The border vidette., 1906-12-22
DECEMBER p. 1906.
LOCAL ITEMS
A Merry Christmas to all.


 the city.
 Ralph McCorkle of Calatasas, was circulating among his Nogales friends
 Wednesday; he returned home the same evening.
 J. NJ. Dunbar, advance agent for the Ethel Tucker Company, is busy
 billing the town with handsome paper. The company will arrive tomorrow night.
 Don't forget to secure your ticket for the New Years masquerade ball, to be given by the Rebekahs. Price Sl %. Preparations are being made to make it great success.
 Mr. and Mrs Ellis, of Magdalena, Sonora. spent yesterday in town, re- turning south the same night. Mir. Ellis is proprietor of The Palace
 Hotel. headquarters for foreigners in the Garden City.
 This morning Hon. Bo J. White side, territoria! assemblyman-e elect from Santa Cruz county, departed for San Francisco, to spend Christmas with his mother. He will return about January first.
 Harry Creighton of Phoenix was a business visitor in Nogales yesterday. The gentleman worked in the United States customs house here under Col lector Hoey, as statistical clerk He Is now writing life insurance.
 e mann, E. f. Cranz, H. w. Kelsey and H. M. Claggett, returned from Tomb stone, where they went that morning on U. S court business They report having had an interesting, profitable trip.
 Joseph E. Wise. one of the county's successful big cattle men. has been g visitor in the city this week from his ranch home Through the sale of lot of fine steers, the gentieman's herd has decreased, and his bank account increased.
 w. J. Cushing, formerly with the Pride of the West Company at Wash ington Camp, now with the Black Mountain Mining Company, at Cerro Prieto, is guest at the Montezuma hotel, having come up from the gold camp to spend Christmas here.
 Thursday Engiueer o. E. Perkins and Professor Howard s. Reed, of the U. $. reclamation service, visited the city of the proposed dam on the Santa Cruz river The result of their in AS- l.. I but it is understood the gentle man will make favorable report
 Mr. Jack Teeter, after an absence of year at Tempe and Mesa. has re- turned to Nogales to reside, being ac- companied by his wife. Jack is well and favorably known here. having for a number of years prospected and mined in this county. Mrs Teeter also resided here several years ago. TIE VIDETTE welcomes Mir. and Mrs Teeter back to Nogales.
 Mir Bracey Curtis, cashier of The First National Bank of Nog4les, is at tending United States court at Tomb | stone, as jurorer. During the absence Thursday of President Schuckmann and Cashier Curtis, the affairs of the big local financial institution, was ably taken care of by Assistant Cashier Otto Herold, who was about as busy as pair Of cranberry merchants.
 Mr. Joe Faymonville, the we'll known insurance agent, has gone to Hermosilo, to spend Christmas with his nephew, Roy, who is manager of the Electric Light Company of that city. For a week past Joe has been suffering from a severe cold, winch he hopes to get rid of while enjoying a week under the sunny skies of the capital city, amid sweet-scented orange blossoms and roses
 General Manager Balloon of the Mowry Mines Company. is in the city. He stated that there are about 25O | miners employed at Mowry and that the main shaft there Is down 800 feet The company is considering the pur- chase of q diamond drill with which to prospect some of the lodges. A 100 | ton shelter at the mines Is being em- ployed at the Alto Copper Company, WHICH IS O"neu Oy GHe same peOple that own the Mowry mines. Citizen.
 Mir. s. D. Brough, of Patagonia, who recently disposed of his interest in number of mining claims near Ps ta gonia, to the Mansfield Mining d5 | Smelling Company, for handsome sum, was a business visitor here re- gently. Mr. Brough, who is veteran prospector. having passed the seven =