The border vidette., 1926-01-23

Next tuesday night, January
26th, the Nogales Elks will hold
a get together meeting at the
Elks Club rooms on Morley ave
nue., commencing at nine o'clock.
Special music has been arranged
for and the committees in charge
will leave nothing undone to
make the first social meeting Of
the year a big success.
The annual meeting of the No.
gales Golf Club will be held next
Monday evening at the Chamber
of Commerce chambers for the
election of officers for the ensu
ing year and for the transaction
of other important business, &C.
cordiDg to announcement made
by H., N. Graham, secretary.
who requests all members to- be
present promptly at 8ro'clock.
Mr.. John Olsen, one of No.
gales earliest" pioneer citizens,
who now owns, one. Of the
most valuable mining properties
on the West Coast of Mexico,s is
spending the winter in this city,
where he has many old and new
friends. MIR. Olson has seen
Nogales grow from a little Dor
der town to a beautiful modern
city destined to become the me.
tropolis of the great. southwest.
Alta special meeting of No
gales Masonic Lodge No. IL, last
Monday mig bit. at the Masonic
temple, G. II. Coleman of Yuma,
Grand Master Of the Masonic
Lodge of Arizona, was..the. guest
of honor. Mr.. Coleman gave an
interesting talk on the history
and progress of Masonry, and
several speakers from Alfonso
Flores Lodge No. Is, Of Nogales,
Sonora, Mexico, spoke on the
friendly relationship of Masons
between the two countries here
on the border. After the meet,
ing smoker" was held and re
freshments served in the social
hall. ...,..-....-,.-. g
E. K. Cumming departed yes.
terday for Washington, D. c.,
where he goes as a represent.
alive of the Nogales Chamber of
Commerce in opposing, the pro
posed congressional bill which
would place Mexico on the immi
grafton quota. Mr.. Cumming
will be accompanied by delegates
from other border cities in Wash
sington. 1t is maintained that
should the proposed immigration
quota bill pass and: become effec
tive that it will slash Mexican
immigration from $4,000 annual.
ly o'tlless than 1900, Border
cities say it will disrupt the en-
tire border and that they will
leave no stone unturned to fight
the bil1 to the bitter end. o@
The popular White trout wet
goods emporium in Nogales, So.
nora, owned by Don G. Franklin
and Frank Mckay, is being re
modelled and beautified by Lown
& Woods and Fred. Timbrook,
who know their stuff When
the work is completed, Don and
Frank, who have an information
al reputation as entertainers and
mixers" The White Front will
be the most attractive resort of
it's kind on the international Dor
der between Brownsville, Texas,
and San Diego, California. Don
and Frank cater only to the, best
people, and serve nothing but
the best from soup to nuts" "
regardless of cost. The new
White Front is being made espe.
cially attractive to the ladies,
who at all times are shown every
courtesy by Don and Frank.
w. J. Mitchell, manager and
one of the owners of the Placer.
itos silver-lead mines in Sonora,
who has been on the border su-
perintending the crossing of a
35-ton car of high-grade ore,
consigned to the El Paso smelter,
returned to Placeritos on Wed
nesday's afternoon train. Mr..
Mitchell said the carload OF ore
crossed this week, will be follow
ed by others as good, if not bet
ter, as fast as a fleet" of ore
wagons can haul the rich mineral
from Placeritos, a 3O-mile down.
hill pull over the Hermosillo-
Kino Bay road to the station at
Hermosillo, where it is loaded
in big Southern Pacific box cars
and shipped to the States. The
Placeritos are owned by Writ G.
Bowman, w. J. Mitchell, Arturo
Cubillas, Frank B. (Booz) Boyer,