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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
TELEHUAJE PLANT
OF MEXICO NEW
TANNING PLANT
Discovery Will Have Marked
influence On Leather
Industry.

Mexico City. March 3f.-The pres
ent discovery of a new tanning agent
for leather by the research office Of
the Department Of Industry and Com
merce OF Mexico, sounds a very i'm.
portant note in the future of the
leather trade of this and other coun-
tries.
The discovery Of the "tepehuaje,
a plant which is reported 10 carry 80
per cent of the active principle re-
quired in curing leather, in immense
quantities in this country, will have
an important bearing on the costs Of
leather wherever the plant is avail
able.
The world is now being secured to
find tanning agents, one Of the favor
lite Of which is the bark Of the que
bracho tree. This tree exists in inn
mense quantities through all tropical
America. but, unfortunately, the soil
conditions in most sections are not ia
vorable to the development of tanning
in. its growth and the supply of the
mark for this purpose is at present
almost entirely confined to the Repub-
lie Of Argentine.
From that country it forms d very
important article Of export and is
shipped to practically every country
in the world, including Mexico, which
has Just awakened to the fact that
she possesses an inexhaustible supply
Of the most concentrated vegetable
tanning agent known.
The tepebuaje grows in abundance
in nearly every section of Mexico and
is especially common in the states Of
Chiapas, Oaxaca. San Luis Potosi,
Sonora and Jalisco. The plant be-
longs 10 the bean-bcaring family and
exists in three distinct species which
are said to be equally valuable for
their content Of the active principle
which is used in converting raw hides
into commercial leather.
While 30 per cent tanning may be
considered the highest possible con-
tent. the investigation shows that this
proportion. within certain close linn
its, il fairly representative, a random
sample sent to the laboratory from
Jalisco producing 20 per cent Of the
chemical.
That which grows in the OsIaca
section is the most uniformly high in
fannie acid Of any of the many speci-
mems tested.
The tepehuaje has long been known
by the Indians and employed by them
in domestic tanning. as they have
used many other native products
which are gradually becoming known
TO the scientific and Industrial world.
It's nature Of rapid growth and repro
duction' Is such that nothing but fire
can exterminate il and under ordin-
AIRY conditions OF forestation IL prom
Uses to furnish an unlimited supply
for all time 10 come.
Its high content Of the commercial
principle, as compared 10 quebracho
bark. promise to make il the cheapest
tanning agent known and the chem
lists who have discovered its value
predict that this feature alone will
cause II within short time 10 be
practically the only product used.
The laboratory has contncted for
an extracting plant Of German design
10 develop the most practical means Of
extracting the tannin from the tepe-
huajc. ....
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
PHYSICAL TRAINING =
FOR POLICEMEN OF
CITY OF MONTEREY
Instructor Engaged to Con.
duct Gymnastic -.
e. Classes. M

Monterey, Mexico, March Sf.--Os
car +. Castillon.. former head physica
director OF the Young Mems Christian
Association of this city. is now con
Quoting gymnastic classes, 0tHspiA!
and recreation games among The mem
bers of the Monterey police force.
1t is stated that the intention oi
the city council is to better prepsr,
the police by means of a thorough
course in physical education.
Up. to this time. no serious though
had been given to the fostering oI
sports and gymnastics among the 20
licemen Of this city, but now, due ID
efforts made by many citizens. thu
mayor of Monterey has been placed
in a position where he is able to order
the development of a wide program 81
that sort of activity among the pol
licemen.
Not all the police officers are all
tending classes. Yet the innoya tioI
has aroused the policemen's interest,"
and enthusiasm. IL seems we'll wortll
while to arouse these policemen 10
realization of their athletic possibiliI
ties, both from the standpoint Of gepI
eral physical development and indiyid|
ual competition. and to place them Oh
footing of athletic. equality with tbl
rest of their colleagues in some o.
the civilized countries of the world.
1T is the intention Of the police
physical instructor 10 organize a vol
ley ball league among the members c|
the force and also have track meet
Efforts are now being made to ap'
propriate enough money to buy gym
nastic apparatus and install mory
shower baths in the police headquar'
tiers.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
LOWER CALIFORNIA
is INDIGNANT OVER
HIGH COTTON DUTY
Growers Protest to the Co..
ernment-Want De-
cree Repealed.

MexieaIi, Mex, March 3f.--All this
section of Lower California is indig-
nant over the recently promulgated
decree of the central government i'm
posing a high rate Of duty on the cot
ton raised in this territory and by this
means putting this integral part Of
the Mexican republic on even a more
disadvantageous footing than il il
were alien ground.
1t IS probable that il a moderate
duty had been imposd that nothing
would have been hard of it, other than
some grumbling on the part Of the
growers, but they consider the imposi.
ton of a duty of so per cent on the
fiber shipped across the national gulf
serious infringement of their rights.
A numerous group of merchants and
industrials have protested to the min
lister of the treasury against the en-
forcement Of this decree and request
that be use his influence to have II
rescinded.
They claim that not only should
the government not collect a duty
from them, but, on the contrary. il
should extend them special facilities
to market their cotton in the central
states where it is sadly needed for
consumption, the only alternative TO
using their cotton being importation
from the United States.
One OF the interested parties e1-
pressed himelf as follows:
Until now we have not known that
Lower California may be foreign ter
ritory. and we do not believe that there
should he a duty imposed on a product
which is the main support of that
land
He also expressed himself as believ-
ing that the federal government has
no legal right 10 discriminate against
the entity any more than it has to es-
tablish a tariff on the movement of
commodities from one state TO another
in the other parts OF the country.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
GOOD VEINS
!. LOCATED IN
.. CHIHUAHUA
Gold, Silver, Lead and
Copper Deposits
Discovered.
MANY. CLAIMS FILED
Americans Take an Active
q. - Part in New De-
velopment.
MANY. CLAIMS FILED
Chihuahua, Mexico, March ST.

Chihuahua, Mexico, March ST.
John G. Sheppard, resident in this
city, has discovered some promising
veins of gold. silver, copper and lead
ores in the Chacon mountains of tho
: Gov enc district.
he has applied for titles to group
of eight claims to be named the Shar-
: ita. The nearest oil workings are
s1hose of the Mercedes mines which
I. contain some very high grade ores
but not in sufficient quantity to pay
IL is believed that with the present
price of copper the wider veins carry
this class OF ore and traversing the
newly recorded group can be worked
70 a fair profit.
s. J. Ciausen Jr., is opening up the
Chorro de Plata mine which is sit
uated in the Morris mining district.
The survey is to be made by Engineer
G. s. Mckay in order TO reform the
plans and place the monuments in
..proper place.
81 The main working on this property
was formerly known as the Republica
5fbaft which is down to a considerable
depth and displays a well defined vein
carrying excellent values in both gold
aAnd silver.
q Ell Pasoan Interested. ..
= Alberto Madero, of Ell Paso, operat-
ling mines in the municipality OF Villa
.lionzalez a short distance south Of
.Juarez. has acquired two more prop
eerties there, the Encantada and FL
Sol. Both are situated in the Colo
srado mountains and carry ores OF a
high. percentage in zinc with silver
Bind lead.
= Near these properties are Ell Cato,
tires Marias and Hill del Sol mines,
switch have been developed extensively
with considerable production.
David II. Gonzalez, of Juarez, is
developing the Maria Louisa, a sill
,Ser-lead mine located in the Munich
spality of La Ascension from which he
Is extracting considerable ore. He
Proposes 10 sink a shaft to con-
siderable depth before running cross
tcuts and tunnels.
Obtains Good Results.
D. Encouraging results are being OBJ
stained by Filizardo Rodriguez, who
SIS sinking some shafts on two new
properties which he has recently ac-
souired in the Ocampo district west
III tuluudhud NItys 1t 10 sdlu tndI
she is encountering some very high
sgrade ores with gold and silver values.
The mines are known as the Con-
stinuacion Norte and Continuation
Sur and lie within a short distance
spf the old Santa Teresa.
b According to reports from the Gust
shuiriacbic district Of this state min
ing activity is returning and the out
put from that camp and the output
5is increasing. Rafel S. Real is de-
sveloping La Sultana, a group of six
sclaims near La Fortuna mine. He is
-extracting some ore and expects to
make shipments soon.
nlces Nobres mines Of this
Hegion are soon to be worked by Abel
zArana, Santiago Gonzalez and An
sfonio, Camunez. The ores carry gold,
ssilver and lead.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

posed to the publc's mockery for not
being as brave and daring as the pub
lie wanted him to be.
In the old days most of the torea-
dores came from Seville and they were
from the lower classes of the social
rank. They knew nothing outside of
bullfighting and IL they earned thou
sands Of pesos for their services they
squandered the money around and
died poor or were killed by a bull in
the middle of the arena.
Those days have gone. The pic
turesque type of toreador. so much
talked about outside of Spain and ad-
mired by those who love Spanish ira
dition, has faded away and given place
to the new type of bullfighter who is
an up-to-date combination of business
magnate and sporting gentleman.
A Dancer. Too.
He knows lots of things, is fond of
literature, good music, tennis. golf,
athletics and social affairs. He can
fox trot or one-step as well as dance
the Argentine tango, or the traditional
Spanish scottische. He talks of scien-
tific discoveries and poses as high
ly trained man. He goes as far as
despising his own profession by say
ing that he chose that particular line
because there is money in it, and that
realizing that the game is brutal and
uncivilized he. on the other hand, tries
to make it artistic.
The bullfighting game is passing
away, no matter what is said. The
two elements are fading away: the
bull and the toreador. The bulls are
smaller and the toreadores do not ex-
pose themselves so much, all they want
is the purse and the realization that
they have a gross bank account in
some New York bank, because the
banks in Mexico and in Spain they
do not consider safe and so fashionable
as the banks in other countries.
Bullfighting is being pushed away
by other forms of sports. Baseball
and other athletic games have in
creased 500 per cent in interest dur
ing the last four or five years.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
COTTON FARMERS OF
TORREON MAY MOVE
ANOTHER DISTRICT
State of Guerrero Offers
1900 Acres as an
= Indictment. Il

Toreon, Mexico, March :f.-A
group Of cotton planters from this dis
trict has gone 10. the state Of Guer-
zero to Examine the soil and general
surroundings for the possibilities Of
transferring their operations. 1t is
understood that they have been Of
fered about 1900 acres as a field for
experimenting. They are being en-
couraged by the federal government.
The Fernandez brothers, owners Of
the Guaje hacienda, Situated about 30
miles south Of here, on the Aguanaval
river, have $500 acres planted to cot
ton. The plants are all coming up
and they anticipate an average yield
OF two bales to the acre.
Cotton was planted there for the
first time last year with seed from
the Carolinas and gave two bales TO
the acre. The plan was free from
boil weevil, leaf worm or any other
pests.
On this ranch are two reservoirs
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01

Guaymus. Sonora Mex. March 81.
The increasing activity IN TIE E=ia-
ing districts Of the STATE has ter
dency to improve business conditions
in this port. Reports from the camps
north Of here show that mining eel-
ditions are improving rapidly.
Arizpe-George Pea6ell, residing
near FL Paso, Tex has started cp-
erations in this region for the Sonora
Exploration company. He has just
ACQUIRED two promising properties IN
the Venus and Marie mines. eoih az
which promise to Re big producers
with slight additional development
work.
In the Mountains
They are located in the mountains
on land pertaining 70 the Conception
Hacienda near the old Jupiter gold
and silver mines.
Magdalena-This camp is again as
suming renewed activity. The Nueva
Cadelaria group Of mines, situated on
the Viacrucis ranch near the Guada-
lupe mine is 10 be worked by Will
liam r. Monroy Of Nogsles. while
Francisco Murrieta and Manuel Gar
cia are taking over the San Andres
properties and will do a large amount
Of development with the intention OF
making ore shipments within the near
future. The principal metal values
in the ores of this region are gold
and silver.
Activity at Cumpas.
Cumpas-Several new properties
have been located or changed owner
ship at Cumpas during the past two
weeks. Peter Skonson has filed on
81 adjoining claims which have been
recorded with the local mining agent
at FL Leon group.
They are near the Solitaire, La
bota III and Chance mines which
produce ores Of silver and gold. The
Santa Cruz de Baduri will be worked
by Alejo Coronado as soon as final
arrangements are completed. Nicholas
Meraz has discovered a wide vein of
high grade gold-silver ore about four
miles from FL Picacho. He is hav-
ing n group of eighteen claims sur
veyed which will be titled as the San
Salvador.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
OIL CONCERN 4
STICKS To II 4
AND SUCCEEDS.
Operated Two Years IN
Panuco District With i
out Much Luck.
OUTPUT IS GROWING
Will Have to Enlarge It's
Pipe Line Facilities,
Pretty Soon. 1
Tampico, March sf.-After more

Tampico, March 3f.-After more
than two years of drilling in the Pa
nuco district (Tanchequin ant Cacali-
iao) the Mexican Seaboard Oil Com
pany is becoming a producing factor.
From virtually nothing, production has
climbed within the past two weeks TO
$500 barrels daily and with the COM
pletion of larger tanks and the in
stallation Of heating stations along its
pipe line, it is anticipated that its
Mexican subsidiary, the International
Petroleum Company. will be withdraw
ing not less than $4,000 barrels daily
from wells already completed. Two
thousand barrels daily is being deliv-
cred to the Sinclair Company from
well No. la, lot 3, Cacalilao, for
many months shut down because of
court action instigated By. the Empire
Gas and Fuel Company, who claim
ownership of the entire lot in which
the well is located.
Obregon Reviewed Case.
President Oregon, after q careful
personal review Of the case, issued a.
decree March 1, permitting the we'll
to be exploited.
In addition to this, the Interna ton
al are flowing wells Nos. 1 and G..
These are good for but 2O0L barrels
daily at present. due to the lack oil
proper storage facilities. Two $500.
barrel steel tanks are being erected
at No. q, which will permit the WE'LL
to be opened for probably 1000 bar
rels daily, about all the pumps can|
handle through the fifteen-kilomtter|
push to the loading racks on the Pa.
nuco river.
1t is understood that heating sta
tons. capable of handling 10000 barr
rels daily will be erected along this|
flow line, and it is the belief Of Patti
rick NJ. Logan, resident manager oil
the International, that No. 6 alone can|
make inns amount. rYj
Facilities Arc Inadequate.
Though present pipe line facilities|
can take care of but 10000 barrels|
from the wells to the loading racks,
should additional production Be- OBJ
tanned from a number of wells r,ow|
drilling in this hacienda, the building
of another flow line will take not more|
than four weeKs.
The success of the Seaboard IN Cal
calilao is a personal tribute to the|
farsightedness of Mr.. Longer, who Sc
cured this property for the company
in 1910. and since that time has paid
high taxes in the belief that it would
eventually prove of value.
1t is the thought of biologists that sew
eral pools will vet be discovered in !
Cacalilao. especially in the wef.ern sec,|
ton. owned almost in its entirety by1
the Seaboard.
Locations have been made recently
with this in mind an. il is thought
that one Of these will find a big res
ervoir as the company has drilled
line of wells, practically outlining this
sector.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
CONTAIN SILVER AND LEAD.
New Group OF Mines Opened In
Mapimi District Near TorreOn.

TOrreon. Mex. March 3f.-The la
Nortena group of mines. situated in
the famous Mapimi district. n short
distance west Of Torreon. is being
opened up by J. NJ. Buelna who is
taking out some fairly good ore con-
tanning silver and lead.
Engineer Atanacio Astrnin is sur
veying new group OF claims re-
Gently filed on BY Tobias Guzman in
the Santa Barbara canon Of the
Ramirez mountsins southeast of this
city. The ores from this prospect
contain values in silver and lead
and are similar in general character
to the surrounding mines La Virgin,
Allende and San Fernando.
Rodolfo Media and associates. Of
the neighboring city of Lerdo. have
acquired La Lug mines in the Sar-
nozo canon a few miles west of here.
Some high grade silver-lead ores with
some gold values, are being taken out
during the progress Of DEVELOPMENT.
IL is proposed to sink a perpendicular
shaft on the vein.
The San Nicolas mine. in the Yer
habuena camp of the yelardena min
ing district, is to be operated by
Antonio Amaya. who has recently &C
quired possession. The preliminary
work. will consist of sinking a shaft
on the vein in order to prove up
the ore deposit which is believed TO
exist below the surface.
Domingo Navarez and Pedro Meza
have filed on five contiguous claims
IN the Bueyes mountains Of the San
Gregorio mining region in the munich.
panty OF Victoria. They report the
discovery of well defined vein Of
gold bearing rock which is to be ex-
plored by sinking a shaft.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
Business Activity Noted.

Monterey, Mex, March Sicily
authorities have informed newspaper
reporters here that all industrial plants
Of this city are now working at full
capacity, thus showing that a reaction
in effect during the last four or five
weeks. Among the industries that are
working the hardest are the smelters
and the cement plants. This is due to
the increased activity in building con.
struction for business and residential
purposes.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
RUMORS OF SALE
American Concern Now Controls San
Luis P0tosi Shelter. Reports Say.
San Luis Potosj Mexico March ~

San Luis Potosi, Mexico, March 81.
II is reported here that the American
Smelling and Refining Company has
acquired control Of the shelter of the
Ga Metalurgica Mexicana by the pur-
chase of a majority Of the stock.
Officials of both concerns here re-
fuse TO comment on the matter fur
Their than TO assert that IL such a
deal has been consummated the trans
action were made at headquarters Of
the A. S. & II. company in New
York City.
Representatives Of this company
were in San Luis Potosi recently and
it is generally believed that their mis-
sion was for this purpose, and there
is ample grounds for the rumor.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
MONTEREY ROTARY
CLUB TO TRY FOR
1924 CONVENTION
Launch Plan to Haze In
ternational Gather
ing in MEXICO.

Monterey. Mex, March 3f.-1nform-
alton has been given out here that the
Rotary Club Of Monterey is now max
ing all possible efforts to try to have
The 1924 Worlds Rotary Convention
held here.
The local Rotarians have been &C.
lively working toward this idea and
they announced that they will 90 the
limit to get their desires fulfilled.
The local Rotary Club membership
Is made up of the most prominent bust
ness men here.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
H. S. Mining Concern Pays
&c. 600, 900 for Rich Shaft

covering a surface of about 500 acres
each. These are emptied alternately
each year and crops are planted in
the basin, giving wonderful results as
the water from the irrigation bitches
leading from the river dampens the
ground to great depth and leaves
the soil fortified by the sediment.
Considerable cotton has been plant
ed in the Laguna district, which sur
rounds the city of Torreon, by plant
ers who have wells and pumps install
ed for irrigation.
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s>c1ssc 20 Start In April.
Monterey, Mex. March at

rnateur baseball league Of this city
.ssiu start on the first Sunday in
April. Sixteen teams have entered to
fight for the championship Of Mon
6erey and a great deal Of enthusiasm
rs noticed at all sporting circles Of the
rommunity. Governor Tamez Of the
state Of Nnevo Leon. and Mayor Con
<galez. Of Monterey, have donated two
&beJutiful trophies TO be given as first
2prizes far he winning teams. Other
prizes ha,> s.so been secured, there
ore, II is believed that i.terest will be
xLil greater.
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Cotton Escapes Damage.
TOrTeOn. Meyico. March al

recent cold spell here following the
cold wave in the United States. is
reported to have done but little dam
age to the sprouting cotton in the La
guna region. Owing 10 the weather
being cloudy during the entire cold
snap no frost occurred in this imme-
diate vicinity. ..s..
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Locate New Mine.

Latatecas, Mex, March 3f.--Man-
uel Preciado has located the Mexico
mine, situated in the Tlachiquera ar
royo, embracing n continuation of the
Soledad vein between the Soledad and
Las leguhs mountains, in the NUM-
cipality Of Santa Rita. this state. Ex-
tfnsiye development work is being
planned and will be carried out as
soon ms titles are received from Mex.
leo City. Work IL progressing on the
Milagro mine under the direction Of
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
Students Offered Rates.

MNherey. Mex, March 3f.--An.
nouncement has been made that the
Hamburg American Line. which runs
ships between German ports and the
Atlantic ports Of the republic Of Mex.
leo. has issued q notice saying that
all Mexican students wanting to study
in Germany will be allowed 20 per
cent rate reduction between Mexico
and Germany.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
SmeIfty Kent Busy.

Monterey. Mex, March Sf.-work
in the plant Of the American Smelt-
ing and Refining Company here has
increased during the last few DAYS.
There are now as many as 900 work
ers employed. Most of the ore refined
at the plant Is shipped TO the United
States
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
Iabor Difficmifies Settled.

Monterey, Mex, March Si.---At To-
cal industrial circles 1t is said that the
anthracite exploitation companies OF
the State OF Coahnila will resume oper.
atoms about the middle of next week.
These companies closed down their
.plants due to labor conflicts, which
have been settled satisfactorily
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
INCREASED MINING ACTIVITY
RESULTS IN BETTER BUSINESS
CONDITIONS AT PORT GUAYMAS
Reports From Camps Indicate Operations at the
Present Time Are Going Ahead Rapidly-New
Propertie. Are Located and Holdings Are
Changing Hands Daily. 81

Prdro f. Perez. This property is To-
Gated in the Conception del Orc dis
trict in the vicinity of the Llaves del
Tesorero, FL Progreso and others
which are producing some ore.