The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1923-03-24
T. H. Williams, assistant gen.

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eral manager of the Southern
Pacific railway, w. H. Kirk, chief
engineer of maintenance of way,
and Superintendent Wilson, with
headquarters at Tucson, visited
Nogales last Tuesday couple
hours, leaving in the afternoon
for Tucson via Benson in spe-
cial train.
Mr.. l.. J. Jaeger, owner of the
Montezuma hotel, accompanied
by his wife, arrived from San
Diego, Thursday for few days
visit in the city. He expressed
himself as greatly pleased with
the repairs being made on the
Montezuma by Contractors Bur
ton, Hines and OFT, who have
been on the job since fire dam
aged portion of the hotel build:
ing two months ago.
The Episcopal Church of this
city will be enlarged in the near
future. Through E.. K. Cum
ming, chairman of the church
building committee, "a feet
of the property owned by Mrs.
Chas. E. Perkins on Crawford
street was purchased this week,
for $4,000, and next week the
architect will arrive from Phoe
nix to draw plans for the new
addition to the Episcopal church.
Thursday j. A.. Small. super.
intendent of the Sonora division
of the Southern Pacific of Mex
leo, with headquarters at EN-
paine, returned from an inspec.
ton trip over the Nogales Can
anea branch. Thursday night,
Mr.. Small, who was accompanied
by his wife and daughters, de.
parted for the south in the pri.
vate car "Jalisco," which was
attached to the regular passen
ger train.
At the weekly meeting of the
Kiwanis Club held Thursday at
the International Casino, S. E.
Paulus. secretary of the Club.
was selected as delegate to the
National Convention at Atlanta,
Georgia in May. Frank Diamos
presided at the meeting Thurs
day. A. r. Beam will occupy
the chair at the head of the ban
quet table at next weeks meet
ing, which will be held at the
international Casino.
Thursday the following mem.
bers of the Nogales Rotary Club
motored to Tucson to attend the
big District Rotary convention
held Thursday and yesterday:
Captain G.. L. Beatty, J. B. Bris.
toll, j. G. Barnes. Bracey Curtis.
r. l.. Carey, Arthur Powell, E.
K. Cumming, DR.. A. L.. Gustet
ter. Mayor James A. Harrison,
]. w. Larimore. J. S, Jennings,
G.. HI. Madden, Harry Moslander
Jake Rochlin, O. A.. Serrano, J.
G. Tovrea, Henry Clark Smith,
DR.. M. A. Wuerschmidt, T. g..
Wright and Craig Pottinger.
Thursday morning A. M. Con.
ard, of Los Angeles, who is the
manager and principal owner of
the International Agricultural
and Development Company, own
ing 10000 acres of splendid
farming and grazing land situat
ed near Hermosillo, went down
to the property. He was accom-.
panied by Charles King and
John Cortner, prominent citizens
of Hanford, California, who re-
Gently purchased a big tract of
land from the company. The
land purchased by Messrs. King
and Cortner, is being improved
under the personal supervision
of George Cortner, an experience.
ed farmer, of Hanford. George
has for the past month been busy
building a splendid road from
Vega station to the old Gamez
hacienda, formerly owned by the
late Gerardo Gamez, of this city.
An abundance of water has been
developed and other improve.
ments made on the big property,
which Mr. Conard purchased a
number of years ago from Louis
Brauer, of the Banco de Sonora.