Tombstone epitaph., 1892-12-28
NOCALES.
A Live Town That Will Make the Metropolis of Southern
 Arizona.

Nogales of to day and Nogales of two years ago are two different propo- sitions. Then 1t was . camp, now it is bustling city with metropolitan airs and ambitions pretensions.
 Among the improvements most conspicuous is the lighting by cleo tricity of the entire business portion on 10th sides of the line. The pro- motors placed the works on the Amer ican side and ,houghtfully secured an exclusive franchise to iish; the Msx;- can side for term of fifty years. The citizens on the Mexican side are ex- travagant with the use of the lights. The plaza is brilliantly lighted with drops at distance of twenty feet apart The custom house, which Is . most elaborate edifice, is furnished throughout with the electric light.
 Among the attractive features of life in the border city, is the pleasure of listening twice each week to the Mexican band. composed of twenty four members. The plaza is crowded on Thursday and Sunday nights. and from sundown to II o'clock one can pass away few hours most pleasant ly. The band is supported by popular subscription. Its members are all young men who live in Nogales, and are engaged in various lines of busi- ness. They dress in full uniform on the nights mentioned. Their hats are provided with lights which are reflect ed upon the music. making i, possible to read the notes without effort.
 Contrary to the general belief, the inhabitants of Nogales in Sonora are a most liberal, broad minded and indus trious class. In matters of public inn provements they are far ahead of their neighbors on this side of the line. This may seem an unAmerican senu ment, but it is fact which anyone can recognize.
 THE BOUNDARY LINZ.
 The commission which has on hand the re-establishment of the line be- tween the two countries, has been at work for several weeks both east and west of the town. They have com pleted all of the necessary work and will move to Yuma next week, where they will make their headquarters during the cool weather, and run the line across the California dssert. They are in love with Nogale.. Col. Bar low, the chief of the party, has mads a recommendation to the department at Washington, which will, no doubt, te favorably acted upon. It is to fol- low the example set by Mexico in al- lowing no one to build or occupy the ground within 50 feet of the line. Mexico observes this rule al, along the border. If we adopt it, it will give a strip of 100 feet ;n width of unoccu- pied ground. The failure on our part to act earlier on this important mat ter has caused the novel sight of monument being built in the center of a saloon. Brickwood could not very we'll move his house, and a it ' had been erected directly on the ground where one Of the original monuments stood, he constructed an L into the building and in this the monument will be placed. If the line Is moved as contemplated the owners of property will be reimbursed .or their ground
 Much of the credit for the thrifty condition of affairs in Mexican No gales is due to the unselfsh efforts of Manuel Mascarefias, the presidente. . gentleman of fine education and ad- vanced ideas.
 The Mexican consul, Carlos Fernan- dez Pasalaqua, although . new arrival, has. together with his estimsbls wife, won the confidence and respect of our people. and IS doing murh to advance the interests of the line city.
 THE BACK COUNTRY.
 The resources of the new county, which it is proposed to form with No gales for the county seat. are varied in the extreme. Its mineral wealth is historical. Harsh.w and Washington Camp and vicinity cannot De excelled by any district in Arizona for exten- sive deposits of gold, silver and cop per ores that have in time pact made millionaires of paupers, and vice versa. Even at the present low price of silver big money is being made in that fav-