The border vidette., 1919-07-26

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 the Aztec Mining Company, the
 properties of which are located in the Altar district, Sonora, is a guest at Hotel Howman, from
 the south country.
 P. J. McCarty, one of the county's we'll known farmers, has been a visitor at the county seat several days this week, from the splendid McCarty farm near Camille, where some of the finest fruit to be found any where, is raised.
 J. G. Harris, of Globe, has been a business visitor in Noga les this week, a guest at The Bowman. The gentleman is ar ranging to open furniture store in the large quarters formerly occupied by the Border Furni- ture Go in the Hotel Bowman building on Grand Ave. Mrs. Harris is with her husband.
 Jimmie Ritchie, manager of the Arizona European Mining Company's property in the Pa tagonia mountains, just south from the Three R mines, came to town the forepart of the week for mine and camp supplies. Jimmie says he still has great hopes of making Arizona Euro pean stockholders big money. And Jimmie knows.
 MT. Jack Schleimer, the real estate man, for a long time asso ciated with the late George w. on the coast, accompanied by his wife, returned to Nogales last Wednesday and registered at the Montezuma hotel. It is said that MT. Schleimer has made a pile of money from his Texas oil investments. He will shortly erect handsome residence here for himself and wife.
 At the meeting of directors of the Santa Cruz County Fair As sociation held at Sonoita last Sunday, Mr. J. B. Bristol, ex- secretary of the Nogales Cham Der of Commerce, was selected as manager of the coming county fair at Sonoita. Guy c. Bryant is president, and J. $. Carver is secretary of the Association, which is arranging to make the coming fair the best ever held in Santa Cruz county.
 In today's issue of THE BoR- DER VIDETTE appear Amend ments to Articles of Iucorpora- ton of the "Sopori Land and Cattle Company, of which Ra- mon Elias is president and Jose c. Camou, secretary. The cap ital stock of the company is now one million dollars, shares one dollar each. The company owns thousands of acres of land and great herds of cattle in Pima and Santa Cruz county.
 Efforts to get a national park made on the grounds surround ing the historic old Tumacacori mission are being made by the Nogales chamber of commerce. Letters have been received from the department of interior stat ing that department is investi- gating the proposition. For some time the chamber of com merce has been trying to get this ground into a national park for it is believed that iG would be a great drawing card to tour iStS.
 w. F. Christman, of Sonoita, was a visitor in Nogales the forepart of the week on business connected with a rumor that the railroad administration will in the near future close the freight agency at Sonoita. Citizens in the Sonoita district have made a written protest to the admins tration officials at Tucson. Many Nogales shippers are also pro testing and a set of resolutions have been adopted and will be sent immediately to the railroad administration.
 George Clarke, ex- soldier, who for thirty years or more has mined in the Santa Rita noun tains with his friend and partner JenS Peterson, was visitor at the county seat a couple of days this week. Recently Uncle Sam awarded George a pension for valuable services rendered dur ing the Apache and other Indian wars of long ago. when he be- E@