The border vidette., 1903-01-24

: Sanford Ranch, are in the city.
The brick masons are now a
work on the addition to the Mon
tezuma hotel. Vandevort is tn
contractor.
Tom Harrison is back from L;
Cananea, Sonora, Mexico, where h,
has been the past week to visit ole
friends. He also visited Naco anC
Douglas and says he had a splendid
time.
An automobile party from Tucson
was i'll town Wednesday and attracted
considerable attention with the new
tangled machine. The party was
composed of Messrs. Thos. Oberle, Will
Olive, L HI Schuster, Geo. Fisher and
Shirley Christy.-Benson Press.
Monday Edwin Baker received
official notice from Washington of
the confirmation by the United
States senate of his appointment to
the position of collector of customs
at this port yesterday morning
Collector Baker departed for Wash
ington, D. c., on official business.
During his absence Cashier E. l..
Griswold will be acting collector.
TIE V1DETrE is in receipt of a copy
of the Senatorial Committees report
on their investigation of the territories
in regard to their fitness for statehood,
copy of the substitute bill admitting
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, a
copy of the minority report of the
committee on territories and also a
copy of Mr.. Quay's views. The pam
phlets ware sent at the request of
Delegate Smith,
This morning Curt. w. Miller,
chief clerk of the territorial legis-
lative assembly, returned to Phoe-
nix after having spent two nights
and a day in Nogales visiting with
his brother, E. d. Miller. This is
Mr.. Miller's first visit to Nogales
although he has been resident
of Arizona more than twenty-five
years. He said he liked Nogales
and threatened to return.
T. NJ. Yerkas, president of the
Yerkes Mining and Milling COM
pany is in the city to- inspect the
last shipment of mining machinery
to Camp Yerkes, in the Altar dis
trict, from the Sonora
Manufacturing company of Noga-
les: DIR. J. c. Underwood, man.
ager of the company, is also in
town. The gentlemen will in a
few days go to Camp Yerkes.
Frank Irvine, John Jund's sue
cessor, has installed a handsome
and expensive cigar case in the
green front on the Mexican side of
street, in which he has
the finest line of Mexican cigars
ever seen in Nogales, Sonora.
Frank is very popular with the
people who smoke good cigars and
as he handles none but the best
liquors as well as cigars, he is do
ing splendid business.
Under the new schedule of train
work V. w. Bennett, who has for
four months been running a freight
train, succeeds Homer Prickett as
passenger conductor. Bennett is
popular boy and is well liked by all of
our people. He gracefully says that
he takes the place of an excellent and
railroad man. Mr.. Prickett
placed his resi- snation to the company
ago and his employers re-
GREETED along with the public his re
acknowledgements Herald.
The reception given in Phoenix
last Monday night by Secretary
Issac T. Stoddard and Mrs. Stod-
dard in honor of Governor and
Mrs Brodie, at the handsome Stod-
dard residence, was the most
social function ever en=4
joyed in Arizona, and one long tot
be pleasantly remembered by many
invited guest from all sections of
the territory. We acknowledge |
the receipt of an invitation from