Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1921-06-09
MEXICO TOUGH
FOR YANKEES,
ASSERTS Villas
Grangeville Man Home from
Trip which Took Him To
Capital, Chihuahua, Tampico
Oregon Will Be Able to Re
store Order Provided the
Poems Do Not Find Leader

Government of President Obrego
will be able to restore peace and or
der in Mexico, provided leade
similar to Villa does not spring NJ
among the poems, and lead them t.
Instruction, according to Walter vi
las, who has Just returned to his home
in Grangeville, after spending TIVE
months in old Mexico. Mr.. Villas was
IS far south as Mexico City. He Wis
tied the capital of the republic, Chi
huahua, TampicO, and other cities.
The Obregon government enjoys the
confidence of the upper classes il
Mexico, said Mr.. Villas, while the
poorer classes are opposed to Oregon
However, they are Dowerless at the
present time because they have nc
leader
HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES
Mr.. Villas had many thrilling exper-
fences in Mexico. He was run out
of q mining district west of Mexico
city by Yaqui Indians; was arrest
Ell by Mexican soldiers because he
was an American, and his passport
was taken AWAY from him by the sol
diers. While they were taking him to
Jail, he escaped from the soldiers by
lodging into an alley.
While order obtains in Mexico City,
and others Of the LARGER cities, said
Mr.. Villas, an American takes his life
into his hands when he enters remote
places in the republic.
Americans who are actually killed
by Mexican soldiers, remarked Mr..
Villas, are reported by consular Off
GERS as having been slain by bandits.
This is the easiest way out of the
difficulty. The U. S. government does
not protect its citizens in Mexico.
In issuinE passports into the inter
Tor of Mexico, at the border, the
federal officers remark to the Ameri-
can citizen who applies for passports
that he has no business in Mexico.'
The treasury of the Obregon govern
ment now contains eleven million pc
sos, said Mr. Villas When Obregon
became president, there was nothing
in the treasury
WHY HATE GRINGoS
Objection among the Mexicans in
the interior to Americans results from
number of causes, as follows:
Natural antipathy of the greaser
toward the white people.
Remembrance Of the Mexican
Aar, 7bf lS4s-49, when the United
%tes received vast territorial con-
cessions from Mexico
-. The fact that many Americans
Who have> been in Mexico in the
past have buncoed the Mexicans.
American laborers have taken
jobs away from natives.
The natural desire among the
Mexicans for excitement, and a
general disregard among certain
classes for law.
MIR. Villas remarked American CAPT
lal is welcomed in Mexico but
american workngmen are not wanted.
me big smeltors at Chihuahua, en-
plnlnSS many f-ii5aiff workers. were
closed, and after larg number of the
men, thrown out of work. had left
inc city, the shelters were reopened
with Mexican help.
over 700 American laborers were
discharged from the oil fields at Tam
'co' and Mexicans were hired in their
places
GET MONEY FROM YANKS
Mr. Villas said Mexican soldiers are
aver to arrest Americans, for no cause
'"atsoeVer. When an American is ar
ested his bond is fixed at whatever
'un may be found in cash on his
'erson' and he is told to return the
ley 'xS gay. When he returns, he is adj
seq ms trial has been held, without
lu being present. and he he's been
'uep the amount Of his bond.
ahe gambling hall at Juarez is the
'".herlng place for hordes of Amer-
a'S' remarked Mr. Villas. The hall
rAes IN $4,000 American money
'!' and It is almost impossible for
|'dn TO quit the games with any mon
5oo d lne gambling hall proprietors pay
i, ',OoV american money license every
-, months to the state of Chihuahua
~ me exclusive right TO operate
,''onng bah in the city Of Juarez
o Much liquor is Struggled across the
g,uer from Juarez to FL PasoS Tex.
~ mas continued, and on an aver I
Fl TWO prohibition officers ere Kill
eaeh week. Among the toughest
ssl .ctefs IN the whole country are
'"'ied at FL Paso and Juarez.