Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-02

and planters on this west coast is not
unlike that of the colonials in India,
China or the Philippines. Servants
are numerous and cheap. Fruits and
vegetables grow in abundance. No
body hurries. Nervous breakdowns
and worry" headaches are unheard-
of.
Some of the American-owned mine
and plantation homes are models Of
tropical comfort, spacious and elegant.
Motoring, tennis, golf, pleasure
launches and the west coasts incom-
parable hunting grounds are enjoyed
the year around.
For shooting and fishing, the Quay
mas coast waters are unexcelled.
Trolling for toro, skip-jacks, Spanish
mackerel, yellowtail, Cabrillo, and 9th
er fighting fish affords unparalleled
sport.
Ducks? By the thousand! For the
west coast is right on one of the great
wild fowl migration routes. Last
March in the Yaqui valley, standing in
flooded rice field, 1 got % "red
heads in less than an hour, working
my 16-gauge as the evening flight came
| in.
Here is this worlds happy hunting
ground for those who love the rod and
gun. Some day-when its charms are
known to tourists-Guaymas must be-
come a famed winter resort, balmy,
healthful and healing, a garden spot of
soft breezes, blue seas and ideal JAN
uary outdoor days.
Singular Plant Life.
Even in vegetation this is land OF
odd contrasts. Weird and sinister
looking plants there are, like the
strange Creeping cactus" of the Mag
dalena bay country. Lying fiat and
oddly resembling giant caterpillars
this singular cactus grows forward and
dies behind, thus actually travelling in
the course of time considerable dis
tance. Mr.. E. W. Nelson of the United
States department of agriculture saiC
after exploring the north section OF
the west coast: "Here is the most eX
traordinary desert flora in the world
The combinations of species were won
derfully picturesque, giving the land
scape an individuality unlike anything
to be found elsewhere. Many of thesC
strange scenes seemed fit abidin.
places for the animal life of an earlie
age"
From such inhospitable wastes, th
descent into the green, fragrant, wa
; tered coastal plain is welcom
change.
Down this historic West coast iron
st. Xavier and Tucumcari in Arizon
to Guadalajara, there stretches
string of picturesque massive oil
, churches-churches built by adventu1
Gus Jesuits, churches standing in looI
holed compounds for Indian defense
Inside cisterns stored water for us
during sieges. The thrifty padre
grew their own grain, vegetables an
: fruit, using Indian labor. Near som
: of these ruined churches-built 30
$ years ago-traces of old irrigatio
e works are plainly discernible. AS lat
: as 1879, Apaches attacked the oil
3 church of San Ignacio, in Sonora; it
s Scared walls still show plainly wher
i Indian bullets Clipped angrily at tn
Il fervent defenders.
e The women and girls of Mexico al
: deeply religious. Five masses a da
q are celebrated in some of the large
Y churches, and often the music is e,
r cellent. One bright moonlight night
: sat in the palmshaded plaza befol
e the old cathedral of Magdalena; il
n side woman soloist lifted a voice
|, strong, clear and wonderfully sweet
= such voice as must have given paus
to even Melba or Farrar, "undi
s covered" though this woman was.