Arizona republican., 1898-08-30
BROADENING THE LINE.
A Sixfy-roof Strip Of Nogaies Bci7c Torn Down.


 Mir Shelby M Cullom, deputy col lector of internal revenue, returned yesterday morning from an official visit to Nogales He says that prop erty owners along the international boundary are engaged in moving their buildings from the sixty-foot strip which the government decided to throw open for four miles. two on each side of the town, for the purpose Of removing some of the facilities for smuggling and for the further reason that 9 purely mathematical line, one having length. but neither breadth nor thickness is too imaginary. Per- sons occrpying this condemned terri tory have lately received notice to vacate, and all but two are acting upon the notice. One of these two is Cap tain John T. Brickwood, whose saloon abutting on the republic of Mexico has, perhaps, been more frequently de- scribed than any other in the United States and which has no doubt in f1uenced the government to a great ex- tent in establishing the sixty-foot boundary line. These two will wait until the government gets ready to move them by force and then they will begin injunction proceedings.
 Some travellers in describing Brick woods saloon have stated that it is builk across the line and that there is mark on the bar indicating the inter national boundary; that on the south side are kept Mexican cigars and French and other foreign drinks, which if imported into this country would cost great deal more than they do in the so-called free zoEe. It has been stated that whenever Captains Brickwoods customers want any of these things they are served for them on the south side of the international lina running across the bar.
 AS a matter of fact the saloon lies wholly within the United States. but the southern end of 1t is built against the Mexican line. A porch on that side is wholly in Mexico. On the outer edge of that porch there Is a heavy wooden box in which Captain BrickWood keeps stock of Mexican c1- gars. When customer asks for 9 cigar he is led across the porch, the box Is unlocked and he helps himself. "In this way" says Captain Brick wood. "every man becomes his own smuggler.' But under the law that is not smuggling, for any citizen of American Nogales may go across to Mexican Nogales and buy cigars or any thing else in reasonable quantities for his own consumption.
 Speaking of Brickwood's saloon re- calls a funny incident that happened there one day. A. Bachelier, a resi- cid had trouble with the police on the Sonora side He was careful not to fall into their hands for an incarceration in a Mexican jail for an offense, however trifling, may turn out to he serious matter. So Bachelier discontinued his visits to Sonora, but he used to go to the edge of the United States and entertain the Mexican police by an expression of his opinion regarding them. One day he went into Brick woods and forgetting that the Mexi- can government wanted him, went out on the Sonora porch. Three police men were watching him, but it would not do to be precipitate, otherwise he would dart back into Brickwood's door, They watched him walk along the porch toward the side Of the build ing. One of them stepped between him and the door and called to the other two to intercept him before he could reach the street leaclng into American territory. It looked as if MT. Bachelier were out on a limb, hut he still had another card to play. The line between the United States and Mexico is marked by iron monu- ments so situated that one Is always iE sight from any point on the line. That is, it may not be hidden by natural obstruction. One of these monuments is let into the side Of Brickwood's saloon, a niche having been cut into the building. There is enough room for a man of average build to hide himself behind it. Hav- ing nowhere else to go except to jail. MT. Bachelier took refuge behind the monument. from which point he re- viled the Mexican government and ad- dressed it's representatives in the person of those three policemen as chingados. He sometimes used the English equivalent The Mexicans smiled calmly They knew Mir Bach elier could not remain there forever and they did not care whether he tried to escape then or manana. They lighted numberless cigarettes and settled down to siege. The thing be- gan to take on a serious aspect for Mr. Bachelier, who was Of French descent and restless disposition. He