Tombstone epitaph., 1892-05-15
How the Country Looks to One Who Had Never Be.
 fore Been Abroad.
A Condensed Statement of Facts that Will be of
 Local interest.

perience that is novel AS well as in structive. IL teaches one to love his own co1ntry and appreciate its advan- tiges. Some day the state of Sonora will, like Tombstone, be a great place Distance lends enchantment, and for this reason people unacquainted with the country below the line, give it the credit of having advantages over southern Arizons that is far away from the true conditions.
 After leaving Nogsles the ride is nearly all down grade, and this fact accounts for the quick time made be- tween stations. The fact that 1t takes l9 hours to make 265 miles would seem rather slow work, bn, when tat into consideration that abort 9 hours of this time is occupied in switching and doing necessary work at stations, the time will not seem so slow. The most attractive part of the trip is the ride from Nogales to Hermos- lilo. The wheat fields are most pleasing to the eye, and the acreage planted. both of wheat and barley, is m ,he neighborhood or 20,OO0 acres. The country resembles very closely the bottom lands along the San Pedro between Benson and Fairbank. The water supply is not greater than the san Pedro furnishes, but the soil is much more of the adobe quality which nolds moisture for longer time. All of the holdings are Of small acreage Twenty acres is the average size of a ield, and the ismily in its entirety and in crude way, make every foot fl ground grow every spear of grain hat is possible.
 Before the 1st of June sll of the grain will be harvested. It is cut with cycle or scythe, bound and stacked, and then Hailed in the good ,ld fashioned way that but s few years ago was in vogue from Maine to Mich gan. A few threshing machines have oeen taken into the country but they never proved remunerative to their owners.
 Alter harvesting and thrashing the | grain it is taken to the mill. And here a system of peonage is practiced that would not be tolerated in the United States, although it is difficult to see why 1t is any worse than other systems existing lawfully in this coun- ". Every farmer in Sonora, with put a very few exceptions, have mort gagged their crops to a mill owner, That is, the mill owner has given the grower enough to exist on during the I year. and takes 1t out in wheat at Ihrashing time The mill owners grow enormously rich and the pro- lucer never gets ahead.
 A new mill is being erected near the depot at Hermosillo which is built entirely of brick, four stories high. and will be provided with all the latest roller process machinery. The packers of this enterprise are Austral- tan people, who will probably not realize on this years crop as there seems to be trouble about fin aDces sufficient to complete the works al- though all the machinery is on the ground.
 Maguil Latz is erecting another mill at a small station near Msgdalena. He makes Q business of "sdyancing" cn growing crops. and is the heaviest manipulator in Sonora in this line
 The mining interests of the section of Sonora through which the railroad passes are not very active a: present At Cerro Blanco there seems to be g "hitch." The death of Price at the City Of Mexico, about fortnight ago has not had the effect to- place the Ainas Prietas on more productive oasis, but rather the opposite result At the Santa Elena new process il about to be introduced that is guaran- teed to save 9S per cent ol the golc and silver in the ore. Under this new process the mill will start again sbou June let. The treatment Is one O the many secret ones SD common 7 nowadays. but those who should know say that cyanide is the principal in- gredient.
 Ortiz, station few miles this sid' , of Gusymas, is the principal ore ship ping point in Sonora. All of the orr is sent to Fl Paso for treatment Tn