The border vidette., 1925-04-25

ing the mill at Charley Phillips
old Durazo gold mine near the
Arizona ranch in Sonora, has
returned from Harshaw, where
he went to get some parts for
the mill, which be says will soon
be pounding out gold from ore
being mined under Charley's
supervision. The Durazno is
one of the best gold bets in
northern Sonora.
E. f. Bohlinger, Patagonia
mining man, who is administra
tor of the estate of the late Col.
r. r. Richardson, motored down
from Patagonia Monday. Re.
ports mining operations in his
district progressing nicely. with
regular shipments of ore being
made to the El Paso smelter,
from properties owned by the
Richardson estate, and other
mines near Patagonia.
Contractors John Burton and
Charles Moody are rushing work
on the G. T. Jones building next
to the Elks Club on Morley ave
nue.. When completed the build
ing will be occupied by Peter
Malas' new pool hall, for
which pool and billiard tables
have been ordered direct from
an eastern factory. Peter has
leased the building from Mr..
Jones for a period of three years.
Up to April %, a total of 2,298
carloads of perlshables bad pass
ed through the port of Nogales
this season on the Southern Pa.
cific of Mexico railroad en- route
from the West Coast of Mexico
farming districts to American
markets. The cars were divided
as follows: Tomatoes. 1926;
peas, 2O5; vegetables. 142; let
tuce, 21; onions, 26; oranges, 81;
honey dew melons, II, and ban.
anas, II.
Jake Shepard, many years a
mine operator in Arizona and
Sonora. has been in Nogales this
week, from East, where be went
to consult with his business as
sociates in connection with the
active operation of big group
of mines on the West Coast of
Mexico. Jake, whom we have
known. for more than thirty
years, says be has the world by
the tail with down.hill pull.
Bully for Jake.
Fire in Cananea, Sonora, Mex
leo, last Monday night and
Tuesday, destroyed property es.
timated at approximately $780,.
600. Besides the Cananea bank,
theatre, a big Chinese store,
about a dozen other business
housesand more than 100 homes,
went up in smoke, before the
fire fighters, succeeded in ex.
tinguished the flames. The fire
started in a Chinese tailor shop,
following gasoline explosion.
John Hoy and Charles Thomp.
son, local mining men, departed
Wednesday for the old Arnold
mines in the Santa Cruz district,
Sonora, recently secured under
bond by Mr.. Hoy and associates.
The old Arnold mines are said
to be among the best in northern
Sonora, having made big money
for Mr.. Arnold, who was presi.
dente of Cananea, Sonora, when
the late Col. w. G. Greene made
that place the greatest copper
camp in Mexico.
When the smoke of battle
had cleared away at the High
School ball grounds last Sunday
afternoon, when the initial lea.
que baseball game of the season
in Nogales was played between
Sam Friedman's Nogales Inter.
nationals and the Miami Miners
team, the home team was winner
by score of Is to 9. The first
ball of the season was hurled in
big league style by Mayor Duane
Bird and cleverly caught by
Presidente Jesus Siqueiros of
Nogales, Sonora, to the delight
of 1,OOQ>enthusiastic ball fans.
Funeral services for the late
Daniel Clifton Olney, Tucson
cattleman, and a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George A. Olney, pioneer
citizens of Arizona, who died
Sunday in Los Angeles, were
held in Tucson Wednesday after.
noon from the Parker Grimshaw