The border vidette., 1929-04-06
REVOLUTION HAS SUPPORT OF
ALTAR VALLEY.

Star, April ~
The rebel government is not
only in power in the Altar valley,
but is in power with the full
willing support of the populace,
according to w. G. Reese. min.
ling engineer, associated with the
United Eastern company, who
arrived in Tucson from Altar
last night.
According to the engineer, To
pete, governor of Sonora, and
his men, are we'll liked and re
spected throughout the Altar
region, and their occupation has
been one Of a friendly nature.
Reese, on his trip out, saw in
dications of renewed activity in
the vieinity Of Mesquite and
Sasabe which caused him to be
lieve both units, rebel and fed
eral, were moving troops along
that portion of the border. Well
armed rebel troops, bearing plen
ty of ammunition, and mounted
in fleet Of trucks numbering
| Is, have been moving between
1 Altar and Santa Ana, in the di
rection Of Sonoita. The trucks
are making two trips per day, be
said, arriving at q. N. and 3 p.
n. in Altar and departing at
once loaded with troops. At
least 1900 men have moved
through the Altar region in this
manner in the last three days,
said Reese, all of whom wore the
red band of the rebellion on their
hats. Of these at least 800 were
Yaqui troops, from Tonochi and
Yaqui river country, some Of the
leaders Of whom he knew per
sonally.
Five of the trucks in the train
are equipped as water carriers
and are making the trip between
Sonoita and the Colorado river
for that purpose while three
other trucks are equipped for
the hauling of gasoline which is
q much needed commodity in the
valley. Reese, at his home in
Altar, was offered q price of 81
per gallon for the gasoline be
had stored for his own use, but
did not sell it because Of his own
needs.
The troops in the Altar region
are commanded by brother of
General Francisco Borquez, in:
charge at Nogales. They are
we'll deciplined, the engineer
said, and have confiscated moth
ing from the citizens of the vi
cinity, either Mexican or Ameri.
can.
Reese commented on the man.
ner in which the leaders of the
revolt have kept their men in
hand:
Everything they have used
ia the Altar region has been
paid for with American gold or
currency" said the engineer.
There has been no brigaudage
of any kind and Americans are
| permitted to come and go as
they please in perfect safety.
There is no attempt to hinder
4 the operation of American prop
critics and the Mexican mer-
chants have had their taxes cut
! appreciably. Where merchant
was paying 25 pesos per day to
keep his store open. this amount
being the tax be paid the Gales
| Gil government, be now pays
about half that amount.
i There is a distinct feeling of
friendliness throughout the area
for the rebel faction"
Reese recently wrote a letter
to President Herbert Hoover in
which he outlined his belief that
the state department of the Un
tied States had not yet been in
formed of the true condition of
the affairs of the sister republic
to the south. In the letter be
said in part that the viewpoint
of Ambassador Morrow, seen
through the eyes of Mexico City
alone and therefore through the
eyes of only the Callistas, was
not a true conception of the peo.
pie of Mexico.
He told the President of his
travels in Mexico as an engineer
and of the contacts be made with
the Mexican people during this
period. AS result of this per
iod of work with the Mexican
people in their own country. the
engineer concluded that it would
be better for the state depart
ment to look to other parts OF
Mexico and to the people OF
Mexico themselves for their atti