The border vidette., 1921-12-03

tlO iOItO" "ihS CSOI y OhNVi h Nogales date of November 28th, appeared in the Ell ,Paso Herald, and was written by Colonel Jas H. McClintock of Phoenix, state historian of Arizona, who last week visited Nogaies and other border cities:
 Nogales is Q double barreled town. with double chances of making good, because her 15, ,OOO population is about equally di- Vided between residence in the United States of America and in Mexico 70
 "There is complaint, locally, that times are not as good as they might be, which simply means that no longer are the halcyon days enjoyed, when a brigade of American troops Oc- cupied Camp Little instead of the single regiment of negro in fautry now loosely rattling around in the forest of long bar. rack building that fills the spac- ious valley mile or so distant from the center of the city.
 S'The fact that diplomatic mat ters still are unsettled between the two republics initiates to a large degree against the enjoy ment of much greater traffic with Mexico than now is enjoyed.
 "In a hotel lobby was man with an irrigation project down in Sinaloa. He said that he had secured ample capital for the project, but that he must wait till Mexico had been given due recognation by the United States before the necessary cash would be placed at bis disposal.
 While Nogales has fruitful sort of name, meaning walnuts, her inhabitants. prefer to speak of her as the Gate City, They frankly state that commerce with Mexico is their main dependence, even, though the American val leys nearby are rich and pro; ductive. Through Nogales- an nually are taken millions of dol, lars worth of vegetables, espe cially, garbanzos and tomatoes, but from Mexican mines there has been little benefit for sev eral years past. Z. M ..
 The tourist traffic down the west coast is expected to be an asset of large value, especially when there shall have been com pletion of the Guadalajara ex. tension that will give the South ern Pacific direct access to Mex, ico. -... -. ......
 'Nogales is a town. unique, in that it's American and Mexican components are closely conjoin ed, separated only by the width of we'll travelled street, across which there is continual travel, apparently almost unrestricted, though possibly we'll watched NogaleS, Arizona, has the hotels but Nogales, Sonora, has the re. staurants. in which an American visitor evokes openly expressed surprise when he fails to order at least bottle of beer.
 Since prohibition has been revoked in Sonora, scores of drinking places have opened in Nogales and the sale of beer, especially to Americans, now appears to be the leading indus. try The beer usually is from Monterrey or Chihuahua: The American also finds especial at, traction in the almost unlimited supply of venison that comes to Nogales from the Sonora inte. rior, and in excellent oysters and fish that come from Guaymas. American householders do much of their. domestic marketinQ across the line, although not al. lowed to bring over the Mexican fruit that is so abundant, cheap and excellent. On the other hand, Nogales. Sonora. appears to purchase it's clothing and other: supplies on the northern side of the line.
 'The utmost amity appears to prevail between the two sections of the composite town. Spanish and English are comingled to a remarkable degree. During Mex ican revolutionary times, the American part of the city was the refuge of hundreds of high class families from the west coast, but with the coming of peace, most of these temporary residents have returned to their homes, takes with them pleasant impressions of the people among whom they spent their exile.-
 Naturally, there is hope that