The border vidette., 1906-10-13

Don't forget the firemens' ball to- night in Armory hall. The boys are
 wor king hard to inject new life in the fire company and every ybody should give them both financial ard moral support.
 Ma or A. Hoover has returned from sonora, where he has been the past week on mining business. The msj,r will shortly go to Cananes, where he is interested in the big cop Der mines recently acquired by him
 self, Marshal F. Wright and associates.
 George B. Earnshaw, manager of the Cerro Colorado mines in the AL tar district, is business visitor in the city, having arrived from the south Thursday evening, where he had been in the interest of his big company which is. now arranging to operate the old bonanza mines on a mammoth scale under his able management.
 l.. Morris Raines, manager of the Columbia Consolidated Mining com- pany. accompanied by his estimable wife and clever little son. has gone to Durango, Mexico, on a combined busi- ness and pleasure trip, expecting to be gone three weeks. Recently Mir. Raines sold the Maria mine in the Durango district for SlO,000 cash His many friends will be pleased to know that he contemplates making I.,c l l,. will erect a handsome residence here.
 Mir. Charley Taylor, the assayei' has returning from business visit to the Sultana mines owned by the Giroux Consolidated Mines Company. Mir. Taylor states that the mill has been closed down and arrangements are being made to erect a much larger one in its place. He also says the property has the ear-marks of becom- ing world -beater, and that work on the Copete copper property which is nearby, will be resumed in the near future, hut under new management. This will be good news to a number of our people who own Copete stock.
 Jasper Dobbs of Phoenix, who is visiting the southern Lart of the terri tory for the purpose of advertising the second territorial fair, was busi- ness visitor here yesterday. having arrived Thursday night from the capi- tai city. where he is successfully en ga ged in the transfer business. Mr. Dobbs is one of the best hustlers in ha 1c 1A work for the big fair which promises to be a great success. The gentle men is being chaperoned around by Hon. Bo. J. Whiteside, territorial fair commissioner for S,nta Cruz county.
 Thursday night Mir. and Mrs. A. M. Conard returned from Kansas City, Missouri, where they have been spending the summer. They were ac- compahied by Claude NJ. Acklen of Washington, D. c, president of the Buena Fortuna Gold Mining Go. and Mir. Conard, vice president. They were met here by Mir. N. J. Purcell, manager of the company who came up from the Pinto mountains, Sono- ra, Wednesday evening. Manager Purcell brought with him splendid news regarding conditions at the mines where large force of miners are busy exploring and developing the same Several hundred feet Of work has been done and the veins con- tinue to grow in magnitude and rich ness as depth is attained The gentleman is certain the property will develop into good producing mines President Acklen and Vice -Presl- dent Conard will return to camp with Manager Purcell. Mrs. Conard will visit her folks at Guaymas a couple of weeks before returning to Nogales for the winter.