The border vidette., 1915-04-17

the w 6SCoru OIllCu Com ,any returned to Los An gelos. his headquarters. after a trip throughout Arizona, ne state,l in an interview, the 1ol- lowing regarding the country arou-d Nogales:
 ANOTHER SOUTHLAND.
 "rhe promise of Santa Cruz Valley from Tucson to Nogaies is that of another Southern Cal- ifornia,'' MT. McPhee said. It's possibilities are almost virglnal. The soil for many miles IS 1n- tensely responsive, and the wat CT is there and could be develop edswhere it is not in plain s1ght;
 By the way, I visited the old mission I did know existed. It is that of Tumacacor1, twenty three miles north of Nogales and forty-fve miles south or | Tocson. It is only three miles south of the ancient city of Iu- bac, where the present Tucson Citizen was first published. It was founded by Padre Euseblo Kino. a Jesuit, in 1897, and ab- dicated by the Jesuits in lo2o. The San Xavier Mission was not founded until 1899. Of course, it was only gray ruin, hedged about by an overgrOwth of sage brush and mesquite, but l could not help feeling as looked at the decaying crosses In the bleak cemetery around the nls- sion that these ancient padres must have known a divine lead ing and must have looked with the eyes of the spirit to have To- cated their first shrines in what was then wilderness, but in a land of such golden promise. They must have realized that beautiful farms would some day flourish to feed the multltudes of cities whose corner-Stones were to be laid in future centuries.
 1T had a grand trip because the desert was Towering as had never before seen it. It seemed as one vast garden.
 1T found the business of No- gales had appreciated POO per cent in the last two years, due to the fact that the refugees from Mexico who have arrived at this gateway conduct all money transactions from the Arl- zona side of the line while for merly they dealt through the banks of Hermosillo, Guaymas and Mazatlan. Down below No gales, both along the Santa Cruz and the Magdalena rivers, there are other stretches of glorious farming country which will some day prove feeders to the Los Angeles Harbor.
 MT. McPhee's interview indl cates improv we'd conditions throughout the State. What he has to say about the Santa Cru Valley is true and since the naDers of Los Angeles, Ell Paso Tucson and elsewhere have pub lished his statement, it is valu able and very much appreciated advertising. Our only regret Il that MT. McPhee did not have an opportunity of visiting thu eastern part of our Count. where he would have been nor forcibly impressed with Sant Cruz County.
 Tomorrow Tucson is comlna uD U1rOuRt1 1lO1 POA oiOA great Santa Cruz Valley and Nc gales is going down through he portion of the Valley and at tn Agua Caliente Springs discus this great and fertile valley on delightfully."- located commo meeting ground, the Agua Ca liente Springs resort. All wh own. or can borrow machine should take advantage of tn opportunity for a Sunday outing
 On May 22nd to 24th the Chan her of Commerce is to run a mo torcade through the eastern pal of Santa Cruz county to lnspe' it's roads, it's ranches, it's mine and meet it's people. The sp' .cial guests to be invited to max the trip include Lamai Co6' State engineer, I. J. Kirker, N; tional Highway Assoclation, VI E. Barnes, Southern Pacific Go Prof. Stanley F. Morse, Supe intendent Agricultural Extel sion Service of Arizona, ana r.. Paschall, Farm Advisor.
 Have you visited the pc Steam Laundry yet? The Char Der of Commerce worked TOT
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