The border vidette., 1917-08-18

baby girl. Mother and little one doing nicely, and the happy fathers smile won't come off.
 Jay Lowe, ex-steward at the State Insane Asylum, has re turned to NogaleS with his fami- ly, to again make this his home. He may accept a position with the Standard Oil Company, at this place.
 H. H. Ladd has arrived from Phoenix, where he was in the employ of the Standard Oil Go. to take charge of an important department in the company's local establishment. Ladd is a live wire. He'll make good in Nogales.
 John Gleason, United States customs guard for some time past located at Douglas, has re- turned to Nogales to again make his headquarters here. He is accompanied by his wife and children. John has been in the customs service many years.
 J. R. Meek, superintendent of the Nogales Jersey Farm, re- turned this week from an ex- tended business and pleasure visit to Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. While in the last named state, Meek purchased a fine farm. Says he had pleas ant trip.
 Next week MT. and Mrs. J. D. Halstead, and Joe's fine bull dog, Satan, will leave for San Fran cisco, making the cross country trip by automobile. At San take the examination for Uncle Sam's aviation corps. Dollars to doughnuts, he makes good"
 Governor Gales of Sonora, has been very much on the job this week in Nogales, Sonora, rounding up his customs force, many of whom are now in the big city jail on .Arizpe street, pending an investigation of the by special agents from Mexico City.
 Friends of Colonel William H. Sage, for long time stationed at Nogales in command of the United States troops, will be pleased to learn that splen- did gentleman and brave officer, has been promoted to Major Gen eral in the new National Army. General and Mrs. Sage have host of friends in Nogales. All wish them well
 A "Song Social" will be given by the Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational Church in the grounds of the church on Terrace Ave, on Tuesday evening, August Fist. There will be a special musical program and additional features of peculiar interest. Ice Cream and cake, at twenty five cents, is where you contribute your part to the even ings entertainment. Don't miss it.
 All but two or three of the men arrested recently in No gales, Sonora, in connection with the alleged customs house 'muddle," have been released, by order of Military Governor Gales, who is personally in charge of the investigation. Yesterday Colonel Gomez and several customs guards. were given their liberty. It is said that charges against others, will be dismissed today.
 L.. B. Fleischer and R. A. Lehrke, of the Broadway Store, soon to be opened in the Trust Building, returned home last Tuesday from New York where Manager Fleischer, who is a postmaster in the business of buying and selling, purchased a big line of dry good, etc., for his mammoth department store. The stock purchased by Man ager Fleischer includes every thing for women and men, and dry goods of every description.
 The lecture at the Lyric theatre last night, given by Pro lessor G. F. Hall, of the Univer- sity of Texas, under the auspices of the Nogales Chapter of the Red Cross, was interesting and instructive. Professor Hall, who is a brother in law of George Pratt, U. s. customs inspector of this city, has seen years service on the Commission for