Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-23
,,,isr Magical Touch ofMOrmOn In
ia,trltCouId be Made limit|ess'
81 SAYS AQUILA NEBEKER
.s Rubber, Lumber Chocolate.
c.uls RaIsing and Other Pos-
sibllilies.

uThe possibilities of tropical Mexico?'
..,,od Hon. AQuila Nebeker this morn
y ~ iust as he was about to take his
~ "a go TO Nevada TO close up big
sheep deal
answering the question a moment
utsr he said. Under the magic touch
s1,lormon Industry they could be made
%y.,ndsqs-yes that Is the word |
vcnId not care TO attempt TO tell the
,"I truth about that wonderful country.
wi Wt did people would say that / came
Inc under spell cast by native
s I.' of some kind. Suffice 1t to say
~ ,s the most marvellous part Of the
Nth mat | have ever visited, OF
c cS,, went there primarily to inyes-
,'gata me possibilities of rubber culture.
I mas more than pleased with what /
isarned--l was amazed. To those who
csn AFFORD 10 wait few years on their
,nyestment handsome returns are as
rsrtaln as anything can be in this
word have put money into the in
du try and am going TO put more.
ogut rubber he continued, lis only
on' Of the many things that can be
induced with profit In tropical Mexico.
fere are hundreds Of such products. 1t
lsa SPLENDID sugar, chocolate and coffee
country Cattle raising well it is the
ealtemans paradise, In fact It is a
rsal garden Of Eden, How wealthy the
Normons Of Mexico would have been
by this time had they gone into tropical
PARTS OF the country rather than re-
manning In the higher sections, l cannot
even guess,
This Is the dry season of the year
md | found It no more unpleasant in
lhe extreme south of Mexico than 1t is
N 81. George on any summer day. The
nights are cool and quite comfortable,
made so by the gulf bree2es. In the
Day time 1t is warmer. | have not been
there In the rainy season but | am as
ured that 1t is not so bad as il has
been pictured. There are more nayi-
cable rivers there than anywhere |
know OF and any ocean vessel that
can cross the bars can 60 far inland,
hd that makes transportation easy and
yheap All non-penshble goods can be
theapIy very cheaply transported. For
Ierishable products the transportation
5 stu too slow. 1t Is a good lumber
country and mahogany Is a profitable
Product But the products that will
pay 10 raise are too numerous to men
l0n What is needed are American
lhHft aud enterprise | want to say a
Ford or two also about the alleged I'M
tsalthmlness Of the country. That Is
Kmethng thta has been greatly over
.nwn The coast cities, to be sure are
lroublod at times with yellow fever.
But the towns are being cleaned up and
Iae sanitation being made much better.
AZ Vera Cruz, for instance, splendid
lpt0-date sewerage system Is being
p, In When 1t is completed the whole
bm will be dsinfected and white
Washed and II will be well done. They
ave military dictatorship there and
Faen they start 10 do anything they do
b
People grow old there Just as they
loherc, In fact some OF them grow old
Z there than they do here. For in
Rance ! learned from an authentic
PURGE Of the recent death of woman
" years OF age. Then there are very
many people who have long since
lsSed the mile stone OF three score
fears and ten, mention this simply to
now that the country Is not as UNI
lalIhlul as claimed. The old folks
'atle are bright and active, too"
THE TALE OF A TIGER.
Nr Nebeker was interviewed in Dem
"a on the way home and this Is what
y had to say on another phase Of his
alefence according TO the Republican
What city:
Aqua Nebeker and Il. f. Thatcher
Logan Utah, have rturned from an
Intensive hunting trip through Mexico,
'nen was taken with the view of get
my an alligator or two and an Amerl-
" uger skin, The men were success
~ lh Doth quests though the tiger
l4,e mem the llvellest kind Of a time.
nau native with me-, said Mr..
smyskef, In telling his story to A. S.
,sl'er Who said that he knew lust
KY XVI We could End one good tiger
,lsy are more like leopard ! think
NV ~ l'ser Is what they call them down
w ana SO tiger goes. We had gone
~ Hom little village they call
sasSah' which Is about 100 miles from
~ ~ wy Of Mexico. The mountains
, ,.' ,lol so very high around this VII
~ uut the woods were very dense.
''' ~ah had with me had given some