The border vidette., 1919-06-21

E. K. Cumming, president, and Henry Levin, secretary of the Southwest Ranger Oil Co.,, of Nogales, are spending the week in the Texas oil fields. where their company owns valu- able oil lands, said to be daily growing in value. Wednesday H. B. Sisk, financial agent of the company, returned from an eX tended business visit in the northern part of the State.
 MT. w. Vic Thornton, former superintendent of the Nogales water system, has arrived from California, being accompanied by his little orphan children. Vic's many friends in Nogales will be pleased to learn that he has returned to again make this city his home. Two of the child, ren stopped off at Amadoville, to visit at the pleasant country home of Mrs. R. R. Redwine.
 Dr. c. Howard Davis, the eye specialist, has returned from a visit to his home in Pinal coun- ty. Doc Davis is one of Pinal couuty's supervisors, having been elected at the last election, while he was sojourning in No gales. Notwithstanding Docs great popularity in Pinal, be prefers to reside in Santa Cruz county. His officers are in the Jund Building on Morley ave.
 MT. Alej. Carpena, the haber- dasher, accompanied by Mrs. Carpena, departed last Sunday for Los Angeles and nearby beaches, where they will spend month by the sea. Their little daughter is attending school in the City of Angeles. Instead of making the cross s-countly trip by auto MT. and Mrs. Carpena went by rail On their last visit they left their big touring car in Los Angeles.
 Sergeant Robert Karns, broth CT of Harry and Ellie Karns, has returned from overseas where he saw active service with the American airmen. - S to see him return home safe and in good health. Karns Brothers, every one of them, are loyal Americans. All did their bit for America during the world war, both at nome and overseas.
 Hon. Oscar F. Ashburn, one of our county supervisors, was a business visitor in Nogales the forepart of the week, from the Monkey Springs ranch near Pa tagonia. Recently the firm of Vail & .Ashburn shipped S65, ,OOO worth of cattle from Sonoita sta tion, under the personal direc- tion of MT. Ashburn, who is manager of the big company, which owns one of the finest herds of whiteface in the state.
 MT. J. c. Elliott, a depart ment agent. is here from Wash ington for the purpose of select ing a site for the federal build ing, for which an appropriation was made some time ago. The gentleman is chaperOned around | by Captain l.. w. Mix, chairman of tbe committee appointed re- gently by the Chamber of Con- merce. The building which will house the customs house, post office and immigration service, is badly needed.
 Friends of George Clarke, one of the best known sqnarest prac- tical pioneer miners in the south west, will be glad to learn that the government has granted him a pension, of S2O per month, for services in the United States army, during the Apache wars in Arizona. George Clarke and his partner, Jens Peterson, have mined in the Altar district near ly forty years. They own the American Boy mines, recently | bonded to an eastern syndicate.
 Jens Peterson, philosopher, poet and miner, was a business visitor at the county seat Mon day and Tuesday of this week, from Patagonia, his legal re- sidence. Jens is one of the pio- neer miners of the great south ,uoct Ho and his nartpor GpO