The border vidette., 1916-05-20

city, is general manager.
 Notifications of the new Mex
 ican mining decree are under
 consideration by the Carranza
 government, according to ad-
 vices to the state department.
 It is not known what form the
 notifications will take. The de-
 cree went into effect May l and
 has been the cause of represen-
 tations by the state department
 to the de facto government,
 American mining interests made objection in many respects.
 The contract for the construc- ton of nine new buildings at Fort Huachuca has been let to Kelly & Beahls, of Leaven worth, Kansas, for the sum of S91 ,OOO The wiring work was awarded to the Lawrence Electric Com pany of El Paso, and the laun- dry machinery for the new laundry building will be furnish ed by the Troy Company. A number of Nogales contractors Summitted bids, of which there were twelve.
 The many friends and ac- quaintances of Dr. Wm. c. Ma bry, formerly of Sonora where he became very popular as a physician and surgeon, will be pleased to learn that he is mak- ing a success practicing his pro- feSSion in Los Angeles and the town of TrOpico, near the metro polls. Dr. and Mrs. Mabry left a large number of friends and acquaintance both in this city and throughout Sonora. All join in wishing them good luck, always.
 Frederick Simpich, of Nogales, and other American cOnSulS and wee conSulS in northern Mexico, have received orders from Wash ington to report at El PaSo to consult with General Funston. It was announced that the pur- pose of the conference is to pro- vide closer cooperation between the American civil and military authorities in watching develop mentS in the border region. Con- 2 sul Simpich is one of the most efficient men in the U. $. consul ar service.
 Work. on the Tucson Benson toll line of the Mountain States Telephone company is being rushed the present week by workmen under the charge of Foreman Joy. The poles were already in service, new cop per is being laid, many new cross arms are being replaced and other repairs made. Fore man Joy also has charge of the gang of men who are setting the new poles for the Tucson Nogales toll line starting from Tucson, and the work is pro- greSsing rapidly. Foreman Dance has charge of a gang on similar work, starting from NogaleS.
 Joe Wiley, Thomas Johns, former Pima county deputy sheriffs. and Ramon Salazar, former Tucson police officer, charged with the murder of Mrs. J. w. Bates, will be tried in Santa Cruz county some time next month. The request to transfer the cases of the three accused men, was granted in the Pima county superior court last Tuesday, by Judge w. A. O'Connor, who occupied Judge Cooper'S bench. Attorneys Jones and Hughes of Tucson repres- sent the defendants. The Santa Cruz county jury will be called on June 9th, but it will probably be June 2Oth, or later, before the murder case comes to trial.
 Splendid high grade copper ore from the property of the Arizona European Mining Con- pany, adjoining the great Three R mines on the south, is being brought to Nogales and sold to O'Neill-& kempton, local assay CTS and ore buyers. Postmaster Schuckmann, M. Escalada and other Nogales people, are fin ancially interested in the com pany, Mir. Schuckmann being the secretary and treasurer. Burro trains are used to trans port the ore from the. mine to Nogales, just now, but wagon road is being built to the mines owned by Richardson and Boh- finger, adjoining the Arizona European properties, on the east. The future of all prOD-