Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-13
THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society

Sonora.-Nearly four hundred miles of the Mexican border comprise the northern boundary of the state of Son. ora, the subject of @ war geography bulletin issued in Washington today by the National Geographic Society.
 All our National Guard troops sta toned in southern Arizona will be called upon to patrol the border of the state of Sonora" says the bulletin This, with the exception of the ad- joining state Of Chihuahua, is the largest political division of Mexico, comparing in area with the state of Nebraska, but having less than one fourth the population.
 Sonora has a great variety of eli mates and remarkable diversity of re- sources. The lOWlands of the coast region, stretching along the Gulf of California for more than 500 miles, and the valleys of the interior are hot and dry; the mountains are cool. and the slopes temperate. The northern sec tion of the state, along the border, is largely desert land with a minimum of moisture and a maximum of heat, where horned tOads, poisonous reptiles, jacHrabbits and prairie dogs alone thrive the year round. In the brief rainy season., from June to Septem- Der, there is a sudden awakening of nature, with a bOuntiful growth of grass, providing excellent paStura ge for cattle, and a wealth of flowers
 AAN'4A-o 1 -iiN''C I'4COI tAN etHolJCSI AO the landscape
 While the state is chiefly noted for its vast mineral wealth, it also has great agricultural possibilities. Cere- als, fruits, and sugar cane yield the planter a. generous return for his labor Many carloads of oranges are shipped every year into the United States.
 The mountains from whose depths fortunes in gold, silver and copper have been taken since the days of the Spanish Conquest, and even for cen turies before that by the Aztecs are clad with forests which yield many varieties of valuable woods. These Wilds are the home of black and grizz- ly bears, mountain lions. and other animals, making the regiOn a hunters paradise.
 The development of Sonora has been greatly retarded by the fact that it has been infested by two fierce, re- sCurceful, and pitiless tribes of Indi- ans,-the Yaquis and the Apaches, whose raids constitute one of the hloodiest chapters in the conquest of the southwest, Many of the Yaquis still inhabit the valley of the YaQui River, one of the longest waterways of the republic, flowing through the state from the northeast and entering the Gulf of California in the south west. Thrilling are the tales of Yaqui cruelty told in this section of Mexico T typical account is that of Yaqui chief who was driven to bay by squad of Mexican soldiers. The Indian tOh refuge behind a rock where. one by one, he shoT his pursuers until his supply of ammunition was exhausted The last of the Mexican band was the officer, who, realizing that his quarry was almost helpless dashed toward him with upraised sabre. The Indian stood his ground and as the hOrseman rode beneath him, he evaded the sweep Hf no 1,A r, 1sr- back, piniOning his enemy'S arms to his side, and at the same time digging his heels into the horses side, urging the animal toward a precipice. The horse baked, but the Indian drove his dagger into his mounts side, and the riders were plunged to their death nthe ravine below.
 Sonora is trayersed from north to south by the Southern Pacific of Mex leo Railway. On this line, 184 miles below the Arizona border, is Herm- osilla (LittIe Beauty), the capital of the state, an attractive town of 15,- 900 people. It is 1,7000 miles from HermosilIa to Mexico City by rail, as as far as from New York City to Fort Worth, Texas, or San Juan, Porto Rico.
 "The chief seaport of the state is Gyraymas, with an excellent land locked harbor which is much in need of dredging. ,Tfburon, I an island twenty eight miles long and fifteen miles wide, separated from the main land by a narrow channel, is the home of the blood thirsty seris, of the YyInan family Of Indians. Many travellers accuse dhe Seris of canni- baltstic practices, and several Amer jeans who in recent years have at tempted to explore the region in search of rumored buried as treasures, S have never retllrn liza ton ss ,ssss,