The border vidette., 1924-09-20

Cruz county will meet at the
the court house next Tuesday
evening at s o'clock. All com
mitteemen are urged to attend.
Tuesday, September 10th, No
gales, Arizona, helped Nogales
Sonora celebrate Mexico's 114tt
anniversary of our sister Repub
lies independence from Spain
All business houses were closed
ia honor of the occasion and
music during the day was fur
nished by Uncle Sans famous
25th Infantry band.
Charles Mills, for many years
connected with the traffic de
partment of the Southern Pacific
of Mexico railroad, is here from
Empalme, Sonora, where he
makes his headquarters. Mr..
Mills is taking sixty day vaca.
tion which he will enjoy with
relatives and friends in Mexico
and the United States.
An examination for the posi-
ton of Forest and Field Clerk
will be held at the post Office in
this city on October II, 1924.
For application blanks, and for
full information relative to the
examination, qualifications, du.
ties, salaries, etc address Sec.
retary, Board of Civil Service
Examiners, Post Office, City.
Being unable to agree on the
selection of a presidente for the
! city of Nogales, Sonora, the city
council on Wednesday afternoon
in special session voted to put
the matter up to the congress OF
the state of Sonora. Until the
decision of congress is given the
present presidente and city
council will remain in power.
According to announcement
received in this city, Charles S.
Wise, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. E.
Wise of this city, and Miss Mar.
garet Frances Bradley, daught.
er of DR.. and Mrs. Robert Lee
Bradley of Roswell, New Mex.
leo, will be welded on Septem.
Der 25th, at the home of the
brides parents in Roswell. The
newly weds will make their home
in Phoenix, where Mr.. Wise is
connected with the Standard Oil
Company.
Rural schools of Santa Cruz
county have opened the fall and
winter term with practically the
same attendance as last year,
according to Mrs. Grace Farrell,
county superintendent of schools
In some schools there is an in
crease in enrolment, particular
| ly at Calabasas, where there are
40 students, compared to only 9
at this time last year, the in
crease at Calabasas being due to
many new families settling in
that district recently. Lochiel
has a larger attendance this
year, while Patagonia has about
the same as last year, and one
teacher less.
Charles E. Hardy, the unani-
nous choice of Democratic vOt
ers of Precinct No. / for e,elec
ton to the important Office OF
Justice of the Peace, at the pri
mary election, is making a whirl
wind campaign and his host oi
neutrality-suspicious. and Demo
crats-predict bis election in No
vember by the largest majority
ever given candidate for JUS
tice of the Peace in Nogales. As
collector of U. S. customs for
the district of Arizona, MIR.
Hardy made an en- viable record
AS J. P. he has made q record
second to no Justice of the Peace
in Arizona, and deserves anothe,
term.
Major General Ernest Kinds
commander of the 9th corps
area, with headquarters at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas, will be
here October 8 and 4 for the tao,
tical maneuvers between the 25tf
Infantry, stationed at Camt
Stephen D. Little, and the lott
Cavalry, stationed at Fort Hua
chuca. The base of operations
will be at the city pumping plan
on the Santa Cruz river, north
east of this city, the maneuvers
to be between the pumping plan
and Patagonia. General Hind:
will spend October 2 in Tucson
inspecting the reserve officers
training c0rnS at the University