Arizona sentinel., 1918-01-17
Trip With GoUernor Cantu and Party
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show both gold and silver croppngs that could be worked to profit if there any water But the latter has to be hauled in auto trucks from the Colorado river the desert for 40 miles, However, when the pipe line already mentioned completed water will be much more accessible Governor Cantu and quite number of the guests went down in the mine but remained top in constant search of that wireless station.
 We began our last leg San Felipe about 30 Mon day morning. After leaving the mine went back to where we had made the coffee and then struck almost due south over what called the od womans washboard for was as near that as anything think of the little vines made by prehistoric cloudburs leaving the san dy pebbly soil almost like cotton field only the by no means symetrical San Felipe bay 40 miles dis tant black butte uts out into the gulf and we headed straight for that Governor Cantu in the lead trying to fol tow the tracks made by wagon and five to map ou the road The first miles of road awful the nex ten much worse; the ve-we it get out and pus about half the tme while the st witt the last five miles comparatively easy Governor Cantu go out of his machine mile from where his pathfinders Wer camped The machine was in right behind him and we also walked into camp finding big pan of fish steamng ready for us. The fish me. -Totoava- found am told only in the gulf of Lower California One hanging the camp It speared that afternoon and weighed about 50 pounds 1 quite it is of the
 bass specie but is the sea bass We waited for the other autos but sign of them at midnight whereas the first two reached camp at 30 The governor and and several others out to meet them mile dis when the first headlight flashed around the edge of hill One of the big Packard trucks had broken ax eight miles from camp aa place not half bad many had negotiated in safety But it tired lot of who reached camp 80 in the morning. What they did tC that 50 pound Totoava plenty though when they go through there wasn't enough of it left for bait.
 At last we at San Felipe, after two full days auto travelling times going almost 70 miles hour yet covering distance of but 33 miles from Mexcai Car you beat it? and do you wonder that all ready for our "downy couch when retired at 2:30 a. IT? l guess not?
 But my sleep was restless Here was at San Felipe port about which had heard much, where had heart there was "a whole Japanese colony with Chinamen gal ore ready be smugged into the United States the o perfume time.
 Another German wireless station also supposed be located at this favored port In my dreams won dered if these reports half true Time and aga during the three hours cured up in bed in that biz Packard peeped in all directions in search of sigma Iights-but saw Not dog parked; not cock crow ed Everything dead grave yard the forty odd different keys my companions were snoring in. break of day up and ready for early morning hun after antelope that section being full of them also search of that German wireless station, and anxious see the German fleet in the bay. By sun-up was fu two miles down the bay Not dog had parked coc had crowed for there there. The German fleet and the wireless were pure myths fabricatons made whole cloth made stir up strife. There wasn't living thing there Governor Cantus five and four mules sent in advance to map out the road and prepare the at the only fresh water we'll in that secton
 What did you find Don Pancho?" asked Governor Cantu aectionatey upon my for rather late break fast
 Lots of antelope tracks but antelope Japs nC Chnamen, no Germans" replied, good naturedly.
 Then let celebrate safe arrival at San Felipg with morning drink" said the genial governor
 Thank you very much, my dear Governor, but yor know am on the water wagon until the war is over, re piled.