The border vidette., 1920-12-04
PATAGONIA.
Interesting News Items Clipped From
 the Patagonian.

The weather has been very fine this week and one cal scarcely realize that Christmas is near. It seems more like spring time.
 Quite a number of men sold their steers last week and they shipped last Saturday. Among those who sold were R. c. Lar:- more, Guy Bryant, Vincent Kun da, Ira Brooks and Charles Da- wis.
 James Brash is still bringing in loads of fine apples and pears from his big orchard near Pata. gonia. His winter apples are: keeping nicely and loohe as though they would keep all winter.
 Abundance of good water has been struck in the B. H. Evans we'll across the alley from the store, and the men who dug it are casing it in good shape. The we'll is only a little more than thirty feet deep.
 w. H. Barnett is making ar arrangements to open meat mar ket in the E. H. Evans building formerly occupied as a bakery. The new meat market will prob ably open it's doors for business some time next week.
 Florencio Bejarano whose res iderce was destroyed by fire a couple weeks since is erecting a notwithstanding on the same old site. When completed it will be much better and more sub sta antial than the one destroyed.
 Col.x Richardson is having a mum Der of his tenant houses re- painted and there are a few houses in town owned by other residents which would look much better with~an additional coat of paint. Let every one do little pain nting this winter and thereby assist in making the town more attractive.
 George w. Sanders has re- turned from Fort Bliss, Texas, where he was called to testify in a court martial case. While ab sent he closed up big ranch deal which had been pending for several months. The ranch is located in New Mexico and the consideration amounted to right at $1OO,OOO.
 Mrs Maude Francis, postmis- tress at Patagonia, left last Sat urday morning via. the South ern Pacific for Ell Paso, Texas. where she will visit her father and sister for week or two. During her absence A. D. Sy- denham has charge of the post office and is handing out mail with the usual dexterity and prOmptneSs.
 John Costello returned Tues day from a weeks trip to the mountains where he had been at work on his mines. He states that all the way down for a depth of fifty feet he found fine shipping ore, and they expect to continue the work. He shipped samples of lead copper silver to his associates in Duluth, Minn., and it is high grade ore.
 We understand now that work will not begin on the highway in the vicinity of Patagonia before the first of January. By that time it is hoped to have the work under full headway with camp established here in Patagonia. There will then be a demand for a great many men at good wages, and as this work will probably continue all winter it will prove great blessing to all idle men who want to work.
 MT. and MT. Henry Wood were here from their Vaughn ranch Monday and were entertained at dinner by Patagonia friends. As a result of an accidental nose dive into the basement of his home one dark night, an account of which was given by our Elgin correspondent in last weeks Pata gonian, MT. Woods face shows evidence of an awfully hard jolt. For some time after the accident he was unconscious, and his friends were very much alarmed over his condition. It is almost a miracle that he was not instantly killed. He is rap idly recovering but still looks the worse for his terrible eX- Dorionco