The border vidette., 1916-04-01

i Halstead of the J. D. HalStead Lum mber Company, is here from Okla homa. enjoying a few days visit with the Halsteads. MT. | Miller owns extensive oil lands near Oklahoma City.
 John Cave, we'll known Los Angeles attorney Jaw, who is president of a mining com pany operating gold mines in Sonora, near Poza, has been guest at the Montezuma a couple of days this week. Frank Curtis is uDerintendent of the mines.
 The University of Arizona will offer four scholarships open to high shool and normal stud ents for judging dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep and hogs. 1 This competitor will take place at the University, Thursday, April 18th, during University i Week.
 Amos J. Yaeger, formerly of Nogales, now resident of Los Angeles, has been business visitor in the city several days, a guest of Bracey Curtis. Mr. Yaeger. is interested in land and mining property in Sonora, near | Alamos. From here he will go to Gcaymas.
 Last Tuesday night A. E. Yates, we'll known Southern Pa cific passenger conductor, died suddenly insEl Paso from heart trouble. Many friends of the dead conductor here and through out Arizona, will be sorry to learn of his passing. He resid- ed in Tucson.
 Buck" Titus, accompanied by Pat and George McCarty, three successful stockraisers, who for many years have made their foothills, motored down from Camille the forepart of the week on private business. Buck" was at the wheel.
 Mark Wanless, Hermosillo ore buyer,z after enjoying a short visit here with his family, re- turned to Hermosillo yesterday. He was accompanied by one of his business associates. Frank Ahern, who has just returned from Los Angeles, where had been on private business.
 E. M. Tankersly, prominent, we'll known cattlebuyer> from Texas, who has been here on cattle business, has returned home. TankerSly is a Texacan Democrat of the old school. He is an enthusiastic admirer of President Wilson, whom he says is. certain of reelection next fall. Early Tuesday morning fire destroyed the .'Garita" on the Mexican side; of the line at the bridge near the Bonillas resi- dence.E The Nogales fire depart ment hurried to the scene in re- sponse to the alarm, and remain ed until all danger of the flames spreading to the adjoining prop erty was passed.
 Bayze & Flores, of the Bayze Lake Park, three miles from Nogales, on the Tucson road, near the willows, announce that there. will be dancing at their place tomorrow afternoon and evening. Good music, good floor, icy cold drinks and ice cream. beneath spreading willows. Everybody ordially invited.
 Jack King has been here sev- eral days from his mining camp in the Ajo district, Pima county. Says everything looks fine with prospects for proving up a great paying mine, good. Charley Reiniger, the Van Vert, Ohio mining promoter, is associated with MT. King, who also has valuable mining interests in So- nora.
 Yesterday was the last day for paying taxes on Mexican mining property. Not with standing the increased tax charged by the Carranza government, the stamp agent at Nogales, Sonora, did an enormous business. Many owners of Mexican mining prop critics have greatly reduced their holdings, rather than stand the raise.
 Friends of James w. Schultz. an old time resident of this place, were shocked yesterday by the news from BiSbee. that he had