Arizona republican., 1911-03-08
AMERICANS SAFE IN
MEXICO Says PIRILE
FEDERALs NOR INSURGENTS
CARE TO ANTAGoNIzE U. S.
Fair Commissioner Says Douglas and
All Cochise County Are Prosperous.

Americans and American property
are as safe in Mexico as they are on
this side of the line. according 10 T. r
Pirtle. member of the territorial fair
commission, who was in Phoenix yes
terday for meeting of that body Mr.
Pirtle declared that there was abso-
lutely no reason to fear danger to
American citizens or interests in the
southern republic. since both the Diaz
government and the insurrectos are
anxious to have the good will of this
country.
Il am at loss to explain why so
many United States troops are being
ordered TO the border" said Mr.. Pirtle.
"On that score / know no more than |
have read in the newspaper dispatches.
But | do know that Americans on the
other side of the international line are
not being molested by either insurrec-
tos or federal troops.
Take the capture OF FL Tigre mine
by Blanco. the revolutiOnist leader. for
instance. 1t is true that the place was
captured. but the mine kept right on
running. The insurrectos did not touch
fere with the men employed by the
company. The only difference was
that the insurrectos instead of the
federals were in control of the town.
Blanco had fifteen unarmed men but
he did not touch any OF the rifles or
any OF the ammunition which the
Tigre company keeps on hand. About
$50 Mexicans joined the insurrectOs
and then Blanco moved off with his
entire force.
"InSurrectos and federals take the
greatest pains To pass around mines
controlled by Americans, or any other
American property. They know that
if they should interfere with citizens
of this country the United States might
interfere Because of this, Americans
are really safer than they ever were
before.
Il have gone hunting down in Mexi-
co at least once a week the last five
weeks Although | always obtain a
permit to carry my gun across the line
I have never seen anyone to ask me for
that permit In fact / have never seen
a Mexican on any of my hunting trips.
Other hunters from Douglas tell the
same story
Asked if the dispatches from Douglas
could be relied upon. Mr.. Pirtle stated
that those sent out by the Associated
Press correspondent in Douglas were
invariably correct The correspondent
is Aloysius Coll. who takes pains not
to exaggerate the truth and to be sure
of his facts before he sends out any
thing regarding the war. Southern
Arizona is very anxious that no more
than the truth be told regarding the
revolution for the interests of Cochise
and of northern Mexico are
closely allied.
When the reports that many Mexican
families are moving across the line
into Arizona were mentioned, Mr.. Pirtle
said that il is true number of MeXi- |
cans are voluntarily exiting themselves
from their native land in order to avoid !
taking sides in the revolution. A few
miles away is a peaceful, prosperous !
so citizens who do not care /
to mix in the scrap are taking their /
money and what property they can
transport and quietly coming across the
line to become guests of Uncle Sam I'M |
till the trouble blows over
Speaking OF Douglas itself. Mt. Pirtle /
stated that the city was never more (
1t now has an estimated !
population of between 5000 and 5000 /
and more people are going to Doug
as every day.
A force of engineers is now in
Douglas drawing plans for either an
enormous addition to the G. & a.
smelter or for an entirely new plant.
Mr.. Pirtle isn't sure how much the c.
& A. company intends to spend on it's
;melter but the sum VIII run up into
he hundreds of thousands and will
exceed half million. Work
Ipon a 100000 addition to the Cop
Der Queen smelter has been under way
iOme time.
Last mopth the Copper Queen smelter
urned out 100000 pounds of copper.
is normal capacity is a millio pounds
month, but February is short. The
:. x a smetler is also running 10 its
ull capacity and there is no prospect
hat the output of either will he cur
allied.
In Mr.. Pirtle's opinion. a great inn
.tus will be given the mining industry