The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1904-04-02
ARIZONA NEWS.
Items of Interest from All Over the
Territory.

The Cyclone (nswspaper) of Aguas
Calientes says the authorities of that
city had arrested the other day "a
American ''bum."- Chihuahua must
have gotten a few of those fellows dur
ing the past two weeks.
MIR. Ted Healey, founder and editor
of the Nogales Times is a Tombstone
visitor MIR. Healey is we'll known
newspaper man who is thoroughly
familiar with all the phazes of the art
preservative and served from office
de> il to proprietor. This is Mr.. Healey's
first visit to Tombstone and he is favor
ably impressed with our city. Tie re
turns home this evening,-Prospct
L. NJ. Purdy is making preparations
for bringing well-boring machine
into this valley. He will do well with
it as many of our town people are get
ting tired of sinking their open wells
deeper every few months. He is also
making arrangements for the installa-
tion of an irrigation pumping plant in
the vicinity of the Casa Grande ruins
He has been investigating pumping
plants in Los Angeles county and can
see no reason why they should net be
successfully operated here. Florence
Blade.
The Kenilworth school has closed for
the term and Mr.. and Mrs. Clarke
have returned to their Florence home.
The school would have continued n
month longer but for the fact that
large colony of skunks has taken up
homestead under the floor of the school
house and made the surrounding air
so odoriferous that neither children nor
teacher could remain there The trus
tees will make angements Tor the
determination of the pests before the
beginning of the fall term of school -
Florence Blade.
The long look ked-for rain came We'd
nesday. 1t was preceded by a fierce
sand storm. The rainfall east of here
was much heavier than in this vicin-
ity. Sheriff Wills, who came from
Troy Wednesday night, says the creeks
and arroyos between here and Kelvin
were full of water and some difficulty
was experienced in fording them.
Previous to this storm, no rain had
fallen since last October and the farm
seriously feel the effects of the pro
Colonel M. III. McCord, United
States Marshal for Arizona, was here
on Wednesday. He entered suit in
the District Court against Fred Felleer
to recover an interest in 80, 1000 shares
of Twin Butte Mining Company stock.
said to be worth 81 90 a sthare. Colo
mel McCord alleges that Forest w. Hill
and himself advanced the money to
send Mr.. Felker east to dispose of the
mine, that they were to share alike
the commission from the sale, that the
sale was made and MIR. Felxer received
1000 shares and that of this, Colonel
McCord and Mr.. Hill are entitled to
10000 shares, Hill has assigned his in
terest to Colonel McCord who brought
the suit-Tucson Post.
The Mexican Herald is going after
some of the tourists for their boorsh-
lack of good manners. 1t is to be re-
gretted that such criticisms are too
often just, although the large majority
of tourists are we'll bred ladies and
gentlemen Still, it is beyond the ken
of mortal man to understand how
some men, and women, too, do not feel
under any obligations to behave them
selves in a foreign country. We have
seen men enter the cathedral here with
their hats on and even the women
talked loudly when people were at
their devotions. If a kodak tend
happened to be along he or she would
90 to taking pictures. It would seem
that any well-bred person would feel
more under obligation to conduct him
self or herself properly in foreign
land than at home, if there should be
any difference.-Ex.