The border vidette., 1920-02-14

couple of days this week, on private business.
 Hon. Wirt G. Bowman, Santa Cruz county's representative in the State Legislature, is in Phoe- nix attending the special session of the legislature, called by Gov ernor Campbell for the purpose of ratifying the Susan B. An thony amendment to the consti- tuition of the United States. The special session convened Feb. 18th and is expected to end next 1 Monday.
 Officers and stockholders of the Southwest Ranger Oil and Refining Company of Nogales, are happy. Oil has been struck in their Texas well, according to telegrams received from c. L.. Dunbar. the company's field manager, and it is only 8 matter of a very short time when divi- dends will be received by the lucky holders of stock in the company.
 Jefferson Davis Rountree, the best we'll driller in 'steen states, was a visitor in Nogales last Thursday from the Yoas ranch near Amadoville, where Jeff has a contract to drill 8 number of wells. Mrs. Rountree, who had been visiting in San Francisco, where her brother George re. gently died, returned home last Thursday being met here by | her husband.
 Mrs. Charley Fl. Buffet, from Cleveland, Ohio, who will visit | relatives here and at Hermosillo, is a guest Of her sister, Mrs. Alfredo Monteverde. MT. Buf- fet, who formerly resided in Nogales. is pleasantly -remem- bered by all old timers of Noga- les and Sonora. He is an ex- perienced mining engineer and is now operating in the Great Lakes. districts.
 Mir. and Mrs. W. Beckford Kibbey, are enjoying 8 visit in the city, from their great Alamo ranch in the Altar district, So nora, as guests at the home of the lady's parents, Captain and Mrs. l.. w. Mix. The Alamo ranch is one of the show places in the state of Sonora. It is very valuable property where feed and water are plentiful and cat tie fat the year round.
 Cardinal Gibbons says: 1T am profoundly interested in the success of the effort to arouse public interest for the immediate relief of the unfortunate people of the Near East. The appalling tales of massacre and famine appeal to humanity and SO I can not urge too strongly the duty of immediate relief. It is a duty that rests upon every Christian people and our own country can not fail to recognize and heed it"
 Miss Lillian Cronin, the ac- complished daughter of State Librarian and Mrs. Con Cronin, after delightfully."- spending a couple of days here at the pleas ant home of Senator and Mrs. Harry J. Karns, returned last Monday to her studies at the University of Arizona. The Cronins, who have resided in Phoenix since leaving Nogales several years ago, have a wide circle of friends in Santa Cruz county.
 John Hoy, the Buttle, Montana mining engineer, who represents Senator Clarke'S extensive min- ing interests in Santa Cruz coun- ty, has been business visitor here a couple of days this week, from the Harshaw district where he is personally directing ex- ploration and development work in the old Trench mine. Mir. Hoy IS 8 thorough miner of many years practical experience. If any man can make good" at the Trench, it's Jack Hoy.
 Dr. and Mrs. J. c. Underwood, after 8 weeks visit to their splendid gold mine at El Cajon de Amarillas, in the Altar dis trict, Sonora, returned home the forepart of the week. Every where, according to pr. Under wood, his party was treated with utmost courtesy by both state and federal officials, as well as by the people of the | Altar district, who did ever