The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-04
1922-1924 FIRST AVENUE

are recruited in large part from the peni- tentiaries.
 The mine l went to was just in the first stages of development. l under stand that nothing has been done since l was there. To me il appeared to be a wonderfully rich property It was 1d- foot vein of copper ore of very high grade A shaft sunk below the water level cutting the vein disclosed wonder fu deposit hundreds of samples from which gave an analysis of from to F per cent copper
 Abundance of Game I never saw the like of game in my life. saw hundreds of coveys of Mexican quail Big blue fellows that would not fly unless forced to do so, and on the ir- rigation ditches, ducks by the hundreds. Under every bush was a rattesnake, and on 1t a tarantula. The only thing pro- tected by law was a big, ong-hlled bird that warred constantly on rattlesnales, It was against the law to kill this bird. Everything else, including the Yaquis, could be shot with impunity.
 Good cooking in Mexico is lost art. Our host had everything in the world to eat, but 1t was horribly butchered in the preparation. The Mexican bread Is tortia. It is something like a pancake very thin. The waiter brings 1t in and throws it down on the table, not on plate, but on the table itself. It is about as palatable horse blanket Be- fore each meal our host served us with coenac brandy. which, he said, he pur- chased in Paris at s6 quart It was worth it.
 How Soldiers Are Employed
 When was in Mexico, Diaz was Presi- dent of the republic. Nevertheless, I was t.,l1 ,t tl,a ant had 25oO soldiers in Sonora where they had for two years been vainly trying to suppress about 900 Yaquis. Their lack of success was attributed to the fact that the governor of Sonora had about 1900 of them at work on his ranch: the govern ment. of course, paying them. news paper editor in Hermosillo about three months before were there. wrote an editorial critczing the administration be- cause the Yaauis had not been suppressed and calling attention to the fact that the governor working the soldiers on his ranch, and he was called to Mexico City to discuss the situation with the government officials
 Up to the time l left there he was still discussing it with them, but he was do- ing all his talking from jail in Mexico City. and only to the guards who fur nshed his meals. His family at Her mosilo had not been able to hear from him, or do anything for him. No one dared to raise protest Think of any thing like that happening in this coun- try. I was told all this by Americans, of course, not by Mexicans, and I only re- peat what was told to me-
 Bull Fighting and Chicken Fighting
 Bull fighting and chicken fighting are the great sports of Mexico. Almost every other peon you see on the streets of Her. mosllo had a game cock under his arm. did not see any of their chicken fights. but witnessed two bull fights. or rather that Is what they called them. The bull has fat chance. All of one's sympathy is naturally with the bull, but he has al, out as much show as an infant in Wall street As he Is turned in at the gate. two or three hired hands from a perch above him drop javelins with barbed heads into his hide; they are held there by the barbs and the staffs swing round and round and the points and barbs gouge him unmercifuly. That is done to irri- tate him, and rouse him to charge his tormentors. With all this punishment and brutality they succeeded in getting but one bull mad enough to resent their nagging at the two fights" I saw, and his charge" would not have done credit to flank movement by Coxey's army. It was a rotten exhibition.
 However, there were many attractive things there. On the plaza in Hermosillo two nights a week the band played, and such musicl It was great. The aris- tocrats also put themselves on exhibi- tion. The men dressed in white suits looked clean-and it Is a relief to see something clean in Mexico-and the women dressed also in white with dashes of red. were very attractive, especially the very young ones. Everyone smokes ci- garettes, including the women. The first thing the average Mexican does Is to offer you a cigarette.
 met quite a number of Mexicans in Hermosillo who proved to be very charm ing people.
 They were not charming enough, how ever, to lead me to accept an offer to take charge of the copper property l went down there to look over.
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