The border vidette., 1912-04-13

l east of NOgaleS, and is arrang- ing to erect a couple of nice large adobe houses and other
 wise improve the place.
 J. G. Stubbs, general freight agent, and E. w. CIapp, assist ant general freight and passen- ger agent of the Southern Paci- lie, with headquarters at Tucson, and Assistant Superintendent KruttSchnitt have been here a couple of days on a visit or in spection of the company's prop erty.
 After two weeks profitably l and pleasantly spent in Kansas City, MT. I. E. Bowers, the No ria, Sonora mining man and land owner, returned to Nogales Wednesday night and Thursday night continued south to his property. Mrs. Bowers on ac- count of the unsettled condition in Sonora, remained in the city, a guest at the National hotel.
 Judge M- MarSteller returned last Sunday night from a month delightfully."- spent in Washington and dear old Virginia his native state where he had not been for seventeen years. Naturally Judge MarSteller noted many changes at his old homo and at the national Capital. where he met many old friends and ac- QuaintanceS of \hiS boy hood days.
 Yesterday Jeff Rountree and Fred. Moore came up from<the Altar district where Mir. ROun- tree is drilling for artesian water on the million acre tract of land owned by big Texas syndicate represented by JIM. McCord of this city. After transacting their business here the boys will go to Santa Ana, station on the Sonora railroad, thence by auto to camp.
 Friends of Jack Woodrum, the veteran passenger conductor on the Southern Pacific of Mexico. who runs out of Guaymas, south, will be pleased to learn that he was not injured in the wreck of last Thursday fore noon, when train No. , went through bridge and the en- gineer and fireman were killed. Conductor WOodrum was in the Pullman at the time and escaped injury.
 This week in the House Mir. w. NJ. Whipple of Greenlee county presented a bill which fixes the salary of chairman of boards of supervisors in all counties at S1OO per month and members at S75.OO per month. The bill further provides that on the first Monday in each even numbered year the super visors in the various counties shall meet and fix the salaries of all county and precinct officers.
 John Henderson, Sr., one of the best known mining men in the west, who at one time owned one of the great gold mines at MinaS PrietaS, Sonora. arrived in the city last night from Pasa dena, California, and will today go out to his mining property in the Altar district, where his son. John has for several months been developing good copper prospect. He is accompanied by his son Alex, who has for several years past been attend ing college in California.
 This week the local agent of the Three C,(Crecent Copper Company of which number of NOgaleS business men are inter- ested financially, received suffi- cient funds from the eastern office with which to liquidate all outstanding bills against the company, and it is said that a big contract will soon be let to continue veloping the property in Washington mining district on the west slope of the | Patagonia mountains. Supervisor A. l.. Peck and city councilman A. A. Doherty each own large | block of Three c stock.
 w. $. Sultan, consulting en- gineer and personal representa- tive of N. L.. Amster, the Globe | millionaire who last week pur- chased the great Three-R group of copper-silver mines situated | in the Patagonia mountains d short diStanca from PataoOnia |