The border vidette., 1913-01-18

rom ffaSer, mas a lease on the
 Royal Blue mine in the old Sa-
 lero district, this county, is
 at the sisters hospital, where he ! is near deaths door, the result i of blood poisoning. Monday
 night the sick mining man was
 brought to the city by his part
 ner, MT. Fraser.
 The forepart of the week,
 Messrs. Captain l.. w. Mix,
 mayor of Nogales; Ed. Titcomb
 head of Roy & Titcomb Inc, and
 Bracey Curtis, president O. the First National Bank of Nogales, returned from a visit to the great Cerro Ge Plata silver mines
 in Sonora, in which they are if nancially interes ted, with Elgin
 and Walter Holt
 Last Tuesday Mr. I. Burgoon resigned the position of super intendent of the Nogales Water
 Department, and MT. A. Dunn
 bauld, for a long time boOkkeep- CT, was appointed to fill the va cancy caused by Mir. Surgeons resignation. Mir. Francis Duffy son Of Judge Frank J Duffy has
 been appointed boOkeeper. Both appointments will meet the ap- proval of the tax payers.
 George Weiland reports work on the Buffalo mine progressing in a very satisfactory manner. The Winze is down about fifty feet, and fine ore is being piled on the dump. George and Papa Theo. Gebler own a group of valuable claims in the Jefferson district, on which a large sum of money has already been eXpend- ed. One of these days thep ex pect to realize big returns on their investment.
 Elgin B. Holt ''Silver King of Sonora" arrived from CerrO de Plata Thursday evening, to meet his friend Captain Besley who arrived yesterday from Los Angeles to look after his exten sive interests in Sonora. Another big shipment of silver bullion will soon be shipped from MT. Holt's silver bonanza, near Gu neral. When the captain returns to the coast he will be accompa nied by MT. Holt.
 The splendid farm of Don An tonic Martinez, situated in SOnO- ra, between NOgaleS and Santa | Cruz, through which the Noga les -Cananea railroad passes, has been leased to company of | Chinese for five years, at year ly rental of SIP, ,OOO. The coming year the Chinese will cultivate thousand dollars worth of | garden truck which they will ship to Cananea, BiSbee and other mining towns.
 Silas D.. Piper, the aged store keeper at Greaterville, where early Friday morning of last week he was mistaken for a and seriously shot by @ young lady school teacher, un der the splendid care of Drs. Purdy and Chenoweth, is get ting along nicely at St. Joseph's hospital in this city, where he was brought Monday by his brother George Piper. Reports to the effect that the wounded man was near deaths door, were without foundation.
 H. J. Temple, general super for the Southern Paci- fic of Mexico, with headquarters at Empalme passed south yes 5erday. his private car Sonora" being attached to the regular passenger train. MT. Temple had been over the Nogales- Ca nanea branch. He spent Thurs day at the copper camp, which 1t the present time is enjoying a period of great prosperity, 5he production of copper for the past month being a record break er in the history of that camp.
 T. J. Turner, the Elgin cattle nan, a veteran in the business, yesterday purchased from Sena- or J. A. Harrison, 1000 COWS md 700 steers, from one year up. The price paid was not learned. Tom Turner is recognized as be- l ng one of the best cOWmen in he state. he is familiar with ( every trick in the business, and { lnows every foot of the country where cattle run. His friends predict that he and his partner, ( Major Carrillo, wilI make a for une during the ueXt few years. Here's hoping. {;