El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-11
VEST COAST Of MEXICO IS
THE new LAND Of PROMISE
There Opportunity Awaits Only Intelligent Effort and
Nature Has Provided Every Facility and Resource
For Man to Succeed in Agriculture or Indus
trial Development.

so firmly constructed are ready to be
| raised at a moments notice
The Sinaloa Land company has mil
lions OF acres in the vicinity of Culia-
can. and the irrigation project advanc-
! ing so rapidly will only irrigate a
/ small portion Of its land
The Colonia de Culfacan tract is to
receive the first water from the canal
! then 10 miles west toward the coast
! the company's ranch at Yebabito will
i De watered. and adjoining the famous
i sugar plantation at Navo1aIo, owned
/ by Nelson Rhoades. jr., comes IN for
its share of water. The company has
! been farming for several years and
! has under cultivation between 1000 and
/ 5000 acres, and up to this year had to
/ depend upon the rains for water.
The Sugar Industry.
The sugar plantation is big propo-
/ sition. There are over 5000 acres OF
almost nothing but sugarcane, and the
/ teams and trains are hauling the cane
! to the mill at the rate Of about ESQ
/ tons per day. The plantation operates
I its own railroad to the cane fields and
the teams consist mostly OF oxen The
mill is turning out each day % tons
| Of refined sugar, which is made into
cubes. To get the % tons OF sugar
the mill has to grind about $50 tons or
I cane, which il does. working day and
night The first three years an ordi-
| nary field of cane produces from 80
I TO 40 tons per acre, and often exceeds
that figure.
Thirty-fixe acres Of banana plants
are being set out near the mill, main
! " as an experiment to prove whether
or not bananas can be grown and
shipped for the northern markets at
a good profit Bananas grow wonder
fully well and it is very common
fOF,f 10 foxxr in "a
of the different homes that the people
can have the fruit for their own use.
but the industry has never been taken
UP on large scale to test out shipping
for profit IF il IS proved they can be
the sugar plantations will go into the
business on a large scale and. put sew
eral thousand acres into bananas
The 20 miles between Culiacan and
Navolato is settled up and the natives
have farmed the lands in their crude
way for many years II operated with
modern implements and farmed upon
scientific methods these lands viii
produce big crops, as Is being proved
by the Americans on the ground now
The Sinaloa Land cOmpany's farm and
the sugar plantation are examples or
what the country and soil viii do
CuIIacan a City Of $4,000.
Culiacan is a city OF about 10000.
is clean and well kept and is cotton
the largest cotton factories on the
west coast A good Illustration OF how
badly cotton growers are needed along
the coast country is the fact that half
the cotton used in the factory at Culia-
can is shipped in from New Orleans
and Galveston The duty is heavy.
which means that cotton sold IN Culia-
can will bring higher price than in
the states and still sell for less than
at present.
The Las Prospeeidad colony is 55
miles south of Culiacan at A5uya, Sin.
and has As, 900 acres 1t has $500 acres
cleared and so people are living in the
town and on the lands. The members
of this colony ars from all parts OF the
world. The town of Abuya is very
good American village. equipped with
a store school. hotel and restaurant.
and is situated on bay that extends
six miles frcm the ocean Nearly all
the country between Culiacan and Ma
zatlan. a distance OF 143 miles, is I'M
developed farming country. which Is
being settled up gradually With a
few more colonies like the Prospect
dad people settling along the line be-
tween the two cities. the country
would in very short time have 4
vastly different appearance
SIazatIan Thriving City.
Mazat1an is al thriving business city.
sea port slsns the Pacific coast OF
Mexico. At Mazatlan is located the
second highest lighthouse in the world
situated on another island just Off
from the one the city is on This city
is manufacturing center and very
important point for all towns north
and south along the coast 1t has
large tobacco factory. four cigaret
factories. a brewery. foundry, shoe
factory with a capacity of 200 pairs per
day carriage. match and soap factor
les. and the largest market IN the re-
public made of steel frame construc-
ton at cost OF $500. 000 Mexican cur
rencyc Mazatlan is the port of four
regular lines Of steamers plying up
and down the coast The view of the
ocean and the city TO be had while on
the cliff drive is magnificent
Going south from the city. the rail-
road follows the ocean very closely
for long way. then gradually works
inland. The country between Mazat-
Ian and Acaponeta between the ocean
and the mountains is all agricultural
land. but small portion has been
cleared and settled upon. There are
small farms scattered along all the
way, but only few and they are OPP
Grated by the natives in their old fash
toned way. The first operating COM
pany of any size is at Las .Conchas on
the river bearing that name. which is
10 miles north Of Aeaponeta. Topic.
The Land Finance company has its
main office in Fargo n. D. 1T has
$4,000 acres of which 5000 are cleared
and in cultivation That Is section
of the country where they grow two
crops per year without irrigation and
they grow from so TO 100 bushels OF
corn to the acre each time. Tobacco
and rice are the leading products in
that section and are grown at big
profit The average rainfall is 81
inches.
Acaponeta a Quiet Town.
Reaching AcapOneta. Topic. one finds
a very quiet city Of about 5000 in
habitants and one that looks as II
there was very little business done in.
but the shipping books at the station
show very different story. Acapone-
ia ships more corn, beans. lard. to-
bacco. cattle and hogs than any other
town between the cities OF Topic aad
Guaymas. The tobacco raised is ship
ped in the Mazatlan factories A new
factory for making native sugar called
penOche Is soon to be established by