The border vidette., 1913-11-01

l y returned home from an extend ed visit in California. Mrs No ! Ian is a sister of Mrs. James Breen, with whom she is now residing. She owns valua ble real 1 estate
 Yesterday John Higginboth- am, of Carbo, returned from Los Angeles, and this morning left for his home MT. Higgin- botham and Hon. H. J. Saxon of this city. are associates in the cattle business. Their cattle range; in this section of the county.
 H. B. Riggs of Patagonia has Purchashed from Harry Barnett, the Barnett homestead situated near Patagonia. The price paid was not learned. It is under stood that MT. Riggs will great ly improve the old place and make it one of the beauty spots in southern Arizona.
 .Ben%W Wells, manager and Wm. Bald, superintendent of the great La Dura gold mines, mention of the closing down of which was made in THE BORDER VIDETTE last week. have arrived from the south, and on Wednesday even ing departed for Fl Paso, where they will remain indefinitely.
 Monday Henry Levin, the commission broker, crossed be- tween, eleven and twelve hun dred two and three-year old steers, for Mir. Carlos Crednor, the Magdalena, Sonora mer- chant and rancher, who has been here this week. The cattle will be shipped to El Paso. Texas.
 Tuesday George W. Atkinson was asbuSinesS visitor in town from his, Calabasas ranch, where many needed improvements are now being made, including the building of an addition to the old ranch house and the drilling of a number of wells on the Egan Place, purchased some time ago by MT Atkinson. / H. J. Karns, manager of Karns Bros, Inc, has moved into his I elegant suburban home, the old Mercer Place, which has been greatly improved and beautified by MT. KarnS at a big eXpen- diture of money. Karns bro- therS are live wires, and their success is most gratifying to their many friends and acquaint- anceS-
 pr. .Prober, the U. S. veterin- arian, is a very busy man these days doing the work of a num- Der of men. Many thousand of Sonora cattle are being brought to the United States and doctor is kept on the go almost night and day. He is fair and inn parcial and naturally is very popular with those who import Mexican cattle.
 President Bracey Curtis of the First National Bank of Nogales, has returned from a combined business ard pleasure trip to California. During his absence from the city the enormous busi- ness of the big banking house was carefully looked after by Cashier Otto H. Herold and his able assistants, who these days work early and late.
 Keith Knight, the Tucson cat tie broker, motored down from Tucson Tuesday to look at a bunch of steers, being accom- panied by Mrs. Knight and a prospective buyer. MT. Knight is also associated with Ed. Con- verse, the Santa Paula, Califor- nia buyer, who recently shipped trainload of cattle from Gala basas to California.
 The appointment by the city days of Bert Cunningham, to fill the position of superintendent of the Nogales Water Depart ment, made vacant by the re- signation of A. Dumbauld, was a most excellent one Bert is thoroughly competent and re- liable. He will give the city full value, and will at all times be found on the job.
 President Curtis of the First National Bank of Nogales, yes terday entered the Mira Monte Sanitarium, for the purpose of taking the famous milk cure"