The border vidette., 1908-02-08
MORALES NEWS ITEMS.
interesting Letter From Our Special
 Correspondent.

TOT the town ndS Doen CODSlU0reQ | this week by interested parties and | although several sites were exam ined, and offered, the matter has | been laid over for further consider ation. Realizing the financial de- pression cannot last much longer, and that as soon as the Cananea | and Nogales railroad is completed | rooms will be in demand, it was thought now would be very op- perfume time to look into the matter of new hotel, and from all reports there may be something definitely known before very long as to the location and when the hotel will actually be built.
 Never before in the history of the town have the local freight yards been as clear of cars as dur ing the past few weeks Agent Grace has been busy night and day keeping his forces active, and seeing that freight is not allowed to be tied up in any way. Yard master. Reddoch is constantly on the move with his switching crew and hardly does a freight trsin arrive before the cars are properly distributed, the goods delivered to the merchants, and the empties on thelr way back to be reloaded again.
 Another improvement of great note and more than pleasing to our citizens is the stopping of the ringing of bells and the blowing off whistles by the yard engines at all hours of the night. This is the result of special orders on the part of Superintendent Oster, and occasions no more inconvenience to the switching crew, but on the contrary enables the residents to enjoy their nights sleep without so much noise and interruption.
 Collector of Customs M. H. Nc Cord, who went to Phoenix some weeks ago to have his eyes treated, is still unable to return to his of fcial duties, and during his ab sence the business is in the hands of his efficient assistant and special deputy E. L. Griswold.
 Robert F. Bell, formerly employ ed temporarily as ali inspector on the line here has resigned his posi- !Jion and gone to California where he will engage in business. His place has been temporarily filled by the appointment of Harry B. Hannah, son of Robert Hannah an old veteran in the customs service who died few years ago. The young man is very efficient and capable, and promises to make as goo6 a record as his father did during the long years he was con- 'nected with the service.
 Saint Andrews Episcopal church has had to forego the pleasure of having their Rector, the Rev. Don aid M. Brookman preach for them, owing to the serious illness of his wife who is now undergoing treat ment in Phoenix. Rev. Brookman is a very talented man and the whole town feels the loss Of his services, but under such circum- stances shares with him in the trying ordeal he is passing through.
 The American Club. the home of a great many uf our young men, has become so popular and demand for rooms has been so great that the owner of the building Mir. Bracey Curtis has had carpenters building on additional quarters sufficient to accommodate quite few more men, and when they are completed will be one of the most elegantly appointed and conve- niently built homes in the town.
 The board of trade inaugurated the idea of using a sticker for ad vertising the town, and so success full has the plan worked that more have been ordered. Reports from other boards of trade show the plan was considered a wise one, and acting on the result of our boards success in the matter have endeavored to follow the same plan with the hope that the results will be as good as have been those of the Nogales board of trade.
 The new cement gutter, recently placed alongside of the Plaza by the town council, running down Morley Avenue from Park street to the Court House, is quite an i'm provement to the town, and will enable the waste water to run off more easily than heretofore. As soon as the street is graued it will be one of the finest business streets in any town in the southwest, which fact was so stated at the time the agitation for the removal of the car tracks was so persistent ly and finally successfully made.