The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1903-04-18
hUACHUCA ITEMS.
Picked Up by Wide Awake Vidette
Correspondent

Duke Parker left Sunday for two
weeks visit in Ell Paso.
Mrs. Henry Pyeatt, who has been
seriously ill with tonsilitis, is reported
as having almost fully recovered.
Mr.. A Freeman has bought all of
Bergier's cattle, paying about SIS per
head for everything above sucking
calves.
Dan Sheehy and Mrs. Slight, who
have been spending the past week in
Bisbee visiting Dams sisters, returned
home Sunday.
Bird Yost came out from Bisbee
Saturday and is spending the week
with friends in this vicinity. He ex-
poets to start on six months pros
pecting trip to Mexico in a few days.
Last week Bert Sorrels sold his
ranch in Mea dow Valley to Mccoy u
Harrington of Fort Huachuca, the
consideration being somewhere in the
neighborhood of $1,000 Bert likes
the country so well that he Immediate
ly went to Harshaw and bought
another ranch, and has moved his cat
tie over there.
One day last week while Ranger Put
man aud Deputy Sheriff Scarborough,
were riding on the other side of Camille
Pass they came upon three Mexicans
in the act of butchering one of Dick
Harrison's cows. After a desperate
resistance two of the 0esperadoes sur
rendered and were taken to Nogales,
the third one escaping in the thick
underbush.
1t is currently reported that on ac-
count of the scarcity of water, Fort
Grant will be abandonded within the
next two months and the four troops
of cavalry, and regimental band will
be transferred to Huachuca. making it
seven troop and Headquarters Post.
This is good news to the people OF this
vicinity as most of the produce raised
here is sold at the fort, and the doubl-
ing of the force stationed there will
greatly aid them in disposing of their
crops.
The party given by Jerry and Ed.
Sheehy at their home last Friday night,
was largely attended and everyone
reports having an excellent time. Ping
Pong was the feature of the early part
of the evening and although it is quite
an innovation in this part of the
country, there were several present,
Duke Parker and Dick Harri !
son, who played the game with as
much grace and dexterity as they ex-
hibit in roping the festives loEg-ear.
refreshments were served |
at l l and dancing was INDUCED for
the rest of the night until daylight.
The management of the Manila
mine, located on the line between
Cochiss and Santa Cruz Counties, near
Henry Pyeatt's place, are preparing
70 resume operations on a larger scale
5han ever before. after being shut
iown for sometime. They have
a new hoist and pump; built
. new office and boarding house, and
soon as possible will put on a large
'orce of men. The lime Gaping in
which they have been working, is
strongly impregnated with copper, and
hey feel confident that as soon as they
ink through it they will encounter an
immense body of high grade ore.
They have given Chas. Holdren con-
ract to cut and haul several hundred
:ords of wood, so it looks as if they
mean business.
The old "Coches Ranch" purchased
emetime ago by the Turner-Bowers
company is, under the able supervision
# the Bowers Bros. ra pidly assuming
ii the airs of an up-to-date stocks
arm. They have planted about IS
lcres to alfalfa, corn, oats, vegetables,
tc; replaced all the old fences with I
lew ones; reno leled the corrals, and {
AVE now nearing completion what {
will be one of the finest dwelling
houses in Santa Cruz county. Not
'nly have they been paying attention
o the pra etical side of ranch life, but