Arizona republican., 1920-02-22

in eight or ten years. Water is album
dant and when the surface water dis
appears two 40-inch pumps furnish
water for irrigation at a cost of 81 an
acre. Tomatoes require six irriga-
lions. garbanzas next and cane the
least of ALL
The cane is hauled to the mill in two
wheeled carts drawn by four oxen
each. The carts are of the most an
consisting of single round blocks OF
wood. The oxen are not yoked but are
attached to the cart from a strip OF
wood fastened to the back of the
horns by means of rawhide thongs
They seem to pull as efficiently as
when yoked. The oxen are large and
well kept and are seldom abused.
A white cube sugar is turned out
at the johnson mill. The cane here
is not burned for the removal of the
leaves as at many mills. That is a
process that creates "a caramel of the
juices at the joints and gives the sugar
brown tinge. Other mills on a
small scale in this vicinity turn out
pinoche. The land hereabout is very
fertile. without a1kali and there is none
of the slick land that is seen in other
places. There are good auto roads run
ming out from San Bias to the ranches.
Large areas of country are under cul-
tivation and still larger areas are
awaiting the conquest of the jungle.
The Fish Trap of the Pacific
The next stop was at Guaymas where
there was the same cordial reception
that had been accorded the excursion
lists elsewhere. Guaymas is a city of
1000 situated on one OF the finest
harbors on the Pacific coast. Previous
to the revolution and the great war it
was an important port of call. 1t had
a snl of
but now there are no vessels in the
harbor except small fishing craft, a
sunken Mexican gunboat whose ma SITS
rise above the water and a large in
termed German vessel.
The visitors were fortunate in ar
irving at Guaymas on the eve of the
kermiss at which all the better class
of citizens had turned out. The pur-
pose of the kermiss was to raise money
for the carnival the great blowout
before the people put themselves under
the restraints of Lent
Guaymas had been greatly hurt by
the war in the cutting off of shipping
but the town is slowly recovering. A
member of the party who had been in
the banking business before the war.
While there, made arrangements eor
putting a few men in charge of the
banks and gradually resuhing. The
great Banco de Sonora suspended bus
mess on the west coast but transacted
all of its business through it's bank at
Nogales. Not all of the bankers who
left the country between two days are
yet free to go back--those who took the
funds with them which the govern
ment needed. Max Miller, a we'll
known banker said he had been invited
back but a condition was attached
which he was not yet ready to accept.
The condition was that he should re-
turn with the money which he trans
ported out of the country.
Many members of the "old families
who had been expelled or fled were
gradually returning. Luis J. Martinez.
a large shipowner had come back the
day before the arrival of the excursion.
He found that some of his property had
been taken over but that it had been
largely returned. He expected to re-
ceive his shipping back.
His residence on a principal street
had not been disturbed in his absence.
though it's contents were of a character
that would have furnished valuable
loot.
1t was observed that a good feeling
was being restored between the
emigres and the revolutionists. and it
was the opinion of the visitors that
the revolution in having effected this.
had been beneficial rather than dam
aging to this part of Mexico.
An industry which promies much
for Guaymas is fishing. Senior Torres.
a scion of an old family, has a large
plant for canning oysters and sea tur.
ties. 1t is to be enlarged for handling
fish and beef and it is hoped that the
people of the United States will have
an opportunity to learn of the excel
lence of the Torres products.
The Guaymas oysters famous
for their flavor The oysters are so
rx1n II he, 1ff T.,
street to gather them At low tide they
can be seen hanging in great clusters
to the rocks, and the coast for miles
north and south of Guaymas harbor
is one great oyster bed.
Fish for Rent
Senior Torres told the visitors that
Guaymas bay was the great fish trap
of the Pacific ocean. All kinds of sea
food are obtainable there, almost every
variety of fish, and monster sea tur
ties. One of the excursionists char
tered a launch and set out by himself
on a fishing expedition in the bay
He returned with large number of
fish, the least of which was five feet
in length and some of them large
that one man could not carry them
ashore. He made much of having his
photograph taken, by a local pnouo-
grapher whom he had subsidized, in
His companions We're rather jealous
of his piscatorial achievement until
that evening a Mexican presented a bill
in the Pullman car to Senior So and So
for the rent of seven fishes"
The Edge of the Tropics
The next stop was at Culiaca.n, the
capital of the state of SinalOa- where
the visitors were met by the acting
governor and state officials. and well
coined in the usual cordial manner at
the palace. Culfacan is the first city
south of the line untouched by Amer
lean influence. Its architecture and
customs are old world. The porches
jut out over the sidewalks. There
is no plate glass in the windows of
the shops. The counters run parallel
with the streets and on them are dis
played only samples of goods which
are kept in warehouses in the rear
The buildings are one or two stories, OF
adobe, or brick plastered. There are
a few concrete structures. The side
walks are narrow and the streets are