The border vidette., 1912-08-24

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 Gates, formerly a resident of ! Nogales, who for several years
 past had been working for the
 Southern Pacific of Mexico, died
 at the Railroad company's hos
 pital at Empalme. Sonora, after
 a short illness. Deceased was
 the father of Master William and | Miss Pat. Gates, who since the
 death of their mother several
 years ago, have made their home
 with Mr. and Mrs. George w. Parker of San Rafael, this
 county.
 J. w Cleaver, the mining
 man, has arrived in the city
 from San Javier. Sonora, where
 he and his associates own valu- able silver properties. Mir. Cleaver was at San Javier on August 12th, when the rebels
 under Rojas and Mascarenas
 took that town, without killing
 a person. He says that the story
 of the horrible murder of a pro-
 minent citizen of that place, by
 rebels, is absolutely false. The
 man who had been crazed by
 drink, shot himself the day be-
 fore the rebels entered San
 Javier.
 A report to the effect that fifty
 thousand rounds of ammunition
 for the red flaggers in Sonora,
 were being smuggled across the international line at point out near the ranch home of Senator J. A. Harrison, reached the city Thursday night and immediately members of Troop D, 4th U. $. cavalry, were rushed out to round up the smugglers, who however, succeeded in getting into Mexico before Uncle Sam's boys could intercept them. Our boys are kept constantly on the jump chasing real and imaginary smugglers.
 Yesterday morning the big well out on the river was Suc- cessfully "shot" and now Noga- les has enough water to supply city of fifty thousand inhabitants and Bracey Curtis, chairman of the water committee, and other members of he common council can sleep O nights. The muni- cipal water system just complet- ed is second to none in the state. It has been thoroughly tested and found to be first-claSS in every respect, and today the big power plant on the river will begin pumping water into the great city reservoir on the hill. There is just cause to rejoice.
 c. P. Smith, the ''scab" eDgi- neer, who since the strike of on the Sonora railroad has been running an engine out of NOgaleS, was yesterday bound over to the grand jury in the young girl. Smith, who is a married man, will from now on. have mighty hard row to hoe; another charge of rape is hanging over him. This he'll have to answer in Pima county, where the crime is said to have been committed, after the Santa Cruz county authorities get with him. Public opi- nion is very bitter against the acuSed man.
 In H. J. Temple, general su- perintendent of the Southern Pacific of Mexico, with head quarters at Empalme, the great railway company with millions of dollars invested in Mexico, has an experienced di- Dlomat of incalculable value. During two revolutions Mir. Tem- pie, who is called the Bulldog" has been constantly on the go, night and day, in the interest of his company, at all times keep ng faith with federals and re- oels alike, thus possibly saving many thousand dollars worth of for private citizens and he railroad company. No man n Sonora is held in higher esteem by all classes than Joe Temple, 'The Bulldog," who is tlwayS found on the fireline.
 After putting out of commits 'ion about twenty railway brid- ses between PeSqueira and Poza ,n the Sonora railroad, north of rebels said to num- per between seventy five and one have retired to the lills. John Bowman, the sta