Arizona republican., 1907-09-28
RETURN OF HITCHCOCK
 Ht WILL VISIT MORALES
The Border Town Sends Invitation to the First Assistant Postmaster Gen. eraI.

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 II Nogales. Ariz. Sept. 27.-(Special correspondence of The Republican-)- Bids have been advertised for plans for a town hall in Nogales. The ob- ject is to have a two-story building, the first story to be occupied by the fire department. and the upper story tn be occupied by the town council and other city offices, or if possible. arrange to have the government of fices. now situated in different build ings. all housed under one roof, and therefore occupy the rooms not in use by the city. The matter is receiving attention of the fire department and no doubt some action will soon be talk en. Frost and Frost of Fl Paso are here preparing to enter the contest for the building of the hall. The mat ter is open to all who desire to bid. | Some time ago it was reported that First Assistant Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock was going to visit the towns in the southern part of the territory upon his return in sixty days from his previous visit. but No gales was pot included in the list of his itinera{ The board of trade. ,realizing the value of a visit from such a high official. took the matter up direct with MT. Hitchcock. and ex- tended him an invitation to visit NO- gales. whereupon a reply was imme- diately forthcoming assuring the cit iZens of Santa cruz county that it would be a very great pleasure for MT. Hitchcock to visit us and become acquainted with our business men and people in general. IL is needless to say Nogales will do herself proud on the occasion of the visit of the dis tinguished gentleman.
 II Reports have been made that rail- road interests in and around NOgal- es are assuming great proportions and n soon the necessary buildings for shops, round houses and residences will be- | gin to go up. To meet this demand much ground has to be secured and | to secure possession of this, consid- erable strategy has to be displayed in \ order to keep the speculator from ob- II taining control of all desirable loca- tions. Just where these railroad buildings are going to be constructed. no one can say. but it is not amiss to state now that when the time comes for construction il will be found that Col. RandOlph's lieutenants have met the emergency and are going to se- cure locations where the best inter ests of the railroad can be subserved. where the business can best be ham, dled. and where the town and people will best appreciate the efforts of the company for their advancement and the towns future progress.
 Mrs. w. A. O'ConnOr. the president of the Daughters of Rebekah. will soon start on a tour of the northern counties. visiting the different lodges under her Jurisdiction. She has just returned from a trip to Douglas and i Cananea. Mexico. and her work in the interest of the order was much ap- preciated. Mrs. H. w. Kelsey. sister of Mrs. O'Connor. also a member in the same order. will accompany her on her vacation. They expect to be gone about two weeks.
 II Carl M. Rathbun, the recently elect ed clerk of the city council. has taken As secretary of the board of trade he has pushed the work that the board has already become a factor in the town and county's welfare. and much greater progress is looked for in the near future.
 II Mrs. Ellen Curtis, mother of Bracey Curtis. cashier of the First National h Bank of Nogales. and member of the prison removal commission. who is visiting her daughter in Los Angeles. is lying dangerously i'll from a compli- cation of diseases and grave fears are apprehended for her recovery Mrs. Curtis is lovable old lady. very ac- tive and much interested in literary affairs. and great favorite in her eastern home as well as here.
 N Nogales now has three butcher shops. all doing a nice business. In connection with one of them a cold storage department has been added and perishable goods can now be pro- tected for a considerable length of time
 II Hon. Mark A. Smith has placed the board of trade on his mailing list for all matters affecting the interests of Arizona in general. and has also had the government departments at Wash ington do the same. Through his courtesy the Bureau of American Re- publics has sent the board some very valuable documents relative to the work of the bureau in the South 2 American fields.
 Y With two miles of cars. all heavily . loaded with merchandise. standing in the freight years here now. and new orders constantly being given, the public can judge of what business the i railroad is now doing in this section of the country. But with all this rush of business an efficient corps of em- ployes is handling the business in an up to date manner and very little dis order is the result
 [ Mrs. Matte Craven has returned from her trip to the coast, and has now on sale her fall and winter styles of hats and millinery. Besides look ing after the very latest styles, Msr Craven spent two weeks perfecting herself in the art of trimming hats. and returns more competent to fill her customers orders than ever before. She has fine display and is at the same old stand.