The border vidette., 1930-12-13

Miss Polly Titcomb, Henry
Lee, Mrs. Dorothy Trippell and
and Rugford Porter. were among
fifty persons present at lunch
con given Sunday by Col and
Mrs. Setn Maddox at their guest
ranch near Sonoita. The other
guests were from Tucson, Doug
las and Tombstone.
The construction work on the
handsome new Elks building is
progressing rapidly. Walls are
being poured and the first story
of the building is we'll under way.
Charles D. Rankin is the con
tractor. The new home of the
Nogales E ks will be completed
on schedule time according to
plans and specifications. That's
the Rapkin way.
Increased duty on all fruits
entering Mexico are to be put
into effect tomorrow, December
IA, BY the Mexican government,
according to notices posted in
the Mexican customs house.
Under the new rate it will cost
eight cents q pound to import
apples and other fruits into that
country. The present duty is
three cents.
The Southern Pacific of Mex
leo are going to put into effect
reduced passenger rates for the
holidays, between all stations,
basis one and one-half for round
trip. first class, minimum five
pesos; selling dates December
Goth to 9th. inclusive; returning
January 10. Gall stations mean
from Nogales, Sonora. to Quad
alajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
Tolley Wren will be the only
member of Sheriff Harry Patter
sons force retained by Sheriff
Elect Victor j. Wager when he
takes cffice the first Of the year,
according to rumor on the street.
Ii is also reported that Dave O.
Wilkey will be Sheriff Wager's
undersheriff. R Qaince Leather
man. chief deputy. and Roy
Adams father, will be one of the
jailors.
Wade w. Barbee, DIR. V. A.
Smelker. John M. Hughes and
Charles Z. Hardy have returned
from fishing and hunting trip
down the west coast of Mexico
as guests of Frank Doraughty
and T. M. Pendleton, owners of
the great Baca Float ranch near
Tubac. In the party were sew
eral wealthy men from Texas
and Oklahoma. The trip was
made4inra private Pullman.
To raise money for the Elks'
charitysfund, comedy farce in
three acts entitled BABY Nine"
will be presented at the Lyric
Lheater on Tuesday night, Jan.
6, under the auspices of the local
Elks Lodge. The cast for the
play is one of the best ever as
sembled for an event of this
kind In Nogales anG is made up
of Mrs. Clarice Saldamando, Miss
Mintha Itule. Audrey Saunders,
D. Nj. Lapham, Bob Faubian,
Lewis Price and Mrs. Jack Co
hen, the latter being director of
the play.
Rumor has it that Ralph H.
Zimmerman. principal of the
Patagonia Union High School,
and Miss Mary Ann Mooney, a
teacher in the BALI school at
Phoenix, will soon be married.
The bride-to-be, native Of st.
Louis, Missouri. was formerly a
teacher in the River and Gala
basas schools in this county and
she was at one time deputy
county school superintendent
duriug the time Mrs. Grace Far
rell was school superintendent.
The Casino. what will be one
of the most attractive little play
houses on the Arilona-Sonora
border, will open to the public
next Monday under the personal
management of George Pratt,
postmaster in the art of enter
tanning those who crave high
spot" sport and froflic. The
Casino is located in handsome
newly remodeled and furnished
quarters just one door south of
The Cave Club owned and oper.
ated by John M. Hughes.a 6 short
distance south of the interna
tional border, in Nogales, Old
Mexico, where the blue sky is
the limit and the name of Mr..