The border vidette., 1913-06-21

tendent, was arrested on the
 Mexican side of the line this morning. At the time of his arrest the man had a number of checks and a lot of cash on his
 person. He had succeeded in cashing a number of the stolen checks.
 Charles Flames and Blake l Sharpe, two enthusiastic English subjects, are guests at the Ma tiOnal hotel, where when occa- sion presents itself, Miss Mayme ] DOnaghue, the ever accOmmO- dation manager, tells them what i the Irish have done for Merry England in the past. and what Ireland hopes to do to England | in the future.
 Last Tuesday morning a chair carload of happy Sunday school boys and girls, accompanied by their teachers and mothers, went out to the beautiful old Fuller Ranch to enjoy a days outing. Notwithstanding the fact that many Of them got wet, they had @ fine time, and all are anxious to go again. The happy crowd returned on the evening train.
 Two American secret service men, doing duty in Sonora, after being detained four days in jail at Magdalena and in Nogales, Sonora, were released yester- day. and are now on American soil, where they say they pro- pose to remain. They say prov ing ones identity in Mexico, is not as easy as one may think, and they'er not going back there. Life's too short.
 Hon. George W. Atkinson, the Calabasas rancher and stock raiser, was here the forepart of the week on private business. He said he was not worrying about the recent decision in the Baca Float case, and was in the market for land on the float, provided he could get it at his price. Certainly Mr.-Atkinson is some fighter, and the story of his election from the float, is going to be both interesting and exciting.
 Nose Drachman and Col. Will [ liam Breckenridg of Tucson, and w. E. Balcom of Tubac were in the city a couple of days this week on business connected with the sale of the old Kaphan ranch near Tubac, of 36O acres, to H. c. Griswold of Centro, Califor- mia. E. K. Cumming and Fran cis J. Hobson, of Nogales, also owned an interest in the ranch sold to the Californian, who is an experienced farmer and will develop the property.
 Dr. J. A. Root, of Eria, Penn sylvania, one of the claimants in this section several days this week, being accompanied by his attorney, G. H. Brevillier, a pro- minent attorney and counsellor at law of New York City. who is also attorney for the Alto Mines Company. In speaking of the Baca Float proposition, Dr. Root stated that he and other claimants of the float, were willing to give the settlers on the float a square deal, at all times, and in return expected fair treatment at the hands of those living on the float.
 c. c. King, of New York, se- cretary and treasurer of the Verde Mining Company, of which P. J. Mcintyre of this city is president and general manager, is a recent arrival in the city. The Verde Mining Company was recently organized to operate a group of copper-silver mines situated on the west side of the Patagonia mountains, a short distance from NOgales, near the Havalena Mining Company's splendid property. Good pay ore has been recently struck in the Verde, and Manager McIn- tyre will push exploration and development work on his prop erty which gives promise of making a big paying mine. MT. King will for the present make NOgales his headquarters, being a guest at the Montezuma hotel.
 The Del Pillar mine located near Santa Cruz, Sonora, recent ! ly sold by the Arnold Mining Company to the Manhattan De l velopment Company, will soon 1 |