The border vidette., 1909-04-03

Fortuna Gold Mining Company, came up from QIij4no, Sonora. Thursday evening, returning yesterday morning. The new machinery for Buena Fortu-
 na is now at Quijano from where it
 will be packed to the mine on mules.
 It was purchased from the Arizona
 Sonora Manufacturing Company of
 this city; there is large hoist, boiler and pump, which will be installed aRd
 in operation wirbin the next six weeks
 Superintendent Ubank reported Bue-
 na Fortuna looking tout of sight,"
 and every thing at camp moving along
 nicely under the personal direction of
 Manager N. J. Purcell.
 Mir. Isaac G. King, owner of group
 of splendid gold silver copper claims a
 short distance north of the city. was a
 business visi: :or in the city Thursday,
 returning to camp the same afternoon.
 He stated that he was pushing explora
 tion and development work as rapidly
 as possible, and that results were most satisfactory Mir. King continues to
 believe he has big thing in the way of a nine; all he lacks is sufficient capital with which to develop it, and he is willing to give persons with money "good thing" in the way of an interest in his property. King has stayed with his claims many years, and all his Nogales friends and ac- quaintances hope to see him win big.
 One night this week during the ab- sence of Night Operator and Mrs. Wilcox, who live in one of Collector of Customs O'Keefe's flats, thieves entered their flat and carried of near ly all their clothing and other personal effects. An attempt was also made to enter A. NJ. Conard's rooms just Across the hall. The day before, MT. Conard, who with his family spends most of his time at the mines in So- nora, wired George B. Marsh, Inc. to place new locks and bolts on h:s doors md windows, and the thieves were unable to enter without breaking the ioors and windows. At this hour the officers on both sides of the interna- ional line have been unable to recover he stolen goods; neither have the hieves been arrested.
 In the election for a school trustee # Nogales precinct No. l last Satur- lay, Dr. W. F. Ohenoweth was an asy winner over his opponents. Messrs. $. Noon and J. B. Bristol. receiv- ng six more votes than both his opponents. The contest was a good latured one, all the candidates being warm personal friends. The vote was
 very light one, only 184 votes being asst for the three candidates. Dr. )henoweth received 95, A. s. Noon 9. and Mr. Bristol 37 The follow ng persons now constitute the board # trustees: Mrs. L Burgoon, Ferd Van Mourick, and Dr. Chenoweth. All re capable and have the welfare of he public schools at heart. It is loped the new trustees will all take 'ersonal interest in the school.
 A. M. Conard, manager of the So- Iora Copper Company. was business isitor in the city the forepart of the week from the Cobre Grande. where le reports operations progressing ip cry satisfactory manner, large bodies f ore being constantly opened up, the atest of which was in tunnel No ?. ust when the work of installing the melter will commence Manager Con- I'd did not know, but said the smell CT was an assured fact, there already eing enough ore in sight to warrant :. Recently a large party of stock elders from Kansas and Missouri wis ed the property. and all expressed themselves as greatly pleased at the -onderful amount of work accomp- shed by Manager Conrad. who is ne of the hardest working mine man. gers in the country. Cobre Grande
 now one of the most modern, active inning camps in Sonora.