The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1913-07-26

EjSl III ID I1OlI. I)feSlutIlb Oh lIlc
Cerro de Plata Mining Company,
after enjoying q month in Cali
fornia on q combined business
and pleasure trip, has returned
homo looking as if his SOjourn
by the sea had done him world
of good.
James Bent, tho we'll known
capable mine manager. who for
some time past has been mine
foreman at the Durazno gold
mine owned by the Penn Sonora
Mining Company. after enjoying
a few days in the city, left
Thursday for BiSbcc TO visit his
two sisters and brother in law,
Alex. Nichols, night foreman in
one Of the great I5iSbep copper
mines. Mr.. Bent stated that the
Huntington mills installed at
Durazno by Roy d TitcOmb, Inc,
Of Nogales, were doing excellent
work, and weekly shipments Of
Tom Gittins is in charge Of the
mills.
General Jose dc la Luz Blanco,
hero of many campaigns in the
state Of Chihuahua, one Of the
chief supports of President F..
l. MaderO of Mexico, last We'd
neSday Was in consultation here
with General ObregOn and other
leaders of the state revolution,
and the following day left for
HermoSillo to confer with Gov
ernor Pesqueira, after which it
is said he will go to the front to
assume command of the consti-
tutionalfstS surrounding Quay
mas, relieving General Alva-
RADIO, who relieved Gen. Obre-
gon, now Tecuperating here I'M
der the personal care of DR..
Smelker.
News of the sudden. untimely
death of Charles j. Eames, the .
English mining engineer, who
for some time had been a guest
at the National hotel, was q
shock to his numerous friends
and acquaintance here. Mr..
EameS. left here on the 10Th inst
for San Francisco, where he
expected to meet his wife. nee
Miss Helen Young of Phjladel-
phia. Having business in Tue
son, he stopped over there sew
eral days with his friend Colonel
Provard. the mining man. 1t
was there that he made the mis-.
take of taking bichloride of mer-
curry tablets to induce sleep, and
died before physicians could
give him relief.
Wednesday evening there ar
rived from the south Mrs. Dolo-
res N. de Espinoza and son Fer
nando, mother and brother of
Mrs. E. d. Miller. For two
months Mrs. Espinosa enter
tanned an army of state troops
on her ranch west of Guaymas.
When she left overland by
wagon for Hermosillo, where
she took the train for Nogales,
everything on the ranch in the
way of cattle, horses, mules, ETC.,
had been appropriated by the
soldiers. Like the Texan, the
grand old lady and Fernando
made a standoff; they lost their
wealth, but escaped with their
life. They were on the road
eight days; both are convinced
that war is hell"
G.. G.. Rountree and Colonel
Bob Cunningham of Minas Prize
taS and Torres, Sonora, came up
from the southern country last
Wednesday and have since been
visiting old friends and acquaint-
ances here. Mr.. Rountree is
assistant superintendent for the
Creston Colorado Mines Com
pany, and Mr.. Cunningham is
IN the commission and
business, with head
quarters at Torres. Col. Bob is
Il Democratic Of the old school;
he has resided in Sonora almost
a quarter of century, and has
not been on American soil for
twenty-f four years. Both he and
Mr.. Rountree, also a pioneer of
Sonora, have a wide circle of
friends and acquaintance in No
gales who are pleased to see
them. They are guests at the
hotel.