Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-23
SONORA, THE GREAT BORDER
 STATE OF BIG REPUBLIC
(Centennial Edition of Mexican
 Herald.l

(Centennial Edition of Mexican
 Herald.l
 For years Sonora has ranked first among Mexican states as a minera, producer. Millions in copper, silver and gold have been taken from it's nnes annually, and still its vast mineral territory has been scarcely touched Agriculture and stockrais ing, always important. are now re ceivins more attention than ever be. fore, and in both lines there is prom ise of enormous strides during the next few years. This immense bor- der state, with its Yagui troubles forever settled and it's transporta- tion facilities steadily extending. is now swinging into stride of pro gression second to no ether section of modern Mexico; ana to the in ~estor with capital for the develop ment of its natural resources, and to the settler and homebuilder, it holds out the certainty of bountfful returns.
 The building of the Southern Pa- cific lines has meant much to Sono ra The main line of the West Coast route extends from a connection with the Sonora railway at Empalme. near Guaymas. through the southern DOT ton of the state, crossing the Yaqui and Mayo rivers and placing trans portatioH features within easy reach of the deltas of those important streams.
 AIamos, the center of a rich ter ritory, has been given branch; the Yaqui river country has been opened as far as Tonichi, and Nogales has been placed in close connection with Cananea and Naco- Eventually the Nacozari railroad at Nacozari, and a branch into the garbanzo district along the Mayo river is planned. American interests are now prepar ing to open the Altar district, by the construction of a line from a north ern connection through Sasabe, on the international boundary, to Port Lobos, on the Gulf of California, and the Torres and Prietas railway, re gently purchased by English interests is to be extended to a connection with the Yaqni river line of the Southern Pacific, and possibly beyond. A concession has been granted for the construction of a railroad from Ures through HermosiIlo to Kino bay, on the Gull of California. and an American company has been formed to build a line across the Sauhuaripa district of the state from Tonichi or Toledo, on the Southern Pacific. Much railroad building is certain in Sonora during the next few years. and much rich territory will be opened by the highways of steel.
 Valley and Delta Lands.
 The valleys and deltas of Sonora DOdSs some Ol the most pTOuuCIiNe soil in the world, and the agricultu- ral possibilities of the state are now attracting foreign capital and foreign colonists, while among native land owners the more modern methods of cultivation are steadily gaining fa- vor.
 The Richardson Construction com pany, now controlled by strong finan- cial interests in the East, is in- stalling a great irrigation system in the delta of the Yaqui river and al ready has many American colonists on it's lands. Within the last year large tracts of land along the Sonora river. below Hermosilfo, have passed into American hands, and several i'm portant colonization projects are un- der way.
 This years ga-abanzo. or chick pea, crop in the delta cof the Mayo