The border vidette., 1914-04-18

l ! pert boOkkeeper and accountant,
 who for some time past has
 been head bookkeeper for the
 Cerro de Plata Mining Company,
 has for several days past been
 here from the silver camp in
 Sonora. He is a witness in the
 big mining suit now being tried
 in superior Court.
 Hon. Selim M. Franklin and
 Senator Eugene $. Ives, of Tucson, two of the best corpora tion lawyers in the west, as sisted by Judge George w. Cass of Douglas, and Judge Frank J. Duffy of NOgaleS, have been in Nogales this week being oppos- ing attorneys in the Duval- Cop per Company legal contest.
 Z. O. Stocker, a wealthy Amer ican 9aqui river land owner, has returned from Los Angeles, where he had been to enjoy a visit with his family. Tuesday morning he continued on south, en route to his farm near Cajeme, Sonora. Recently Mr. Stocker brought to the States three carloads of hogs which he sold to Tucson and Yuma butchers.
 Tuesday morning Assistant General Superintendent Jack Williams of the Southern Pa cific of Mexico, accompanied by Henry Hass, route agent for ENn Ho PhearsOn, departed for the West Coast of Mexico, expecting to be absent from Nogales about ten days. MT. Williams and party will make part of the trip by motor car.
 Yesterday Mrs. Hardy, wife of Collector c. E. Hardy, re- turned from a delightful visit in Tucson with old friends and acquintances. Collector Hardy returned home Thursday from Phoenix, where he had been to attend the netting of the lief ferson Club, held in the capital city last Monday night, at which Senator Mark Smith was the principal speaker.
 Last Sunday w. G. Bowman and John Wanving, Jr., met at one of the numerous blind curves" between Nogales and the river, and came very near having a serious accident, when their automobiles came together. Both machines were pretty bad ly damages, but no one was in jured. Sundays accident should serve as a warning to other auto drivers who travel over the No galeS-Patagonia road.
 At the coming city election the voters of Nogales will have a chan e, to vote on the proposi- tion to grant twenty five year electric light franchise. The applicants praying for the frau chise, are Spiro $. Proto and Monte M. Mansfield, who in ex- change for the franchise, agree to give the town of Nogales and it's inhabitants light and power at 2 reasonable rate. Read the franchise ordinance in toiay's BORDER VIDETTE.
 Thursday morning Frank Re- agan of Patagonia, and l.. B. Lane of Del Rio, Texas, departed for the gold placer diggings near Boludo, Sonora. They were ac- companied by MT. Ira Bowls, one of the original lucky owners of the valuable gold placer plo- perties recently sold to the com pany in which MeSSrS. Reagan and Lane are interested. City Marshal Wright of Nogales is associated with Mr. Bowls. Everybody interested will make a big stake.
 At the call of president L. w. Mix, the NogaleS Base ball As sociation League held an in teresting meeting on Tuesday evening, and transacted much important business. The old board of directors was re-elect- ed, with Captain Mix as pre- sident of the league. The fol lowing officers were also elected: E. M. Mather, secretary; B. J. Pellegrin, financial secretary and H. M. Clagett, treasurer. This season the league will have tree new teams, "The Tuna Lax," "The Rexall," and 'The Bankers" The 1914 season will open on May 3.
 J. c. Gatti, the Clifton, Ariz-