The border vidette., 1914-06-13


 de los Coches. over in the East
 ern part of the country, a mem , Der of the Heney Richardson ! jury, who will be a candidate , this fall for supervisor, on the Republican ticket, of course, will ! this afternoon go home to spend Sunday, returning Sunday night
 or early Monday.
 Hon. I. Bonillas, of Nogales,
 minister of communications and
 public works in the Carranza
 cabinet, arrived in the city yes
 terday from the north, and this
 morning left for Hermosillo
 where it is said he will mediate
 the difficulties existing between
 the civil and military authorities
 in Sonora Mr. Bonillas is one
 of the biggest men in the Car
 ranza cabinet. He has the con
 fidence of all the constitution
 alist factions, and it is believed
 he more than any other man,
 can bring about a solution of
 the Sonora muddle.
 Tuesday William Schuckmann,
 George Januel and Manuel
 Escalada, directors of the
 European Arizona Mining Com
 pany, accompanied by Mine Expert Tom Fraser, motored out to the Buena Vista mines of the company, adjoining the Three R. mines in the Pata- gonia mountains. The work of developing the Buena Vista is progressing in very SatiSfact- ory manner, and big results are looked for in the very near fut- ure. The company is composed of local people, and the success ful development of the mine means much for Nogales and the rest of the county.
 Monday evening the common council, by unanimous vote, passed the ordinance granting Monte M. Mansfield of Tucson, and Spiro s. Proto of Nogales, a twenty five year franchise to operate and maintain a plant for the manufacture of electric cur rent and to distribute the same. MT. Proto says the work of com plying with all the requirements of the new franchise will be complied with long before the time, the work of in- stalling the new system being at the earliest possi- ble date. MT. Mansfield is now in the east on business connect ed with the franchise. Don An ton Proto and other wealthy will finance the pro- position.
 The big new three and one half ton auto truck recently received by the Verde Mining Company, of which P. J. Mcintyre is pre- and c. c. King. secretary, is now making three trips daily to and from the Gladstone mine ou the west slope of the Patagonia mountains, a short distance from NogaleS. The newly acquired property of the company, according to Manager Mcintyre, is looking fine, with prospects of making a big dividend paying mine. good. From now on regular carload shipments of Gladstone ore will be made from this point, and Manager Mcintyre hopes before very long to install other moto trucks on the road between Noga1es and the mine
 Mir. Tom Smith of Phoenix, president of the mining com pany owning the great Four Metals mines near Nogales, and a number of associates this week visited the property, being chap eroned by Supt. Fred. Miller. It is understood that the finan- cial troubles of the company have been strengthened out, and work on a big scale will at once be resumed in Red Hill, a large force of men being employed under Supt. Miller. It is said | that between forty and fifty | thousand dollars will be expend- ing in development work alone. A big concentrator is also pro- missed. MT. Smith and his asso- ciates have great confidence in | their four-metals mine, and are | it up with hard cash.