El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-24
GOVERNOR TALKS
ABOUT HIS SrATl, THE STATE
Or SINALOA. MEXICO.
He Says it is the Best In the Whoie
Southern Republic. and Only
Needs a Railroad to Make 1t Sur
pass all in Development.

Needs a Railroad to Make it Sur
pass all in Development.
General Francisco Canedo, governor
of the state of Sinaloa. Mexico, and
his aide de camp arrived in FL Paso
from Mexico City Saturday night and
spent q part of yesterday in TINS city.
The governor has been on his annual
visit to the capital with the otner gov.
ernors of the dluerent states and was
ON his return home via NOgaies and
Guaymas.
ing characters of Mexico and has held
his present oftice Tor ten years. He
boasts of being governor of the best
state in the republic and never grows
tired OF telling OF his country and ms
people. He is an industrious executive
and is ever looking to some scheme
that will better his state commercially
and serve his people 10 advantage.
.'Sinaloa is an agricultural as well as
mining and grazing state" said the
governor to a Herald reporter yester-
day at the Sheldon. We have as good
crops of oranges and other fruits as
California has and have the advantage
of growing many OF the cereals and
some cotton as well as every kind of
small vegetables. The people of my
state are prosperous with all their dis
advantages of not having railroads and
they are the happiest people in the re-
public.
No Trouble With Indians.
mo, we have no trouble with the
Mayo Indians" said the governor in
answer to a query. "and the Yaquis
never get down into my state. We
had trouble with the Mayos for a long
time but they have acknowledged our
authority now and everything is quiet.
They are a bad people and We have to
use severe methods of dealing with
them but we did that and now they are
as peaceful as any of the natives. We
have an advantage over Sonora in not
having such rough mountains The
Mayos cannot hide in my state like
the Yaquis do in Sonora and we can
get to them with little trouble"
Unlimited Resources.
while we are cut off from the rest
of the world by water and mountain
ranges and have no railroad connec-
tions, we have plenty of resources"
continued the governor, "and expect to
have more. Culiacan, the capital, and
Mazatlan, the principal sea port, are
thriving little cities and the most beau
tiful spots in Mexico. We have a su-
purb climate that is good all the year
round which makes my state the most
desirable state in Mexico to live in.
Our agricultural resources are simply
unlimited and we have unlimited min
ing and stock raising as we'll, SO you
see we have a grand country"
Wants Railroads.
We have no railroads now" said
the governor, but we will have soon
1 am working for the Stillwell road and
am sure it will be completed to my
state. l understand that Mr.. Stilwell
has been in some trouble in the states
but that will not stop him. He is an
energetic fellow and IL one man will
not back him he will find another He
can get all the backing in Mexico he
wants and If his friends in the states
do not help him through his Mexican
friends will. You see he has the Chi
huahua and Pacific, which is headed
towards my state, and when it is COM
pleted to the coast it will be the re-
demption of Sinaloa. AS it is 1 have
to take a boat to Guaymas and come
by rail to Nogales and Ell Paso to get
the Mexico City and our freight has
to make the same rounds. This is
hurting my country and 1 propose to
see that railroads are built. 1t will open
the finest mining country in the world
and give our agricultural interests a
chance"
Governor Canedo and his aide left
over the Southern Pacific yesterday for
Guaymas and they will take the steam
er home from there.
THE CzAR WILL NOT LEAVE Iva
Ola UNTIL THE MIDDLE