The border vidette., 1927-06-18
DO YOU REMEMBER NOGALES 80,
YEARS AGO-JUNE I8, 1897
(THE BORDER VIDETTE)

L
w. G. Green is up from the
Cananea mines.
George p. Jones is taking his
annual vacation.
William Barnett is up from his
Arizona ranch in Sonora.
! George Atkinson was in town
from Calabasas during the week
on cattle business.
Doctor William Rosen berg has
returned from Sonora where he.
reports business good.
Editor Allen T. Bird returned
from Sonora Monday. and went
on to Phoenix Wednesday.
There are more mines being
developed in southern Arizona
now than there has been for
many years.
The work of grading Morley
avenue has commenced and soon
thatTstreet~will present creGita.
BILE appearance.
Last Sundays San Francisco
Chronicle noted the the arrival
of our townsman. Captain L. w.
Nix in New York la few days
on his homeward journey.
Miss Theo. Sprecher was sud.
denly called home to Illinois by
a telegram announcing that her
father was seriously ill. She
left here Saturday night but ar
rived too late as he passed away
the day before her arrival.
Captain J. l.. Hathaway was
over from Lochiel Tuesday on
business. The captain recently
passed creditable examination
for mounted Inspector and his
many friends hope to see him on
duty soon.
Sylvester w. Purcell the popu.
far young attorney OF -TucsoE.
and deputy probate clerk, was in
Nogales Wednesday on business
connected with settling up the
estate of Nicholas Chazet. Mr..
Purcell is one of the coming
lawyers of our territory.
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Superintendent Epes Randolph
who owns half interest in the
King of Arizona mines, it seems
has pretty good thing, as a.
cleanup of a days mill run
last week turned out $4,000.
This seems to have been pretty
good $40, 900 investment for the
genial railroader.
Jesse Grant, son of General
Grant, has secured valuable
concession from the Mexican
government, which includes all
the guauo and minerals in the
islands of the Gulf of California.
AS there is a great deal of guano
and copper on some of the is.
lands Jesse is liable to make a,
good stake out of the concession.
DR.. HI. w. Purdy, U. S. Con-
sui r. Hughes Long. Albert.
Mowawetz and Pete Hanna re.
turned Sunday from their outing
at Casita, with their caps full of
feathers and their hunting bags
full of fish that they caught with
their hands. Fred Heyne and
Oscar Gebler went down Sunday
morning and helped them carry
| the game in.
An amusing story is told on
two young ladies from the east,
who are stopping in Silver City,
land who haG never had any
dealings with the clever, willy
Chinese laundryman before their
advent to the wild and woolly
west" The first week of their
stay there was spent at we'll
known hotel, and they we're
startled at an early hour one
morning by a light tapping at.
the bed room door. Upon open
ing the same they were confront.
ed by a polite Mongolian, who
in tones corresponding to the
taps on the door, unblushingly
said Me want washee your"
WHAT" Me washee you?"
How dare you, l likee
washee you-Me washee you
belly good. And then she
slammed the door in his face
and came near family away.
The landlady hearing the com.
motion, rushed to the room and
after quite a little conversation
and explanation, the two young