The border vidette., 1923-09-29
THE NoGALes c. OF c.
Splendid Organization Helps Mexico
Secure Recognition.
(By j. B. Bristol)

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ber of Commerce on the day
following announcement of the
recognition of Mexico by the
United States, uses this expires
sion:
"The cities of Nogales stand
very high in my esteem as being
where the first seeds were sown
in q fertile field, the harmonious
fruits of which we are now reap
ing"
Why was Nogales thus singled
out by the President of the Re
public of Mexico? True he was
a resident of Nogales during the
period just prior to his elevation
to the Presidency and he came
to know the people of Nogales
intimately and We know him.
But this fact does not explain
fully why harmonious interna.
tional relations started at No.
gales.
One day in July, 1918, when
relations between the United
States and Mexico were bit
strained, several prominent
members of the two Chambers of
Commerce we're talking together
and the remark was made Why
cannot the Chamber of Com
merce start a movement to get
the people of the United States
to understand each other" as a
means of overcoming the friction
that then existed. AS a result,
on July 25th, 1918, the Chamber
of Commerce of Nogales, So
nora, then but recently organic.
ed with Alvaro Obregon as Pres.
ident, was invited to meet with
the Nogales, Arizona, Chamber
of Commerce.
OBREGON ENTERTAINS CHAMBER
A return Get Together Meet
ing, in the form of a Grand Bar.
becue, General Alvero Obregon
being host, was given by the
Nogales, Sonora Chamber on
August 18th. and on this occa
sion the Vice President of the
Nogales, Sonora Chamber, Mr..
Ben Trasvins. vouchsafed the
prediction that the imaginary
line separating the two nations
would disappear one day in the
mutual understanding and re
gard of the two peoples and
their common devotion to the
cause of democracy.
From that day to this the
Chamber of Commerce and the
people of the two cities have
worked together in perfect har.
mony for the upbuilding of No.
gales. and the spreading of the
doctrine of harmony between
the two nations.
TRADE EXCURSIONS PROMOTED.
AS the new step in this pro.
gram of promoting cordial rela.
tions, in conjunction with the
Nogales, Sonora Chamber of
Commerce, there was organized
and carried out a trade excur.
sion down the West Coast of
Mexico, leaving Nogales Febru
ary 10Th. 1919 and returning
February Goth. The purpose of
the excursion, the first pullman
train to enter the West Coast of
Mexico for over six years, was
to develope more profund
spirit of mutual trust, under.
standing, aud friendship between
the merchants, and business men
of Mexico and the United States
and to acquaint the visitors into
Mexico with actual commercial
and political conditions in west
ern Mexico thus enabling them
to conduct their commercial and
social affairs with Mexico with
greater intelligence and with a
degree of sympathetic and friend
~ understanding" Both pur.
poses were accomplished with
the cordial cooperation of the
Mexican people themselves to
degree far in excess of anticipa.
tions.
THREE EXECUTIVES MEET.
July 11th, 1920 was great
day in Nogales. This was the
occasion for the meeting at the
line between Gen. Alvaro Obre.
gon, candidate for the Presi,
dency of Mexico, Governor Fla
vic Borquez of Sonora and Gov.
ernor Thos. e. Campbell of Ari-
zona. At this meeting on the
line and at the big barbecue at
La Casita that followed. Cover