The border vidette., 1925-09-19
TWO GREAT SONORA PROJECTS
Party Of "Gringos" Visit Rich Mine
and Beautiful Haciendas.

OOOu luVlUdLlOu lEOm non.
Writ G. Bowman to visit the
"Placeritos" silver lead mines
situated 30 miles west from Her
mosillo, on the highway from
the Sonora state capitol to beau
tiful Kino Bay, destined-so
Bert Cumming says-to become
the Long Beach of the West
Coast of Mexico, ye editor of
THE BORDER VIDETTE, left No
gales on Saturday afternoons
train for the wonder land south
of the international border.
Ia the Bowman party out Of
Nogales, were Writ G. Bowman,
local capitalist and vice chair
man of the State Democratic
Central Committee, and w. j.
Mitchell, we'll known mining en-
gineer, who with Mr.. Bowman
and Arturo Cubillas, state treas
urer of Sonora, own the "Pla-
ceritos;" E. A. Washburn. pro
prietor of the popular Interna
tional Club at San Luis, Lower
California. and Emory D. Miller.
The train south was crowded,
and of course Mr.. Bowman, who
is q prince of hosts, Immediately
parked" his party in the coolest
spot on the train-the Nogales-
Mazatlan dining car, presided
over by Don Carlos Araiza. who
sure knows his stuff" and
works fast. Long before Carlo,
the home of Laird John Higgin.
botham, was reached, Don Car.
los convinced his friends that
they were sitting pretty in arm
chairs covered with velvet. "
Not until the capitol city was
reached, nine hours after leav
ing the border city, did the pill
grims from the north, leave the
pleasant oasis" on wheels.
Although the hour was late
when the train arrived behind
schedule time at Hermosillo, the
Bowman party was met at the
depot by State Treasurer Arturo
Cubillas, and other high state
officials; A. Nd. Conard, from his
Haciendas Santa Rosalia and
San Juanico; Fred Afford, Max
Marks, and hundreds of citizens,
who had with them Hermosillo's
famous ban2, which played
"There'll Be A Hot Time In
Town Tonight, while the boys
said ''Howdy."
After Mr.. Bowman, on behalf
of the members of his party,
graciously thanked the reception
committee and hospitable people
of the state capitol for their
royal whole hearted welcome,
and MIR. Cubillas, in response,
had offered the visitors the state
treasury, which was refused
with thanks. the pilgrims enter
ed Mr.. Conard's automobile and
motored out to beautiful Hacien
da Santa Rosalia, situated on
the OLD Hermosillo-Ures high
way just four short" miles from
the state capitol, between the
San Miguel and Hermosillo
rivers. where on soft beds they
slept toe sleep of the (?) just
amid vast cotton and sweet
scented alfalfa fields, famed by
cool refreshing breezes waited
from the Gulf of California.
The Haciendas Santa Rosalia
and San Juanico, comprising ap
proximately $500 acres of level
land as fertile as the Valley of
the Nile, Egypt. or the Yaqui
Valley, Sonora, Mexico, are on.
ly four miles from Hermosillo,
between the two rivers mention.
ed, which by means of many
miles of bitches, numerous ever
lasting springs and a splendid,
up.to date system of pumping
plants at all seasons of the year,
furnish an abundance of water
for irrigating the broad acres of
cotton, black eye peas, wheat,
alfalfa, etc.. which is being rails
ed under the personal supervis
ion of A. M. Conard, who with
Colonel G. P. Summers. retired
u. S. army officer, owns these
old haciendas, the lands of which
after many years, are being re
claimed and made to produce
abundant crops at a nominal
cost-bringing the intelligent.
industrious farmer golden re-
turns on his investment.
In the morning, Sunday after
q cool, refreshing shower, shave,
and an icy-cold mornings morn.
ing, mixed by our genial host,
Conard, in real old Virginia
ck.,1o WToo- x3;root Iooorlook of