The border vidette., 1925-05-16

Attorney Macon LlGLl0 mas
returned from Hermosillo, where
he accompanied Captain l.. W.
Mix on legal business connected
with the rebuilding of the New
Arcadia hotel.
A. Fl. Gardner, good road
booster and prominent citizen of
Tombstone, accompanied by his
wife, visited Nogales last Sun
day. He stated that the high
way between Nogales and Tomb
stone is one Of the best dirt
roads in the United States. Mr..
Gardner is the editor of the
splendid pamphlet Main Street
Through Arizona," which has
done much to advertise Arizona.
Mrs. A. M. Conard arrived in
Nogales Tuesday from her home
in Los Angeles, and on Wednes
day accompanied Mr.. Conard to
their beautiful hacienda, Santa
Rosalia. a few miles from Her.
mosiilo, where Mr.. Conard is en-.
gagged in farming on a large
scale. He is growing cotton,
wheat, alfalfa and black-eye
beans on his $500 acre farm
which lies between the Sonora
and San Miguel rivers.
Don Carlos Taylor, pioneer
assayer and ore and bullion bny-
er of this city. has retired from
business, and 10 future will take
life easy. No man on the Ari-
zona-Sonora border is better
known in mining circles than
Chas. Taylor. Efficient and hon.
est, be is held in high esteem by
all old-timers who believe in q
square deal. Failing eye sight
has caused Mr.. Taylor to retire
from business. He deserves q
rest.
The contract for the construc.
ton of the IA mile stretch of
road on the Tucson Nogales
highway was awarded to Downer
and Fredell of Flagstaff, by the
State Highway Depart nent, and
work will commence at once, it
is stated. Downer and Fredell
submitted the lowest of 13 bids
opened by the department. for
the job several days ago. Their
bid for the work was 1913, 881. 80.
The state will furnish materials
on the job amounting to STALL
30, it was stated.
In connection with a mining
deal pending between himself
and Miami. Bisbee and Inspira.
tion parties, G. H. James, local
mining engineer, left here Mon.
day morning for Sonora. James
is accompanied on the trip, which
is being made by automobile, by
G. w. Botsford. geologist for the
Inspiration Copper Company; V.
F. Brussoloy of Bisbee; S. r.
Murdick. George r. Shine and
E. E. Phillips of Miami. The
mines are located about fifty
miles from Magdalena.
The search for George Jarrel,
American rancher of Quiiano,
Sonora, who has been missing
since May 9TH, continues with
small hopes of finding the Amer.
ican,- who is believed to have
met with foul play. On the night
of May eth, Jarrel's horse en-
tered the ranch corral, with the
saddle dragging. Later cowboys
found where the rancher's horse
had been hitched. And to date,
that's that. Jarrel is we'll known
in Nogales and along the Mex
lean border where he has resid-
ed many years.
Jack E. Liggett, who was ar.
rested in Tucson last week as he
was escaping from this city with
$2,O 900 worth of diamonds that
he had obtained from Mrs. Louis
Parham of Parham's Smoke
House, was sentenced Tuesday
by Superior Judge w. A. O'Con.
nor to serve a three to five year
term in the state penitentiary at
Florence, after having pleaded
guilty to a charge of grand lar.
cepy. Liggett posed as son of q
millionaire and declared that he
wanted to buy the diamonds for
his wife. Mrs. Parham let him
take the diamonds to go and see
her husband and talk over de-
tails of the purchase. Instead
of seeing Mr.. Parham. Liggett
fled to Tucson where he was ar.
rested. Now he's in the pen.