The oasis., 1896-10-24

forwarded to the City of IIermosillo, eye as one which includes q grove of date palm and cocoa trees, and no driveway so delightful as one beneath their umbrageOus protection. By sim ply dropping the seeds of the trees in two parallel lines and letting them grow such driveways are made without expense or care to the land owner. To pick the fruit is the only attention ever given the tree.
 In enumerating the products of the YaQni lands l have not included coffee because it's cultivation has never been there attempted am of the opinion that the coffee berry can be success fully and profitably produced. 1t is successfully grown at place called Higuera de Iaragoza, which is about 100 miles south of the Yaqui lands. The crop is good and sold in the imme- diate vicinity at fifty cents per pound. Why not try it's cultivation in the Yaqui Valley?
 Tobacco of good quality has been been brought to this port, from the Yaqui lands in large quantities, and it was all grown and cured by the h. dians. By planting fine seed, with careful cultivation and proper hand ling of the crop, l am confident that wonders can be done with tobacco. The soil and climate unite in creating conditions which should produce to- baccO equal to the best from the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, or the Island of Cuba, /
 l would like to impress upon the mind of the reader the prices paid in this region for articles which could be easily and readily produced in the IaQui Valley, viz: potatoes five and six cents a pound, onions six and eight cents. ham and bacon forty-fiye cents, eggs sixty cents cozen and butter sevenUy-tiye cents per pound. These are regular prices, caused by scarcity, as the people here do not care to de- vote time and attention to anything but mining. and as a consequence there is a scarcity of farm products and high prices prevail. To meet the demand the articles just enumerated are imported from California by ship loads.
 LOCATION.
 The Yaqui river empties into the gulf about thirty miles down the coast from Guaymas, and can be reached by sail or steamer in very few hours. Stages from BatamOtal, a station on the So- nora railway about eight miles from reach the Valley at COcorit, which is near the head of the canal. Recently | met Colonel PeiIa, who is chief engineer for the Mexican gov ernment, in charge of work on the Yaqui He was on his way to the City of Mexico, and he assured me that he was about to make an effort with l President Diaz to secure construction | of railway from Guaymas to Cocorit, | a distance of eighty-fye miles. Such | q road would enable a visitor to leave | Guaymas in the morning, reach Coco | rit for dinner and give him considera- Dle time for looking over the Valley | before returning the following day.
 THE STATE OF SONORA Is now attracting the attention of all the world, by the recent discovery of many rich deposits of gold and silver. l he result is the springingup of many new camps, every one of whichcreates in increased demand for commodities which must be supplied regardless of cost. Somebody must farm; all can lUt be miners unless they can live without eating No region in the en- ire world offers to the agriculturist nducements so great as those offered y Sonora.
 Last year the Spanish government |,