The border vidette., 1923-08-25

Mrs. J. E. Wise. and daughter,
Miss Mary Wise, will spend the
remainder of the summer at
| Long Beach and other. resorts
on the Coast. Now Mr.. Wise
has made application to join the
Summer Widowers' Club.
Mrs. Cena French, formerly
connected with Madame Wilbur
at the Steinfeld beauty parlor in
| Tucson, has arrived here and is
now with Mrs. Louise Smiths
Nogales Beauty Parlor in the
Nogales National Bank building.
Thursday Mrs. Grace Farrell,
county school superintendent,
motored out to the Ruby school
house, being accompanied by
Rev. O. A. Smith. Mrs. Farrell
went to inspect some improve.
ments being made at the school
house.
]. Fred Ryan, prince of good
fellows, who makes regular Wis
it's to this city in the interest of
his big wholesale hardware house
in El Paso, was in Nogales this
week few days booking orders
from his old friend f. F. Rod
riguez and other local dealers.
William Briggs, formerly con-
nected with the Southern Pacific
Co., in this city. now in the en-
| ploy Of the United Sugar Co., in
the state of Sinaloa, arrived in
the city yesterday from the
south country. He was accom-.
panied by his wife and children.
With drilling resumed at the
Elgin we'll of the Nogales Oil &
Gas Co., under the personal su-
pervision of e. r. Cady. exper-
fenced driller, local stockholders
in the company are again dream
ing golden dreams. The strik
ing Of Oil at Elgin means much
for Santa Cruz county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Writ G.. Bow.
man have returned from San
| Diego, California, where Mr.
Bowman has business interests,
and where their two daughters,
Mrs. Cavanaugh and Mrs. Rus
sell now reside with their hus.
bands, who recently went to the
coast city from Nogales.
! Jack J. Eagan. superintendent
for Wells Fargo Express Co. on
| the West Coast of Mexico. with
headquarters at Empalme, was
a, border city visitor a couple of
days this week, being accom-
panied by his family who have
gone to Los Angeles for a visit
with relatives and friends.
w. G. Taylor, we'll known min
ing man who many years ago
was connected with the great
mines at Minas Prietas, Sonora,
was in Nogales this week en-
route to the south country, where
he went to examine and report
on mining property for eastern
capitalists. Mr.. Taylor is an
old time friend of G. r. Holler,
| live wire customs house agent
of this city.
1 The reception and grand ball
given Thursday evening at Fire.
mems Hall in honor of Grand
Chancellor Walter B. Nash OF
Hayden, by the Nogales Chapter
of knights of Pythias, was a
success in every way. More
than three hundred people, many
from Tucson, were in attend
ance. Music was furnished by
Peltier's orchestra. The grand
march was led by Grand Chan
cellor Nash and his wife.
At a special meeting of the
City Council held Monday City
Clerk Cole was instructed to i'm
mediately order a carload of fuel
oil from the Standard Oil Co.
to be used to run the oil units al
the municipal pumping plant or
the Santa Cruz river. The city
will make a test to see if the
pumping plant can be operated
cheaper by oil than by cleo
tricity. The motion to purchase
the car of oil was made by AL
dermap Ford and seconded by
Alderman Leeker.
K. T. Amesbury and Riley
Patten, of Miami, the men in
iured in the automobile accident
, at the sixteen mile post on the
Nogales Tucson road Thursday
afternoon, are doing nicely al
St. Joseph's hospital, where they