The border vidette., 1917-03-10

or 0XcaVdC1nR Tor the handsome c
 new First National Bank build | ing corner of Morley avenue and ] International street. The build
 ing will be completed about May 1 first
 Wednesday night Sheriff Ear
 hart motored to Phoenix to as
 sist in lobbying against the pro-
 posed reduction of salaries of
 county officials, including sheriff.
 Both Senator FegusOn and Re
 presentative Marsh, of Santa
 Cruz county, opposed the meas
 ure in the legislature.
 Paul Wilkey, Patagonia busi-
 ness man, was a visitor at the county seat last Wednesday,
 having motored down the even
 ing before. Says Patagonia is one of the beauty spots of Ariz- ona. Paul is a brother of Frank
 Wilkey, assitant cashier of the
 Firat National Bank of Nogales.
 The bill passed by the Third Legislature, creating the Hua- chuca Game Preserve, is a most excellent one. Only carniverous animals will be allowed to be shot within the confines of the game preserve, where in few years there will be an abundance of game, especially deer and turkey.
 General E. H. Hummer, com manding the United States l troops at this place, has recover ed from his recent illness, and | is again on the job at the Depart ment- Headquarters. Col. Sage l of the 12th Infantry, who has been temporarily in charge of | the district, has returned to his 
 Miss Laura Parsons, efficient accommodating clerk of the board of supervisors, returned the forepart of the week from Phoenix, where she had been to testify in the election contest between De Facto Governor and ex Governor Hunt. Walter Bourg, also a witness. Monday.
 The board of Supervisors met n regular session last Monday, Chairman J. A. Harrison and Members George Parker and J. ,. Gatlin being present. The board decided to at once push he work of improving our coun y roads, and after transacting 'outine business including the blowing of bills, adjouned Tues lay.
 Early last Monday morning, ire almost destroyed the stock If goods in the store building on Grand avenue occupied by Lee VO Co. The prompt work of he fire boys saved the building, rom which the roof was burned. LOSS is estimated at about two housand dollars, partly covered y insurance. Origin of the fire. . 
 Messrs. Timothy Healey, the f oining engineer, and Arthur ' hamilton, the Magdalena assay f r, this week opened offices in f he quarters across the line re z ently occupied by Henry Levin, r he customs broker, who is now ssociated with Charley Holler 1essrs. Healey and Hamilton ! 1vite their friends to "drop in, 7hen over." (
 This week Dr. ". A. Sneaker erformed very unusual diff ' cult operation on Charles ( 'oung, of Duquesne, who is at I t. JoSeph'S hospital, doing nice r 7. Recently Young was ser1- V usly injured in an accident, r mich crushed his arm. Dr. r melker successfully removed a a one from the injured mans leg . nd transferred it to his arm. \
 Next week, commencing Tues ay, twenty-One bootlegging ( ases will be tried in Superior n ourt, Judge W. A. O,Connor r residing. Besides the "booze" n ases, there are four felony cases, l. ne against c. T. Huggins, Q harged with assault; Trinidad f -guilar, grand larceny; Charlie s raham, burglary; C.. Montiel s nd IgnaciO Cruz, grand larceny. A
 Frank Powers, owner of the g reat Worlds Fair mine, better s nown as Powers Bank, accom- a anied by Mrs. Powers and D IT.. and Mrs. B. E. Bethell; t. OtOred down from Pataponia | a