The border vidette., 1914-08-01

IS stationed. Accom- mpanying them
 is LeandrO, the young son of
 Mayor l.. w. Mix, who will
 spend a year in the Islands.
 Capt. Mix escorted the party to Tucson.
 The Nogales Electric Light,
 Ice x Water Company is busy
 circulating a numerouSly signed
 initiative petition asking for an
 election to be held on the grant
 ing of franchise for the manu-
 facture and sale of electl icity to
 the people of this city. The
 proposition came up before
 the Common Council about ten
 days ago, and the matter laid on
 the table for six months. The
 applicants for the franchise were
 greatly disappointed at the ac-
 tion of the council, and now will
 get the franchise before the
 people by the initiative
 Thursday Harry Tawton, gen
 eral freight and passenger agent
 of the Southern Pacific of Mex
 ico, departed for the south, in
 his private car "Tepic." Many employees of the various depart
 ments of the company, are re-
 turning to Empalme, to again
 make that place their head quarters. General Superinten- dent H. J. Temple and his chief assistant, Jack Williams, will again make Empalme their headquarters. Thdrsday Train Dispatcher Van Wye went to Empalme. Everybody in No gales will be, sorry to see the railway boys leave.
 Dr. John Henry Beckert, this week received from President Wilson his appoin tment as a first lieutenant in United States medical corps, and whenever his country needs him for active service, Lieutenant Beckert will be found ready and willing to respond to the call. We con- graduate both Dr. Btckert and Uncle Sam, feeling confident neither will ever regret the con- tract recently made. Naturally Lieutenant Beckert is proud of the sheep skin just received from one of the greatest pre- sidents this country ever had or ever will have, Woodrow Wilson.
 Col. George Burrow, always really and truly of his beloved Del Rio, Texas, but short time a resident of NogaleS, was stop-Over visitor between trains, here Thursday. He brought with him untold wealth of which he was the custodian for Wells Fargo Co.,, for which he has worked in a confidential capa- city for a number of years. The money, two great closely guard ed boxes of it, was consigned to the constituencies in Sonora, and it goes without saying it reached it's destination in safety. Mir. Burrow, while here was the welcome guest of his friend Lee Reagan and family, also of Del Rio, who for a number of years have made Nogales their home.
 Nogales was visited this week by a number of prominent Re- publicans from the country, among them being E. H. Evans of Patagonia, Attorney Hummel of Elgin, c. B. Wilson of San ford, and William E. Bowers of Camille. The gentlemen came to attend Monday evenings meeting of Santa Cruz county Republicans, at which Attorney Hummel was nominated as a for the office of Judge of the Superior Court, S. F. Noon for County Attorney, Ed. Mix for clerk of the court, Will jam Mcknight for sheriff, and Messrs. Wilson and Bowers for Henry Stewart was nominated for constabl of No gales Precinct No. 1. The get ,ogether meeting was presided ,ver by H. Gordon Glore. assist d by Attorney Arthur de Riem- 1T. who acted as secretary.
 This morning at the Church of he Sacred Heart, in this city. he Rev. Father Duval, officiat- ng MT. J. H. Mcdonald of Los and Miss Frances Brickwood, one of Q Iogales lovelieSt daughters, were united in marriage, in the presence of a large ccncourse of 'elatives and friends of the hap y bride and groom. The music or the occasion was furnished