The daily morning oasis., 1918-07-14
Three New irrigation ENTERPRISES in the
Mayo, Yaqui and Sonora DeItas. A
Shoe Factory at Cruz GaIvez School.
AeropIanes VS. Yaquis

Thursday evening Mr. Astolfo Nogaes Sonora
who represented the Magadaena district congress
Sonora and is member of the permanent
body which is in session during of the congress- returned
kome from He1moso the capital for days. give
ton to his affairs.
To representative of The yesterday Cardenas
interesting account of circumstances that have
pied recently in furherance of plans of the
and the general advance development of the
rial of Sonora They include important irrigation
telprses colonization schemes shoe factory and vigorous
campaign against the Yaqui Indians
Mr. Cardenas stated that Gen. Elias Gales military
mandant of the federal troops in Sonora and constitutional
of the state has returned recently from visit of
weeks official business the City of Mexico and that he had
brought strong body of troops with good equipment complete
and several aeopanes to be employed the campaign
against the rebeious Yaquis avaos and machine
operators accompanying each machine All the most effective
known to modern warfare to be employed against
the ecactrant Indians and with aeoanes they will be raed
into their mountain fasenesses there be moved down viii
machine campaign Planned to begin in September
and it will be sharp, short and decisive. -.
Mr. Cardenas stated that prohibition of the sale of liquor is
working well in Sonora The officers and officials, both civil
and Military earnest about enforcement and will that
their intentions carried out There had been some violations
Navao and other places but the offenders had been punished
important irrigation projects conceived and planned
A government of Sonora have
sanction the federal government and they will be
pushed completion possible the of $4,000
American money per month being appropriated toward consruc
on They high line canals from the Mayo and Yqu rivers
that have not been reached by the systems of water
distribution in operation and canal in the delta of the
Sonora river covering rich and fertile lands below the city of
er1nolo The latter enterprise to be constructed by
poraton which has enlisted Jaapnee capital the enterprise
The other two federal projects and the cost of construction
will be paid from the treasury of the republic About 10000 hec
a1es of land will be reclaimed.
colonization project will hand in hand with development
of the irrigation projects mentioned The lands will be divided
holdings of so to 100 hectares which will be sold to acua
settlers long time and terms The settlers will be assist
ed by the government in getting started
shoe factory to give employment to pupils OF the Cruz
G\ez school Hermolo is not the least important in the list
of enterprises that to be established building devoted to that
purpose erected the of the school,
structures house which being built and complete
outfit of shoemag machinery will be installed the total cost
of the building and machinery be American money
location the school has shoe shop with small
complement machinery which boys the school trained
the handicra By the time the factory completed and
ready for operation there will be organized and provided to man
large competent force of operatives The output will enter
the regular of trade the West Coast of Mexico
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