Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-12
EXPERIENCE
Of HermosilIo-Undergoing a Raking Oyer of a Century's Accumula-
 ton of Filth.
Preparing for the Summers Campaign of
 Yellow Fever--Etc.
HERMosILLo, April 8, 1884.


 time the weather here has been very pleasant: the nights quite chilly for couple of weeks past, and but little dan ger is apprehended of recurrence of last seasons epidemic.
 For the past three months the city authorities have been actively employed in every sam ary measure possible within their means at hand to avert such q fearful repetition of suffering and death as last summer. Acequias, corrals and back yards have undergone 8 raking over of century's accumula- tion, and to-day, perhaps, the town is cleaner than at any other time slnce its foundation.
 Almost every sane man comedies that much of last years evil could have been easily ayerted by prompt action and in- telligent cooperation by th 7se in power, but there was no head, or none with much brains or courage in it, to take decisive steps. It was full twenty-two days after deaths occurred in Gusymas before any deaths from the same cause occurred Tn this city, and weeks later be- fore it could have been called an epi- | demlc here.
 There was no restriction on travel | from Guaymas here after # was well | known to be infected, and whole fami- | lies, sick or well, with clothing and bed ding no doubt thorough, infected with | the disease, filled the traias dail,. and brought the plague by wholesale among | us.
 Added to this the dissentions of the | doctors; some cunienGlug 1t be .he | yellow Jack wnIie others maiut .ine ! their position as some other color.
 1t IS Eopularly suppo,ed that when doctors dlsa Tee, the pau It vi tim, have some sort Of a show t. get we.l, | but in ,ur cis- tn t W I k own pro- puecy entirely foiied. for ,he m dicus Weat right along and t.e,t,d the | sufferers for wuattver ailm nt lh ]. based their oi'u'oLs upon aod tine re- sult, ss al know l., tn t eacI and d l can point t. enormously iOng h.. vest | of undrttal er's subj tcrs.
 | More building and rey6i z of Eous, 8 is nOw gUiag on Ill Hermosi l, lnan a, a' any O tine for years Ai i1s in- | dustHes from every section Hi C reported as tiUu'ishiDg. The lO-slamp mill at tue | "COSou" h the Altar district is To be moved to a very valuable prlperty the Santa Elena, about 5O miles Dortlwe t | from hero aud will be runuing must probably by August 1st.
 The owl CTS of ibis mil, Massrs Magruder and Fresh, formerly of Silver City, N. NJ, have principal interest ID this mine and by careful estimates, con sider that they have enougu SJ-Ouuce ore ID sight with the present very limited development to run their mil for two years. In the GaviIau canon about 5 miles northeast from here are abont twenty Americans and other foreigners developing some half dozen mines and every one of them are satls- fled that that section IS to have a big boom soon.
 The Sonora Chief owned and worked by Americans IS some 70 miles up the the Sonora rIver and said to be an embryo bonanza In addition to this mine are the Nina Grande and San Juan de DIo5 twelve and twenty-five miles respectively from here, that are known to be two of the best mines in the country. The Nina Granie Is worked by Lawrence, Kansas, people and the San Juan by Kansas City folks
 The famous "Zubiate" about 35 miles from here and owned by Don Manuel Monteverde Is second 10 few mines in the whole State, and hes been hs good as sold more than once for S200,0OO. and the completion of the sale not prevented by any demerit of the mine.
 This mine has ten stamp mill on it; I s.r t,. l. ! al ~ brought over, most likely, when be conquered MontezL 70 <.
 | The above mentioned are 6 few of the mines near here, not including "Las Prietas,' 40 miles from here nor "Las Delicias or San Agustin."
 More than half of these valuable mines now being developed have no machinery on them as ! ct, but all have mentioned have already shown sufficient | ly to warrant the expenditure and 1t will | only be a matter of n short tine until most of them will have hoisting works and mills on them.
 This makes HermOsillo n center or radiatlng point for the enterprise O inning Of large part of Sonpr.. Tue streets of this place have been recently numbered and, like America towns, the odd taking ode site whil the evens have the otter, ani differel from may Mexican towns m that re spect.
 Some few streets were rechrisiened, and one in particular don't meet the aI- probarIon of tn property owners on lr It formerly bore the name of Al .meda and Is the prettiest street n tue tow but the present Governor, desiring ,. keep bis lllusJriOus name green in the hearts of the people, very enIh ,ticall desired them 10 Bame it Cal d. b.. Lus or in English Street of Don Lou
 The o'ty council wished very muca { name it Juarez street after the vene a,ed president, bat hIs royal hIghue,s woul4 not have It. He probably thinks like the Texas man of cli Graut aud q Juarez is dead he is d--d sight bigger man than old Juarez.
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