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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
NEW ROAD WILL
OPEN UP FERTILE
FARMING SECTION
American Contracting
Firms Haze Put in Bids
on Project.

Mexico City, Feb. 1.-THE ministeS
of communication and public works
has named a board of engineers TO
proceed TO Lower California for the
purpose of revising the location and
plans for the construction of q rail-
road from Mexicali on the American
border. to San Luis Gonzaga, on the
Gulf of California. This road has
been under project for some time and
its commercial Importance is such that
several American contracting firms
have been seeking permission to build
il on their own account. The ar
rangements for the construction have
not been finally settled upon and prob
ably will not be until the recently AT
pointed board renders its decision
upon the feasibility Of the route 80
lected This being done, il is prob
able that the same forces which pc"
now engaged in construction y.
Navnjoa and Yavaros road in Sin.
will be given charge Of this constrL
ton.
The road. as surveyed. has = total
length Of 400 kilometers and will open
to transportation one Of the richest
sections Of the peninsula Of Lower
California. which is reported 10 be
capable Of enormous cotton produc-
ton. The lands have heretofore
mainly laid idle on account OF the ex-
orbitant costs Of distributing the
DrNduct
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
DURANGO FIELDS
GOLD AND SILVER
HOLDINGS PAYING
Overland Freighting Cheap.
err Due to Unemploy-
ment Situation.

Durango, Mexico, Feb. 17.-Dr. J,
A. King and Pedro Meza have &C
qtired the Reserva mines in the dis
trict of Santiago Papasquiaro and
are making preparations to do some
development work. These properties
lie north of the Raolista mountains,
in a highly mineralized region. DR..
King is interested in a number Of
other promising properties N this
district. He will shortly begin the
shipment Of ore from some Of them.
In this same district Enrique Leon
and Antonio s. Arredondo have taken
over the Santo Domingo group which
are traversed by a fissure vein Of
gold. silver and lead ores. These ores
are increasing in value as depth is OBJ
tanned in the shaft, now being sunk
near the center of the survey.
Anselmo Mesa. of Tamazula. in the
Topia mining district of this state,
is working the San Nicolas mine. sit
uated in the San Nicolas mountains.
The principal value in the ores Of
this region is silver. although some
gold is encountered in paying guam
titles. Shipments are made princi-
pally by pack animals from the mines
to the station. Overland freightina
can now be done very reasonably due
to n scarcity of work and a grad.
ually increasing number OF burros be-
ing raised.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
CADETS IN FOUNDRIES
Army Officers and. Students Work In
Monterey Steel Plants.

Monterey, Mex, Feb. IA group
Of cadets from the Military Academy
of Mexico City arrived here Monday
night. These military students, some
OF them officers commissioned during
the revolution, are to remain in this
city for some time to attend to their
practice work in foundry courses, by
working at the Monterey steel plant.
The men who arrived are: Captains
Carlos A. Leyva and Tomas San
chez; Lieutenants Gerardo r. Cata-
Ian, Albetto Dubois and Enrique
Sanchez LamegO; sub-lieutenants, En-
rique j. Gonzales. Luis Rivas, Ricardo
Rojas and Enrique Ornelas; Ser
geants. Armando Lozan, Joel Betanzos
Antonio Robes, JosQuin Gomez, Fran.
cisco Belmont, Roberto b. Fuentes.
Manuel Robes and Corporals Mariana
Salgado, Rafael Ramos, Fernando
Cruz and Alfonso de Ia Serna. All
OF these men are now going through
the studies Of the fifth and sixth wears
OF artillery at the Military Academy
Of Mexico City.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
CHINESE-SYRIAN
TRADE MONOPOLY
WORRIES MEXICO
Merchants Plan to Ask
Government to Expel
Mongols.

San Pedro, Coah., Mex, Feb. IL
The Chinese merchants and traders in
this city are so completely monopoliz-
ing the commerce Of this market that
the native merchants are asitating the
ACCESSIBILITY of asking the government
to expel all the trafficking mongols,
The native merchants try TO conduct
their business either in direct compe-
tltlon to or in manner absolutely
Ignoring their competitors, while the
chinese merchants all work in per
feet accord al comparatively in their
buying and fixing Of prices, which al
lows them to undersell and in all WAYS
render better service than their ma
tive competitors. This naturally re-
suits in their practically monopoliz-
ing the trade OF the town and leaving
the natives plenty of time to formulate
plans for the undOing of the Chinese.
These argue that the Chinese do not
contribute in any form to the prog
ress of the town or country, that they
are a perniciOus element, practicing
vices injurious to the general public,
s""I my olt UNDERMINING legitimate
business as carried on by Mexicans
and, therefore, their expulsion from
the country should be asked.
In practically every section Of the
country where the Chinese have in.
vaded the commercial fields they have
80 far dominated the trade that they
have made II difficult, if not impos.
sible, for the native merchant to keep
his business going. In some sections,
particularly on the West coast, the
native merchant has been absolutely
eliminated and the trade is entirely in
the hands of Chinese aud Syrlans.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
ROTARY Is ACTIVE
Clubs to BE Formed in Tampico and
Vera Cruz.

Monterey. Mex, Feb. ia pep
ny luncheon Of the Rotary club was
held at the Foreign Club of this city
last Thursday. The local Rotarians
had a wonderful time and an elabOr.
ate program was put on. 1t was pre-
pared by "Pinky" Picard. The San
Antonio Light correspondent here
was invited to deliver q speech and he
spoke on the subject Of "0bjectivcs
and Service of the Rotary Club"
Two Rotary Clubs will soon be in
stalled officially in Mexico. One at
Tampico and the other at Vera Cruz,
so Il was recently announced at Ro-
tartan headquarters.
Locsl Rotarians will soon launch
the idea and its cooperation for the
building mp of a playground. which -
to be rcated some D. ACE in the center
of the city. The idea is to render that
community service which is ST. needed
in cong'Sted districts Of any modern
city.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
ROAD TO DRILL WELLS
Will Use Own OIL for Fuel Purposes
IL Tests Produce.

Mexico City, Mex. Feb. lit is
rumored here that the Mexican gov
eminent has given the concession for
the exploration of oil on an extensive
area OF government land, which was
to be taken over by California capital
isst, to the National Railways Of
Mexico. The California company
failed to make the first payment of
100000 pesos within the time stipul.
atcd and the government cancelled
their concession.
The railroad company proposes to
drill wells and produce oil sufficient
for all of their consumption. Many
OF the lines are now burning crude
oil but in the event they obtain suf-
ficient supply the lines in the south
ern part OF the country will use it
exclusively.
At the present time about 100000
barrels per month are used. This
amount will be more than doubled
within the next twelve months.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18

was forgotten. However, in the
records Of the events of construction,
the historian of the church inscribed,
in the quaint Spanish of his day, the
fact that the mineral had been found
and how it lay in reference to the
plan of the structure.
The richer finds OF ore in the
Sierra Juarez. San Juan Taviche and
score of other places drew the at
tention of the fortune hunters away
from the Immediate vicinity of the
city; the Indian laborers who made
the find gradual. died eff new padres
who had no taste for hunting among
dusty records came 10 take the place
of the ones who built the church, now
laying in dust under the altar, and
no one knew that the church Of La
Soledad was built upon some Of the
great mineral wealth for which Oaxaca
is noted. But one day not long ago a
young priest, hunting among the early
documents OF the church, happened
upon the musty old records OF the
construction period and there found
the note of the discovery by the In
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
Water Sports Popular.

Due to the fact that the Circulo
Mercantil Mutualista Of this city
is now constructing a modern tile
swimming pool annex TO its finely
equipped gymnasium, it is certain
that interest in water sports will be
increased 100 per cent during this
summer. The board of directors of
the Circulo is now discussing the pro-
lect of hiring n special instructor to
take care Of swimming activities and
regularly give classes to beginners rs
well as advance courses to experienced
swimmers. The idea of the directors
OF the above mentioned society is to
put on q strong campaign this year
to popularize swimming in Monterey.
1t is thought that the swimming pool
will be finished By the end of March.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18

| that the church is hidden in some
cave where the acoustic properties OF
| the rocks aud other sound rejecting
surfaces, give a ventriloquial effect
which ma ses the sound appear to
emanate from q point fairly distant
from that at which it is actually gen.
Grated. This satisfies him and is
probably the most logical explanation
attainable, without criticism as to its
degree of accuracy, but it does not
suffice, even if understood, by the
simple people of the mountains who
serve as laborers on the haciendas,
These are of another race than the
"serranOs' and are not admitted to
their tribal secrets, so they do not
believe that the hidden church is
material. When the deep, sweet tones
of its bell come floating out Of the
distance on the calm stiffness of the
night, they light a candle and count
their beads with a duplication to
their personal saint for preservation
from the dangers of the unsolved mys-
terry. They believe and have many
tales of how a mission located here
in the fastness of the Sierras was
wiped out TO man while the bell
was calling its members to prayer,
but there is no record Of any such
happening, though these simple ones
cannot be shaken in their belief that
this ghostly bell is calling the souls
of the murders to repentance for
their crime. Others believe that the
bell is calling for those who were
murdered on their road to the mis-
sion md it. believing them lost. rings
on moonlight nights to guide them on
their way.
Another Explanation.
The authority above quoted be-
lieves that the reason the location is
hidden and jealousy guarded by the
Indians is that they may combine in
their worship such elements OF Chris
tianity as pleases them with the age
old paganism of their fathers. This
is given weight by the fact that in
form Of Christianity in public and at
forced on the Indians at the point of
the sword and their idols were thrown
down and destroyed by the Jealous
missionaries in their efforts to bring
their 'worshippers into the fold Of
the Christian Church. 1t is histori-
cally known that this course often
resulted in the Indians adopting a
form Of Christianit yin public and al
their homes clinging to the idols Of
their ancient cult. Finally the teach
ings Of the priests made its impress
sion and the natives combined both
beliefs. This, in their efforts to elm
mate the old religion, the priests
frowned on. but in the fastness OF
THAR notivn hills tbn T,J;onc oI;,o
to their hybrid belief and the "hid.
den church" is believed to be a relic
of the days Of religious persecution
in the sierras of Oaxaca.
This is believed. but it does not
solve the mystery Of the strip Of land
between In Conception and Aragon.
and still. on certain moonlight nights
Of the year. the bell peals its call or
solemnly tolls, carrying its message
OF fear, as do all things unexplained.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
TAMP|CO OIL /
MEN OPEN UP |
RICH CLAIM:
Mines Formerly Owned u
a Resident Of San I
Antonio. .
GOLD AND SILVER Or
Unusual Activity in IT,
Section Around
Torreon.
GOLD AND SILVER OR,
Tmreou. Mexico, Feb. 1.-THE r.

Torreon, Mexico, Feb. 1s.-The ~
masita mines in the Mapin1i distrit
a short distance west Of this city, b.
been reduced in surface space fro
about 40 to six claims. This proper
is being developed by Tampico Cs
men. The work is in charge Of W. l
Stewart who is running a tunnel
cut the vein at depth OF sever
hundred feet on contact. Son
very rich, smaller veins have been G.
in this tunnel from which high graz
ores were taken. The Tsmasita q
one time shipped considerable o.
from the upper workings when opera
ed by the owner, Thomas Martin,
San Antonio. 1t adjoins the Sueri
and Filolita mines. The Pencles NH
ing and Smelling Company owns col
siderable valuable property in this V
cinity.
William McCurry has taken ov,
the Eulalia mine in combination wit
Guadalupe Gonzalez and is taking oil
a large amount of ore. The mine
in the Reyes district near La Encai
tada which is now being worked b
w. II. Townsend, o. .. Mattor an
associates. First shipments from bot
of these properties will be made du
ing the present month.
Locate Six Claims.
German Arguijo and associates haf
located six mining claims in the mt
nicipality of Lerdo, near this citi1
The property is to be titled as IA
Union. The survey embraces a vel
of silver-lead ore which crosses th|
Panoche ridge of the Colorado moull
tains. Development work has alreadI
begun on this prospect and the owl
err is confident that he viii shortl
open UP a good producing mine. TIL
survey is to be made by EngineeI
Atanasio Castillo, of this city.
Another recent filing is made in thI
Malones district, also near TorreOiI
by Alberto Cells. There are 20 clain|
in all and will be titled under til
name Of Socorro. 1t adjoins the SAINT
Maria de Guadalupe. Extensive dCI
velopment work is now being carried
on at a number Of the new mines@si
this district which still gives eyidenc
of becoming of considerable impori|
ance to the mining industry and O
benefit TO this immediate vicinity.
The Santa Rita del Refugio mineI
in the San Juan de Guadalupe district
have been taken over by Juan b. Gu|
tierrez. 1t is near the San Geronimu|
Guadalupe and Montaneza propertieI
which produce ores Of silver-lead. \
shaft is to be sunk on the vein in or
der to fully prove up the property.
Open Up Old Claims.
Jesus NJ. Hernandez. of Monterey
has recorded with the Torreon minind
agency application for titles TO thu
Bolchevique mine. consisting of foul
claims in the Rosario mountains Of
the Mapimi region. The sur Jey vii
include the old FL Roble shaft which
marks the center of the. claims. Somd
high grade ore wassat one time takeI|
from this shaft.
Six claims have been located in thd
San Lorenzo mountains Of the Cnen|
came district By Jose Orozco. They
adjoin the Cobre mines on the north
The ores contain values in gold. sill
yer and lead. Fred Mueller of Velar-
dena. will make the official survey and
plans Of this new location.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
EASY TO WE'D
Marriage AMI Divorce Of Russians Es.
sencs of Simplicity.

Nladiyostok, Feb. 17.-Marriage
and divorce have been reduced to sim.
plicity itself. The only conditions
necessary TO enter the married state
is that the man be over eighteen years
and the woman over sixteen.
A statement to the effect that the
parties are willing to be considered
man and wife and note to that ef.
feet in the town register is sufficient.
The woman may Neep her maiden
name and the children may bear the
name Of the wife or the husband.
BOYS take their fathers name and
girls their Vother's name.
II the parties are tired Of the mar.
ried state then both parties go before
the registrar and make n statement
that they do not wish to live together.
The divorce is then complete. II one
ot the parties does not wish for =
divorce then thu case will BE- tried
before the peoples court and the
usual grounds for divorce must be
proved
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
fascist IN
MEXICO ARE
NOT TALKING
Enemies of Movement Say
"Black Shirts" Work
Under Cover.
IGNORE A CHALLENGE
Soviet Concerned Over
Growth and Warns
Agents of Danger.

Mexico City, Feb. 15.-Thc Fascis-
ii movement, which a few weeks ago
was occupying the greater part of the
public thought in Mexico. has sudden
" become dormant, as far as outward
demonstration and agitation is con-
cerned. though il is believed to be
quietly working with greater effort
than at any time. The enemies of the
Fascist who attribute its organiza-
ton and growth to the support of the
Catholic Church. say that the public
announcement of that affiliation.
combined with the warning effect of
Monsignor Fillipi's expulsion, has Civ
en- the activity Of the society a strong
hint that undue publicity on its part
would be damaging at the present
fine. However, il is evident that the
elements which the Fascist opposes
does not feel that the danger to their
Interests is nassed.
Soviet Fights BLACK Shirts"
The local syndicates. affiliated with
the Russian Central Committee, have
received from that committee circu-
lars recommending that at all costs
they vigorously combat the progress of
the Fascist movement. The circular
states that the North American and
Mexican syndicalists must take i'm
mediate and active stems to vanquish
this movement which is so diamptri-
oally opposed to the objects aimed at
bv the brotherhood of BOlshevism. 1t
also recommends that propagandists be
Immediately sent to all parts of the
country to impress on the mind Of the
working classes that the Fascist
movement is distinctly an enemy OF
the workman and thereby creates
prejudice against its teachings.
4 Issue Debate Challenge.
The leaders Of the syndicalists have
challenged the Fascist leaders to a
.rublic debate. hut their answer was
IN the effect that NJ good purpose
could be accomplished by giving the
Bolsheviki an opportunity tn display
quantity of aimless hot air of Eu-
Fopsan origin and not pertinent to
questions affecting the national well
fsre. s-"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
SUICIDE OF CARA
LEAVES NUEVO LEON
WITHOUT CANDIDATE
Leaders of Co-operatista
Party Are Becoming
Worried.

Monterey, Mexico. Feb. 1T.-After
the tragic death of Gen. Jesus NJ.
Garza, which occurred last Sunday
morning here, the members of the
Co-operatista political party of Mex
leo. seem somewhat puzzled as to who
will be the next appointed candidate
for the government of the state of
Nuevo Leon, during the approaching
elections. ~= - ~.
1t is generally believed that the Co.
operatista party has lost its right
arm and rumors have already circu-
lated that the political body will I'M
dergo the same experience as the Par
lido Constitutional when General
Hill died at Mexico City some time
ago.
Some of the most prominent polit-
ical leaders here have been receiving
messages from different parts of the
state of Nuevo Leon asking who will
be the appointed candidate. Those
messages have mostly been sent by
political groups scattered all over the
state, which are members of the Con-
federate parties and are anxious to
know who will substitute for Garza,
in order to resume political activities.
which were well advanced at the time
of Garza's death.
Some of the clubs have suggested
Gen. Porfirio Gonzalez and Leocaaip
NJ. Gonzales, mayor of Monterey, as
candidates for the governorship.
It is believed here that large con-
vention will be held here this montN
to discuss matters and rearrange
things, because politicians who fay-
ored General CARA are now getting
worried about the situation.
BY all means the situation in Nuevo
Leon is very difficult. because the
late General Cara had been the only
"a ndidate
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18

Oaxaca, Mex, Feb. 17.-Almost in
the very heart of this city, and on
one of the principal streets, stands the
huge church of La Soledad. Architec-
turally quaint, counting its years BIZ
the hundreds, and the home Of a
famous saint to whose worship the
Indians flock by thousands, it lays
its claim TO fame on a material rather
than a spiritual basis for it is prob
ably the only church in North Amer
leu which owns n mine.
Over two centuries ago, when the
foundations for this temple were laid,
the workmen found, cutting directly
across the atrium and nave of the
church, a vein of rich mineral. They
reported their discovery to the padres
who we're directing the work, but to
these worthy fathers the erection Of a
house in which to worship after the
manner of their religion was far
more important matter than the find
ing Of worldly wealth.
Vein Covered Up.
The vein of rich ore was covered
over with masonry and its existence
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
THE HIDDEN CHURCH" is
THE STRANGEST MYSTERY
OF SOUTHERN REPUBLIC
None Can Explain the Loud, Clear Ringing of Bell
on Moonlit Nights and Natives Will Not Dis
close Locations; Believed Hidden in Cave
and jealousy Guarded So Indians Can
Worship as They Please

Cuicatlan, OAK, Mex, Feb. H.
Mexico is full of mystery, rivalini
in many respects the mysteries Of tn,
Far East, and a few leagues soutl
of this place is a mystery which out
rivals the deepest problem of the
FlOwery Kingdom. Cuicatlan is on tn,
Mexican Southern Railway and re
| joices in all the benefits which il
communication with the distant CAPT
tai, and the nearer city of Puebla
can give it, but a few minutes ride
from the main plaza brings one into
the wildness of the sierras where the
Spanish language is almost unknown
and only the choppy, Chinese-like dia.
lect Of the Zapoteca Indians is
spoken.
Back in the deep canyons and de.
files Of the mountains that stretch
after league away to the south. many
of the ancient customs Of pre-Colum-
bian days are still practiced and the
pagan worship of centuries ago pre-
walls. In some instances the religion
of modern times is strangely mixed
with idol worship. An instance of
this kind is known where until his
death, a few years since, an old In
dian kept in his home an ancient idol
of stone and before it daily pros
trated himself, Keeping candles con-
stantly burning there, as he had been
taught by the missionaries to do be-
fore the saints in the Mission church.
An UnsoIved Mystery.
Back among the peaks and valleys
lay two haciendas. La Conception and
Aragon. Between these is q strip Of
land which has never passed to the
hands OF private owners and some
where in its maze of canyon. peak,
gulch and ravine is hidden an un-
solved mystery. "the hidden church"
Many men have sought to solve the
reason why, on certain moonlight
nights. there comes down the canyons
the deep. melodious tones Of a bell.
ringing as though to call worshippers
TO the mass. Again, when there has
been n death nearby. it tolls the pass
ing Of soul. But search and inquire
though they may. no one has ever been
able TO elicit from the Indians where
the church in which The bell is hung is
located. These Indians acknowledge
that there is church and that il has
been located in the same place as
long as they know Of. many genera
tons, but give no information as to
the actual point. Intelligent men
from the neighboring haciendas have
approached the sound of the bell.
while it was ringing from different d.
rections, and, even though two have
more than once located it between
them. reaching p common point while
the air was still vibrating with its
peals. il still remains rs much a mys-
terry as n hundred years ago. In those
days the grandfathers Of the present
searchers resorted to torture TO worm
the secret ont OF the Indians. but
thev had no better success than have
their descendants today.
An educated modern gentleman.
who has interests in the vicinity and
who has several times Joined IN a
search for the hidden church, believes