Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-11-24
sonora and Other Sections
ArOuslnq From Centuries
Of Slumbor
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE HAS
WAVED IT'S MAGIC WAND
And q Wonderful Transformation
Has Followed IN Northwest
Of Southern Republic.

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lefmnsnlO sonora. Mex. Nov i6.
Remarkable forces arc ai work 10
chic remote and apsrsciy settled hicxl-
can state. The student Of civilization
uiii and here aa absorbing Geld %
study. for here he win and ciFiliza.
ton Ia the making. This o. one OF
The iast 90 The old frontiers. and thc
udmisturc OF Mexican and Indian
population adds color 90 the drama
uH q uufolde
like most Of the western COM
mnuiiica which arc nov reckoncd ns
rlfbiEod. Sonora began BY attracting
Alteration % her moucrm wealth. Min.
err are The real pioneers. They SO
whore farmers and traders fear 90
tread There ia nothing like gold 20
attract moa-nui the money made ga
trade. but real red gold, the aiuf q.
self dug out OF tho around Tho min
or d0oa not know. whom he starts for
"a nov Geld. whether there ~ much
or liftio gold 20 be- kad He has q
g0tion. however. that there viii be-
much. 10 knows that 0Olc0nda "a.
istn somewhere Why nOt Ia the now
hcldf Suppose the now neld should
40 GolcOnda, and no nhould lOac u
hy rcaa0s OF doubt OF a faint hearth
Tho Thought fortunes him, and he
piunEe8 Into the Wildcrncas He
cares nothing for isolation, or Naquia,
or thirst.
sonara has aiWays had q fasclna-
fiun FOR Me old Calilornians who have
zone up and down the world seeking
gold Thoy heard years ago ~ the
old minca worked BY che Spaniards
aud deserted because OF tho indian
wars Some of Thorn have roalifc1
she dream of years BY actually pcno-
tmtiug the EonOrRn wilda and locai-
tnn an antique" These locations
have led 10 other explorations. COW
crlng a dozen years or 90, resulting
So discoveries which have attracted
the attention OF capitalists in the east
and IN England Thus there have
been bulidt up guch biz camps as
Cananoa Nacorari hinas Frietas.
and others. go.
The development uf mines has led
20 thu opoaing OF ranches and cat
&c ranges on q largo scale. and -
ANS bocn, domonstruted that tho agri'
cultural resources of Sonora are very
great Cattle have Been bred up from
tho Mexican native stock until al OK
ccllent grade has boon evolved. Now
u Us announced that q packing plant
viii 90 established at Cananea, which
viii handle native meats This plant
wiil find q ready market for its pro
duct. az the da'y upon American
meat-producls ~ very high.
For years tho only railroad IL So
NORA was che limo running from No
ralcs 10 GuaymaR. Locally and VI
Arizona this road - known a. THE
uurro" n was renowned all 0lone
the Pacific coast al tho finest sample
81 q i1rkwater railroad In tho world
Tho lroman and engineer ottor found
themselves shy Of 6rowoOd, and u
was their custom 20 get out ani cul
q lot nl the head % Is grade. and then
after aloAminE up. 20 rush poli-mei
down the grade ln the Wild hope fnnl
nroyffonco and momentum would lit
Their up the hill again. Usually thcl
we've disappointed lt a. said t1a
huyros we're employed occasionally e
haul the anEino 10 che TOP Of thi
trade. while the conductor plage,
lnuai0 Win the passengers and en-
Unglaser took a nap. The trip iron
NnFalea q Guaymas, q matter of les
ihnn 900 milQa, was entirely profile
snatical as 90 the time OF departure
and questionable 81 70 ihe lime o
arrival
Nos thla iorkwaier road Is hQoon
ing BART 20 so enormous iiue stretch
eng from British Columbia 90 the Cit
III Meaico. A struggle between q. 81
Hartman and the MoAlean Contra
f0r the rich coast trade 81 Mexico ha
developed. and tho aomuoilnt valley
% Sonora are rcaoundlng with ~
activities OF railroad building IA
Faaui 80 being pushed back into Oh
fnatnoaana 90 the Sierra MadfD. ln
he viii never roeppcar again, Anon
the Indians and MoglCana have az
poafod gangs Of piEtailed Chimes
armed With picks nnd ahovcia, digeln
and amoolhinF the path Of civiiiKa
Zion,
The operations oI tho Hartman Il
tcresis IN northwestern MOkic0 az
an a great scale. The headquarters {
the works arc az Tucson, but thol
arc branch headquarters hero nnd {
guaymas and Alamoa. The omcil
naFnp az tho new railroad is the Cal
anoa. Yaaui River and Pacihc. Abol
$50, 600 900 has been appropriated Il
tie work already outlined. The Fc1
begins ai Empaime. about nine Mi
snOtpFE Northeast Of 0uaymaH, on q
uuli of California, gud runs aoui
paHtgrY t0 the Yaqui ligcg, near q
c0ril. distance of seventy miles,
thea bFB-ChDs ono llno running mort
ward ana ihc other southwark III
aorth line uns from COcorit throul
tho Yaqai valley, tapping the I'D
mining districts or Ia Dura, soyoI
nnd 6ahuaripa and connecting at q
American border near Douglas. Ari
with tho Hartman lines THIS ro|
will open up the Yaqui river valley
usricuitufai development aud eaah
tlo development of many rich mimi
nolds That section of Sonora oboun
in rold silver copper, Head and 9th
minerals
Tho HOuihCriy ranch oi cc n'
railroad VIII run from COrorit 90 a
mos. ai which point tho Old soalho
paoifc conc ssion will DO utlliz'
This oOuceesIun guarantees The pa
aaent og sie.E00 Moa,Uan pef hilom
a. ~ completed road From Alan
tko read viii run through tho s,hte
aiualoso. TIE territory OF WCpie "a
tha eiato "a Jaliatn 10 0ualllul
rieh and historic community Wt