The border vidette., 1926-05-22

convention held in Nogales two
days last week-Friday and Sat
urday-was great success and
will long be pleasantly remember
ed by up state lumbermen and
their irladies who attended the con.
vention and the bar quet which
was held Saturday night at the
Aztec Club in Nogales, Sonora,
presided over by Dan Cole and
Art Strickland.
Fl. D. McVey, state manager
for the Mountain States Tel. &
Tel. Co., with headquarters in
Phoenix. was business visitor
in Nogales Wednesday of this
week. Jack Jennings is the eff
cient. accommodating local man.
ager of the company, which re.
Gently expended a large sum of
money in improving the Nogales
system, on both sides of the in
ternational line.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hen.
rietta Gale, 55, who died Mon.
day night at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. W. L. Hunter,
213 Hudgin street, following a
stroke of paralysis, will be held
at o'clock this afternoon at the
Episcopal church. Rev. Walter
Hugh McNeely officiating. 10
terment will be in the Masonic
cemetery under direction of
Frank Carroon.
J. Fl. Lester, San Francisco
mining engineer, who owns valu
able mining property in the Ca
nanea mining district, Sonora,
Mexico. has been a Nogales
visitor this week, from Tucson,
where Mr.. Lester, wife and two
sons, now reside, Lefty" Les
ter, the youngest son, who has
won fame on the Pacific coast as
an athlete, being a student at
the University of Arizona.
Sam Friedman, for a number
of years engaged in the sporting
goods business in this city, &C
companied by his family, depart.
ed Thursday for San Diego, Cal.
ifornia. where he will operate a
big sporting goods store. The
cross country trip is being made
by automobile. In departing
from Nogales, the Friedmans
take with them the best wishes
of many friends, all of whom will
join in wishing them good luck,
always.
Harry B. Titcomb, president
of the Southern Pacific of Mex
leo railroad, after a visit to Mex.
leo City for a conference with
officials of the railroad who are
stationed 10 the National Capital, !,
has returned to his home 10 Tue
son. President Titcomb, who is
we'll known in Nogales, stated
that business conditions are nor.
NAL in Mexico at the present
time and that the railroad Off.
Gals are very optimistic relative
to the future of the country.
At the Hiram Club luncheon
held Wednesday noon at the
Masonic temple. Superior Judge
W. A. O'Connor. president of the
Club, gave an interesting. in
structive talk on the Angelus
Temple of Los Angeles, founded
by Mrs. Aimee Semple McPher
son, who on Tuesday evening
was reported drowned while
swimming at Ocean Park, Cali
fornia. On a recent trip to the
coast Judge O'Connor went to
hear Mrs. Mcpherson, the won
derful woman evangelist whose
sudden disappearance was flash.
ed over the wire Wednesday.
Announcement from Washing
ton is to the effect that the pre-
sent veterans hospita at Tucson
will not be temporarily evacuat
ed because of the construction OF
permanent United States Vet
erans' Bureau hospital on a 100
acre tract of land near Tucson
donated to the government for
that purpose by the municipality
The new site is situated at the
southern edge of the city and is
we'll suited for hospital purposes.
The old pueblo will furnish to
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