The border vidette., 1927-09-03
NOGAl ES-THE FRIENDLY CITY
ON The BORDER

Nogales. Arizona, is built upon
q firm foundation and will steadi
ly progress because of it's diver
sified interests. Not all of it's
eggs" are iE one basket. While
seventy to eighty per cent of it's
total volume Of business is sell
ing merchandise to Mexico and
marketing the products of that
country. it has in a radius of fifty
miles a mineral zone pronounced
by more than one eminent
geolsgist as an area more
thoroughly mineralized than any
other in the world of equal size.
It is in the midst of an important
cattle raising district. It's clim.
ate, one of the best all the year
around in the United States, at
tracts tourists, and this factor
com mbined with it's interesting
environment, historical back
ground and it's scenic setting
will make it, as it becomes better
known, a mecca for those seek
ing real enjoyment of life.
During one of the troublesome
periods in Mexico, Nogales had
in its vicinity a large number of
soldiers, at one time totaling
eighteen thousand. It's large
temporary increase in population
caused an abnormal expansion
both in building and business.
This was followed by two or
three years Of readjustment but
in 1925 normal situation again
existed and since then expansion
has gone forward steadily. Dur.
ing the abnormal period, many
homes were built for rental pur
poses with the result that it took
until 1926 to reach a point when
a demand for new homes became
urgent. Home building is being
resumed in 1927 with the promise
of continuous activity in the
future as the population expands.
The combined population of
Nogales, Arizona and Nogales,
Sonora, is 1S, 200. This popula
tion cannot be divided for the
reason that in business, social
life and recreation, the two
towns are one, divided only by
a street. Nogales. Sonora is
FIVE times as large as it was In
1910 and improvements of a
public nature are being made
constantly and many modern
homes have been constructed
within the past two years.
Nogales has for some time
been unfavorably known as one
of the largest unpaved cities in
the country. This must not be
construed as indicating lack of
enterprise in the part of the city
but peculiar conditions have ex
listed that made it difficult to
proceed with the paving of its
streets. The city is now engaged
in preparations for an extensive
paving program and before the
end of 1927 much of the business
district will have been paved and
within q year practically the
entire city will be modern with
paving and ornamental lighting.
Nogales is distinctive ia that all
buildings must be- at least semi
freproof. This policy has been
in effect a number of years and
frame buildings are practically
non existent. AS result, the
city has substantial appearance.
It has also prevented heavy fire
losses. Will Rogers says Noga
les lis different" In his travels
throughout the land, he finds
cities all built on the same pat
tern. Nogales is distinctive.
Like people, cities have certain
distinctive characteristics Great
ed by environment, by climatic
conditions or through the over.
coming of obstacles. The out
standing characteristic of Noga
les is its hospitality. It always
presents to the world q shining
face, and a smile that never
wears off.
'The day is dark and cold and
dreary; it rains and the wind is
never weary"-not much hos
pitality in that! But how easy
it is to be hospitable and full of
cheer in Nogales where temper.
ed sunshine is with one three
hundred and twenty days year;
where one is not fretted by ex
cessive and sultry heat; by the
dread of tornadoes. floods. earth.
quakes, snowstorms, freezing
wether. The Nogales climate