The border vidette., 1920-11-27
(By Allen T. Bird in Oasis)

ElaOOrate pre- paratlOnS are un
 der way for the entertainment and comfort of the excursionists who are coming from the United States to participate in the fes
 tivities and ceremonies attend ing the inauguration of Presi
 dent elect Obregon next week. No expense and no effort have
 been spared to make the recep- tion of the Americans as com,
 plete, as comfortable, and as cordial as possible. Upon or
 derS from Provisional President de Ia Huerta, an army of car penters, masons and painters is at work renovating and decorat ing the Colonial station in pre-
 paration for the visitors, the sum of one hundred thousand pesos having been appropriated for this purpose.
 The Colonial Station was for merly the terminus of the Mex ican Central Railway After the government took over the Buen vista sta tiou, trains ran into the latter and the Colonial station has been vacant for some years. The Colonial is a large and hand some station, capable of hand ling a considerable amount of traffic, and the tracks are being repaired, relaid and ballasted, and put into general first class condition. When the work is completed, it will be possible to handle the forty five Pullmans comprising the train carrying the American excursionists from Nogales, Douglas, Et Paso and other points.
 Each car of the train will be sent to a certain part of the sta. tion, already allotted. There the visitors will spend their nights, the station being fitted up more like a first t-class hotel than a railway terminus, es- pecially for the occasion.
 At the same time. large and attractive rooms have been re- served for those of the excur- sionists who may prefer such ac commodation, especially those having their wives with them. Narly every facility and con- venience that can be imagined has been provided, and the off ces, telephones reception rooms and SO forth for the accommoda- tion of newspaper correspond ents are complete in every de- tail. Telegraph operators are in constant attendance, aud spe- cial wires have been installed reaching to all points.
 It is planned to illuminate brilliantly at night the entire premises.
 Ia addition to the already pub. lished program, there are other important features. A parade by the Mexico City Fire Depart ment in honor of the visiting Fire Department of Nogales, Arizona, will include several score of fine motor trucks and engines, some from France, some from the United States, and some from England. Several hundred firemen in full uniform, led by Fire Chief Bracey Curtis, of the NogaleS Fire Department, and the Chief of the Mexico City Fire Department will make up the personnel, while Chief Cur tis of Nogales will be made honorary chief of the Mexico City fire department iu honor of the occasion.
 A special train is bringing a large number of guests to the inauguration from the Guate malan Republic, and Don Juan | de Dios Borquez, acting as spe- cial representative for Provis- 1 ional President de la Huerta, left 1 for the Guatemala border yester- day to greet the distinguished 1 visitors. A special Mexican train will convey the Guatemala excursionists from the border to Mexico City.
 A banquet that will be tender ed General Obregon by the cham bers of commerce attending the inauguration will surpass in magnificance and completeness of detail the famous banquet in 1 honor of the former president, Porfirio Diaz, on the occasion of Mexico's centenary, in 1910. This banquet was served in the famous hall, Tabacalara Mexi 1 cana, which was formerly the residence of Marshall Bazaiue, the commander during the Occu patton of the French. Eighteen hundred and sixty two covers