The border vidette., 1907-06-08


 citizens of Patagonia, were here a couple Of days this week on private business The gentlemen are all in tcrested in the future development oi mining in the Santa Rita and Pata- gonia mountains, and each one oi them is doing his share of the work Heres to 'em.
 Tonight Lee Reagan will leave for the Alamos district. Sonora, where he and his associates have a number of good looking mining claims on which exploration and development work is being done with satisfactory results. MT. Reagan will be accompanied by a gentleman who goes to inspect the property with view of becoming in terestad financially.
 Dr. Sam S. Butler, for a long time practicing physician and surgeon at Magdalena, Sonora, has accepted the position of company physician and surgeon for the Belen Mining Com pany, near Oumpas, Sonora, Mexico, where he and Mrs. Butler have gone to reside. Dr. Butler has been very successful in Magdalena and the big
  ed upon securing his services.
 MT. W. A. Fieee, one of Oochise county's prominent cattle men, was in. Nos ales Thursday night. It was the first time he had been here in ten years and he was greatly pleased with the many improvements made in the Line City id that time. He left Fri day to visit Jim Parker, Julius K nnde, Mrs. de h Osa and the Sorrells and is ready to pay them spot cash for ali the ones, twos and threes they have.
 MT. J H. Reagan, vice president of the Banner Copper Company. operat- ing near Patagonia on the west side of the mountains, came down from Pa tagonia the first of the week to transact personal business and in cidentally talk Fourth of July cele bration. The gentleman is Ons of Patagonia's most prominent and sue cessful business men; he is loyal to the little town on the Sonoita and is anxious to see it prosper.
 James Bent, superintendent of the Key de Gro mines in the Magdalena owned by the Tribune Mining Company, financed by Chicago people, is in the city on company business. Dr. J. L Nicholson, agent for the company, is absent from the city, in Chicago, where he went to consult with the directors regarding future operations. which will be commenced in the near future. It is said that big plant has already been ordered.
 Miss Hellen Burrew and Miss Ethel Billings, two charming young ladies from Del Rio, Texas, who are visiting relatives in this section, the former being a daughter of MT. George Bur row of Patagonia, the latter being sister of Mrs. Lee Reagan, of this city. have been enjoying several days visit in Nogales, as guests of Mir. and Mrs. Reagan. The young ladies were by two young daughters of Mir. and Mrs. J. H. Reagan of Patagonia.
 George Wight. of Odessa, Texas who has been spending a month here looking after his business interests, de- parted for home last Sunday, leaving James Johnson in charge of his busi- ness affairs. During Mir. Wyght's sojourn hero he made a large number of friends and acquaintances, all of whom join us in wishing him good luck. The. gentleman may possibly return here to become interested in Sonora mining property, a short distance south of Nogales in the Mag dalena district.
 Tursday morning Mir. and Mrs. John Symonds, of Torres, Sonora, where they have resided many years, Mir. Symonds being superintendent of Torres Prietas Railway of which Col on-I Frank Seymour is proprietor and p 'esident, passed north en route to Chicago, where MT. Symonds went to have specialists treat his eyes. which for a number of years have given him much trouble. Mir and Mrs Symonds expect to spend couple of weeks in the "windy city" Their friends wish them a pleasant visit and hope John will; return with optics Gas good as new"
 Ex-Mayor E. F. Cranz has returned from Lower California. where he had bsen on an important mission for the Southern Pacific company. Mr. Cranz went via. San Diego. and has been absent from Nogales several weeks. On his way home he stopped several days in Los Angeles with his brother w. 5. Oranz, president of the Zam- bona Development Go, owners of the great silver bonanza mines at Minas Nuevas, six miles from Alamos, SonOya the auccessfui continued Oper