The border vidette., 1912-07-20
LOCAL ITEMS.
"The Snowball." July 27th.

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 Local oil experts are investi gating the oil indications neal
 this city, on the American side of the international line, with a
 view of boring for grease. c. F. Peach, of Los Angeles, representing a big oil company, Was business visitor in the
 Line City the forepart the week interviewing local dealers.
 Neil Mcdonald of Harshaw w and his associates are shipping high grade ore from their Au- guStus mine in the Santa Rita mountains, near Patagonia.
 A handsome awning was on Thursday placed in from of the George B. Marsh, Inc. Morley avenue store, the work being done by Contractor A. $. Noon
 Mr. Cirilo Ramirez, private secretary to the governor of So nora, is business visitor in the city, having arrived Thursday afternoon from the state ca Dital
 Flags were at half-mast on public buildings in NogaleS. Sonora, Thursday in honor of 10th anniversary of the death of Benito Juarez, the Mexican pa triOt.
 Manager F'erd VanMourick of the Sonora News Company, after spending a couple of days at Guaymas inspecting the com pany's branch at that place, re. turned home Thursday.
 Pat McCarty, William Wroath Harry Fryer, Charles, May, Nj cholas Farrel, A. H. Glidewell and Lou Stevens, were among our country cousins who attend ed superior conrt this week as jurors.
 News has reached here of the death in California of Mir. Will liam Randall, formerly cashier in Nogales, Sonora, branch of Banco de Sonora. The cause of the young mans passing is said to be quick consumption.
 The Sonora railroad is doing an enormous freight and paSsen- ger business these days, between San Bias and Nogales. Every train from the south is crowded with passengers. many of whom are en route to the Pacific coast.
 The mining resources of Santa Cruz county are second, to none in the great state of Arizona, and now that Colonel R. R. Richard son and A E. Crepin, of the Three-R have made. good" by going down, capital is coming our way and other great mines will be opened up.
 Mir. O. K. Franklin, the min ing man, accompanied by Mrs. Franklin and the children, re- turned from Los Angeles, last Wednesday,, and will spend the remainder of the summer in Nogales. While in Los Angeles Mir. Franklin bought an up to date automobile.
 Pat Sheehy, of Sheehy Bros. owners of valuable zinc mines, situated about ten miles from the Chavez station on the Noga- railroad, from which ore is now being shipped to the United States Zinc Company, of attended superior court this week as a juror.
 G. c. White, A. G. F. & P. A. of the Southern Pacific of Mex leo, with headquarters at Quay mas, accompanied by Mrs. White passed north the forepart of the week. Mrs White was on her way to Washington, D. C., to enjoy a visit at her old home. Mr.. White accompanied her as far as Tucson.
 Hon. Oscar F. Ashburn, of Monkey Springs, one of the best | ranches in southern Arizona, spent couple of days here the | forepart of the week attending court. Mir. Ashburn expressed | himself as greatly pleased on i account of the splendid rains, | which mean so much for southern | Arizona farmers and stOckraiS- 1 erS..
 Hon. Bo J. Whiteside, having completed his laborers as mem Der of the Third House of the | first state legislature, is now en- toying a well earned rest with | at Patagonia. Later he |