The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20

INO 7 ASHINGTON, May 19.-(Special) WW Chihuahua, Mexican border
 state reported to have gone over to the revolution, is described in the fol- lowing bulletin from the Washington CD. @ headquarters of the National Geo. graphic Society;
 Largest of Mexican states and richest in resources. Chihuahua has an area about twice that of Pennsylvania but a burg. Were it's land allocated among it's citizens every five persons might have more than square mile.
 'Such alotments would make many ouintets of owners fabulously rich; for a Croesus might envy the wealth of some Chihuahua mines. Best known Of these is the historic Santa Eulalia, seventeen miles southeast of Chihuahua City, dis covered in 1703. but not yet exhausted, from which have come millions ot dollars worth of silver. Many of the silver mines possess ores of 50, 50 and even 7o per cent metal, and there came from one Chihuahua mine a giant nugget of nearly 300 pounds of almost pure silver
 Gold, lead, iron and copper also are mined Farming is a major industry in Chihuahua. and 1t has been stimulated by irrigation projects, though the agricul- tural output has been estimated, under normal conditions, to be only one-fourth as valuable as the minerals
 ct, ic axtanSiNa Rllt the most recent, and potentially one of the most valuable industries of the state, is that connected with the vast forests. Resin and turpentine were derived from some of the mountain timber.
 "Four-ffths of Chihuahua consists of undulating tabIe-lands, for the most part thousands of feet above sea level, offer ing extremes of temperature from the bleak, snow-clad peaks in winter to the oppressive heat of valleys in midsummer. Rich in resources as is the state taken as A whole. there are broad arid, desert like areas.
 "In Chihuahua grows the agave, na- ture's own antidote for snake bites, dead lv also to the reptile which tastes us juice. The curious Chihuahua dog, if his pedigree can be verified, is almost worth his weight in gold. These tiny, slckly. rat-sized canines, have been compared to the sleeve dogs of China. butterfly dog of highest degree should weigh less than two pounds
 "At Cuanajuato is the Bastille of Mex leo the Alhondiga de Granaditas, once q grair, market later prison. where the head of Hidalgo was displayed OH q 'p''Ns for a decade as a warning to other reNo- urionists. Though Hidalgo was eAe- cntad ftwo wears before his trlal was c,nelsded. incidentally and his army uis- nersed. he is known as the au1noi VI Mexican liberty He rang MeNicos tio
 ,au, on his church at Dolores III ,a,o sounding the tocsin of the future freedcm and long era or prospei's' terrupted by disturbances or the ias' rev years.
 ..r,r.cas of the Apaches once the cruel
 ., .,d most treacherous race m the
 ,e to be found in Chihuahua,
 ,.nv cliff dwellings, Aztec mounds and various other ruins. wnicn nave not , studied. The conquest Of these Anaches was one of the most difficul; .,s,,s of the white mems effort toward ..efnl development of Mexico. The
 ..a.pv inclined may conclude that na- .., as.well as the natives. helped make ,,.,,,,,.npa inhospitable. For many kinds ~ plants, especially in the deserts. are thorny and prickly. Especially is this