The border vidette., 1921-06-25
PAT TACOMA.
interesting News Items Clipped From
 the Patagonian.

l
 Eric Weber, purchasing agent of the Magma Copper company, accompanied by his wife, was a visitor in the district last week on business connected with the | Patagonia Superior mine, in which he is one of the officials. The Patagonia Superior mine was formerly known as the Three R property.
 This section was visited by a shower on Saturday and Sunday of last week. One half an inch of rain fell at Sonoita on Sun day. The grain which has already been planted will now come up and there is already euought moisture to bring in the grass which is worth hundreds of dollars to the cattlemen and farmers of this section.
 Word received from Benson yesterday was to the effect that steel needed for the new Benson dam is now arriving on the ground from Tucson. Several tons of steel and a caroload of cement will be necessary before the project is finally completed, :, and it is predicted by the en- gineers in charge of the work that the dam will be finished in about ten days.
 Last Sunday afternoon, in a drenching rain, the army aviat- orS baseball team from Nogales l Do hu a score of II to 5. Before the | first inning. was over, rain began to fall, and there was a steady downfall during the entire game,
 which was witnessed by a fair sized crowd of local ball fans
 who refused to permit the rain
 to interfere with them.
 The most unique train runs
 between Nogales and Benson. II
 is a short train running a long
 distance and owing to the grades
 on the road, takes long time tc
 cover short distance. The
 stops at stations are long wbict
 reacts to make the passengers
 patience short. A long engineer l (Pop Sorrels) handles the ga:
 throttle and short brakey
 (Neil Burthans) acts as fiagmaI
 at short intervals, and the con
 ductor is Shorty Long. Tha
 is the long and short of the ser
 vice on the branch.-Bensor News.
 Joe V. Prochaska, state game
 warden, has announced that il
 certain localities of the state
 where white wings are damaging the crops, the open season or white wings will open Wednes day, instead of July 25th. Th' early opening will apply only tc
 localities where the birds have been damaging crops, Mir. Pro chaska said, and even ther' hunters must secure permission of the farmers owning the lant before they attempt to shoot tn birds. The early opening doe l not apply to doves anywhere says the state game warden. Did you ever ride out acros
 the vast deserts when the SUI
 seemed bent on taking you
 when the breeze only made . worse and the water in your ol < canteen has lost it's power t 3 satisfy? As a matter of fact tn s more water you drank the thirs
 ter you became and worst of al T. you were beginning to sicken O 2 so much water. If you have ex ] perienced the foregoing try thi ] out on your next trip across tn t plains. Wrap a small can wit 0 a sack, wet it we'll and hang ] on the outside of your automobil ? or wagon. Fill the can wit e buttermilk. This. we venture t o predict, will solve the problem s The usual Spring roundu Il among the cattlemen of mortimer Cochise county will not talk u place this year. The cattle situa tion is rather serious. They ar
 gathering up cattle around tn
 watering places and such othe
 places as are favorable for ShiI d ping purposes. Three thOusan l. head of cattle are to be Shippe e out during the present month o The cattle will be sent to Cal e fornia and Nebraska feedin a grounds This will material y relieve the condition of the rar e ges until summer rains come o Y in oarpoSt Onjta a nun her f