Salt Lake Telegram | 1913-01-28 | Page 3 | Safer in Mexico at Midnight than in Chicago at Noon Hour

. Safer in Mexico at Midnight Than in-Chicago at Noon Hour "I feet aafftr in Martco City In tha middle of the night thun I do In Chtrngu In the middle of the day." waa the alate-ment alate-ment made by Henrv M. Uahi, auar Intmident of tha aleeplng r detairtmmit of the M'lmn rallwHy. thla afternoon, lie hna lived In the t;ty uf Mexico for the last aeven yeara and atopped off yeit-icidio' yeit-icidio' In Halt Uke Qty an route to hla huaia from Chicago. "Mexh-o la all rlglt." daclaraa ffuper-IntsitUent ffuper-IntsitUent ijalnea, "und the trouble lua lieen ledly exbvinTaratnd duriria the lat year or a. bandlta take alvtuttage of the unacttled roir.ll lion In Mixlo and make ralda on lona ranchea and then trail off Into the mountaJna. Tfca gtv-erruncnt gtv-erruncnt I tuft an organisation railed 'rnmlt' muh the aarie a the aherlffe of tha nnUMllca.lu the atntc. Tha rur-ala' rur-ala' are fearlewa, ruKged people, who are firmly running 4la hamlltM down. KlMtng the ringleader and n4king tt safe In th most Isolated partg of th republic." There is no organised fighting going on at all, according to the visitor from the capital of tha revolutionary hornets' mvit. Ita deplete an altogether differ-enr differ-enr picture of Mexlno than tha ordinary lieraon that ha but lately coma from there. His story of fh t'fty uf Mexico In an alluring one. and according to ills vtes it la an Ideal plao to spend a lifetime. Ha declares that tha aouthem rcpuMir haa been badly represented and slandered. He portrayed th City of Mexico as a metropolis of half a million Inhahltarrts. Ther ara many magnificent buildings. Tha City of Maxloo la on aptataau 724 feet above the aa level. To leav the i t y, mountaJiul must b oroased. the lowest altitude being lO.eO feet a bore the aea. Tha climate la ideal. It la Ilka spring the year-- round. In the morning the weather la nold. but when th sun comes up the women put on white dresses and i walk through tha park and streets of the city. The rainy season starts In ths middle of June and ends In the middle of Hep-tember. Hep-tember. Huperlntendent Maine saya that you' can sat your watoh la th season sea-son when tha rain at art a each day and be aaf to wager on lL being correct. It starts In at 4 o'clock and Inevitably stops at o'clock. The precipitation la Just i enough to elear th duet from ths at- moephere and cool the evenings. To show tha faith of tha cltlaens of Me x loo City la the regularity of tha rain during theaa mouths, he saya bualneaa men go home at noon for their luncheon and take their umbrella a back to work with them, feeling certain that U will rain In the afternoon. Uafues declares that daring seven years In th City of Mexico lie ba never aen a drunken person on the streets, nor haa h ever heard of s house being broken into. The polk force, h saya. is nearer perfect than any he has svr heard of anywher alee. He commented upon the fact that Americana Mrs never moleated In the capital of ths republic. Mr. Gaines has traveled all over Mexico and never once been Insulted or attacked In any way, he says. Th crty la brilliantly lighted and kept clean. It fa made thoroughly aanl-tnry aanl-tnry by a complete sewer syaiem. In fart, superintendent Oalnea could nut aiieak fluently enough in th pralaes of tlie Mexican capttaJ.