The Detroit times., 1916-09-15
Young Doctor Former
Barber, Opens Shop;
Is Overrun
CHILE MAN DRAWS
GREAT BUSINESS
Changes Door Sign But
Serves the Same
Grub"

/ NOGALES. AriZ.. sept. l0.--for
tunes are being made by merchant:
and business men OF Columbus, +
Paso, Nogales and other towns along
the Mexican border a. a result oil
/ the mobilization OF the Nations.
guard on the international boundary
| line The militiamen today are the
most popular men on the border. for
Lseir advent has increased by thou
sands the floating population OF the
towns in which they have been de-
tailed and has started steady
stream OF good American dollars
flowing into the pockets % trades
men.
Nogales is a Characteristic exam
pie OF the small border town which
has wsXed prosperous on the mobil.
iEstion There Is hardly a single
resident OF the town. whether Mexi-
can or American descent. who has
not profted IN some way from the
coming OF the guardsmen. Dealers
in grain and hay lumber and food
supplies, as we'll as proprietors OF
drug stores. lunch rooms. ice cream
parlors and souvenir shops. have
seen their incomes increase a hun
oredfold since the militiamen from
Connect cut. Califorris Pennsylya-
MIA. Idaho and Utah began 20 arrive
by the thousand In the town. With
nearly 2e,of0 national grsrdsmen
now stationed here the town IL
one OF the iiveliest spots in the
country
II IL hard 10 realize thai the thou
sands OF khaki clad youths surging
up and down the main street OF the
town in the evenings are waiting for
the word which may send them
across the line 10 battle with The
$4,000 swarthy Mexican troopers en-.
camped back OF the town on the
Mexican side OF the border. The nj
li,iamen appear TO all nten,s and
purposes 20 BE- enjoying glorious
holiday in the town, with never a
care in the world.
Booths and refreshmeut stands Of
every description erected along Nor
ley-ave.. the chief thoroughfare Of
Nogales. give the town the appear
ance OF a country fair Space along
the street IL a. a premium, and
every vacant doorway has been util.
ized for stands by vendors Of soda
pop" ice cream cones, "all hots.'
and Mexican tamsles.
Shooting galleries have been open
ed tents have been thrown 10 BY
fruit dealers and candy makers, and
native poems in blue jeans and straw
somoreros ply brisk trade in
worthless villa and Dlaz paper
money with the militiamen. TIE
guardsmen buv great rolls o, the
Mexican money 20 send home az son
venirs. A 20-peso nots OF the villa
regime may b. purchased for an
American nickel
Quick 70 capitalize the craving OF
the national gusrdsmen for amuse-
ment enterprising citizens have
erected a huge auditorium al one
end o. TIRE main street and have ded
icated Il 20 roller skating and dane
Ing. The mil.tIamen skate 'or an
hour, then dance for an hour. alter.
mating In this manner throuEhou,
the evening IN this way the pro
priefors Of the hall double their pro.
hts, attracting The men who like 10
skate as well as those who ike 10
dance. The fact that the ratio OF
girls 10 men In Nogales r. about one
10 one hundred does not bother the
guardsmen. Unable 70 get part.
ner OF the gentler sex 70 dance With,
they dance with each other.
Near The dance hall stands a tent
from which sounds forth the omin-
Gus sound OF an Indian tomtom and
the weird strains OF an assortment
or crudelyfashioned string instru-
ments and willow flutes Here a
tribe % Yaqui Indians give their
native dances 10 the accompaniment
OF their own orchestra The soldiers
are hypnotized by the strange
sounds within the tent and flock IN
10 deposit their dimes with the bal.
lyhoo man at the entrance who
wears the smile that won't come of,
as he counts his evenings receipts
Motion picture airdomes, mere
canvas-walled Enclosures. are nllec
TO capacity every evening: bur
lesQue show which opened IN tho
tiny opera house a week ago bid,
fair TO remain here the rest OF tn,
season; and confectionery deale
who has made small fortune 4,
sweets during the past few month
IL planning TO erect a movie" hous
here which will seat several thou
sand patrons at every Performance,
| One willy Mexican who for seyera
years prior 10 the outbreak OF no,
Titles on the border had been rur
ming a chill con csrne parfor In Nc
gales had the sign over the front O
his shop repainted when he iearne,
That several thousand guardsm.t
from Connecticut were coming 4
town. Where the sign formerly rea,
Mexican Chila parlorT II now read
New England dining room" Al