The border vidette., 1918-01-26

ed from the state capital on
 Wednesday evenings train. The
 firm of Lewis 6 Hart. of which
 Mir. Lewis is a member, has for
 many years been successfully
 engaged in business at Hermo-
 sillo.
 z O. Stocker, owner of valu-
 able land on the Yaqui River,
 in Sonora, has been a guest at
 The Bowman couple of days
 this week, from Los Angeles,
 where he now makes his home.
 Says he's not going back to the
 Yaqui country until conditions
 there improve considera ble. MT.
 S5ocker was met here by his lawyer, Malcom Little ,who came
 up from Hermosillo.
 Virginia Sandoval, the bur- gular, who early last Sunday
 morning attempted to stick a
 knife into Sahim Karam, nephew Of M. Karam, proprietor of La Reforma, has been held by Jus tice WillSey for trial in the Su-
 perior Court. Sandoval, who is an old offender, was caught in the act of robbing La Reforma.
 He was arrested by Policeman Mcdonald and Customs Inspec- tor Smart, after running from the store, closely pursued by young Karam.
 General P. Elias Gales, milit- ary Governor of Sonora, and P. G. Soriano, acting governor of Sonora, have been in conference here couple of days, with the operating heads of a number of the big American owned mines Tn Sonora, and it is said satis- factory arrangements have been made to clear away all obstacles that have confronted the com panies interested in the past. The companies represented at the conference, give employment to about ten thousand men.
 Secretary J. B. Bristol of the Chamber of Commerce, who is working with the different con- mittees for the entertainment of our guests February 14, 15 and Is, reports splendid progress be- ing made in the way of securing reservations for all who visit Nogales during the three days conven tion. However, those hav- ing unused apartments, are re- quested to at, once notify the Cham Der so that there will be no danger of not having sufficient quarters for our visitors, to whom the keys of the city will be given.
 A meeting of the Executive Com mittee of the Nogales Cham Der of Commerce was held on Wednesday evening and a pro- gram outlined-for the entertain ment of the Arizona cattlemen, Fe bruary IA, 15 and 16. On IA, there will be held at the Santa Cruz Club, a mon- ster Smoker; on Friday night there will be a grand ball, and on Saturday night a banquet in honor of Arizona State Cattle mems Association. The various committees are working hard to : make the coming event one long to be remember in Arizona.
 Last Sunday Mrs. Matilde ES- pareza, after long illness, pass ed away at the home of her Mrs. J. M. Maldon- ado, on Elm street. Monday afternoon the body was shipped to Tucson for burial, being ac- by deceased's broth CT, Don Ramon Vasquez, pro- prietor of The Red House. De- ceased was about sixty years of age, and was highly respected by all who knew her. She had been ill for some time past, and came to Nogales in the hopes of her health. To the family, we extend sympathy.
 MT. A. M. Gillespie, of Hills ooro, New Mexico, who has be- come identified with The Noga- les National Bank, as vice pre- sident and general manager, taking the place of w. H. Land, who will go to Tucson to become connected with the new Tucson National Bank, has purchased the Land residence on Crawford street, and will shortly be join ed by his wife and three child ren. In taking their departure from Nogales, MT. and Mrs. l