The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 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 sep l5.-For-
tunes are being made by merchants
and business men o. Columb bus z!
! Paso. NoEsles and other owns along
/ the Mexican border as result or
the mobilization OF the National
guard or the international boundary
line The miii-iamen today are the
most popular men on the border. for
Irheir advent has Increased by thou
sands the floating population Of the
towns IN which they have been se-
tailed and has started steady
stream % good American dollars
lowing into the pockets Of trades
men
Nogal-s is characteristic exam
I pie OF he small border town which
has waved prosperous on the mooil-
iEstion There IS hardly a single
resident of the town. whether Mex
can or American descent. Who has
not prodted ia some way from the
coming % the guardsmen. Dealers
in grain and hay. lumber and food
supplies, as well as proprietors OF
drug stores, lunch rooms. ice cream
parlors and souvenir shops, have
seen their incomes Increase a hun
dredfolc siace the mili,ismen from
Conner cut, California Peursylva-
MIA. Idaho and Utah began 10 arrive
by the 'houssnd In the town. With
nearly eco o national gusrdsmen
now stationed here the town rs
one OF the iiveliest spots in the
country
II is hard 70 realize ths, the thou
sands OF khaki clad y.Uths 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 he
5000 sSSrthy Mexican troopers en-.
Camped back OF the town on the
Mexican side OF the border. The "a!
litiSmen appear 10 all intents and
! Purposes 10 be enjoying glorious
I holiday in the town. with never 4
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 H. AZ a premium and
every vacant doorway has been utIl-
lied Ter stands by vendors Of soda
POP" fee cream cones AL bots,
md Nevioln females
Shooting galleries have 5cen ope-
81: tents asve bcc1 thrown az ty
fruit dee.srs and cs1d, maker. and
native peons IN blue Jeans ard straw
som bre-os ply "a lrisI t..de il
worthless VILLA and D'az r7-c-
money with he rll.'lsman TIE
guardsm"n buv sTest rolls rf III
Mexican money 20 send home as ~u-
yenirs. 4 2o-pezo no's Of the Villa
regime may ao purchased for an
American nickel
Quick 20 capitalize The craving Or
the national guarcsmen Tor arnuse.
ment, enierprising citizens have
erected huge auditorium ar one
end OF the main street and have ded.
icated 1t 10 roller skating and dane
ing The mili,iauen skate sor an
hour, then dance for an hour. alter
mating In this manner throughout
the evening In this way the pro-
prietors Of the hall double their pro-
Ats, attracting the men who like to
skate as Tell as those who Ike 70
dance. The fact that the ratio NJ
girls 70 men IN Nogales is about one
to one hundred does not bother the
guardsmen Unable 70 get a part
ner OF the gentler sex 10 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 ot an assortment
Of crudely fashioned string instru.
ments and willow futes Here a
tribe of 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 up
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. ner,
canyas-walled Enclosures. are file,
TO capacity every evening: bur
lesQue show which opened In ia,
tiny opera house a week ago bid
lair 20 remain here the rest Of fh
season and a confectionery deaIe
who has made a small fortune n
sweets during the past few month
Is planning 10 erect movie" hous
here which viii scat several thou
sand patrons al every performance
One Willy Mexican who for soyera
years prior 10 tho outbreak 6f hos
tilities on tho border had been run
ming 2 chilli con carne tarlor IN Ma
gales had the sign over the front q
his shop reprinted when he Iearne,
that several thousand guardsme-
from Connecticut were coming .,
town. Who're the sign formerly rea,
Mexican Chila parlor" IL now read
New England dining room Al
though the reEtaurafevr att,r.a 4,