more of his sort.
 Yesterday A. NJ Conard, until re- gently assistant general manager of the Hays Consolidated Mining, Mill ing & Lumber company, shipped little burro by express to New Martins vile, w. Va. The handsome little fellow with the crate in which he will make the long journey to his new east ern home. weighed over l50 pounds and the express charges were S45. It was consigned to MT. c. F. Lowthsr. millionaire stockholder in the H. M NJ. & l. Go, of which he is also director. While here several months ago on visit to the cempany's prop erty in Sonora, the gentleman took liking for burros in general, and sev- eral that he saw in particular, and asked Mir. Conard to purchase young one for him and express 1t to him at any cost and yesterday handsome little black fellow started on his long jonrney.
 This week Mir. and Mrs. Frank Powers and their little daughter have been visiting in Nogales. They are at the MOntezuma where they have pleasant quarters. Mir. Powers is the lucky owner of the famous Worlds Fair mine, which is known far and wide as Powers Bank, and good one it is too, for whenever Mir. Powers wants little money for incidentals, he takes out a carload of ore, ships 1t to Fl Paso, and gets Sl5,0oo or $20,- 900. Recently he made shipment, then locked up his bank and came to Nogales with his little family to enjoy city life for a week. Mir. Powers is a whole-s souled Liz hearted Irishman and he never is so happy as when he can make his friends happy. He only has one child, a girl, who is the idle of his heart. Would there were many more mines in Santa Cruz like the Word Fair, and Eaany more men like genial Frank Powers
 Thursday of last week Hon. Rochester Ford, one of Arizona's ablest lawyers, died at the home of his parents in, St. Louis County, Missouri. MT. Ford left Tucson about six weeks ago tc spend his annual vacation at his old home. The Tucson Citizen says he was in his usual health when he left, which was not robust, nor had it been for dozen years, he having been a victim of tubercu losis. He