Bisbee daily review., 1910-01-21
AMERICAN INVESTORS
 IN OLD MEXICO

Consul Louis Hostetter. of Hermo
 sillo. furnishes the following informa
 tion concerning American capital an,
 American colonization in the Mexi
 can state of Sonora.
 Within the last two years larg, ftracts of lands in this state nav,
 hees bought by American capitalists and in consequence of these purcnas
 es several American colonies are tC
 be established
 1 One company. which has soc, ,e0s acres in the Yaaui river valley. has already disposed of ieo.eoe acres
 mostly to American farmers from Cal ifornia. A number of these are al ready established and have started a settlement calird Onegots. They have erected dwellings and have planted large portion of their lands mostly in fruits and vegetables. which will mature some time before they do in California so they expect to market them there as well as in the east. This company has made ex- tensive improvements. having built a main ditch, 65 feet wide and 2s miles long. to be extended 90 miles. be sides the main ditch fl will build 200 miles of laterals.. The company has also erected an experiment station, which is in charge of an experienced man, and is well equipped.
 Another company. composed of New York capitalists. has purchased a tract of 100000 acres. situated 20 miles south of Hermosillo. through which the railroad passes. This is very good agricultural land, and is to be divided into small-sized farms and eolonized. The company has found. upon experimenting. that water can be obtained in most parts Of the land by digging wells from 20 to Go feet deep, and as an artesian well has been opened al a station called Pes queira. GO miles north of Hermosillo. It is going to try and secure an arte- sian flow also.
 Another company of Los Angeles people has bought tract of I10.o0e acres. 70 miles. west of zHenosilIo. near the elf of California. This com Dany has been bringing in excursion sts, and has sold over 10000 acres: t has laid out the tract in different sized farms and has plated a town site on the coast.
 Still another company. composed of City people. has bought l. poo. 900 acres in the district of Altar. The most of this land is only fit for grazing purposes, but a good portion has been laid out in farms A town has also been laid out on the coast of the Gulf of California. at a place call ed Point Lobos. The company claims 10 have sold quite a lot of land and 10 have made arrangements for the erection of some buildings on it's townsite.
 A concession has been granted by the Mexican government. to a citizen of Hermosillo, to dam the Sonora riv- CT at point 10 miles above the city. Government engineers, who were sent to examine the situation, claim there is enough water being wasted to irri- gate a stretch of land 50 miles long by 20 miles wide The company has to build a dam. reservoir and ditches of sufficient capacity. to carry all the water necessary, and it has the privi- lege of buying all government land along the line Of the ditches, now free. for 9 American cents per hect- are (247 acres). The company pro poses to erect an electric plant, and claims it will have enough power for lighting the city. running the street cars, and supplying factories This enterprise is to be capitalized by New York company.
 Besides the foregoing. several small lots have been bought up by Ameri- cans, and visitors are constantly ar irving to look up opportunities for buying lands.
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