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Show BUYS LAND IN MEXICO, J. A. Cunningham Invests in Largo Sugar and Grazing- Tract. Valuable I.inil. 37,000 ncres In all, has bcon purchased In Mexico by J A. Cunnincham of 81 First street. The land includes about 30CO ncres of tillable- soil with more or less timber tim-ber surrounding1 It, tho balance bclnp mountainous moun-tainous grazlnK land. In speaklntr of hlH purchase Mr. Cunnlncham raid: "I had r.o Idea of huylnn the property In question whon I left Salt I-nke, my Intention being nt that time to close a deal for another an-other property which I had had In mind for some tune. After that deal hnU fallen through I was told about tho 37.000 acres referred to aljove. and at once accepted the offer made by tho owners. There are 120 families living on tho iiusar plantation, which hus a wcll-cqulppcri wcll-cqulppcri plant." As far as Mr. Cunnliurhnm knows, there are no valuable mineral lands In that 1m-ihedlatu 1m-ihedlatu vicinity, although Hi'v.iral old claims In that section of tho country were at ono time worked nt a proilt. It Is paid Ho purchased pur-chased the property simply n.i n. matiir of speculation, believing that It would omo day make him a handsome proilt. About a yonr ago Mr. Cunnlncham had neKOtlatlons well under way for a larco stock . ranch on one of the Hawaiian Islands, but tho deal fell through. |