The border vidette., 1918-06-15

Bond owns VaInaOle mining property in the Alto district, from which he will some day realize handsome returns.
 The Western Union Telegraph company has announced three special payments on bonuses to employees in service since the first of the year, first payment to be made July 1st, second pay ment October 1st and third pay ment December 31st. These payments amount approximately to 50 per cent of employees sal aries for the month iii which the special payment is made.
 Work cn the big mill being erected at the famous old Worlds Fair mine, many years the prop erty of MT. and Mrs. Frank Powers, is progressing nicely, according to MesSrs. c. l.. Smith and H. B. BesSac, who spent Wednesday, in Nogales, from the mine, and will Le in operation within the next sixty days. For many years the Worlds Fair was Santa Cruz county's best bet, and news that the property metal will be learned with pleas ure by everybody in the county.
 On Thursday the following contributed to the town treas urer for diSobeying the traffic ordinance: S. D. Kempton for leaving his machine standing in the middle of the street, s, 100; H. Marquez for parking his auto near a hydrant, $500, and Tom car up to the curb, $500. Marsh al Brown says he expects every body to learn the traffic ordin- ance, even if they have to pay fer learning it. Marshal Brown will tag all offending machines, and Police Judge Wilkey will do the rest.
 On Thursday in United States Commissioner O'Connor'S court, George Raphael and R. Cas- telan, arrested recently on charge of attempting to unlaw- fully take liquor into Mexico, at this port of entry, were dis charged. and the liquor confis- cated was returned to the de- fendants, who proved that there had been nothing irregular in the proceedings. The defend ants were ably represented by Judge Frank J. Duffy, of the law firm of Duffy & Purdum. Attorney John H. Martin of Tue son was in charge of the prose- cution.
 At a special meeting of the city council held last Monday evening w. H. Smith resigned as police judge of Nogales and Justice of the Peace J. N. Will key Was appointed in his place. Mir. Smith will continue to serve as City Clerk and secretary of the water and sewer depart ments. Judge Wilkey will also act as desk sergeant at the police station during the day, relieving Officer Ed. Webb, who will now devote his entire time to outside work, including the collection of license and taxes. Judge Will key has resigned the office of Justice of the Peace, to which he was elected at the last county election.
 John Henderson, of Tender son Brothers, owners of the great Lista Blanca copper mines near Caborca, Sonora, was a visitor in Nogales couple of days this week, from the mines. He accompanied two carloads of ore to tbe border, consigned to the El Paso smelter. Eastern capitalists, through local parties, are negotiating for the purchase of the big copper properties, from which ore has been shipped to the States for several years past, by the heirs of the late John Henderson, many years a well known, successful mine operator in Sonora, who died at his home in Pasadena, California. The property is showing up fine, ac- cording to MT. Henderson. The pay streak is over twelve feet
 wide.
 Messrs. Beals and Mattock, two experienced dry farmers from Tillamook, Oregon, who are farming a large tract of land