Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25
AMERICAN TRAITS
FOUND IN SONORA
Rebel|ious State in Mexico
Proud of Its Relations
With This Country.

The state of Sonora, which is re-
ported to have withdrawn from the
Republic of Mexico, is the most Amer
;can region in Mexico, according to
bulletin of the National Geographic
Society.
"Here in Sonora the American ideal
has taken particularly deep root.
writes Frederick aimpich in COM
munication to the society. :,
"Mexicans from other states cal
these Sonora natives the 1ankees
of Mexico because of their thrift. ad-
vancement and close relations with
the Americans. Practically all fam
lilies of the merchant and ranchins
classes send their children to schools
in the United states.
These youngsters, returning 10
Mexico. are proud of their English
and their Yankee slang. They wear
Understandable clothes. dance all the
popular steps and display an uhder-
standing of American Ideals WhlSh
can only make of them more friendly
and helpful commercial nelghoofs III
the years to come.
American Furnishings.
Even now the average home in
northwest Mexico is largely furnished
with American wares. The Yankee
sewing machine. piano, graphophone
kitchen range, brass bed and BABY
carriage are everywhere from Cncie
Sans factories our Mexican nelsn-
bors get most of their ready-made
clothing, shoes. hats. vehicles. farm
ing implements, canned foods and
sporting goods.
eat Nacozari. Sonora a Yankee
mining company has built a free
club and social center for its Next
can employees. There are baths. pool
tables. a library of Spanish and Eng
lish books. and current periodicals.
Strikes have never disturbed this
camp. It's American managers are re-
quired to learn the language of the
country. to study the psychology OF
the people, and to respect their Gus
toms and traditions. When one of
this company's native engineers sacri-
feed his life in an explosion to save
many fellow workmen. the company
named the town plaza in his honor
and built monument to his memory.
THE change in plant and animal
life and industries as you pass from
Arizona into Mexico is very slight for
the first 200 miles or more. Had they
not searched your trunk ct the Gus
tomhouse. and maybe charged you
duty on that new camera. you might
not have realized that you had crossed
frontier. 1t is only after you quit
the high. rolling grassy ranges Of
northern Sonora and strike the HaGui
valley below Guaymas that new
world reveals itself Here the bright.
coiorful life of the vast coastal plains
begins
Similar Vegetation.
MANY of the same forage grasses
that cover the great Arizona ranges
are also found in Sonora and Sinaloa.
The beans of the mesquite tree are
likewise very fattening. and it is no
uncommon sight to see Mexican
heifer stand on its hind legs and
reach for the higher twigs of this
succulent bush.
zone odd class OF prospectors makes
good living hunting bat caves. in
the hill countries of Sinaloa and So
nora the Mexican bat breeds by the
thousands and makes its home il
caves among rocky cliffs. Here dc
posts of guano accumulate. small for
tunes being sometimes realized from
the sale of one caves deposits.
ITO locate bat cave these suano
hunters work much as do the back
woods bee-tree hunters in Missouri.
They seek out a likely cliff, wait til
dusk and watch for bats. Soon. by
close observation. they can locats
, the cave entrance from which the
bats emerge This bat is small, with
fat head and broad ears, and gives
off musky odor