Arizona republican., 1907-01-13

cattle. The lands are interspersed with tall cocoa and cocoa nut palms; also palms from which cOcOa-butter is made. Mango trees banana planta- tiOns, pine apple gardens, coffee. wild black pepper. oranges. lines. guavas and papana-the latter bears luscious fruit that look like muskmelons. or cantalOupes. with a far superior fruit flavor, and the trees often yield fit, dollars worth of fruit. The coco4 palm grows 10 double the height Of our Arizona giant cactus. with bare bodies straight as a line for 30 to 50 feet in height crowned with palm leaves, mak- ing very picturesque landscape.
 No marshy or swamp lands. The banks of lake and river d.y and es- pecially out here on the Cuchara river which enters the lake from the west ir shape of a spoon, and the name is spoon in English.
 Between the lake and the gulf is a narrow strip of land from a half to one mile wide. Captain Blackman thinks this lake was once part of the gulf and that the ocean has washed up this sand ridge. Sunday Il a. m., Rev. MT. Kuykendan held religious services on deck. He read the I7th Of John, and gave very interesting and feeling discourse. At seven in the eve ming he again preached with great power and the presence os the Holy Spirit was deply manifest in his earn est words and the testimony meeting that followed was participated in by several who spoke freely and feelingIy. Our passengers exclaim. "WEd Chickens." on shore and seven kinds of parrots. Plenty of deer and wild turkeys.
 Here we land and native Mexicans are loading great bundles of sarspa- rilla large as barrels, and pack it on their backs as they do trunks here. Vanilla is gathered here in abundance and very rich yellow looking dye wood worth $50 per cord-aI for the northern market. The dye wood makes perma- nent colors of all kinds when treated with chemicals.
 The banks of the river here are 20 to % feet high and the river is from F to 15 feet deep.
 There are good looking horses and cattle in these immense Para and Guinea grass pastures. Have been 24 miles up the river and am now back on the lake and to the southeast out of sight of land.
 Beautiful hills and mountains to the southwest and a very dim range off east of the city of Mexico.
 We pass the plantation of a Mexican widow, whose husband died four years since and left her S1O,OOO in debt. She has paid it all off from the sale of dye wood and sarsparilla. She is one of our passengers and quite intelligent: she has very pretty daughter, a young lady grown. Indeed we are a jolly crowd when gathered from our state rooms on deck, singing, telling anec- dotes. some of the ladies giving recita- tions and reading to the company, the Real Diary of a Boy, etc, shaking our sides with laughter. We all enjoy the fine cooked meals of abundant food. Have chicken-pie, shrimps. etc.
 Among the pleasant memories of this earthly life We shall ever hold dear the recollection of the American Home seekers Excursion" on the beautiful lake of Tamchua, with it's evergreen islands and shores in the bright tropic sunlight, or the full Orbed moon at night.
 Now We are on the east side of the lake, and listen to the oceans roaring surf as it's mighty white capped pillows reach the shore. O, the sublimity and grandeur. The mighty ocean as we stand upon its surf beaten shore and see its power. it fills the soul with awe and admiration for the mighty hand that scOOped its fathOmless depths and raised the great mountains to pierce the clouds.
 Roll on thou deep blue ocean roll,
 Thy majesty doth fill the soul
 Thy never-ending voice we hear
 Which fills our minds with awe and fear Beneath thy waves lie treasures vast And myriads of our race
 We think of many a Spanish craft.
 With treasures from our mines
 Now resting in thy bOsOm's depths
 For centuries of the past.
 | Our kind captain anchored at the mouth of Spoon river over night. cost ing him $l50-just to give our party a daylight view of the country. Says the value of the vessels time is sIl 10 $l5 per hour We are unloading lumber and casing for the PennsyI- vania Oil company, who are sinking for oil. Their derrick rises above the horizon. Have sold 100 acres of land last week, SS,5OO, for the Mexican Farm Land company of Phoenix. Arizona Messrs Jordan and Keene of Jerome and MT. Sches of Iowa were the pur- chasers. w. H. GREENE.