Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-01-10
in TWO COUNTRIES.
4 City Partly Located In tho United states
and Partly In Mexico.

4 City Partly Located In tho United STATED
and Partly In Mexico.
One OF tho most singularly-located
towns In the world Is the city of No.
gales, ono-half OF which lies in tho Ter
ritory of Arizona, and the othcr half in
the Mexican State Of Sonora. Mr.. SUIT
ton, United States Consul-Gonoral. al
Matamoras, Mexico, in report to the
State Department. gives an interesting
account OF this city, which he recently
visited There wcro, Mt the time Of his
visit five thousand or moro inhabitants,
about one-half Of whom lived In Mcxi.
co. and the Others in the United States,
Until comparatively recently the boun-
dairy was uncertain, SO that many Of the
inhabitants did not know In which coun-
try they lived. u rfCCnc Hf4
Tho line between Mexico and the
United States" says Mr.. Sutton in his
report sis indicated now by monuments,
SO that by stopping TO take your range.
you can usually telLin daylight ut least.
where you are.''- ,.s-.. -rts
The border line passes obliquoly
through the railway station Of the city.
THE consular agent when was there,"
says Mr.. Sutton, twas Also tho agent for
tho Wells-Fargo Express Company. As
Consul, he signed invoices and bills OF
lading at his consular desk on the Sonora
side Of the office, and when he got around
TO Wclls-Fargo's work, he grayely
crossed to the other desk, fifteen feet
away, located In Arizona, and dispatched
express packages"
When the boundary line was surveyed
through the town, which is a nowly-set-
tied one, more OF the territory than was
supposed was found TO be in Mexico.
Portions of houses were discovered to
project over the line into Mexico. "A
part Of the way" the Consul-Generars
report says, the line ran along the edge,
then in the middle OF the sidewalk. and
finally left 1t and took 10 the street.
along which It meandered until 1t struck
the base OF high hill on TIE sdge of the
town"
Naturally, in town so situated, where
an cvil-minded person can commit an
offehse against the laws and then step
across the line and defy arrest, much
must depend upon the peaceable dispose
ton OF the Inhabitants.
''only the best feeling and good
sense" Mr.. Sutton says, ''can prevent
frequent conflicts" There have boen
some such collisions, but many less than
might have boon feared.
Nogales has come into existence as
the result OF silver mining boom"
and IL the mines should not prove rich,
the town might dwindle to smaller
one on one side OF the b5rder, and its
history Us town in two countries come
to an end, but At present IL is prosper
Gus, and some fine and substantial build
ings have been erected. =
6onsul-ieneral Sutton describes one
OF tho interesting features OF this sin
gular town. "The train between No.
gales and Benson" he says, lis the
famous 'burro train title which its
timetable has honorably earned. The
timetable allows eight hours to make
the distance of lightweight miles--it is
one to three hours late
and this headlong speed has been
caught up by the facile Western mind,
and compared to the patient burro."
Tho ''burro." II should be explained,
is the little far-Westorn donkey, whose
are apt to no very deliber-
ate. especially when he Is urged
Youths Companion.