La Junta tribune., 1913-08-30

as they used TO be. but few years
ago they would hold the train for
you for few minutes II you were
not ready to go when the train was.
They say that old Governor Luis
Torres would frequently hold a train
for while at the d.po, while he
finished his conversation With some
friend. One time when he was go
ing To Tucson from Nogalcs he Was
at the depot talking TO friend
when the conductor yelled "Ail
Aboard" and the governor waved
siis hand at the conductor and told
MIN to wait n few minutes. The
conductor paid no attention whatever
10 him and the train went on His
Excellency Was pretty sore about II
to think tina, the Am.ricanos wer.
SO unaccomodating. but he couldn't
make II stick In the {. S although
he got away with II In Sonora.
loft Nosales Thursday morning
for Hermosillo In the same car with
Governor Maytorena and his staff
The governor had gotten a leave
Of absence In the spring and l..
Posqueira Vas appointed In his plac,
while Governor Maytorena went "a
Tucson. The leave OF abssnc. wa,
given him on account OF his poor
health Tn. aforesaid poor health
began Just at the time that Madero
was assassinated and the revolution
broke out His health Vas so bad
that be had to 90 To the L. :. right
away. He took special train on ac-
count OF his health no, permitting
him to val, for the regular train.
and when the engine broke down
thirty or forty kiiometers from the
border his health Vas so bad that
he borrowed an automobile and got
over the line as quickly as possible.
California his health Vas much i'm
proved Now that there are no Fed.
erals In the state except ia Guay.
mas pronounced Wy-masl his health
is great deal better and 90 he
came back to resume his old post.
ton There vas a big crowd at
the depot 10 welcome him. but there
Was very little enthusiasm. a few
hollored VIVA RI Gobernsdor." but
not many.
II was agreed that Acting Govern
or Pesqueigs was 10 turn the gov
ernmcnt over 10 Maytorena on Mon.
day. August ,th. but when the time
came Pesqueira wanted to hang on
to the Telegraph and Railroad de-
par,ments Maytorena gave him un-
til , O'Clock that afternoon or he
promised to take them by force.
Pcsqueira counted up and all that
he had that he could depend on was
his personal guard OF about fifty
men. and he found that Mnytorcna
had between three and four hundred
Haquis. 50 he very gracefully with
drew. when Maytorena took charge
hc began 10 clean house right nov.
and about sixty heads Of depart
men,A. assistants. clerks. stcuogra.
pliers etc. lost their Jobs. Most OF
them had not been doing much .1-
C"pt draw their pay which they did
with much grace and abandon Their
was quite blt or grating guiug
on and some OF the chief graficrs
did no, even wait to resign when
Maytorcna took charge but took IL
on the run. Some OF them had help
ed themselves to the property OF
some OF the "Cientificos" who had
l'ft thy country and were afraid 10
come back one fellow had helped
himself 10 the horses aud carriage OF
temporary nonresident lie took
borrowed outfit and when the govern.
or discovered who It really belonged
TO he made tn. borrower return IL
Some OF them had helped themselves
To furnl,ur. from some OF the fine
residences that were the property Of
HucrtiStas. and the governor had
much Of tina, ytnsned.
~A Ia Hcrmosillo exactly one
week before was able to so down
TO camp q, tn. front My old friend
Major Maximiliano kloS took me
do~n with him ~hea he went down
so pay his men rhursdAy. August
9Th. The trains tina, run south Of
H.rmosilio are troop trainh run by
the stat. Troops ~ they hold the
road there and the Southern Pacific
de- Mexico rms the road from Hsrmo
sillo north to NoGales. canancs and
Naco. The train that went down
on ~ss 60 go At three o'clock. M~x