Arizona republican., 1906-12-26
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Pueblo Viejo. State of Vera Cruz Mex, Nov. 4.-(Special correspondence of The Republican)-I will try and give a description of this interesting local ity which l trust will be of interest to your readers. This is said to be the oldest European settlement on the American continent. In the Spanish explorations after De Soto's death and burial in the waters of the Red river, or Mississippi (historians differ) Ponce De Leon sailed here on the Gulf of Mexico and PannicO river hunting the Fountain oT Perpetual Youth, and sup posed he had found it in the great springs which burst out of the hills here. II is quite a town and the old tiled roof buildings are in good condi- tiOn.
 The great tarpon fishing in the Pannco river 50 feet deep is one of the most exciting sports on earth. These most active fish 6 to feet long. and no to 13O pounds take the bait like a trout and when reeled in are landed with grab hooks, but first are roped like a cowboy ropes his steer. They are very beautiful. shining like silver. w. R. Hearst landed some fine ones here, the other day making greater success there than in his race for governor of New York
 By the kindness Of MT. Allen. who sent his boat for us. We crossed over from Tampico to Heights. 300 feet oH the Vera Cruz side, where he met us with a burro to ascend the hill.
 It is one of the most beautiful loca- tions l ever saw, commanding d view of the city of Tampico in the bright morning sunlight of the tropics.
 The Pannco and Tamesi rivers are navigable 120 miles, the canal and lake down the side of the coast, 60 miles. We saw the great steamer City of Wash ington until she disappeared on the watery horizon 20 miles away. bound for New York via Havana, and Cuba.
 This was the residence of the early English ambassador. High above us towers a great banyan tree, eight fec in diameter and forty-five steps around it's roots. In its top was a platform and lookout on the ocean. It is the first object seen by the mariner ap- preaching the coast. Here is a tract of 1000 acres owned by two wealthy
 
 pasture. big para md Guinea grass. Mir. Allen says he can show me this grass high as my head when on horse back Hundreds of head of cattle are in his pasture in sight and we saw his men rope four wild cattle today. There is a fine spring on the hillside. No frost, no mosquitoes. no horseflies or this side. but perpetual summer and ever-bloOming flowers. At my feet. by the big tree, are Spanish and American cannon balls. Surely here will be the Brooklyn, similar to New York, but a thousand times more beautiful A dog en great fish flopped out of the water as we crossed and looked as large as yearling cattle
 Tampico is raising all the lower part Of the city , to 6 feet and grading in from the hillside. The Mexican govern ment is putting S2O.OOO.OOO in this. It sold its bonds at 95 cents drawing per cent. The city is finishing its sewer system at an additional cost of S20O. .OO0. IL has already expended S2.0O0. 900 n sewerage and water works. getting pure mountain water from the Tamesi river. twenty miles away Three miles fur ther along these heights we visited Mo Donald brothers orange grove, only 3 years old. l never could have believed, without seeing it, that these trees. F to 15 feet high and actually bearing 2,O0O oranges per tree. are only three years old-large as seven year old trees in California and Arizona. There has