The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1923-02-24

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Ell Paso smelter this week.
James Fryer of Douglas,
mining expert, is in Patagonia
looking over the field for pos.
Sible investment.
The Morning Glory mine, at
Mowry, shipped carload of ore
to the Copper Queen smelter at
Douglas last Tuesday.
! Leroy Miller, formerly of Pa
tagonia, now q resident of Wash.
lington, D. c., is here for short
visit. He has ranch at Blox
ton, and is here on business.
Tuesday carload of ore made
up By several small leasers in
the Santa Ritas, went forward to
the Ell Paso smelter. The ore
was lead silver and is very high
grade.
Jim and jeff Rountree we're in
town Monday for supplies for
their camp at Santa Cruz. Mexi,
co, where jim has a contract to
drill several wells for the Greene
Cattle Company.
Mr.. aud Mrs. F. A. Stone
motored to Nogales Tuesday
evening to witness the gay
throngs celebrating the Mardi
Gras which held sway in the
border cities for three days this
week.
Elmer Gatlin. son of Harvey
Gatlin and grandson of Mr.. and
MRS. J. S. Gatlin of Patagonia,
and Will Stevenson of Bisbee,
came to Patagonia from the cop.
per town last Saturday to take
in the masquerade ball.
The masquerade ball. held last
Saturday night at the Opera
House, was a big success. Many
unique and comic costumes were
in evidence, and every body had
q grand time. Dancing was dis.
continued about 5 a. m. Sunday
morning.
The steel for the new bridge
across Sonoita creek, at Pata.
gonia, has arrived and will be
placed Immediately. Work has
been delayed for some time wait
ing for the arrival of the upper
frame work. The bridge will
soon be finished and traffic open.
ed across the bridge.
Mr.. E. B. Bartram of Tucson
was in this district this week
gathering moss for the Smith.
sonian Institute of Washington,
ID. G. Mr.. Bartram says there
are some very rare specimens of
moss growing here, and he is
getting the best samples for the
exhibits at the eastern institute.
F. P. O'Neill Of Pasadena,
California, and James S. Bah.
cock of Los Angeles, arrived
here Saturday and went imme.
diately out to the Rupert mine,
the property of Mr.. O'Neill, on
an inspection tour. Mr.. Bah
cock returned to the coast this
week without divulging his fu.
ture plans regarding the prop
erty..
The First National Bank of
Nogales has moved a large herd
of cattle recently acquired, to
pasture in Pima county. They
had been keeping the cattle on
the south half of the Baca Float,
but the land was recently leased
for term of years to a Califor.
MIA cattle man and the bank was
forced to seek new quarters for
it's cattle. :
Prof. J. G. Brown of the Uni.
versity of Arizona has announc-
ed that a systematic plant dis.
ease survey of the entire state
by the plant pathology depart.
ment will be made. Requests
have come from various sections
of Arizona for special investiga.
tions as to the cause of various
diseases affecting the crops in
those localities.
| Mrs. Grace A. Farrell, county
superintendent of Santa Cruz
county schools, visited the Pata.
gonia school Tuesday morning
in company with her youngest
son, and Mrs. Walker of No.
gales. She is visiting all the
schools of the county and col.
lecting the school books which
are not actually used by the
children. This collection of the
books is being made throughout