Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-02-26
Official County Paper
Letter From ]. A. Hall.
Fuente Villa Oaxaca, Mexico
Republic. Jan. 16, 1910.

nave been trying my hand at
running a hacienda or farm and
have been building fence. clear
ing little land and just finished
setting out $50 bananas. [
measured one tree that [ had
set out. 1t was about 3 inches
through and I measured the
new growth and the tree had
grown IA inches in less than
week. Some others are larger
and others are smaller. Most of
those trees will bear bananas in
6 to 9 months as those were
large trees / got in another
grove.
l have been showing a Nor
mon preacher and two other
Mormons some land that is for
sale | took the plantation
horses and went out with them
two or three days and as l only
had 3 saddles had the preach
er ride bareback. When we
came back Mrs. Foy, the lady of
the plantation, asked me what
[ had been doing and | told her
l thought I had been spreading
the Norman gospel over heath
en- land, the way the preacher
spread around over that caballo
or horse. Those Mormans like
this tract of land here that |
have dickering for and say they
will sure take 1000 acres and pos
sibly more. This is a fine piece
of land along the railroad and at
two stations; the land is good
and well watered I will tell you
what / showed them in one field
on this land the other day; the
the first corn ripe but not gath
cred, squashes large as a bushel
basket, young corn between the
rows and one foot high and a
crop of beans growing nicely.
Four crops on some land in JAN
uary aren't so bad for cheap
land I also showed them over
the large rubber plantation called
the San Savario rubber planta-
ton about six miles from here.
We saw lots of parrots and some
deer and lots of Senorita deer
dressed in natures best.
We also took splendid dinner
on this plantation and was shown
a good time by the foreman who
is nice man. This place has
1000 acres to rubber, 1 to 8 years
old and other crops.
Well | will give you an idea of
how the things are growing. |
dug up a little patch in the yard
and planted some beans, peas,
corn and other garden stuff and
it is growing nicely now.
| have been workings 3 and 4
Mexicans and Indians in fencing
and setting bananas and | can
talk enough Spanish to get along
with them fine They think [
am O. K. and | have lots of fun
with them.
| will give you a little on wealth
er, climate and snakes. First we
are having rain every night and
some of the days, and some sun
shine.
I ride through lots of Para
Privalijo grass that is higher
than my head on horse. [ can
get fine land here for S4 to So on
the railroad and some cheaper
back from the railroad. This is
in large tracts. Generally |
have ridden through thousands
of acres of jungle, swan my
horses across Rio Papaboapapam
by canoe and swan them over
Cbisp river and in all these trips
I have never seen single snake.
1 have heard several tigers roar
ing or following, call it what you
like.
/ am feeling fine but can't say
I am free from penales or tick.
/ am eating oranges to my
hearts content. / went out last
night Or evening and gathered
two baskets full of nice oranges;
we also have plenty of lemons
here. The manager has gone to
California and when he comes
back about the last of this month
I will probably go up the Rio
Tonto valley about Macciness
and Tuxtepec and look around
up there as Colonel Baine of the
big banana plantation invited me
to come up and look over the
plantation.
Well I will close as I am going
out south today on a big planta-
-tion with another man.
Yours sincerely, j. A. Hail.
The hest of the wine for the