The border vidette., 1917-04-28

the county seat Monday and
 Tuesday, on legal business.
 Judge Purcell is well known in Santa Cruz county by old timers
 Monday John Hughes, the
 grOceryman, disposed of his re
 tail grocery business, the new
 owners being The Peterson
 Produce and Grocery Company,
 of which John Peterson is pre-
 sident and manager. Mir. Hughes
 will devote his entire time to
 the wholesale grocery business.
 which he understand from A.
 to z.
 Monday Jos. w. Handy book.
 keeper ard accountant for George B. Marsh, Inc, who had just returned from short visit
 to Los Angeles, received tel egran from Washington, D. C., announcing the tragic death of
 his beloved sister, Anna B.
 Handy, who with her intended
 hus band, was killed in an auto mobile accident. Tn his hour of sorrow, MT. Handy has the sym pathy of Q host of personal friends.
 Monday George W. Wise de- parted for his old home in Pitts burg, Pa., where he was called by telegram announcing the sudden death Of his father, Jesse E. Wise, many years promin- ent attorney of Pittsburg. Only two weeks ago Mr. Wise spent d few days here with his son George and his brother, Joe. News of his death was shock to relatives and friends. George to return to NogaleS in about ten days.
 Communications rcga garding army matters pertaining to of ficers and enlisted reserve corps, training camps for candidates should be addressed to the commanding general of the western department. San Fran cisco, not to Major General J. | Franklin Bell, who is leaving for Governors island New York, !! according to advices received by | Schuckmann from the war department.
 The contract for building the miles of county road | between Ruby, in the Gro Blanco district, and Calabasas, las been let by the board of su- to the Montana Mining and work will com. hence at once under the supervi sion of K. s. Ljttlejohn, deputy county engineer, who was in charge of the preliminary. sur yey. The county road fund now on the new highway.
 The other day at Guaymas, E. .. ChaIfant and John A. Me ohearson, two well known busi- less men of that city, who have | host of friends in Nogales, met with a painful, almost fatal ac- ,ident, when shell they were 'monkeying" with exploded. Two fingers from the left hand ,f both gentlemen, were blown ,ff and MT. McPhearson receiv- d painful wounds in the abdo- nen. Their friends here are re- oicing over their escape from leath.
 The ordinance making it for any firm to sell Jrms and ammunition iu Santa Cruz county to any person who las not secured a permit from he Chief of Police of Nogales, Sheriff of Santa Cruz county, or Mayor of Nogales, is now law, nd will be enforced by the Now persons found guilty of violating the ordinance, re lia ble to a fine not exceeding 800, or less than $1O, and a jail entence of not less than ten days TOT more than six months, or ,oth fine and sentence.
 At the regular annual meet ng of stockholders of the Prud- ntial Mining & Development Company, held last Wednesday, n. the office of THE BORDER T1DETTE, the following stock folders were unanimously elect d directors for the ensuing ear: 1. G. King. l.. Hudgin, . Burgoon, A $. Noon, B. D. filler. The officers elected are: President. I. G. King; Vice President, Burgoon; Secretary Tho