The border vidette., 1907-01-05
J JANUARY 5. 1907.
LOCAL ITEMS

Thursday night Miss Fife Stewar
 returned to Mngtialena, after a coupl of days visit in the city.
 Thursday Mrs A, B. Richmond
 Miss Ethel Scott and Miss Kati
 Sullivan of Pa'asonia, were guests g
 the Montezuma hotel.
 Mrs G 0 Modie has opened up z
 nice family restaurant and short order
 house in the Arizona Hotel, and vii
 be pleased to see all her old patrons
 and friends. Board by the day, week
 or month.
 J. E Mcclellan. representing tha American Type Founders Go, Los
 Angeles, was hustling among our local
 printers Wednesday; he secured a number of fat orders and left Thurs day morning for Globe. Mac is 'there with the goods" He has host of friends in A Arizona
 On December 18th, last, bouncing baby boy arrived at the home of Judge and M,s w. J. Neumann. Mother and the little one are reported getting along fine. The price of hand some, up- to-date photographs, how ever remains the same at Photographer Newmann's gallery.
 At the recent contest for one of the handsome black mares, purchased at Tucson, by Captain Jose Cos. the engineer, MT. L B. Eeischer, pro- prietor of the Boston Store, held the winning ticket. "If Mir. Fleischer fell into a lake, he would come out dry" say the gentlemen, who pulled "blauks"
 Charley Phillips, superintendent of development work out at the old Durazno Inine. situated on the Ari- zopa Ranch, left yesterday for the mine. after several days spent in town on business connected with the pro- perty which he says is looking better az work progresses. A number of local people have recently taken a chance with Mr. Phillips and his as sociates.
 Colonel Allen T. Bird, editnr of the Oasis, after hurried but very suc- cessful business trip to points in Ohio and Washington, D. O., has returned home. While east Colonel Bird at tended a very interesting meeting of stock holders and directors of a mining company organized under the laws of Arizona, by himself ard others. Col. Bird is vice-presi6ent of the company. During the coloners absence. Man ager Dane D. Bird made the Oasis "ghost walk
 Thursday morning A. L. Cane, the young California civil and mining engineer, who is experimenting the work of opening up some good mining properties out near the Happy Jack and Mansfield mines, a short distance from Patagonia, in the Santa Rita left for his camp Mr. Cane reports development work in a very saiizfa ctory manner, considerable ore of good quality having been encountered Mr Cane and associates, have working bond on several properties in the Santa Rita range.
 Notwithsta nding the terrible wea- ther, the Rebekah masquerade ball New Years Eve, was we'll attended, about twenty couples wearing costumes and masks. It takes more than rain and snow to keep our funloving people at home when the Rebekahs give dance, for every body knows rain or shine, hot or cold-they are going to have a fine time, for the good ladies are the best entertainers on earth; everybody is made to feel at home and welcome Thanks are due all who assisted in any manner to make the affair a success.
 Mir. R. w. Gamble of Los Angeles, where for some time past he had been in the employ of the Examiner, has gone to Sonora, where he expects to age in mining and incidentally get rid of rheumatism, which has troubled him lately. Mir. Gamble is an all round printer. having operated one of the linotype machines in the Examiner office. When in Nogaies on his way south the young gentleman was a welcome caller at this office. If Gamble is as successful mining as he was with machine, he will sooE be- come wealthy. Here's hoping.
 Mr. Peter Johnson, the mining man who makes Magdalena headquarters, when in Sonora, where he has success fully engaged in mining for several years, was business visitor here a l couple of days this week. A short time ago Mir. Johnson sold the Du- razno mines. situated short distance southwest from Nogales, to Charley | Frank Irvine and Colonel ! McCord, who are now working the l