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Show mm For Tiurd i ime i A telegram has just been rc-cived by Mrs. S. M. Nielsen from Captain Nielsen, who is on the Mexican border bord-er at Nogales, Arizona, stating that Troop E. with the Second Squadron of Utah Cavalry have received orders the third lime to reiurn home. Troop E. will l-e relieved by the 10th Cavalry Cav-alry vvhiih has returned from the Mexican side. The locai troop are scheduled to leave Nogales on Huu-iiy, Huu-iiy, February 18. The Utah Cavalry has shown its efficiency on the border, and especial-' ' l.v have the boys from Mount Pleas ant been commended for their excellent excel-lent work. The Utah boys, who have had (lie important duty of patrolling the Mexican Mex-ican border in the Nogales district, had an opportunity to show on JaiHi-ary JaiHi-ary 2 6, 27 and 2 8 that it is an organization organ-ization to be depended upon and worthy wor-thy of the responsibility given it by the. army officials here. The Arivaca vicinity has been the most troublesome trouble-some of all the stations along the border, and those familiar with the situation have predicted for some tirac that unless the Mexicans along the border, about seventeen miles south, ceased rustling cattle a brush between the Mexicans on one side and the cowboys and soldiers on the other was inevitable. On January 24 the situation became be-came acute. Cowboys had seen Mexicans, Mexi-cans, living in what is known as the stone house, deliberately steal cattle cat-tle and drive them through the boundary boun-dary fence. A company of Mexicans o.tirt former Mexican soldiers has been living in th is house, and they directed the operations. Cowboys Report Rustling The cowboys reported these cases of rustling to their owners, who took (.he. matter up with the Mexican a-u Iborlties. One Mexican official referred re-ferred them to another, and in the 'end they got no satisfaction. On the 'morning of January 2G, live of the ; cow boys were riding in the vicinity of j'the stone house and noticed a bunch 'Of thirty-five head of cattle that had I'beeu moved cloi e up to the gate in the boundary fence, just opposite thp stone house. They feared to ride ur for the cattle and decided, instead, to I watch from a hill a short distance away. Presently two Mexican boys rode through the gate and began to 'play in the cattle, all the time, however, how-ever, working them closer to the gale (When they were right at the gale two .men ran out on foot and began to move them through. At the same 'time Mexicans intrenched on the hill hack of the stone bouse began to I fire on the cow boys to cover the movement. It was then that Corporal Burns, of Mount Pleasant, with Privates Poull, Zabriskie and Saddler Adams, who constituted what is known as the border paired of troop E., appeared on the scene. Corporal Rums rushed bin men around a li t tie hill to observe ob-serve the lire, and instantly the Mexicans Mex-icans opened a hot fire on the sol dieis. As the covvbovs s;id, "The ball was on." The soldiers immcdi Hloly took rover and relumed the file.. The corporal worked his way oT the hill to look after the horses. jtLKing willi him Saddler Adams, who "i tinted and rode live miles tq Ruby for help. Mexicans Intrenched. The military authorities had been vvoiried about the situation on the border, and just the night before it vvus decided lo increase the border i patrol. So when Adams raced inlo jbuby for help he found Lieutenant : Stark and four men just arriving ! Iioin Arivaca. Stark ordered all met-jbi met-jbi camp to mount and he. Sergeant snoncer. Corporal Zabriskie, Privales j While, ;-'cb in dev. Hays. Cannon, Jensen Jen-sen and Corporal ITantcn made a re- co-d ride from Tuby ()Ver live miles iof rocky trail !o the scene of the dif firuily. Firing I'onld be heard for half a mile from the line, and when !'be lel'ef p:irly dismounted and ((limbed lo the cre'-.l of a hill about I 200 yavds from Ihe border and over-I over-I i-e.)l; ( i' f3 Ihe slone house Ihey wore able to see the men of the eaily morn : leg p,.trol on a hill off by themselves j' :;. and answering a hot. lire. The Mexicans were barricaded in the seine ho-. iso, in another adobe house si 1 "i n I lili.v .lards cast, of it and in-.iei;ch"d in-.iei;ch"d all over the bill back of the houses. I '.." 'f nanl Slark fired a voney ai j no noii :e siiKi so a small tort hai k ol il for tile purpose of drawing lire I" )-.:. posilion ;ind thereby allowing Ihe f iller two nieii to get out of danger. The ol'l Scrincfiidd :nilu-'irod lo h:tw. h'-t. nope of its persuasive povvern, is a dr-'-'d i d nl ciceu in d at the; i ' -e. !,-: ' t 1 h- i v' in on rot out -c 'Liii'-cr T'ml iooied the main firing line. reference if) uie .Mexicans as i i"'i s'i"s w ill nlws'vs he contested h do. me -i nan;nd above. First-class erolc-tiou ;., all dial saved bloodshed !" tiM-r n side, as a number I -!'-' n h'lOr.o; vl'llfk rih on ' : i lopr. hflii.-.l ".1.1,11 I (in- ,,-r..-. 1, d -,r- nee soldier bad a quantity et ' roi k thrown up his sleeve, one C-j-'-boy U&d bio face cm in teveq places with Hying stone, another had his hand and arm oauiy cut and all of the. men were soon able to tell ihe fiiflerencc between the Mauser, ihe Remington and the Krag bullets vvhii h the Mexicans were Tiring. Ilaii ieade Themselves. After an hour of fairly hot fire. Stark decided that the matter could never be brought to a conclusion without more men and he dispatched a messenger to Arivaca for help. The messenger made the trip in the remarkable time of two hours, traveling trav-eling part of the nay by automobile. Meantime Stark and his men held out on (he line until dark and then decided de-cided to barricade in an adobe house on the American side for the night. This was done because no help nad arrived, (he men were very tired and. there was danger of being flanked out of the position with the coming darkness. dark-ness. The horses were brought in close and both they and the men fed on the best that could be found in the country. The horses got some corn stalks and the troopers ate with the COwbovs Who had been with them nit day and the men prepared to get some rent. None of them had anything but the lightest clothing, but they curled curl-ed 'Up on the floor in a saddle blanket to get rest and await developments. At midnight. lieutenant rns. commander com-mander of E. trooo. and nineteen men arrived at the houe on the American side. Shortly before fits arrival a parly of cowboys, out on night scout, had been fired upon and had returned to the house, as the night was very dark. All the men vere taken into the house, outposts were increased and strengthened and the night passed quietly. Renewed at Daylight. But at daybreak the ball opened ' new and seemed to have lost nothing noth-ing in intensity by Ihe night's lull. It "as barely light when Mexican bullets bul-lets began to fall in the corral where Ihe E. troop horses had spent the ighl. Orders for their removal to he protection of a small hill were given, but before they could be mov- d the Mexicans got the ranee and it vas pure luck that someone did not set hit. Dr. Pillsbury, the physician vith E. troop, saw a bullet plow hro'Uivh a fence right beside him; i 'notber one threw dirt on Lieutenants Lieuten-ants Arns and Sparks where they itood talking wilh several cowboys nid another spattered rock over Captain Sinclair, an old English prospector, pros-pector, who happened along and slopped slop-ped to talk. It lliis I linn Hint T i.. . . ,,,,,, uriiir,i,M I no nade up his mind that the ridge ighting or the day before could go on oic'efinitely without, much damage to either side. Whereupon he divided bis force in equal parts. He took (villi lim twelve men and crossed ulo Mexico to attempt a Hank nioie-i.ient, nioie-i.ient, find drive the Mexicans out of Uicir position. Stark remained on Hie American side lo resume his position posi-tion of the day before and to keep up ' lite lo screen Ihe movement, al-'empled al-'empled by Arns. When Arns ar-ived ar-ived on Ihe enemy's flank he found Uiaf die flank movement could not, 'e made, and he then move.) nn n Mieir rear. It was about this time hat thor-e on the American side no-iced no-iced that Ihe .Mexican fire was rapid-'v rapid-'v rlvinz out. The supposition Is that, 'he Mexicans became aware of Arn'R movement and left in a harry. This -'npotiil 'on is borne on I by an old prospector who was over on the Mexican Mex-ican side and who n-nr. ovoir.ed 'o -lav there during Ihe trouble. He -aid that h did nol see Arnp. h-i. -hat sibout il o'clock in the morning Hie Mexicans berfan to leave Mio'i- renches and eel,!, P tlielr hordes, which were hobbled out on Ihe bn hac ()r ibein. A.I anv rale, when Amu got there Ihey had gone. Stone Utilise Taken. As soon an Arns showed on the inountain back of where the. Mexicans Mexi-cans had been the soldiers and the (ovvboys on the American side began ' " close in op ihe Mexican house. This was done ( nick l.v and the move-nicnl move-nicnl timed so that all detachments arrived there al the same lime. How. " . i a ul ion I" I In- -i up roach waR mi. necessary, as the Mexicans had left 'he house eaily in Ihe morning. wan shown by freah tracks up the draw har k of the hom e, and had left onlV a f(M'" Ollfno'!'. to . U : retreal. It was Ibese oulposlu that I'd Ihe firing inlo the corral and who o.'e n-av ;,s ;, s (,v di'-'-oierel 'hal An s had crossed the line ami was closing in from behind. r--s orr'crr,t n,r bari-'radea destroyed. des-troyed. There n plenty of e-l. of rffo.t o-e-iess of tb. American fire. No dead -ero fi.n- d. '-'' il "as I'onorallv renortod a'-oul "e'-c (-.-o dav: l-.cr that the Me-1-'r.-,P.. p... (.,. r,r ,r,.r rij,r ani1 about If ri w needed. I Vorl of Illirh Order. The oi-U of (ho rr.ldir.-K n-p of ( . wr. hih ordor and hii'-Ii credit In 1 dro 'o lim TTinmhers of Troon F. . pq- ; '. - v.'.- those from Mount Pleasant, |