Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-12

/ asked concerning the number Of in
! hdbltants "a doubtful expression came
! over his face, some one behind nudged
/ him and whispered something The
/ chief soon looked up and stated that ne
! did not know. What IS the chief indus.
! try Of your town." was the next uues-
/ ton. But by this time. especially when
! he saw me writing something. his sus-
/ plclons seemed fully aroused and he uo-
| lItely begged Us 10 go % the office Of the
| heie polticO. who would be able 10 give
/ us an the information we desired At
/ me Office we met a very pleasant look
| lus ana intelligent man from whom We
I obtained our Information
AS rule, We are taken for railroad
/ engineers and everywhere the people
| desire to know whore We are going to
/ run our ferr0 CARL When Informed
mat we are not interested In railroads.
out are scientific exploring expedition
exploring the country and getting
I specimens. some look pleased. others
disappointed, while many look doubt
tul, as much as 90 say, you are Amer.
lcans and must, therefore. be connected
win some railroad scheme"
a DRY VILLAGE.
The next Village We came to after
leaving Amatitlan was the dryest we
nave ever seen. our first Introduction
was Wading through a hogwallow from
which We frightened a number Of long
legged porkers little farther on we
crossed a stream OF filth from a dis
ulery about a block farther up the
street. The whole town is strewn with
mezcal hbers, and has a decidedly dis
ulery odor. This town, with a pOpula-
ton OF 1900, has seven large mezcal
factories with the daily output equal
TO those in Tequila.
a Few hours more brought us out of
me valley, and that nisht We camped
among tue pines, the first under which
we hhd canpcd since we left the Sierra
Maure on our way 10 Mayo river. The
camp was beautifully located. As Gar
as the eye could see TO the south wore
the mountains covered with pmp and
oak, on the west Of the valley through
winch We have travelled While ON the
east through low pass. we could soc
The valley Of Guadalaiara towards
Whlch we were going. on the north
stood a mountain 1000 feet high COW
ereu with dark green vegetation. Along
It's SIDE ran the railroad. not an uniuter.
estlhg object To us now Immediately
m front OF us was n deep ravine or rent
M the earth through which a smell
stream of water flowed hut evidently
formed originally by an eartbqiiake
Everywhere was beautiful grass nor
green but dry. sprinkled with green
Tor already the winter rains had set In.
II took only few hours TO reach
1uadalaiara from our mountain camp
and Tuesday. soon after " i'm a driz
cling rain, we passed through the Sec
ond city in Mexico" At the entrance
We were literally held up and Informed
that II would cost US $3.50 10 PASS
through As this was our first expert
ence OF the kind we doubted the mans
statement but were finally assured
that a city ordinance required n fee
Tor all pack animals that passed into
the city
PLENTY OF BRIDGES.
Guadalajara has a population OF 125.-
600 and Yet Il does not cover more
ground than does ogden city. II Is
built on the banks Of a stream called
kio san Juan de Dios, which rises IN
the mountains In the south. Fourteen
bridges, all solid structures OF masonry
span this stream az as many street
crossings The streets are ali paved
with hard volcanic cobble, are very
narrow. or seem SO 10 one accustomed
to wide streets, and as a rule cross
each other at right angles. Street cars
drawn by three mules are found on all