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

| the principal thoroughfares. and one
! line connects San Pedro, a little town
! three miles away with the capital. The
! houses an have a solid appearance, and
! what IS not always found In a MeXicn
! city are clean looking Among the
! most important OF the buildings is the
| governors palace, which covers a block
| and Is located In the very heart of the
| city II is built Of stone, Is two stories.
and contains offices for an state Of
| icers as we'll as the rooms I'm which the
| legislature meets. II was first built
| In 1913, but was partially destroyed bv
an explosion In 1883 and rebuilt IN 1872
Three large gates admit 10 the lower
story while thirteen balconies decorate
the upper A tower rs feet in height
rises from the center OF the building
on which Is the coat OF arms Of the
city and city clock with a transpar-
ent face The palace faces beautiful
plaza called the Plaza de Constitution.
ARCHBIsHoP's PALACE.
The second important building is the
palace Of the archbishop which occu.
1les a half block. two stories I'm
height and built In the same solid way
and apparently after the D0na style
as is that of the governors Here are
situated the offices for the ecClesiastic-
al state, chapel aud seminary The
third IS known as The Palace OF Justice.
very prominent building in which the
supreme court OF the state sits. The
church buildings next attract our at
tention The cathedral was begun I'm
ljl and completed In 1915 II is a beau.
tiiul building. go feet long about 100
feet wide and 10 top Of towers 200 feet
Inside, the decorations are dazzling. es-
pecially when the candles are burning.
the richly robed priests officiating. and
the Worshlppers entering crossing
themselves with holy water and then
kneeIing to worship. Everything is i'm
profound silence save when a band OF
music, hidden from the view OF the audi
ence. plays sweet strains. or bursts
forth with a whole Hood OF harmony
Beside the cathedral there are thirty
other Catholic church buildings ana
one Protestant church.
BEAUTIFUL PARKS.
Guadalajara has also some beautiful
parks and gardens. The botanical
gardens are well worth a few hours
time, for In this warm climate almost
every plant grows luxurIantly But
this garden IS kept especially for the
benefit Of the students OF the medical
college. There are about eighteen
parks or plu2as In the city. Those we
saw ore well tended and show a variety
and luNuriance OF trees and flowers not
possible IN the north, Conspicuous for
the golden fruit and as beautiful as
any is the orange. The banana with
lbs Wide leaves is also seen. and 50 is
the cedar which Is trimmed into various
shapes
The market, OF, Mercado Corona.
which covers an entire block. received
part Of our attention, for here the
products Of the whole valley are ex-
posed for sale, Several fruits entirely
new 10 US were seen. one AZ n rye as
d large pear and In shape He green
strawberry is called chirimoya II IS
sweet and luscious.
LARGE FABRIC MILLS.
IndustrIally Guadalajara boasts Of O
large wooden and cotton factory, In |
which an excellent blanket is made. |
three Aguardiente factories, paper |
factory, and extensive pottery factor /
les The Guadalajara pottery is famed /
an over the Republic. I'm the valley sur /
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and barley fields. while Of course corn /
Is raised In abundance, In fact this 4
Is one of the richest valleys north OF /
the city OF Mexico on the higher |
benches and In mountains are extern
sive ranches and haclendas which own
hundreds OF thousands OF stock. This 1
is also the distributing point CONNER
cially for all this higher or inter noun
tain region. | have already mentioned
san Pedro. As we passed through the
town we noticed all the best houses
vacant Perhaps three-fourths Of the
houses In the town are unoccupied. and
IN size the town ought TO have al least
ten thousand inhabitants. on Inquiry
we learn that here during the heat of the
summer many rich families from Qua
dalajara come 10 live, and the unoccu-
pied buildings belong 10 them. San
Pedro Is therefore a sort OF winter VII