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v- Saturday August 19, 1905. ACROSS THE BORDER. Chihuahua Enterprise: the Mormon colonies in the north western part of the state come re ports of great prosperity and mag nificent crops. The wheat crop was splendid and the corn is ex ceedingly promising, as are all the fruit crops. Now that the nuisance of the free zone has been abolished it is expected that more of the products of those thrifty colonies will come to this city and other points in the state. Chihuahua Enterprise: There arrived at the Banco Minero this week 6 bars of bullion worth $43. 000 gold from the famous Lluvia de Oro mine in the Urique district. This property is now the greatest gold mine in northern Mexico and the heaviest producer of the yellow metal, yet it has not been in oper ation but a little over two years. Part of that time it only had a three-stamp mill. It now has 20 stamps and a cyanide plant will soon be in operation. Chihuahua Enterprise: The Ma terial Metal company, controlled i rliff'fpf,t r jittiiifioii in If wait iftfnl th pr'ffiM f'f b'-lfrr bibff j condition in Mexico a rMhr 1 ;hh4 Ithit haVf led to Mr. H.UHOfk' j iri'puri' ". Mr. Hancock -pfnt ff-v-;eral W'ckon the i'thmun of Te j hnantep'T, hut i rej.ortM a not J quite content, with the tra ixportn I tion facilities there available and hence h now in the state of Tam- pico, where several fine plantations j ihv viiv i. m tu. i . v . tv Uin .7j nun- j ever, seem a little queer that Ha waiian should be seriously consid- enng sugar iant; investments in Mexico. KU r Of ALL d e:;g k;p t ion f )llrnl M "., I inrnl I mm Furniture and Household Good a a Specialty. I . C . I Ir.H .J. Ht-r-i.K.wlllo, M(itiiii-,t, MM Mexican Herald: Juan M. Sour-i idillon, owner of the Martinica, ranch in the state of Vera Cruz, on j which there is an option held by! capitalists of St. Louis and other eastern points, left yesterday for Torreon, were he goes for the pur-; pose of looking into the possibili- I ties of guayule culture and the ex-j traction cf rubber from it. He will be absent from the city for more than ten days, during which he will look over certain tracts in Torreon and pass upon its adapt ability to guayule culture. While in the city Mir. Sourdillon was a guest at the Palace hotel. With reference to the actual raising of guayule, Mr. Sourdillon is confi dent that it can be done if the right condition of soil and climate be secured. It is said to be his purpose to invest the money received from the sale of the Martinica planta- bythe National Metal company, j tion,,i.n the To"eon land, and to is building a big mehil refinery at I esiauiISH a ooer raciory on mat Nonoalco in the Federal District for the purpose which its name in portion of the acreage which is covered greatest with the rubber- dicatesand to handle high-grade j producing shrub. With him will ores, gold and silver bullion, sul-1 be ' associated several prominent phidea, cyanide precipitates, etc. j n?en who have studied the proper H. P. Lewis, general manager 0f j ties of the guayule shrub and are the National Metal company, with! 111 a portion to know the best headquarters in Mexico City, is I ""'thoU of handling it in order to quoted as saying the plant will be I obtain the very best results, in operation in GO days. j Chihuahua Enterprise: A Tam pico, Mexico, report, quotes G. II. Holmes, the representative of an aggregation of several large lumber companies of the United States, as saying that his concerns have bought up immense timber tracts in Mexico. The purpose of the purchasers is to hold the lands for speculation. The' have bought 800,000 acres in Durango and Sin aloa and 2,000.000 acres in the Southern part of the republic. Chihuahua Enterprise: The de mand for Mexican cattle in Cuba continues to grow and cattle buyers from the island republic are re ported as quite numerous in Mexi co now. The custom house at Tampico shows that during the fiscal year 1904-5 there were ex ported from Mexico to Cuba 09,598 V I .it rrM 1 neau or came, ineir value was declared to be $1,732,610. Tam pico is the great cattle shipping port. In addition to the above for the same fiscal year there was shipped through Tampico $4,837, 329 worth of cattle to Progreso, Yucatan. There is much atten tion being given to cattle raising now in the more tropical parts of Mexico. Subscribe for The Oasis, COFFEE No breakfast is good with out coffee beg pardon good coffee. Writs for our Knowledge Book, A Schilling & CcKHpaay, &an Francisco. We want uou .to Know if you are contemplating the purchase of rein lug property that we are in a position to supply you either in Arizona or Mexico or if you have mines to iel) that we can place you in touch with a purchaser. We guarantee fair treatment to both parties. Arizona Mexico Investment Company, NOG ALES. ARIZONA. Mexican Herald: The recent k visit of James Hedemann, the em inent sugar engineer of Hawaii, to Mexico, has been followed by one from J. H. Hancock, of Honolulu, who is reported to represent a wealthy Hawaiian syndicate who are considering Mexico as a sugar producer with the possibility of making large investments there. It is said that the vast areas of ara ble land are what attract Mr. Han cock and his friends, but many are more inclined to believe that the City Meat Market, A. Moreno. Proprietor , Fresh Meats of all Kinds Received Dally. M Orders Delivered Promptly. C-ENT1FIC!';RESS. Jilt mTT TVMiTTtif.Kl,lt,lY FORTY-FIFTH YEAR. 56 PAGES : WEEKLY : ILLUSTRATED. mdispensableYo mining men U PER YEAR POSTPAID. SEND roil SAMPLE COPT. Minings Scientific Press 320 MAHKET ST.. SAN FRANCISCO. CAJL Iron Iron Sheets Steel TIENDAS DE RAYA DE MAS PRIETAS, OSCflg BOUHTBEE. Manager. 1 WHOLESALE A N 0 RETAIL DEALERS I H General Merchandise. Nuts, Rivets, Pump Hose, Mill Plates, Valves. Copper Sheets Bolts. SOLE AGENTS FOR I. & W. Hardies "Antiquary Scotch Whisky n La Colorada, Sonora, Mex. Brickwood Hi ouse. J. T. BRICKWOOD, PROP. .... f ' . ' ... ... PIRST CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. ... i i ! 1 i I ". 1 k ' , Nicel Furnished Rooms. Prices Moderate . . Nogales, Arizona, i I SS!aSght Plhnt COMPANIA j 1 , . , , j Industrial t Explotadora de iaderasj I ice factory. GUAYMAS, SONORA, MEXICO. --r,.r.,A Lumber of all Kinds; Rough and Dressed J iron and Brass Planing Mill, Doors, Windows t Moulding, Etc. I Machine-shop. MANUFACTURERS OF W,S NAILS. MATCH FACTOR. j Blacksmith Coal and Coke Constant on Hand, j mm LOW mmm mm RATE EXCURSIONS To Louisville, Kentucky; Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, Colorado; Chicago, Saint Louis, Memphis, Kansas City, and all points North and East, VIA Ei Paso Sortiieasteni and Rock Island Systems. LIBERAL RETURN LIMIT FASTEST SCHEDULES, FINEST EQUIPMENT DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE DINING CARS ALL THE WAY. SHORT LINE EAST, mmm Y For further information can on or aaaress ,r k u pdhum G. P. A. Ep-Ne System, M ill V...-V mm E1P ;