The border vidette., 1916-07-15


 ta Cruz county, was a business
 visitor at the county seat last
 Wednesday,, from his mines in
 the Alto district. Frank has great faith in the future of his
 section and believes he will yet
 make a fortune out of his mines.
 Last Sunday Major A. T.
 Smith and First Lieutenant J.
 D. Rivet left for Douglas, their
 new station. They have been
 assigned to the new 35th h.
 fantry, of which Colonel Frier is
 in command. This is one of the
 new regiments provided for in
 the army organization hill re-
 gently passed by congress.
 A. E. Halstead, member of the J. D. Halstead Lumber Con-
 pany, whose headquarters are
 at Phoenix, has been here sev- eral days this week, a guest of his brother J. R. Halstead, who is personally managing the com pany's big local lumber yards. The HalSteadS are among the largest lumber dealers in the state, having yards at Phoenix, Chandler, Kingman, Casa Gran de, Miami, Ajo and NogaleS. The company also owns man. moth lumber yards and mills in Oregon, Kansas and Missouri. A. E. is the purchasing agent for his company.
 On account of the greatly in- creased business of the Western Union Telegraph company, due to the presence of so many na- tional guardsmen at NogaleS, a new quadroples wire has been installed capable of handling four messages at once, two from and two into NogaleS. It is open for. business now. On ac- count of the increasing business on the Nogales branch line the Espee has stationed au extra telegraph operator on the road at Sahuarito. There is another operator at Amado. The pas senger and freight business of Nogales is said to be the heaviest since the opening of the line.- Star.
 The Smoker given Wednesday night at Masonic Hall, by the Knights of Columbus, in honor of the Knights who are with the American troops, was a most enjoyable affair. The we'll known musical artists of Nogales, assisted in lending pleasure to the occasion: Mrs. H. K. Chenoweth, Mrs. Clara Finley, Miss Alicia O'Neill, and Miss Tillie Bowman. To Miranda, Messrs. Harry Chenoweth, of Nogales, and Phil McCabe, Richard Ryan, Gordon and other Am erican troopers from Connecti- cut, thanks are also due. The local Knights of Columbus cer- tainly did themselves proud.
 Last Wednesday in Phoenix, Kenneth Kennedy, formerly of this city, now assistant account ant in the state land commission CTS office, of which P. J. Munch of this city, is chief clerk, risk ed his life to save that of little Mexican child, which had got ten in front of an electric street car. Kenneth was painfully but not seriously cut and bruised about the head and back. when he lost his balance after pluck ing the child from in front of the car. Passengers were loud in their praise of Kenneth's heroism and declared the act one of the bravest they had ever seen. The wounded man was taken to the hospital, where he is said to be doing nicely.
 Last Saturday Harry Stevens, one of Santa Cruz county'S best known mining men, lost his life in the Andes mine near Pata- gonia, in a heroic attempt to save the life of a Mexican miner named Ramon Vidal, who had became unconscious from the effects of poisonous gas. A com panion of the unfortunate miner, succeeded in getting out of the mine, barely alive, but still able 70 tell Mir. Stevens of the ac- ,ident. In attempting to rescue 5he Mexican, Harry too was overcome by the gas and before lid could reach them, both men were dead. Harry Stevens, who was a brother of Deputy Sheriff o,1 0f fo ho6