The border vidette., 1930-04-19

yuma hotel. From here be will
go to Los Angeles for short
visit with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Wise and
SOD, Knight. have returned from
San Francisco, where they met
Captain and Mrs. George Mac
donald and daughter, returning
to the states after long stay in
the Philippines. Captain Mac
donald and family are now guests
at the beautiful Wise home on
era wford street.
w. M. Cox, county treasurer
of Cocbise county and democra
tic candidate for state treasurer,
was in the city Wednesday soil
citing votes for the primary
election to be held Septem Der 9
Cox has been a resident of Ari
zona for more than 20 years and
has been county treasurer of
Cochise county for the past four
years.
William J. Broad of the Broad
Electric & Radio Company re
turned Wednesday night from
Sarona, Wis. where be accom-
panied the remains of his wife
who died suddenly at Tucson
early this month. Mrs. Broad
before her marriage was Miss
Marguerite Sauer and was at one
time teacher in the local
schools.
Bids for a 1922 foot concrete
and steel bridge, to be built at
Continental on the Tucson-No
gales highway, have been re
quested by the state highway
department. The bridge will be
completed before Aug. 81, 1880,
to take the place of a temporary
structure erected when the flood
waters of last summer swept
away the old bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Mitchell
are again occupying their beau
tiful home al 104 Sierra street,
following a six months stay in
Tucson, where their daughter,
Miss Grace Mitchell, is attend.
ing the University of Arizona.
The Buckley Wells family who
occupied the Mitchell home dur.
ing their absence, have moved
to the Bowman Hotel.
Melon shipments through the
port of Nogales from the west
coast of Mexico are now arriv-
ing and it is estimated there will
be about 800 cars of cantaloups
and honey dews. Sonora and
Sinaloa shipments are from three
weeks to month ahead of those
from Imperial Valley, California,
and about six weeks ahead of
the Salt River Valley.
Construction of new highways
is in full swing in the state of
Sinaloa, according to announce
ment made by officers of the
Mexico Arizona Trading Com
pany. which last week received
an order from the state govern
ment of Sinaloa for / Caterpillar
tractor, ! Caterpillar grader, /
Lillefer scraper. and road plow,
to be used in the road work.
Many old-timers will regret to
learn of the passing of Don Juan
Johnston, pioneer mining engi
neer who for many years has
operated in Arizona and Mexico,
at Patagonia several days ago.
Don Juan was a personal friend
of many men prominent in min
ing circles. He was a gentleman
and scholar who was held in
high esteem by all who knew
him.
Funeral services were held at
4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
the Carroon Mortuary for Mrs.
n. J. Farmer. IS, who died at
1O:4O o'clock Sunday morning at
the family residence on Thelma
street, interment being in the
Nogales cemetery. Deceased,
who was loved by all who knew
her, is survived by her husband,
a daughter, Mrs. Robert Palms;
and a son, Jack, the latter being
employed at the postotice.
George w. P. Hunt. six times
governor of Arizona, upon his
arrival in New York, Tuesday,
from a tour of the world, an
nounced be is willing to again
become candidate for the chief
executives chair. Declaring the
Boulder dam project as an in
frigement of one states rights