The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-05
1t Was Some Trip
Tour OF Mexico by Oklahoma Party Was Continual
Round of Pleasure in Beautiful Cities

To deal with Mexico as nation,
'hus finding such relationship OF n,u.
inal profit, is the solution Charles
yon Weise who has just returned from
Il li'days trip To Mexico offers with
ieEard to conditions confronting the
United States in its dealing with
Mexico.
The idea Of intervention. with the
viev Of taking over Mexico and max.
Ing 1t q part of the United States,
Is nonsensicai." Mr. Won Weise de.
clared. because the Mexlcans the.
ory of living. religion, government,
economic conditions. and which for
centuries have been observed, Is so
absolutely antngonistic TO this country
that 1t nevar could be reconciled and
would ba source of unendlng trou.
Bile"
Mr.. and Mrs. Won Weise were mem.
hers of a party OF 81 from the state.
S%o,uding Governor and Mrs D. 3. A.
ssobertson. and business men OF Okla.
homa City. FL Reno and Mangum,
they were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Gunter of Oklahoma City.
The trip covered a period Of l6 days
and practically every city Of any i'm.
portance in Mexico was visited.
First Impression.
My first impression Of Mexico, at
the border town OF Matamoras, was
anything but pleasing" Mr. Won Welse
said, and l thought If this is Mex
leo | do not care TO see anything
more OF IT,, the streets were filthy,
iii-kept, the lowest type OF Americans
ana Mexicans were seen. | presume
they were principally smugglers Of
wet and dry goods. But from there
we went 10 Monterey which Is a
much better looking city, It showed
signs OF former prosperity, although
the ravages OF the revolution were
still in evidence. One large building
erected some Ii years ago at n cost
Of $500 900, by man OF wealth
TO be left as monument. furnished
with most exquisite works OF art, art
ists Of Europe being brought over
for that work, floors of Mosaic. patios
decorated with wonderful works Of
statuary. was used during the revolu.
don az a stable FOR 1900 horses and
attending cavalry. OF course, It was
absolutely destroyed, nothing left but
shell Of the building. However. there
were signs OF renewed hope in Monte.
rey. Indications pointing to the re.
opening Of the mining industries. new
homes were being erected and people
wero apparently in a hopeful mood
At San Luis POtosi.
San Luis Pososi. our next stop,
is city Of considerable Importance.
Here, we found a real Mexican
city. with regard TO civic pride. beauty
Of parks and other details.
Its business interests seemed not
10 have been greatly molested and
most Of the industries, cotton. iron,
twine and mating factories We're all
in operation. not at full cacapity, but
rapidly getting back 10 normalcy.
One Of the largest hreweres Is run.
ming Mt double capacity and arrange.
ments are now being completed to
Increase the output three fold, In an.
ticipation of future American tourists
incidentally I might mention that
upon our return trip, just Oh this
side Of the border, We were Offered
drinks at $3.50 per quart
Because OF the presence OF Gov
ernor Robertson, our party was given
an official reception and breakfast
here, rendered by The governor OF the
state the mayor OF the city and off.
Gals OF the Chamber OF Commerce
we were shown the great irrisa,
lion reservoirs some six miles out
from the city where great dam has
been built between two mountains, the
reservoir being OF sufficient capacity
10 supply the country for two years
without further supply.
Then the Capital.
Our next stop was at Mexico City
Here We left our Pullmans and took
quarters in the Regis Hotel which
10 run b. an American, who has lived
there so years.
Mexico City is undoubtedly The
most beautiful city on the American
continent. It's broad clean streets won
dcrful parks ana plaza It's nunsrou:
cathedrals. built by Spaniards. 1t.
magnificent public buildings. construct
ed principally during the administro
tion OF President Dla2.
Three separate and distinct clvili
cations are known TO have existed
there as evidenced by monuments left
behind them. the greatest OF which
consist OF pyramids that are now be
ing uncovered The largest OF thes,
exceeds in size any found IN Egypt
When we climbed these we realized
that 1t must have been task &
construct them. When one realize!
that Mexico City Is bu.lded on what
was formerly q lake. drained by III,
most crude methods by the Aztec,
and later by the Spanish conquerors
one can realize that even In thos,
days engineering was known art
Chapultepec Castle.
we were given an official guid,
and shown through the National Pal
ace and The Castle OF Chapultepec
The former houses. all the ost.cia
lie ot the Mexican republic ,ho cas-