The border vidette., 1926-05-15

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recovered from his recent seri
Gus illness, thanks to DR.. A. L.
Gustetter, attending physician.
Mighty near funeral music and
flowers for Bill.
e. E. Bethel, manager of the
Washington Trading Company
of Patagonia, accompanied by q
party of friends, visited the bor
der on Thursday of this week.
Mr.. Bethel is a 100 per cent
booster for the Patagonia mining
district, said to be one of the
most promising in the United
States.
Tuesday Pablo Gonzalez, man.
ager of the Nogales Commission
Co., and Frank Mckay, of the
White Front Bar, Nogales, So
nora, motored to Douglas, re
turning home Wednesday night.
Frank was raised in the Smelter
City, where he met many old
time friends, whom he had not
seen in many years.
J. r. Halstead, member of the
j. D. Halstead Lumber Co., is
among the lumbermen in attend.
ance at the Arizona Lumber.
mems Convention held here yes
terday and today. Joe has a
host of friends in Nogales who
are always glad to see him back
home" The main Offices of his
big company are located in
Phoenix.
The old out door sport of pitch.
ing horse shoes. is now a popular
diversion at The White Front
Bar, popular wet goods EN-
porium in Nogales, Sonora, Mex
leo, presided over by Don Frank.
lin and Frank Mckay. assisted
by Pat Larkin. Although, the
old boys who pitched ringers"
when they we're kids down on
the farm, are out of practice.
they still know their stuff"
with Don leading the bunch.
E. E. Bethel, manager of the
Washington Trading Company,
at Patagonia. accompanied by
John w. Kelly, owner of the
Rand mine. situated in the Santa
Rita mountains, this county,
visited Nogales the forepart of
the week. Mr.. Kelly owns the
famous Kelly mines at Ransburg,
California. He is we'll pleased
with his Santa Cruz county min.
ing property, formerly known as
The Gringo mine, and will ex
plore and develop it on a large
scale.
Fred. Throckmorton, electrical
engineer. who is in charge of the
work of installing Nogales' new
electric fire alarm system, has
about completed the job. giving
the border city one of the best
up to the minute fire alarm sys.
TENS in the country. Mr.. Throck.
morton, whose home is in San
Francisco, for many years resid.
ed in Texas. where there is
county named after his grand
father a pioneer of the Lone Star
state. Fred will return to his
home on the coast, next week.
Colonel Donald w. Hare, geo
logist and mining engineer. who
is superintendent of the Giant
Mining Company's mining pror.
erty situated near this city, will
motor to California next week
for we'll earned vacation. Col.
onel Hare has worked hard to
develop paying mine for stock.
holders of the Giant Mining
Company, and be deserves rest
which be will enjoy viewing the
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ifornia, by automobile. The col.
onel's many friends will be pleas.
ed to learn that he has almost
fully recovered from his recent
illness.
A. M. Conard and Colonel G..
P. Summers, owners of the beau.
tiful Santa Rosalia and San Jua.
nico ranches, situated four miles
from Hermosillo, between the
Sonora and San Miguel riv.
ers, visited Nogales this week.
Messrs. Summers and Conard
have become dirt farmers on q
mammoth scale, making spe
cialty of alfalfa and wheat on
their $500 acre tract of fertile
land capable of producing five
yes six, crops yearly of alfalfa,
which we maintain is going some.
All is set for the Annual Pic