The border vidette., 1912-08-17

| dldate for congress from ArlzOna
 were signed here Wednesday by friends of Congressman Hayden ! who is almost the unanimous choice of Arizona Democrats, for
 re election. Arizona'S repre-
 sentative will return home imme-
 diately after Congress adjourns,
 possibly next week.
 Walter Holt of Holt Brothers, the well known successful min ing men of the Magdalena dis
 trict, has returned to Cerro de
 Plata for a few days visit, after
 which he'll go to his old home in
 New Mexico to enjoy a visit
 with relatives and old friends.
 The Holt boys are now high and
 dry on Easy street. to the delight
 of their many friends.
 Ellis McDougal and WI. Kel-
 so, who are operating mining
 property in the Gro Blanco min
 ing district, were here recently
 purchasing mine and camp sup
 plies from local dealers, who the
 gentlemen are anxious to have
 become interested in the propo- SitiOn to connect NOgale.s direct
 ly with their section by telepho-
 ne line and wagon road, which
 they say can be done at nomin- al expense. Messrs. McDOugal and Kelso pledge their fipancial and moral support to the prOpo- sition and say, if the local mer- chants and business men will do their share, thousands of dollars
 worth of business will yearly come NOgaleS way instead of going to more distant points. The Board of Trade is taking an interest in the proposition to bring the Gro Blanco trade here and with united effort from both ends of the line big things for all parties concerned will result.
 T. P. Thompson, county as- SesSOr, accompanied by his friend, Robt. E. Lee, superior court reporter, spent several days visiting out in the beauti- ful San Rafael valley and in ParkerS Canyon, the home of the Parl1ers. Tn e y returned home Wednesday,, having had the most enjoyable outing ima- ginable. This was MT. Lees first visit in that section, and he returned home delighted with his trip and the generous recep- tiOn accorded him everywhere. He was especially delighted with the beautyful old home place of Mr. and Mrs. James Parker, and said he had no idea there was such a beauty spot in Santa Cruz county. At the splendid ranch of his friend Thompson, MT. Lee went fishing, and was successful in landing big string of beauties. On Tuesday MSrS. Lee and Thompson attended the funeral in Parkers Canyon of the late Mrs. Gilmore, grandmother of Mrs. Duke Parker.
 Sunday night H. A. Smith, the Sonora land buyer, who was travelling by automobile from Imuris to Nogales, via Cocospera had an experience he will not soon forget. MT. Smith who was accompanied by his wife and Dr. Mabry, of Imuris, got caught in a heavy rain storm, and when attempting to cross the stream his auto stuck in the deep sand and water which completely covered the Thoroughly wet the succeeded in escaping from the deep flood water to higher ground where they re- all night in the rain without shelter, but happy that they had not been drowned. During the night the auto had been turned over and over, be- ing so deeply imbedded in the sands that only portion of one of the rear tires was visible. With the aid of force of men and a team of mules the ma chine was dug out of the stream, without having been greatly MT. Smith and party hired wagon and went to Imu- ris, where they took the train to arriving none the worse for their narrow escape and all night soaking.