The border vidette., 1913-05-17

week, being accOmpan by
 Mrs. Barnett. The BarnettS own
 valuable mining property in the
 PatagOniaS, also the splendid
 big hotel at Patagonia. The
 Happy Jack, of which Mr. Bar
 nett is manager, is looking bet
 ter than ever. Arrangements
 are being made to ship some of
 the high grade ore to the smelt-
 CT at Douglas.
 K. l.. Griswold, of the Penn
 Sonora Mining Company, has
 been in town several days from
 the Durazno gold camp, situated
 a short distance from Nogales,
 west in Sonora, where since the
 first of May the mill installed
 by Roy & Titcomb, Inc, of this
 city, has been pounding out yellow metal Mr. Griswold,
 who is largely interested finan-
 cially in the company, is in charge of the mercantile end of
 the affairs of the company.
 Assays from the Fl Paso smelt-
 CT of the ore shipped there for treatment, from the Buena Vista mines owned by MeSsrs. William Schuckmann and Rich ard FleiScher, situated 9 short distance from the great Three R mines near NogaleS. gave most gratifying returns. The last car load of ore shipped was sent to the Douglas Smelter. The neXt car will possibly be sent to Ell PasO, the smelter there now be- ing ready to receive customs ore. Fred. Becker's many friends and acquaintances here and in Sonora, will be pleased to learn that he is getting along fine at the Mira Monte Sanitarium, ac- cording to Dr. Purdy, the at tending physician. The milk cure will soon make a new man of Fred, and he'll be with his Hugo von Berckefeldt, manager of the Tecolote mine ill Sonora, near Carbo, is personally look ing after his old friend Becker.
 The aeroplane, said to belong to Didier Mason, the French aviator, who the forepart of the week went to HermoSillo, accom- panied by Mechanician Dean, is still held at Pike's ranch thirty miles this side of Tucson, where it was seized by U. $. Deputy Marshal Johnson last week. It is said that the United States authorities have warrants for the arrest of the bird men on charges relative to alleged con Spirancy to violate the neutral | ity laws.
 T George w. Atkinson, the vet eran StOckman and rancher of ! Gala abasas, where he has resided | more than a quarter of a cen tury, was a business visitor here | Thursday. Mr. Atkinson is ar ranging to cut grain and hay on his splendid ranch. He says he has lots of barley and hay this year, and does not propose to lose a single member of his | large bovine family, if he can | help it. First he Il turn the poor stock on stubbles, and if l necessary, he'll feed them hay.
 Dr.. John R. Magruder, of Mi mas Prietas, who for thirty years has been engaged in mining in Sonora, came up from the south Wednesday for a months rest in Nogales, where we have the most delightful all-the- year. round climate on earth. He re- ports c. c. Rountree, manager of the Creston Colorado mines, fully recovered from his recent serioussillneSS MT. ROun- tree will come to Nogales to spend some time, in the near future, according to Dr. Ma gruder, who is guest at the hotel.
 w. E. Balcom, whose splendid home ranch is located a short distance north of Tubac, was a visitor in the city last Wednes- day, having brought to town three handsome thoroughbred bucks for A. Nj. Conard, who will take them down to his Sonora goat ranch near Noria. Balcom has about eight hundred goats. During the past five years he has supplied the NOgales and Tucson markets with nice fat lambs, for which he receives the highest market price. The bucks sold to Mir. COnard were