The border vidette., 1923-06-16
ANITA CRUZ COUNTY. ARIZONA JUNE 1e, 1928.
WEST COAST OF MEXICO.
Wave of Prosperity in Wonder Land
South of Border.


aloa and Nayarit are evidencing
the beginning of the greatest era
of prosperity and development
in their history, is the statement
of Albert E. Mas, West Coast
newspaper CORES pondent, who
returned to Nogales yesterday,
says Wednesdays Democrat.
An air of positive optimism
prevails today" declared Mr..
| Mas, where but few months
ago negative situation largely
existed with respect to the early
resumption of general business
and development activities along
the West Coast.
Yesterday" stated Mas to a
| Morning Democrat reporter, /
had the opportunity to interview
Mr.. l.. Brauer, one of the lead
| ing officials Of the Banco de So
nora at Hermosillo. Mr.. Brauer,
who has his fingers closely on
the pulse of the business life of
that state, declared that his in
stituton was now engaged in
consummating number Of large
deals with American capitalists
which will mean the develop
ment Of great areas of agricul.
tural lands near Hermosillo.
| Cotton raising particularly is
coming to the front there and
many Inquiries are being re
| ceived relative to the possibili-
ties of conducting that business,
on a large scale in Sonora due
| to the absence of the boil weevil,
which plague has raised havoc
in the great cotton growing dis
tricts of the south.
Mining, Mr.. Brauer declared,
was also on the upgrade and a
number of valuable Sonora prop
critics have been taken over for
active development purposes
during the past few weeks. Am
| ericans, he stated, are arriving
by every train and some by
motor and a keen interest in the
opportunities for profitable in
vestment of capital is evidenced.
With reference to the pro.
gram of municipal improvements
at Hermosillo, Mr.. Brauer had
the following to say, declared
Mas. I expect that this week
will witness the actual starting
Of the street paving and installa
tion of new water and sewer
system for the city. Pipes are
already On the ground, and be.
ing distributed along the streets.
within the next few days we
expect work to commence on the
mary miles of bitches necessary
to meet the needs of the city.
New pumping machinery will
also be installed to add to the
capacity of the present Hermo.
sillo water system.
Engineer Kelsey. of Noga
les, who was granted the 100000
pesos contract for the above pro
gram of improvements, has quail
flied with regard to the matter
of guarantee bond required by
the city of Hermosillo, and no
feature of any sort is at present
restricting the beginning of this
work. The Banco de Sonora
has deposited with it the funds
appropriated for these civic i'm
provements and no delay will be
encountered from this source.
When the above improvements
are completed, Hermosillo will
be one of the most beautiful
west coast cities in fact as we'll
as name; declared Mr.. Brauer.
Recently the Chamber of Com
merce of Hermosillo appointed
Mr.. Brauer committee of one
to see that all matters with re
!, ference to the improvements be
attended to by himself so that
there would be no cause from
i. any source to delay the begin
ming of the much needed better.
! ments.
The new acting Governor oi
5 Sonora, Senor Flavio Borquez
} is extremely popular, and like
the governor. elect, Seuor Alejc
Bay, is a very progressive mar
and very friendly to Americans
In Sinaloa, declared Mas, the
new governor, Senor Manuel Ri
vas, who has succeeded Genesa
Angel Flores, now travelling ir
Europe on important business
for the Mexican government
Z states that a great deal of inter
: est is being manifested along
3 many lines of business and de
velopment. A most prosperous
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