The border vidette., 1914-01-31
LOCAL ITEMS.

P. J. Munch, one of Agent Pope's efficient office force, is still confined to him home with fever. Pete is missed by the entire ESpee office force. We join all in wishing for his speedy recovery.
 The coustitutionalist customs officials in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, look swell in their hand some, new Euniforms purchased from R. Fleischer & Company of this city. Collector C.. O. re1la takes great pride in seeing his force look well.
 Geo. Clarke, poet and maga- zine writer, has been very busy man this week gathering local data and color for a new story he is writing. Besides being a writer, MT. Clarke, since com ing to Nogales, has proven him. self finished after dinner speaker.
 John Jund, the automobile dealer, has just purchased a new motorcycle, and when he gets outside of the city limits these days. he slips Ter in the high" Friends are trying to arrange a race. between Mr. Jund and Frank Taylor, who also has just received a fast motorcycle. --
 F. M. Moore, proprietor of the Plata de Cobre mines in So nora, has been here several days this week on business con nected with his valuable prop erty. MT. Moore is an exper- fenced mining man who has been in Sonora number of years. We join his friends in the wish that his property may become a bonanza.
 Hon. Harry J. Saxon, Santa Cruz county's. state represent ative, is back. from Sonora, where he purchased a nice bunch of cattle for his home ranch. MT Saxon aud John Higginz b0tham, of Carbo., are associated in the cattle business. They have a nice bunchzof Sonora and native. stock which receive Mr., Saxon's personal attention.
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 MT. John F. Fox of Payne, Ohio, is a guest. at the Monte zuma hotel The gentleman is one of the lucky stockholders 'ii,n the. .Cerro de Plata Mining. Com pany, and next Tuesday, will accompany President B: B. Holt. down to the big silver camp for. a few days pleasure visit He will. see one of the best camps. and the best silver mine in the country. =
 Mrs. Mcdonald, wife of the. Patagonia mining man, who has been quite ill at the Sisters Hospital, is reported greatly i'm proved. Yesterday Mir. Me Donald arrived from the mines to see his. wife. The McDonalds are parents of Mrs. J. T.. Watson, wife of the Los Angeles mining man who recently bonded the old .Austerlitz mine in the Gro B1anco district, this county.
 Santos Chocano, the distin- guished South American poet, a personal friend of the late Fran cisco I Madero, the aSsassinated; president. of Mexico, who was. delightfully."- entertained in No gales, Sonora last week by pro-. minent citizens and officers of the onstituticnalist army, is now in HermoSilIo, where he is the guest of honor of General Carranzaz and Governor .Mayto- rena. .. -..
 Mfr. Harry Hatfield,. one of the owners of the new Buchan- an air break which will be tested here next week by the Southern Pacific oe Mexico, has gone to New York on business connected with the new invention. Mrs. Hatfield is a guest at the Monte zuma hotel. If the break is all it's inventor claims it is, the Southern Pacific of Mexico will become interested with MT. Hatfield and his associates.
 Don c. Franklin is back from South Dakota, his old home, where he had been to enjoy a visit with his mother and old friends and acquaintances He reports having had a fine visit. Don's many friends are pleased to see him back. Tomorrow he and his partner Mr. Robert B. Lee. will motor out to their