The border vidette., 1931-05-02
MAY 2, 1881
LOCAL ITEMS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles V. Fow
ler were visitors in Nogales Sun
day from Tucson. where they now
reside.
A meeting of the Greek Amer
ican Political Society, was held
Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at
the home of Chris Kerson.
Miss Florence Beam will ar
rive Monday from Oklahoma
City to spend the summer with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. A.
| r. Beam. The latter will meet
her at Tucson.
Frank Johnson, proprietor of
the Manhattan Club, ia Nogales,
Sonora, has returned from g
months outing at Indian Hot
Springs, New Mexico, greatly
improved in health.
Mrs. A. r. Beam is leaving
Friday for San Francisco to visit
her daughter, Mrs, Ben Water.
bury MARY Beam) who, with
her husband. Capt. Waterbury,
arrived q few days ago from
Honolulu to make her home at
the Preside.
Mrs. A. D. Handley of En-
paine; Sonora, was here last
Saturday to meet her mother and
her aunt from Texas. who arriv
ed to visit at her home in the
south land. Mr.. Handley is
superintendent of the Sonora
division of the Southern Pacific
of Mexico.
Harry J. (Pat) Patterson. con
nected with the state identified
ton board at Phoenix. and Har.
old J. Brown, employed at the
state prison at Florence. both
former sheriffs of Santa Cruz
county. will arrive here today
to remain until after the city
election Tuesday.
A shed belonging to Schmidt
& Hitchcock, paving contractors,
located next to the Karns rock
crusher in Beck street canyon,
was destroyed by fire about /
o'clock Tuesday morning. An
automobile, stored in the shed
by the driver of the steam
shovel, burned up.
The May 2nd issue of Liberty
magazine contains an interesting
article about the capture of q
notorious German spy at Nogales
during the World War. The
capture was made by Byron S.
Butcher, local commission man,
formerly connected with the U.
S. intelligence department here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Zinsmeister,
owners of beautiful Circle (Z)
guest ranch located on the No
gales Patagonia road II miles
north of Nogaies. were guests in
the city Tuesday evening accom-
panied by a number of guests
who are sold on Circle (Z), the
border land" and our glorious
all- year climate.
At the election held Sunday in
Nogales, Sonora, Eduardo Soto,
prominent cattleman and rancher
was unanimously elected presi.
dente (mayor) of that city for
the year beginning September
16, and Jose Elias. brother of
the governor of Sonora. was
elected to serve as presidente
the year following. Rudolfo
Gales, son of the former Mexi.
can president, was elected gov.
ernor of Sonora to succeed Don
Francisco Elias next September.
He bad no opposition. Soto will
succeed Alexandra G. C.Villasenor,
who has served as presidente for
the past two years. The Soto
Elias ticket had no opposition.
Due to the fact that the valua
ton of the local properties of the
Public Utilities Consolidated cor
poration- has not as yet been
completed by engineers, the for
NAL rate hearing of the city of
Nogales against the local power
company, scheduled to be heard
before the Arizona Corporation
commission April 20, has been
postponed by the commission to
= date to be later determined by
the commission. The city of
Nogales, according to City At
torney James V. Robins, is pre-.
pared to 60 into the case, but
valuation of the inventory re-
Gently taken has not been com,
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