Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-01-11
THE roroLoBAMPo COLONY.
On the Fuerte, SinalO a, Mexico. (RvT IiIlia Meroer Nogales.)

Inspector at Nogales, Arizona, has kindly given us the following informa- tion concerning it. Instead of the twenty or thirty people which we have been led to believe still found mere existence there the actual residents now number about 2J0 souls of all ages. The principal settlement is 2o miles up the Fuerte river from Topo- lobampo Bay, where large, commodlous buildings of various kinds have been erected, where thirty acres ofindigen- ous fruit trees, priiUally of the citrus species have been already planted and are doing well, and where nursery, which it is expected will raise sufficient indigenous and exotic fruit trees, bushes, ,&c., to plant one thousand acres more. The Colony has fine school, library, reading room, a bi-monthly official journal and every convenience for self improvement as well as the education of the young. All kinds of vegetables are raised in their gardens and grain in their fields, and in fact, they are now well supplied with all the necessaries and some of the luxuries of life While it is true that they have not all the convenience and means to gratify the senses that they possessed in the centers of civilization which they left yet, they are satisfied, and satisfaction is nearly all of life. Although but one half of the original colonists sill remain the colony is in more happy and prosperous condi- tion than it ever was all the selfish, disappointed and undesirable discon- tents having left 1t, the "worker bees" alone remaining. They are delighted with the country, which is the extreme of fertile, with the climate. which is very salubrious, with the people amongst whom they have settled, and who seem to try to excel each other ill their demonstration of friendship and good will towards the settlers and also with the government. which, save in but single instance, has furthered their interests, complied with their promises and concessions and aided them in every way in their power This single instance of dissatisfaction
 trouble and in some cases great loss
 is the difficulty of passing the Mexican Custom House which we have nc doubt could be immediately remedied
 by a proper representation to Presideni
 Diaz or the National Congress.
 Only this last week a number O
 very fine horses were received here
 from east for the use of the Colonists
 but so great was the delay and difficul
 ty to pass the Custom House here
 that the parties in charge got disgust
 ed, gave the matter up and have takeI
 up a ranch on the Santa Cruz rive
 in this county. For want of suffeien
 capital, but few Improvements hay,
 been made at Topolobampos Bay anC
 but little done towards the sconstruc
 ton of their east and west sraiIroad
 from the Rio Grande to the Pacifi
 coast, but arrangements have beer
 made recently which it is'thought vii enable them to put both project through in the near future, an exten sion of time have been granted by tn
 government in which to complete bot
 enterprises. A large increase to tn colony from the cast is expected il the early spring. From what we cal learn, this enterprise, which has hithel , to been considered Utopian in the e1 | tren1es have now every prospect of suc lcess Although this enterprise IS age. erally known by tho name of the ss.rt |, poiobampo Colony yet it's prppe 1. {. name is "the credit Foncier eofnpany. l Extracts from sthe Credit Foheier. ; of Sinaloa, the official paper of th ; Topolobampo Colony
 The third anniversary of the forms ton of this company was lately celt ) brated at their settlement on tn , Fuerte rive.
 } The raising of tobacco or productio t of liquor is not allowed in the colon. , Good timber Is found few mile ) above the settlement on the Fuerte.
 Medical instruments and books, s ] also school books were lately received 7 The large sugar refinery of Madal X Zakany, near the settlement, will 500 . be lighted with electricity.
 7 At the saw-mill belonging to tt a colony, Mexicans supply all the los
 needed Between it and Fuerte rivt l is lined with large trees; while son . the banyans are immense.
 D Flowers grow the year round at th t colony.
 0 Catus (Pitahaya) tar is used for co
 ering roofs in the settlement.
 T COLONY FARM NOTES.
 | Tomatoes are ripening, butter whiC cannot be Axcelled for color, consis 'l ency or favor in the us. is made her T new,granai. ies are being built, Engli;
 peas are in bloom. land Is being pr O pared for barley and. re cabbag cauliflower ald lettuce plants are b l. ing transplaneed. A good article
 sorghum syrup is being Manufacture n The colony needs a dentist, soa 7, maker, tanner and currier.
 | The proper direction for the Color
 is Topolobampo, Siualoa, Mexico, V '. Benson and Nagales, Arizona al " Fuerte, Sinaloa Mexico.
 A isas& I Iz,5a. MT. Jas. Wilson
 Alle,ss sli who is over six :, yesss| y<.: T have in n
 tinz& 2ees many medicin,
 ae5zf & & &i46 quality; but nev