El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-22
CHIHuAHuA,S PROGRESS.
Found FOrtune-Building Progress
Americans Locating AID Other
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NeWSy Notes.
special Correspondence to the HERALD.

NeWSy Notes.
Special Correspondence to the HERALD.
CHIHUAHUA, June 20.-A month ago
there came a tale of silver strike
made 10 the Sierra Madres. Reports
of it's richness We're so startling as to
be generally discredited, but thirty
days have been suffi :ient to prove that
the stories of it were confined to the
truth.
A Mexican named Francisco Ram
irez, was hunting wood to sell to the
Helena Mining company of Cusihu
chic camps, and picked up a piece of
peculiar locking rock. AS he turned
it over he thought he saw metal in it.
| He tried to find the ledge from where
| it had come, but was unsuccessful. and
| sat down TO have a smoke. Looking
around he saw ledge about fifteen
feet from him. 1t looked like the piece
of rock and on close inspection he
| found it was the same. He returc ed to
camp and gave the piece of rock to
Charley Barker to be assayed. 1t ran
So, 900 to the ton in silver. This prov
ed to be true assay of the ledge. for
60 tons were takeo out this month and
sold for 1926, 200. The fellows gener-
osity is p nicely; he distributed five
sixths of his property among friends.
| Discovering that he had overlooked
one of his intimates. he gave him a
slice of what he still had left. The
mine is valued way up in the millions
now.
| Ray Blinn, who was with Architect
Knee zell, this spring, is making the
plans of new building for ''la Enped-
ia' college in chihuahua. Mr.. Blinn
says Indications point to great activity
| in building here.
| Ex-GOv. Terrazas, is putting up an
expensive mansion on a beautiful scot
| L.
| vide avenue one can see bui dings 60
ing up in many directions.
The main streets of Chihuahua are
all torn up in constructing complete
sewerage system for the city, and
electric light poles Being scattered
along the streets ali Indicate that Chi
huahua has awakened and is rapidly
becoming an up -to-date metropolis.
Americans are locating in the city
| in round numbers: many new arrivals
being reported every day. The Pala-
clio Hotel is full to its capacity and
smaller hotels are reported as doing a
good business.
June Hunt, who has half interest
in the Palacio and large interest in
the HERALD cOrrc SpOndsnt, said
must by all means pay visit to an
interesting retreat known as LA
Junta," the junction of the two rivers.
He made extra efforts in select ng a re-
liable chaperone, the same being Mr..
Casey.
"La Jun'a'' is an ideal spot of quiet
wood and beauty, a blessing appreciat-
ed by the people of chihuahua. he
park is several miles in length and
watered by cool crystal stream. Every
day many people of all ages retire
to La Junta'' to ba,he. 1t is an
unusually lovely sight. There the
children can be seen in their glory
mao in all his rugged elegance, and
dusky dianas in varying forms and
faces. After several hours loiter in
the cool shade, my careful chaperOne
touched me in the shoulder and remark
ed that it was ge ting late.
..Dia Campestre' of the LA Despe-
ldida'' was celebrated yesterday in the
plaza de toros. There We're about
1900 people present, among whom We're
many pubic men and their families.
Music was furnished by band. Flags
OF many nations fOdted in the breeze,
and as Que Looked into the vast pit OF
the ampb1theaire. you could imagine a
counter part presented o the telu sports
of the Greeks in the Olympic theatre.
Stretched ABOUT the OctagOn was rope
connecte d by flag poles at every turn,
in which were the ''carreras." With
in the central parts were thesrings for
I"throwIpg the shot" and poles for
Humping. Through the liberality OF
lcitizens ard merchants about S5U0.00
worth of prizes were donated. The ex-
ercises lasted from to I p. m.
Men.