Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01
sonora, Mexico .

Lying adjacent to Arizona Terri
 tory, and 10 which the pioneers are
 now heading, is the northern S.ate oi
 Mexico. The Governor of the State, l Hon. Luis E. Torres, is now serving
 the second term. He Is about 34
 years of age and speaks English flu ently. Among the better class of
 people hearty welcome Is extended 10 foreigners, particularly Americans. | uermosillO, the capital, has about 1 I2,CU0 inhabitants. Several large business houses, among which are l Ortiz Bros. and Caman Hermanas,
 are located here. They have ID Up- eratiOn one cotton factory and three steam flour mills. The States of Sin
 aloa, Sonora, Durango and the west
 ern part of the State of Chihuahua
 are supplied with -four from Hermo- sillo. Guaymas, situated on the Gulf
 of California, is its principal seaport, and is the next best harbor 10 San Francisco on the Pacific coast. Upon | the com pletiOn of the line of railway from Hermosillo north to the South ern Pacific railroad, they will be en-
 abled to ship equally as fine oranges
 as the Havana" there being mag nificent orange orchards immediate 1 ly around the town of HermosillO,
 one of 5000 trees and several of 5000
 and 4000, in the diferen. valleys. Among the other prominent produc- tions gre tobacco, sugar-cane and
 wheat Of excellent quality. On the Yaqui river, and in most Of the val leys, cotton IS raised averaging 6 crop
 of five hundred pounds 10 the acre. Cattle are abundant, some of the larger ranches having from S0O0 10 10000 head of beet cattle. Toward the Arizona line sheep also do well.
 The State IS divided into the fol- lowing districts, viz: Guaymas, Her mosilIo, tres, Alamos, Arispe. Mon
 tezuma, Altar, IgnaciO, aud Sahuari- pa. The total number of grants of land is l54, which contain from 4OOO to G0,O0O acres each. There are large tracts of unclaimed land also, which may be denounced and the title se- cured. The labor of the country is
 performed by the Yaqui and Mayo indIaus, who receive wages from Sl5 to $20 per month. The last legisla-
 turc granted a franchise to build @ street railway in the town of Quay
 mas, and ihe work is being carried
 on by parties from Trenton, New
 Jersey. Gas and water are soon to be introduced into Alamos, HermOsillo
 and Guaymas.
 An exclusive franchise for ten
 years to bore srtesian wells in the
 State has been granted 10 r. T.. Nougues and associates, with pre-
 mium of $2000 for the first well and
 $500 for each additional well up to
 90. An engineer is now on the ground
 making the preliminary investiga-
 tiOns. IL Is proposed to use the com
 mon drills, together with a diamond
 drill. As several localities in the
 State of Sonora are similar to the San la Clara and other ot our valleys, the
 parties interested entertain 10 doubt of the success of tue project.
 Several of the most eminent mining engineers in the country-Clarence King, Henry Janin, Hoffman, Grail
 and others-are securing valuable mining properties ID the State, and as all Ihe machinery comes from this city, it benefits our community to considerable extent. The stages leave Tucson twice q week for Guaymas, a distance of 300 miles. The fare Is S2S, taking about 42 hours 10 perform the journey. The Mexican above any other class, understands the science of fast travelling by " Los Diligen- cia."-ISan Francisco News Letter.