The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-07-17

this land as we'll as my own, their
land is even better than this, and
not so rough.
One word about the timber. l
stood in one place IN a dense forest
on some of the land that was sold
on this trip, and counted ID ma
hogany trees that square from two
to three feet, aud were from 80 to
70 feet to a limb, and these trees
average almost the same size all
the way up. This figured at from
$500 to $3.50 per thousand shipped
to our cities In the states, would
make a nice sum. Also there are
many other varieties most its equal
in value, such as eboly, rosewood
and Spanish cedar.
The climate here is delightfully."-
tempered by the ocean breeze, in
fact it is one of the most eqpable
climates to be found anywhere.
Here you r not subject to the ex-
treme changes that you encounter
in the central and the northern
states. This seems to be a land
of perpetual sunshine, where crops
grow every day in the year. The
government statistics OIL a plan
tation near this land for one year
are as follows The highest aver
age was 1871 degrees, while the
lowest was 64.75, making a gener-
al average of 75.5. Who could
fnd a more even temperature
There is no question about the
rainfall, as you car see by the
rank growth that covers the UNI
developed lands. The average
rainfall taken from the station
mentioned above, is from 80 to
1875 inches yearly.
Remember my visit to this coun-
try was in the dry season, and we
found plenty of drinking water in
the wells, averaged about 20 to 40
feet IN depth. We also found nu-
merous springs, that supply
many running streams, and this
adds greatly to the stock industry.
From many years of washing
from the mountain sides, together
with the decayed vegetation that
has been forming many centuries
from this tropical growth, there
has formed a dark, sandy or choc-
olate loan that apparently reaches
in depth from two to twenty feet.
With this climate, this soil, and
this rainfall, no wonder the finite
mind cannot imagine the posi-
bilities Of this country.
These lands are from 400 to 500
feet above the sea level, or about
the same altitude as the best farm
ing land in the states. They are
rolling and that gives them an
excellent drainage. These con-
ditions, together with the even
climate naturally makes a health
full country. Diseases commonly
known to us here, such as pneu'
monia, typhoid fever, diptheria
and scarlet fever, they claim are
unknown to them.
: The lands are located in the
states of Vera Cruz aud Oaxoca,
} on the isthmus of Tehauntepec
On looking up this location or
the map, you will note that tbs
National Tehauntepec railway.
connecting the Port of Mexico OIL
the Gulf and Salina Cruz on tbs
} Pacific coast, passes right through
! this land. There are also rail.
roads running from these lands
to the City of Mexico, and from
there to all parts of developed
! Mexico these lines connect Will
! those of the United States. There
is also q very cheap water rate tc
| New York and the Eastern mar.
kets, the rate to New York being
: $1.00 per hundred cheaper than i
is from California, aud the fruits
2 ripen from q month to six week
earlier.
Hogs, cattle, horses, mules anG