Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-01-02
LAND OF OIL AND CATTLE
WEALTH OF ME- MC0
The Possibilities of the East Coast
Country, Which Is now Filling with
Americans.

Mexican Petroleum Company's Ebano
Hacienda. 60 miles north Of the City
of Mexico. Dec. 25.-(Special CORE
spondence of The Republican)-W
will try to interest your readers re-
ga. ding the great oil and cattle bust
ness of this part of the republic OF
Mexico. This is a great stock country.
The Para grass and Guina grass are
far ahead of alfalfa and any one who
sees it with its immense growth green
the year round. admits l.. Millions of
acres of this tame grass on these plains
extending away south opposite the City
of Mexico and from the Sierra Madre
mountains on the west TO the Gulf OF
Mexico on the east. The. elevation is
geo 10 $50 feet above the ocean.
Here the stockmen from the north
ern ranges like Arizona) bring their
cattle to fatten in these Para grass
fields. like our people bring their cat
tie TO the alfalfa fields OF the Salt and
ella valleys. This wonderful grass
will fatten three TO four head per acre
and feed from five to seven months
before il is eaten down, but always
green and growing.
This hacienda of half a million acres
has $1,000 head OF cattle and 700 head
OF horses. Mr.. Watts, the manager Of
the cattle department here, is q Kan
sas man and OF great experience in
the Indian Territory and Texas in this
line of business. He has just shipped
in seventy-fve head of full blooded
Shorthorn bulls and will soon bring in
more. He has two American jacks and
is raising good mules. Last year he
cleared $4,000 on cattle He rOped
and brought in 5000 head OF wild cattle
last year. enough 20 pay all expenses
OF the ranch. Next week he will begin
bringing in hundreds OF the same kind
OF cattle for this. yea.
There are no drunken MexicanS on
This half million acre hacienda. The
Los. Angeles owners never allow any
liquor sold or used here.
They pay 20 to size (gold) per day
for labor.
This oil and stock company has
spent three million dollars in the pur-
chase Of the land and in development
II OIL. They have several flowing wells
and a contract with the Mexican Cen
trail railway for fifteen years TO supply
il with fuel oil for locomotives. for
Fifty million dollars.
They have a concession from the
and will put in a half mil
lion dollar gasoline plant in the next
six months. They have a refinery and
siso make large quantities OF asphalt
tum.
The Mexican Farm Lands company
Of Phoenix has $4,000 acres Of land
adjoining this oil company on the west
mo doubt all underlaid with oiD and
the richest black prairie soil in the
world. Two-thirds OF the tract IS
prairie. Pure water is found al from
fifteen TO twenty-five feet
They have just today sold Mr. Jor-
Ian of Verde valley 500 acres. and
Eugene Keene OF the same place 100
acres. ]. \. Wilder of Phoenix bought
1000 acres here in September and DC
tOber last and these people will soon
move their families here and make
heir homes
Americans are settling here rapidly.
Thirty families have settled near here
since I was here two weeks ago.
DuI parry u AbuE SAblItu DNFI pllt
lay a. Aguas Galleries. a modern city
IF 10000 population. The city has
electric street cas-. a fine plaza and
4 statue OF Juarez. There is also a
great pillar commemorative the indie
lendence OF the republic There are
inc cathedTals a Presbyterian church.
natural hot springs and fine bath
houses with beautiful colored tile lined
pools. where the water. over $50 de-
sTees. bubbles ~ through the spaces Of
he tile floor. We all enjoyed these
,aths. Next we expect 10 be in surf
,athing at Tampico.
We visited the great smelter here
aid 10 be the second largest on the
American continent. The pay roll is
10000 per month. The company en-
,loys 1900 men, and smells 1870 tons
# silver ore per day.
II is perpetual summer here. no
-ost, wild flowers in abundance. There /
s a wonderful tropical growth of brush
md plants in the timber belts. such as
palms. pineapples. wild sweet
emOns and oranges. lines. cocoa palms
md cocoanuts. cocoa palms from which
ocoa butter is made. wild chile and
Hack pepper. bananas. etc. in abund-