The border vidette., 1912-04-06

q visitor in the city Thursday of this week. Professor Matthews visited the University of Arizona last Tuesday and presided as ] chairman at the Oratorical and song contest, in which the win ners were Miss Gladys Dunlap of the Wilcox high school, Edwin Peterson of the Mesa high school. and Vinto Hays of the Williams high school. The win ming oration was on 'The Passing of DeSDOtic Governments.
 The robbers who recently stole S1 ,OOO from the Mexican government mining agent at Magdalena, Sonora, are still at large, although the mining agent is in jail at Magdalena charged with being an accOmplice. After robbing the mining office it is said the robbers came as far north as Quijano, near where they stole seven horses from the ranch owned by Senor Soto Of ImuriS, and are now taking life easy in the Pinto mountains, east from QuijanO about a dozen miles.
 A bunch of practical printers six of them from Los An geles, tired of the nerve wreck ing linotype machine and smell of printers ink, possessed of an unconquerable desire for the simple life," have located on government land in the beauti- ful San Rafael Valley, this coun- ty, where the typos will engage in dry farming, under the direc tion Wilson Brothers, who have been in the valley for some time past. If the boys farm half as well as they print, they'll all become rich.
 Mr. Louis Joffroy, father of Alex. JOffrOy of Levin & JOffrOy, the Nogales, Sonora customs brokers, has been appointed agent of the mineral office at Magdalena, Sonora, and it is said will at once assume the duties of his new office. MT. JoffrOy with his interesting fami- ly has for many years made No gales his home, and news of his appointment is learned with pleasure by his numerous friends and acquaintances. Don Louis was a loyal supporter of Pre- sident Madero during last years rebellion in Mexico. He speaks English and is a good business man. We wish him success.
 Thursday night J. M. McCord, Jefferson David Rountree and Fred Moore left for Santa Ana, Sonora, from where they will go by auto to the great million acre tract of land in the Altar district, owned by MT. McCord and his associates, expecting be absent from Nogales a couple of weeks. MT. ROuntree, who is an eXper fenced well driller, is in charge of Mr. McCord's big autfit now boring for arteSian water. believ ed to exist on the land, and MT. McCOrd'S automobile. In case of a hurryup call from the United States for any reason, Moore will break all records beating it to this side of the international line. It's dollars to dOughnutS he'll do it.
 Wednesday morning the body of John D. Mcclure, late trooper of Troop M, 4th Cavalry, U. $. A. who early last Saturday morning was accidentally shot and instantly killed by his 'bunkie," Trooper Freeman V. Currie, was shipped to east to deceaSed'S former home in North Carolina, with military honors, an scort of soldiers having ac- companied the body to the Southern Pacific depot, Trooper Currie who accidentally killed his friend while unloading his Colts revolver, after returning from patrOlling the internatiO- nal border, as well as all the members of Troop M, deeply regret the unfortunate, fatal ac- cident which caused the tragic death of one of Uncle Sam'S brave boys.
 Next week a petition will be circulated in Nogales for the pur pose of raising sufficient funds with which to pay the expenses of maintaining high school course in the public school, and it is to be hoped that our people
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