The border vidette., 1910-02-26
Tuesday nigh. Superintendent H. ]


 Temple went south on company busi ness, his destination being Hermosillo. MT. Temple has recently been slightly under the weather, having a tevere cold, contracted while out on the line. but is greatly improved.
 Colonel Dan Van Waeeneu, the Los Angeles mining man will leave tonight for Sonora on business connected with a mining company in which he is in terested. He will be accompanied by Bracey Curtis, cashier of the First National Bank of Nogales.
 If you want to spend 6 pleasant afternoon and evening call at Pete Torres nice new resort on ArIzpe street. where cool and refreshing drinks ard cold lunches are served, each afternoon and evening. Every thing first class, neat and clean. Pete will personally see that your every want is attended to music free.
 FraLk Reagan of the Yaqui River Consolidated Gold & Copper Company. went down to the mines near Imuais, Sonora. Thursday night, accompa panied by ". D. Strickland, brother of Sup erintendent Walter Strickland, who has recently been busy getting a car load of ore to the station for ship ment to the United States.
 < J. c. Beasley, the Hermosillo min ing man, who on the side is taking great interest Tn the Southern Oalifor- ma polo games. was here yesterday on his way south from California, where his bunch of Mexican ponies won several prizes Mir. Beasley will within a few days ship another carload of ponies to the coest. where they will be entered in the coming international games.
 The forepart of the week one night, nora train, when near Nogales. lost two pounds of gold bullion which he was carrying in his valise. A Mexican customs guard in searching the valise found the yellow stuff and COT fiscated the same. The gentleman is poorer but wiser as a result of his carelessness, and the Mexican official is in line for promotion.
 Mir. Walter Borrows, an experienced theatre manager, is now manager of the handsome big Lyric theatre owned by Mr. Con O'Keefe, and not Mir. OKeefe, as stated in last weeks VI DETTE. Mir. O'Keefe says he is too busy looking after Uncle Sam's affairs to go into the theatrical business, other than to dig up money for building purposes No offence. Con; our local "news getter" got hls wires crossed.
 During the first fifteen days of February, 24O Americans passed south en route to points in Sonora and Sin sloa, with view of investing dn mines. land, etc, according to the Mexican officer, who keeps a record of foreigne entering Mexico at this port of entry. The year 1910 promises to be 8 banner year for our sister states, where millions of American dollars are now being invested in mines and land.
 A large party of Sonora Copper Company stockholders from Kansas City, Mo, in charge of Secretary Kroh, have this week been down at the big copper mines on a tour of in spection. Work of erecting the big reduction plant at Cobre Grande, will soon be started and pushed to com pletion as fast as men and money can do the work. Roy & Titcomb. Inc, of this city. will no doubt secure the big contract.
 Engineer Matthews came down from Tucson Wednesday on his private motor car, on business connected with the Southern Pacific cement sidewalks soon to be laid along the company's Grand avenue property. The contract for doing the work will be let to the lowest bidder. and just ss soon as the contract Is giving, work will be com menced and pushed to completion as rapidly as possible MT. Matthews.