The border vidette., 1908-12-26

| H+yne, at one time United States government assayer at this place, pleasantly remembered us with a "bunch" of mistletoe, which grows in wild profusion in the beautiful Rucker Canyon, Oochise county, where MT. Heyne and his sister have a fine ranch home. For ten years past Fred has remem bered his Nogales friends, at this time and all join us in wishing Fred the compliments of the season. May the New Year be the happiest, most prosperous he has ever known.
 N. J. Purcell, manager of the Buena Fortuna Gold Mining Oompany's splen- did gold mines situated in the Mag dalena district, Sonora, has keen call ed to Virginia. his old home, on ac- count of the serious illness of his father, and expects to be absent from "Buena Fortuna Camp" about three weeks. During his absence, however, the work of developing the Buena Fortuna mine will be pushed under the able supervision of Superintendent U bank, who is familiar with every detail of the work as laid out by Man ager Purcell.
 Willia m M Schwartz, manager of the Bland Mining Company: organ ized under the laws of Arizona to work the old Bland mines in the liar shaw mining district, this county. after spending 2 month inspecting the prop erty and transacting other important company business, has return ed to his home Tn Kansas City, Mo. He was accompanied on his visit by MT. Smith, a prominent business man of Kansas City, who financially interested in the Bland company, which early next year under Manager Schwartz personal supervision.
 George Weiland, one of the county's oldest, best known practical miners, who for several years has been out in the famous old Harshaw mining dis trict, this county, developing a fine group of silver gold lead claims for himself and Hon. Theo Gebler, the pioneer hardware man of this city, is spending the holidays in the city with his ia mily, at the Weiland home on Elm street Besides directing work at the Red Rock group of mines owned by himself and "Papa" Gebler, George is doing the annual assessment work on the Buffalo and the Hermosa groups in the Harshaw district.
 The Doug glas-Arizona and Sonora Development Company, of which MT. L. NJ. Raines. is president. and P. J. Mcintyre, is treasurer, and Phil Her old, secretary, has purchased from w. NJ. Murphy and associates and Robert Daly and associates, two groups of mining claims adjoining the great Worlds Fair mine in the Harshaw mining district, this county. A good ly sum of money was paid by Messrs. Raines and Mcintyre, through the First National Bank of Nogales It is understood that the purchasing com pany will at once do large amount of development work on these splen did claims, and will employ large force of men.
 As a token of the high esteem and respect in which Mir. A. R. Oster, who on December 18th retired from the position of superintendent of the Sonora railway. is held by employees of that road, Local A gent II. |. Grace and other employees have pre- scented him with an elegant, expen- sive silver dinner set, which they sent by express to Guaymas. where in future Superintendent Oster and his family will make their home. During their short residence here the Osters have endeared themselves 10 all cur best citizens, all of whom will 1in us in the wish that wherever they may oe. they will enjoy good health and happinoss.
 Santa Claus was very much in evId ence in Nogales yesterday, not only at the homes of our prosperous citI zens, bat at the Montezuma hotel