The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-02-21
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ElaaxAlss Axisonal Lssssr so Mexsca rxs
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 Tkis wNn sAiti in aneeer 10 sny auesains as the train moved quietly inio the de- pot as Nogslet in the early gray morn. ine, aud vas standing on the platform walA Conductor Ranks, of tAe Soncsa Sailraad. Half dosen men could be dis. tingnisAed in the dim hgAt loanainx round the statioas but one paTticulaElT attracted my asteneloa. He was erect as an arrow, and the palms of hts two Aands ressed on tAe muRsie of hls gun while ha leaned his lace upon Ah bands, and care. lessly watched the uAin coming in. .s He ts a Apache" added BAnks, and seeing started he reassured me, sayinr | Tas sssso@ ss AsFmssss- sa.ess you stir up that ugly Indian blood too mneA. You see, Crook cut the claws of thosa Apaches when he was down here, But he ss 6ne specimen of physical pertec- ticn, at all events"
 la,qatesced. One could no, look at sach . character without admiration. though his face was sharp and severe. and so marked with the hsdeoas color ings et waE~pAint "a to destroy iss sym- metry, He wore a suit of buSksksn, handsomely decorated. AS be moved of It was with graceful swins, and hs handled hts riAe almost attec,iona,e,y.
 "A . there many of thcse fellows hang. Ing around Nogaie. '" 1 asked.
 aNo Prior to Crooks time ,Ar,s were some ooo Apaches vho used .a Intest the mountains all round Aese,' and the con. ductor indicated with sweep of his arm the gray peaks that stretched away toward the east e
 There arc only few naw.p he con- tinued, "and they do po, trouble the railroads ar the miner, very ot en, if they hnd a ptosps csor alone and he has Hsnuey, they take htsn, and-a ##A
 The conductor hesc RASsed hi. hand round the ctown ot his osn head. wtth A gesture that graphically deaoribed the rest of the operation.
 This town of Nogaie, is directly sita. ated on the frontier hne ot Snno,a, the most RoItheJn Mate ot MtxsCo, aad of the territory of AEIona. lt iAa typical frontier to~n-h hall American and half Mexlcan--hlled win the worst and the best, and ot mushroom Rrowth,
 IL was onl, last May tha, NoRalss vas an unknovH hamlet. bunch of huis among the rolling foothills ni the Mgxi. can Andes IL has since gsosn rapidly, and nos has some 400 inhabitants, the Msxicans aud Ame,caIs he,ng about equally divided, and easa living hia own side of the national hRe. Where that line is no ono knows. A ieS months since an international commission moved the boundary iias 6oo feet nor,h oi that then existing. throwing that much pIop-
 riy into Mexico. The law oi this re. public specify that no forei, ner shall hold property in Mex co within sixy miles of the frontier, aad as the moving Of the boundary by the conml, ,ioners has therefore invAildA,ed the clalm Of some American property owners in No gales tUaited S,ates). they have been and are ys, dispose6 to give the people oi Mexican Nosales trouble Ths,e have been suits filed, and ,hc end is not yet.
 Being situated AZ it ts, the to~a sbounds in saloons, gambling-houses and dens of wee, where the blaek.hearssd hovsI. if crime is committed on tbe Mexiean side of the town the criminal flies to the American, and vice versa Hut ip justice be tt said that the sheriff ef Pdfna ronnty, Arizona, in which Nogales is partly located, bs a man sho is not afraid of doing hls duty, and almf s, a, much can be said of the authorities on the Mexican s,de. 1 am told there Is ittle trouble save when the two na,iouaisties meet on the imaginary line. in their o~n quarter the Latin and the Saxon are compara. tivel, quiet.
 found Jog aiss Ia a fat country among rolling -hills, covered with oak aud other ala Ala. uvAuska .ts.. ain..e tsAUa which It may derive i.s pane Nogalea As l sad betors. the Sonora railroad starts from the town, eobnsetsog t with the Southern PAli6c railroad. and with Cuaymas, on the gulf Of Csliforn'a. The restaurants, which are pumefoas, Ase managed by Chinese and MexicAns. The dry goods 4tores. six oi them, are all run by Jsws, ~ho, as they sell for "cash and b,g msrgips," aEe making money. A nss ho,sl has been completed daring the pas, month. spd was opened on yes. tsrday. New Years Day, There is also another hotel here with, believe, some thirty tooms counted sacdIssy shop, one tailoring establishment, Two assarsfS offices where Sonora siivet Is tried, 2 far drug store. two shoe stores, tso oT thTee blacksmith shops, and printing ofirs-~~ thst tireless pilgrim, which follows the brave pioneer. From thts printing esisce was issued, yesterday, the 6rG number Of a weekly paper aud iss editor is C:of z r Meek, fofmehy of ths San franelsce PcH A bank has been opened by Hs. Hsnderson. $ ,ms of the balIdsngs are substantial in appearance. buIldiag sicse is abundant, adobes or sun-dried brick sfe sold for Sio N and lumber ,s cheap. Labor is also cheap, hence bu'tdirrs eas be erected st moderate cost. bvsng Is no higher thas in lke average q sowss in M.x 60. Wood costs S a fofe, =s4 coal of an anthracite qaai,iy can be hsd for the cos; apd freight from . short dis. isaes beiov this place On the Soscss railroad.
 Among the institutions of kogslss is the Mexican eustop-honse, thst has its