The border vidette., 1907-11-02
Mir. and Mrs. E E. BethelI, of the

Washington Trading Company, of | which they are large stockholders,
 have returned from Patagonia, where
 they have been in charge of the com-
 pany's branch store. In future Mir.
 and Mrs. Bethell will give the com pany's local business their personal attention, making this city their home. The great success of the big mercan- tile company is due largely to the untiring work of MT. and Mrs. Bethell, who will again direct the affairs of that company Their friends join us in welcoming them back to Nogales.
 O. K. Franklin, the mining man, who for some time past has been oper- ating in the Santa Cruz monntains. Sonora, will about November 10, leave for Chicago on important mining busi- ness, expecting to be absent from No gales ten days During his absence his private business will be in the hands of his partner, MT. Harry Smith. MT. Franklin, who is president of the Mercedes Copper Company, owning the Santa Cruz mines, reports oper- ations progressing in a very satisfact- ory manner. The drop in the price of copper will not put the Mercedes com pany out of business yet while.
 Grading for the Nogales- Oananes branch of the Cananea, Yaqui River & Pacific railroad, goes merrily on from the Nogales and Del Rio ends of company, the largest railroad builders in the United States. of which J. A. CashIon is manager and w. J Burton, superintendent, have a number of big grading camps at work on the line, which will now be pushed as rapidly as possible. Right of Way Agent lowell Jordan is here from Guadala- jara, Mexico, signing right of way papers with Consul M. Mascaref1as, owner of the great Buena Vista and Santa Barbara ranches. k. Paredes, A. Martinez. Ramon Salazar, Don nadieu Brothers, and other big land owners, all of whom realize the great benefits accruing from the construction of the railroad through their property.
 Oscar Rountree. for several months manager of the Washington Trading Oompahy's Nogales store, has retired from that position to accept the more important and lucrative one of man ager of the Black Mountain Mining Oompany's mercantile business at Cerro Prieto. which position includes the business of purchasing agent for the big gold company. This important position was held by the late P. J. Aguirre, who died suddenly in this city several weeks ago while enter tainlng a number of gentlemen friends at lunchon. The selection of MT. D I,, so a good one. He understands every detail of the mercantile business, has a through knowledge of the Spanish language and the Mexican people. He will fill the important position with credit to himself and the company. Mrs. Kountree and the children will spend the winter in Nogales.
 O. O. Saxhang, the well known mining man, one of the large stock holders in the Cerro Azul Mining Company, of which Bracey Curtis. cashier of the First National Bank of Nogales. is president, and President William Schuckmann, secretary and treasurer, has gone to Mesa, Arizona. to consult with a number of his asso- ciates regarding future operations of the company's gold Wolframite prop critics in the Cerro Azul mountains, Sonora, about dozen miles east of Imuris. MT. Saxhang hopes to be able to make arrangements with his Mesa associates whereby work on the Cerro Azul property will be resumed and the mines made to produce yellow metal at no distant date. Persons who are familiar with the old gold producers. insist that they has suffi- cien. gold ore in sight, besides the wolframIte, to warrant the installation of reduction plant. The building of the new railroad to Cananea from this point, will, it is said, greatly enhance the value of the Cerro Azul Mining Company's property, which lies only snort distance from the railroad now in course of construction.
 Last Saturday, October 26th. MT. and Mrs. H. E. Grace, for many years residents of Oarbo. Sonora, where MT. Grace represented the Sonora railway as station agent, celebrated; their twelfth wedding anniversary in this city, by moving into the elegant pew stone residence just completed, which MT. Grace presented to his wife as a "wedding" present. About the tenth of November Mir. Grace will take charge of the local railway station, ss agent, relieving MT. w. G. Bowman, the efficient aoent who has asked to