The Dickinson press., 1910-10-01

Gresham, Oregon. Aug. q, 1910.
Trimble-Anderson Co.,
301-Union Bldg.
San Diego. Cal.
Gentlemen : Having just returned from
a trip inspecting your land, the lamar
indo tract. near Culiacan, Sinaloa,
Mexico. we desire to state the results Of
our investigation Of this tract in parti-
cular, and the locality where the land
is situated in general.
I'VE are pleased to report that we
found the land and the conditions as
represented by you. The land is more
even in quality, the surface more level,
the soil deeper and richer in vegetable
matter. and the Growth of vegetation
greater than we had expected.
I'VE found two open wells on the tract,
the surface of the water about Is feet
below the surface OF the ground. The
water is soft and has no alkali or other
mineral tastes, but is not as clear and
cool as we would like to have it. We
are told the reason for this is that dur
ing the rainy season, now at its height,
surface water seeps into these shallow
wells. bringing with it fine silt from
the soil, and that the water is clear and
quite cool during the drier seasons in
the winter and spring. We found large
fields of fine looking corn on and adj
joining the Tamarindo tract. We were
told the corn had been planted two
weeks; it was growing at the rate of
about three inches per day during our
stay. and roasting ears were expected
in thirty days.
I'VE saw some Maguey or Fiber plant
fields. and a great number of wild fiber
plants growing among the brush, but as
this is not the season for harvesting of
this product, w had no opportunity of
investigating the detail work in this
industry.
1.-The fiber plants, the:.corn, beans. and
other ordinary field crops are grown
entirely without irrigation. We saw
some immense fields Of thrifty looking
sugar cane and two large sugar mills
and refneries. We saw a large orchard
of tropical fruits. Mango, papaya. alli-
gator pear, banana. pomegranate. orange,
Mexican lime. pineapple. etc., inter-
spersed with hedges of fragrant roses,
clumps of bamboo and other ornamental
trees. Our time was limited and we
could not investigate everything, but
we saw enough to convince us that most
of the necessities and luxuries of civil
lized man can be grown in this West
Coast Country of Mexico with less care
than we have ever seer used in farm
ing. The sugar cane and fruit requires
irrigation and pumping plants for that
purpose are installed OF these planta-
lions. We found the climate better than
expected. the thermometer ranging from
IS to IS degrees during our stay. The
nights were fairly warm but We could
sleep with comfort. We had some nice
rain without winds or other climatic
disturbances The rainfall seems, ample
10 produce crops and the soil was
thoroughly penetrated with. moisture.
We were told by old residents of good
standing that the district where the
Tamarindo uact .is located is favored BY
more rainfall than many other locali-
ties, and the difference in vegetation
in the different districts we saw seems
to prove this opinion IS correct.
I'VE had no trouble worth mentioning
with mosquitoes or other inaect pests
we saw only two snakes and they were
of a harmless variety.
In regard to the best way of operating
FARMS for us who are now interested in
the Tamarindo tract as purchasers of
land. we believe the most practical way
is for the buyers of small tracts to unite