| Show AND V VALLEYS ALLEYS OF 1 J I i t THE PLAINS S I I L of 01 HI His Writ Writes of 01 t the f p l to South I n n U c ot t uana un Iatt I the l f mall viney I k koil tt by and Ind IndI I rY h ar I In III ue case th the I ire rl I w In which lIlI h tit If alle 1 IS a ash d tullY fully tl teed tI pre in mO mOt t u small mall containing 9 I others othell that Ir red I ure 1 as ugh are ure at I large t r r the not mot n San Ban I ran l 1 on 1 ill I h J As AI the raid rOid Come comel to the It this h 1 h II h valley valle ts III seen Been seenI rah t I at t th sire lle W Wn at as we le leI p n I ut JC the bench ben b and the ther ned to view tw a does r I dna ana San Me were re I tell the antI and a b churches shone 1111 ny To out our ara rIi eun I tar far at aR we could Illig as I of wheat Ial some f green r but Jut just I the Il y every ve vel In all were of them IY l I used Ir 11 rt n rl n fields were Vere drY 1 I I large hock Nash lit r 1 orange and lemon m t rr one once to us 1 A or orr I fruit m II all In shit 11 be Coo u ted q r hurch leon I tar lit In InI Inh uti IJ bt urn j 11 only Illy th h r After were Hr phi tort I F vr u Jf tr trI t the I h valley vallY II 1 I I Ii ROS ROSI S San Ti II I II In dell detail 11 for tor torIn forr r In I n fI grove they t oft of II th r re art ae many mall t I th Ih fruit I a malt Imin It ItI l I iv JI t The people do doI doh I h x tO 10 I ratty ai ranger r lit ni tl d tree or t I t I e do the teat relt an all she could tea teaI fa far faI b I In di and If some In I r 1 r d the th should I 1 1 her Ir a I 1 th there le la leI laI I ry II I 1 1 I In any desirable I r kiwi a Is an Industry car carn carI t I n I h h the Ih nath PI es seem to 10 lit h ht t It I b hat braiding In quarters I Y b bouge Ul IR ie a lottery u n Imber ot of the th family a att tt raw M II hats h I or of really superior q t 1 r seen n hee anti and andeS eS t r are een n making makl eJr t i 1 r I In the bou na lD on the street ne ta taI fen even fenno hi I dd 1 hate It I la no 1 g ee it 1 rowel or of I men tn nod I I I t Jg g n the street turners g tot hr I rode rod up to a couple o r I some orne re rei reu u i oral I 31 t and was as asI I that all Ih the time hone Ih their lr r fairly r flying R as Ih they ill au In the r ar t tI e I to th them m akin t II a t th hf v politely anew ani rod r j street we eh ulI t I ike IIII I I di a they th eb tp p bai ld rig almost Uk Ilko a mama f II j at leapt l aPI it a rl I ing 1111 the Ih g n 1 11 e hI h t tIn I In tot l u p 1 n tt fI I I fund lit In ilm ct rat I md and title I Ir Ir r r c meat t I a dl di I y It g I Is tore store to toh I h and find nd your IAN u ga It 1 to a groc ry r r rl r an and It I a ration r 11 ar are old for nt ne sent I I shop hops even Ien hIt har their I r in rUe race L a It 11 I la the same amI with t I t tie lIP your yur beef f m n t I Ir iri and M ch threats R a hat hatI I 1 r t I t 1 green rn gr bra to md there peek out R a ar n r your Our h had Id Not ot of r n t ta and andr 1 1 r r are arl It 11 1 I are ure made II by hand I sheet h la but still till 1 d very Itry cheaply Th The i t I it III LLY iLY A 1 TOW TOWN r f r I Tinted noted for the 1 t I kIn I is rat or leather and tit m u II pair of r bI I cattier Ith There u III I J for tor n looms t en In donna P n II I I wore fire la II also allO alsor r I Lie a kind kine or echo Iho J n hut but the In n r making We called In the eta ot of n a whole hole rate aale dealer and pleased 4 the proprietor much with till th we showed very er In hi W We do not make mAko the superior article that you do In the United Stales Stat said aahl he but we RII ap approach It very r closely Ile He was wal to 10 elve us UI a amide ot of all 11 leathers he hid had In alock In some lome respects Leon l ahead of Guadalajara In private reel dance one Obe of which wo we had the pleas ure or In alto of RI the lauer I In the 10 or the al alle le The fhe II Act InThe building he In building IlIr the capital of a sorts goes far ahead or of her slater BIter city The climate the llIe pure bracing air and the beautiful clear weather ot of Guadalajara are tub uh that list her 10 du not nol felt to mention to the th stranger In our opinion Leon In ht these respects Is III The climate the n alt aIr Ire are simply n at al thIs time lime of the year Our animals as aswell R well as a felt relt the when w we reached title valley nile and we nil speak peak ot of this a as a perfect climate I I mil IE Leaving Leon We passed to tn the south southeast ut east and came caIne at the very pry elite of oC town to lo a 1 magnificent arch covering the entrance to a paved pared walk on both of oC which is III heavy masonry and some statuary of oC no Interior work Both the arch anti and walk would do honor to any an city Our road mM now led through h extensive corn felda and or Ir ranh with lilt beautiful I gardens gardene Lettuce radishes onions amt all early Irly Iu arden I 1 one fone the Idea or of spring The heading III and half who wh I f lIIn met mer while the dried fields the loads of being taken to kel and the plies Illel ot of pola tot aate one of at fall III tat fact all sea eR sins Mn excluding winter are here mixed In one and Ind the plowing lowing and the plant planting ing and the gathering and till the ting or I done Inn h r tI hev occasionallY have htwe lIht frosts frola and I no In some gardens coverings Rt at hand handt hI t the tender tomato ii V In the hot bed but bUI th the fr is st tore Ire so 10 light lIht that but Iut little damage Is NIGHT It wu was Ion tong after dark on Thurs lay la December before we secured r f j 1 for our animals One n have teed feed an another had nu no on In It II charge with II a r right ht to 10 sell Ii a th majordomo was al It still III celebrating In tip city but finallY h by paying the price amid In ht i 11 n na a head h for the use us uC of a corral corm I we I won r accommodated It I Is not iii Ct n ft that the advantage is III taken of a I but JUI though we here found the PI p r ii 1 honest and hospitable It happens a as In other countries and mung other people that advantage 1 la taken where p Jn In this Instance It was night and the then n next t ranch several miles mile II lilt all t Further but tits tart flUt was hot known to our part p rl of oC the company was Lt been Jeon and We wet were aIred already tan mitsy ml blatant But Dut our animal well and we had bal a comfortable supper of and bean beant at II a hut but In the settlement At I the boys JO reached amp and II by In the morning WI we were again on the road Tills This nl night ht lie Oe camped earl early having at al 1 n hacienda for tor pasturage pastura e where A very ery accommodating Mexican was wan In charge charlt lie Re informed us that we might have hl his pasturage pointing to a field near hi his hou house e for three e cents a head butIr but it Ir we would Care to If go 0 tire miles fun Si r WI w Meld on I h I hh e 0 fend for nothing antI and he added J I have hae ur or shea hII ul o urra a n tI r r that thai I 1 shall hall not use Ule and you U are a 1 i lumA cuma to It also allO A As there t 11 na g l rater at the other place WI we rod rI n nand nand and found everything to lo our cons n 11 fence A mn man was a pent to Rho allow u us th place lUll and to get fel the fodder for tor us It If we w wished It I STILT IN IU VALLEY In this part 0 of the valley and we e are III In else h lon VII Y the of wheat when needed I Is effected by the Ibe use ot of largo pump II k J 1 hv by oten OIn to a Ion long sw cli I In lar to that all on our molasses s nulls mills method III fa handed down from trum old times and one of the old Spanish pumps le still seen F n b by the roadside and still worked for till the watering of stock It It Is built around hy by It a heavy heay stone stan wall perhaps thirty feet Ceet high and In III diameter lure large Inside to admit the sheep and the oxen DUn n a paved 1100 walk II is made mehle and anOther an Other paved walk leads up to a door Just large lart enough to admit one ox at R a time When the door I la tho they are imprisoned in a NI cell where ther are forced to work until relieved ALSO AISO A AND D mCH mCHOn On the filth We n a low loll range ranle ot of mountains or hills and camp came In an another another other valley as beautiful and as rich as the last though not so 80 large It is 18 J the valley vally ot of As AI the roa road leads down the range of hills hili It passes through a little settlement which we II called lime kiln town lown for the chief oc apparently the only occupation tion of the inhabitants Is II burning lime Stringing alulI along the road on both eider Id are these the little IItti acme In iii operation some Jut just bt being filled up others other being emptied Limo Ilm is III a as necel lIAr aary to the culinary dt department of J a Mexican as yeast yeat or baking powder is isto I Ito to ours ourI The corn from frum which tortillas are made must first be to boiled an hour or so In strong lime water This softens of tens the husk huk and enables the thC kernel to be crushed in the mutate with ease eue p passed also alia It a large lare which tor Cor its size and equals equal all any we have seen Wheat III hi this the f product and all the large larre stacks of straw both buth for RI size f and man manntI mannet net ot of stacking One had stood liD so lOll long that already weeds were growing on trip lop and yet two fret from the surface the straw was wa all as fresh u IU the lire day It ItaI was aI thrashed Alfalfa grows through out Jut the v valley but not well and Inti wheat straw a chief hlf article of feed for tor horses horse In all tJ the larger tu towns nil here alu was wa alar a large with II Ith a tone stone stonewall 1 wall of solid on its three side Ide 1 a mile In each ach direction On Inquiry w We learn that this was built buill In time limes more than thun t two vo hun hundred dred years ago sloAt At IS 12 we through Bal Sala and town lown a railroad Junction a ot of considerable Importance laving a 0 copulation ot of ten thousand l It Is III noted for tor It Its farm and garden and lid for its west potatoes though we tried in III vain to buy some In the market rite houses are re all one tory story with list fiat roof and all Ire are painted with gaudy or Indian Indian red ed and and having deep a AI moot mOlt ever store t le a and every saloon Is II 1 a store Candles ore are old everywhere In tact fact It Is II always under understood stood that thal you can buy randles Jut but not always alway such uch III as you like to 11 use In a tent or a house TheY are tapering tallow candles for tor church purposes and areas are as 11 plentiful as al tequila or mescal FIve mil mile from Salamanca we went cam on II lit tie ranch I where II to a feed II rood antI and and where lath animals animal and men lIIn have had hada a quiet rest relit J CLUFF JR |
