Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-24
TUCSONlAN TALKS 0F PROGRESS HAD IN THE
 BIG STATE OF SONORA
James V. Dunseath Returns to Old Pueblo After Visit to Hermosillo; Tells of Con- ditions in South.

. "a cOlSuidl6 al JIG son udS DS6h abolished and, along with many other cOnsulates in the course of carrying
 cut Q policy of economy, is the in formation brought to Tucson ny James |. Dunseath, the attorney, and H. V. Anaya, Mexican consul here, who are back from Hermosillo where they spent a week. Guvtavo Padres, who
 vas CarranZa consul at Nosale3 and was charged will staging at-Ick-i cn Americans in Sonora during the Villa regime there has been replaced by J. H. Delgado of Piedras Negras.
 Mir. Dunseath, discussing conditions in Sonora, said:
 ITO those who are not familiar with i the conditions as they existed about year ago, in Sonora, the country ! seems to be at a standstil. Over a year ago the people who owned their small ranches and homes in the Vii cinity of the railroad, had vacated and : deserted all that looked like home to them, and were either exiles with their relatives in the United States, CT in some of the larger settlements, or in hiding from the soldiers of the revolution, who did not hesitate to ilsvy tribute from friend and foe alike. | Today this is being gradually changed and a different aspect is given to the country. This change is due to many causes, but the establishment of rail- road service is more than any other. the cause given for the change.
 Pioneer railroad building is again being duplicated in the efforts to es- tablish a passenger and freight serv- | ice between Nogales, Hermosillo, Guaymas and other points on the west coast and to Col. Epes Randolph, and his efficient corps of engineers, and assistants, among whom stand out very prominently General Super | intendent H. J. Temple, who is in ! charge of the west coast line, witb headquarters at Empalme, and at sucI other places on the road as he may | pc needed. A more enthusiastic corps | of workers, and loyal railroad men can not be met up with than those | section bosses, bridge carpenters and section hands who, while 'cuSsing the bridge burners of all parties with | whole-souled earnestness, do not for one moment relax their driving tactics | 10 get the trains running again, 1 through river beds and across gaping ! arroyos, so that the travelling public might move at the greatest convent ence. Prom Nogales to HeTmosillo, stretch of 13S miles, it takes F hours ! to make the trip, and between Mag a distance of 15 kilometers, burned and wrecked, mark the energy with which the Villa soldiers worked to check the pursuit of the Callista troops from Nogales, who were bent on ridding Sonora of the bandits from Chihuahua who accompanied Villa to found a new republic with Sonora as ithe rich source of revenue for the in- yaders.
 Efforts are being made to rebuild | the burned ranch houses, and the rail , road equipment that was destroyed during the retreat is being brought into the shops for repairs. At one place south O. Magdalena. wrecked caboose lies across the right of way Of a 'shoo-hy' where If women and ! children were crushed to death wfeT one or the Villa amateur railroad en- ! gineers crashed into another train that had been halted for some pur- pose. The right of way is lined with l sports marked with roughly hewn | crosses. indicating the last resting places of warriors Of better factions who in this morrow bed of mother earth have buried their differences and rest side by side without distinc- tion.
 Farmers are returning to their fields and where lands that appeared : barren and burned out twelve months ago appeared. the green sprouts of ! the growing grain is making more pleasing appearance. An air of con ] lUGAtt lLdl tue NOiS ID ONhs uPPN-AAS to permeate the minds of the people, and Carranza, ObregOn, Gonzales and ! Gales are the names most in the mouths Of the people, when they ex- press themselves as hopeful for peace and prosperity.
 Gen. Gales. who is perhaps the closest in touch with the people ot 1 Sonora. at this time, because of his particularly good work for them, has endeared himself to the hearts of the people by his uniform fairness in deal ing justice. He has punished his friends and protected his enemies,
 where justice demanded that he
 should so act, and he had been com nlended for his fairness by frisnd and foe alike.
 Que of the most talked of acts Of
 mercy was exercised while l was in
 Hermosillo. when ne commuted the
 death sentence imposed upon Jesus
 Ramos. one Of HermosillO's most