The border vidette., 1926-05-08
PATAGONIA.
Interesting News Items Clipped From
the Patagonian.

w. D. Gray of Gray Brothers
mine has leased the property, it
is said. to Tucson capitalists.
B. Lewis and family, who have
been living at the R. N. Keaton
ranch in the San Rafael valley,
have returned to their Parker
Canyon ranch.
The Sonoita creek was at flood
stage Wednesday during the
heavy rainfall. Tin cans aplenty
as we'll as the water found their
way to the Santa Cruz river.
A letter to the editor from A..
F. Gross of Duluth, MINI. states
that he is about to let contract
for driving an additional 700 feet
on his American Boy mine.
G. II. Macnutt of Tucson, a
mining engineer, is inspecting
mining properties in the Patago.
MIA district t1is week. He is q
guest at the Commercial hotel.
State Historian Major George
Il. Kelly and son in law and
daughter of Phoenix were Pata.
gonia visitors Saturday. They
we're on a tour of the cities along
the border.
P. F. O'Neil, of Pasadena.
owner of the Rupert mine, made
a flying trip to Patagonia last
week, accompanied by mining
man. Samples we're taken of
the ore. They left later for the
east.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E. Lee
and son, Bobbie, of Nogales
we're guests of E. F. Bohlinger
at q luncheon Sunday at the
Commercial hotel. They motor.
ed to the Big jim mine in the
afternoon.
L. Lindsay. Los Angeles cap
italist, spent several days this
week in the district. He was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. e. e.
Bethel. He was much pleased
with the mining outlook in this
part of the county.
Tuesday Jim Rountree moved
his we'll drilling machinery to
Nogales, where he will drill a
test we'll for the Chamber of
Commerce at the army camp.
7 Mr.. Rountree was given~the con.
tract over several other bidders.
| Employees of the state high.
way department who are build.
ing between Sonoita and the Tue.
SON Tombstone highway gave
a dance Saturday night at the
Sonoita school house, which was
we'll attended. Gov. G. ". P.
Hunt was present and deliver
ed short address.
A good game of baseball was
played in Patagonia Sunday be
tween the locals and Nogales
! nine. The score was. 5 to 8 in
favor of the visitors. Ben White
made a home run for the Noga.
les team in the second inning,
which was the only run made
up to the seventh inning. On
May 9th the local team will play
the regimental team from Fort
Huachuca.
The display of articles made
by the rural school children on
exhibition in Nogales this week
next door to the Burton hotel
building, is being attended by
many persons interested in the
progress of the children along
that line. The work of many Of
the children is very credita BILE.
The display shows nearly every.
thing, from wooden acrobats TO
bedroom sets.
J. W. Kelly, owner of the
famous Kelly mine, at Rands.
burg, Calf, who purchased the
Gringo group of claims last week +,
has started assessment work on
the property, which now bears
the name of Rand" The prop
erty is a gold prospect and it is
said that free gold was found in
samples taken this week. Mr..
Kelly is very favorably impress.
ed with the whole district.
A. Nj. Davis of Phoenix, con-
nected with the state department
of education, and represent
ative of the vocational training
department operating under the
Smith. Hughes act. and Mrs.
Grace a. Farrell of Nogales,
county school superintendent,