The border vidette., 1907-02-16

 erty in front of the Sisters Hospital.
 Sol Levy, one of L B Fleischer'. efficient travelling salesmen, has thi: week been off the road, having re turned from Sonora, where he reports having done an enormous business foi the big Boston Stores. Next week Sol will again hut the road, going to the Yaqui river country and other points along the line of the Cananea YaqnI River & Pacific Railway.
 In circular issued from the head offie of the Banco de Sonora at Her mosillo, Manager Max Muller an nounces the annual dividend for the business of tho year just closed, which dividend amounts to SIG per share, 16 l per cent on the par value of the shares. Beside declaring the hand some dividend noted, there was carried to the surplus the significant sum of $15O,O0O.
 An exciting horse race took place last Sunday afternoon a mile and a half south of Nogales, Sonora, be tween w. G Bowman's sorrel and F. Soto's white racer. The Soto horse "Oh' HS bOTS6S VIII run aSan On Sunday afternoon, February 24th, for a purse of $2CO0O. at the same place. onsidera ble interest is being taken in this second race, which will be witness ed by large crowd.
 Charley Holler, has severed his connections with the Sonora railway, at Guaymas, where for some time past he held a responsible position in Trainmaster Budge's office, to enter the employ of P. Sandoval & Com pany, Nogales, Sonora bankers and customs brokers. Charley is No gales boy, having been raised here. A wide circle of friends join us in welcoming him home
 With 400 men at work On the Duquesne Mining & Reduction Com pany's property at Washin gton and Duquesne. renewed mining activity at Mowry, in the Harshaw, Patagonia, Santa Rita, Gro Blanco and other mining districts, the year 1907 will without doubt be most prosperous one for Santa Cruz county. Certainly there is cause for general rejoicing throughout the baby county of Ari- zona.
 Superintendent Charley Phillips of the old Durazno mines, came in from camp the forepart of the week with number of samples of the rich gold ore taken from this ancient producer of the yellow metal. A number of local business men are financially in terested with Mir. Phillips, who is very enthusiastic over the future of his property upon which extensive ex- p!oration and development work is being done.
 Yesterday M. Mascarenas, Jr., manager of his fathers big Santa Bar bara and Buena Vista ranches, ac- by his brother Guillermo, came i'll from Buena Vista to visit couple of days here with his ia amily, who have been spending couple of months at their pleasant Nogales, So nora, home. In the mana agement of the two big ranches Manuel is ably assisted by Guillermo, who spends most of his time at the Santa Barbara ranch.
 Attention is called to the articles of in incorperation of The Duquesne Trad ing Company, organized by H. $. Stewart, Frank H. Hereford and James Dunseath, with capital stock of $5O.OOO. The following gentlemen are named as directors of the new in H. s. Stewart and O. A. Barkerd of Duquesne, and H. T. Herr, of Denver, Colorado. The principal place of transacting the bus ness of the corporation shall be Duquesne, Santa Cruz county, Ariz- ona.
 J. w. Reagan, chief of the engi- letrs now in the field surveying the Jvnanea Imuris branch of the Cana lea, Yaqui River & Pacific railway, was guest at the Montezuma hotel | Thursday, being accompanied by his l wife and their three interesting boys, ] who arrived from the north a couple of lays before. Yesterday morning MT. i Reagan and the folks left for Imuris from where they will go out on the inc of the proposed new line, which | every body in Nogales hopes will i eventually come to Nogales.
 Tom Gittlns, night mill foreman a t Cerro Prieto, the great gold mines of the Black Mountain Mining Company, i Noble 0. Banks, general manager and Frank N. Cox, superintendent. has been here a couple of days this week AIr Gittins says the big 12O stamp mill is busy night and day pounding |