The border vidette., 1923-10-13


Box Canyon, Santa Rita noun.
tains. Saturday and Sunday, re.
turned home Monday, and re-.
ported a fine time.
In series of three fast ball
games last Saturday and Sun
day on the High School grounds
in this city, between the Juarez,
chihuahua nine and Hal Chase's
Nogales Internationals, the local
boys were victors, to the delight
of Nogales fans, who always
root for the home team"
l.. E. Bechtol, receiver of the
defunct First State Bank of Pa.
tagonia, was a county seat visi
tor the forepartof the week from
Patagonia. Through the untir.
ing efforts of Mr.. Bechtol, as
sisted by stockholders of the
bank, depositors are. going to re
ceive 100 per cent, it is said.
Manuel Mejia and wife of
Guaymas were here Thursday
enroute home from a vacation
trip to California. Mejia reports
freight business greatly improv.
ed on the Southern Pacific of
Mexico's line on the west coast
of Mexico. He is travelling
freight agent for the railroad.
Nogales will be represented at
the national convention of the
American Legion at San Fran
cisco, October Is -, by Claude
M. Frazier, Jack Farmer and
John r. Northrup. Frazier and
Farmer will be members of the
all star Arizona state band and
Northrup will carry the Ridge.
Igo colors in the parade.
According to the Tucson Office
of the Citizens Auto Stage, no
more mail will be accepted by
agents or drivers operating un-
der the Citizens stage line either
in Tucson or Nogales for de
livery. This order is being car
ried out in compliance with re.
cent postal laws governing dis
tribution of mail by stage lines.
Harry J. Karns, who has been
in the state of Nayarit, Mexico,
scouting for timber for Roy &
Titcomb, Inc. of this city, has
returned home. Reports won.
derful trip in the south country,
where the local firm secures
vast quantities of magnificent
hard wood for it's Nogales mills,
the products of which finds a
ready market in the United
States.
E. L. Farrin has arrived from
Los Angeles, to locate in this
city. He is connected with the
new brewery being erected in
Nogales, Sonora, and which will
begin brewing in about sixty
days. DR.. G. 81. Jordan of Los
Angeles, secretary of the brew.
cry company, has also arrived
to locate in Nogales permanent.
ly. w. F. Rau, president, has
returned to Los Angeles.
J. Calderon, Ricardo Larro.
que, Carlos Maytorena, Forum
ato Macon, Eugene T. Peltier,
Eduardo Morales, Salomon Saba,
A. A. Castaneda, Manuel Esca
lada and Alexandra Carpena, will
GO to Phoenix November 18 to
be initiated into the Fourth De.
gree of the Knights of Colum.
bus. the degree to be conferred
under the direction of Joseph M.
Morgan of Prescott, master of
the K. of G. fourth degree for
the state of Arizona q
Lown & Wood, we'll known
successful local contractors, have
been awarded the contract for
building four of the nine con
crete and steel bridges and cul-
verts on the Nogales Tucson
state highway. The bids we're
opened by the State Highway
Department on October 5th.
The local firm will commence
work next week and push it
to completion on schedule time,
by Tom and Frank, who thor
oughly understand their bust
ness.
Col. Alex. J. Macnab, Jr., who
has been commanding officer OF
the 25th u. S. Infantry at No,
gales, for the part two years.
has formally turned over the
command of the regiment to
Col Hooker of Fort Huachuca.
After enjoying a months vaca
ton in Mexico and at his old