The oasis., 1896-10-24
Whole No. lSo

the capital of the State of Sonora, an
 order for two hundred thousand fane-
 gas of garbanZos dried peas. A fa-
 mega is 220 pounds and garbanzos are
 worth S660). To have paid for this
 order would have required one million
 two hundred thousand dollars. It
 could not be filed. Were there good
 farmers on the Yaqui lands it could
 have been filled easily, and to the sat
 isfaction of the Spanish government,
 which annually consumes great Quan-
 titles of garbaDz0s in the rations for
 it's army and navy, and will be one of
 the best customers of tue Yaqui Val
 ley when it raises that product for ex-
 port. The GarbanzO is Spanish pea.
 and is consumed extensively in Spain,
 Cuba and all South America, where the demand is so great that the home supply has to be supplemented by im- portatiOn. In no region in the world can it be grown better or more profit ably than in the Yaqui Valley.
 This state supplies the lower south western coast states with cotton, flour, garbanzos and beans, while the gulf supplies the mining camps with oil, and Europe with pearls and pearl shells for fine buttons and fancy pearl articles. The turtle of this gulf fur nisheS the ''carea" for beautiful combs.
 The tortoise shell comb is greatly esteemed all the world over. All these articles come from the Gulf of Cali- fornia.
 The great oyster beds of this gulf are near Medano, at the mouth of the YaQui river. By shoveling them from the sand beds clans can be gathered by the ton. The green turtle can be taken at any point on the gulf coast between the mouth of the Colorado river and Mazatlan. Large quantities of rock cod and great schools of mack erel are near the coast. The breeding grounds for mackerel are at Carmen Island and in the bay of Muleje, on the Lower California coast. During October and November the mackerel come to the Sonora side of the gulf and are caught in great quantities. Sonora is the mainland on the east ern shore of the Gulf of Cortez, or, as it is generally called, the Gulf of Cali fornial. Fish are cheap and plentiful here the year round. In the port of Guaymas, during November and De- cember, mackerel are sold at eight fish for ten cents. During the entire year rock cod weighing from twenty to thirty pounds can be bought at twen- ty-tive cents each, oysters at twenty five cents hundred, and fifty cents will buy a large green turtle amply sufficient for a choice dinner for one persons.
 will stop here, as 1 believe have shown enough to convince any reason able person of the merits of this coun- try unequalled for man to live in and pounds of fruit, with an annually in- creasing yield thereafter The cocoa, one of the most beautiful trees of the tropics, thriyeS there and attains vigorous growth. As it spreads a great area of shade, that boon to man in hot climates, the drives Ire usually lined with the cocoa palm. It is also good producer, but even if tproduced n0thing it would he plant d for the sake of it's ornamental beau- ,nioy the good things nature has pro- 'ided him. With substantial gov such as we enjoy under the administration of President Diaz, here is nothing to be desired butm Q cultivate the soil, clear away the rees and underbrush, and replace hem with wheat, corn, cotton, sugar, etc., aud in return i'll their trong boxes with gold and silver, and upply all their wants.