Show J IUT UTAH AH WONDERS JV OND EIS I I 1 II 1 IJ HiI HH t IH II I H HH H H I I HI H H I I iI f 1 I I 1 J rf 1 j J I 1 l Il IlIe Ie Y a r i 1 I 1 I F r 1 r r rt 6 t j l r k I t 4 1 l lor I I Photographed for or II the Deseret n News Now by d 0 n IL Walto oH 1 H H l H t H l HI HII IH IW 1 1 PRIMITIVE MODE OF CULTIVATING G THE SOIL j Special Correspondence Mexico M Is la saki to be one of the tho richest sections ot of 1 the earth and one cannot con conr j solve lit 61 soil soli more deep Icell r and fertile or r Vegetation more lux luxuriant then than la Is found In the states Mates of at Vera Vcra Cruz and Ta To Tabasco Tobasco of at basco based or In the lowlands Oaxaca It Is a region full ot of Interest JQ to tG tho tiro the travel man as well as al to boundless resources w vr r because Of t Its and the excellent opportunities U it pre pr presents presents Hallways ore are be belag yenta for tor investment lag inc extended and development follows In their wake Wilke Eastern capitalists have of invested In sled ed In ast tracts while men banding together and modest means menns are ore cultivating large plantations us ae slack Mock holders holers unite to work a mine Hut BUI the tha element clement cl ment of uncertainty uncertainly which always al attends att n mining venture is le a n fea feature feature feature ture of agriculture re With the requisite soil und and climate what one man what opu done another may do do n and nd II nd what o o acre has produced another may be u made to produce There h rell U something fascinating In the endless tangle and ami varlet variety of ot tropical lulo l and amI U l l S that every sort of tree Iree Is II found foum In ht n the of at Mexico Those valuable for timber and ond those thoe famous amoul tor for fruit plants of ot every esery description i palms paInts Innumerable tern fern trees Iree flowers vine vines and grasses high hills und and us liS a 0 mans head cover the tho valleys with a wealth of bloom and ver vert lure ure Leaving Mexico City for Tabasco we passed aued between two snowy peaks Into Inlo tho the gardens of ot Orizaba and through the coffee groves grOvel of ot Cordoba down to the palms that shade hade the thc beach at al Vera Vern VeraCruz Cruz Crus Hero Here we took a Spanish steamer for Frontera the port of ot Tabasco The less lees said Bald of this voyage oRge the better All Who oho take It would like to forget It as os noon coon as possible Foul kept end and overloaded the ship though safe late and strong never reaches port too soon for its lis passengers poS SOME BEAUTIFUL SPOTS Frontera JO 20 0 hours from Vera Vcra Vera Cruz Is a beautiful port Ort with green lawns laurel shaded streets and tile the roofed houses bousu Here we wo were Initialed Initiated Into the mysteries of the favorite bev beverage beverage I water waler drunk from the green co cocoanut cocoanut cocoanut It U Is certainly delicious From l we went by 11 steamer up IP the tho and rivers to San Sen Juan the capital of oC the state slate It Is no doubt the prettiest city In III the tho republic not nol even oven excepting Orizaba Hero we formed the acquaintance acquaintance tance tanco of oC and some of oC her most distinguished citizens It Is a n place of at opulence of at the people be being beIng beIng ing well to do and a multimillionaire is pointed out for tor each thousand nd of the Being the center of at trade ts as well ae DB the capital of oC a rich agricultural state sate San Ban Juan JUlin has long ranked as alone one of at the most prosperous cities s In the republic LOW DEATH RATE HATE Moreover Tabasco In spite spill of oC Its lati latitude tude Jude and to 10 the coast Is said sal salto to have the the lowest death rate of ot any section of at tropical America Its health healthfulness I is attested not by i tics but Uhe number of very ery old peo pea people pearle ale who have lived there all their lives The temperature while hot as ns a n rule tardy sends the mercury over the 93 72 2 mark It i so 10 o happened owing to a I re recent recent cent norther that we suffered from train the cold old almost every spent in inho Inthe the ho stale lUCH mCH SUGAR DISTRICT From San an Juan wo we took a 0 on the river to Cardenas near f tho the head of the Rio nio Seco or Dry 1 1 i which Is a the highest and most productive tive faction Of the he sUItE state Hero lIero we e were the I by b y the Jefe Politico or head had man mana of the he canton ranUm A 1 very 10 pleas pleasant pleasant ant g gentleman who furnished us guides and horses hones for tor such suc tours of ot In Investigation ds as a we wt cared cured to make to sue sur surrounding i rounding plantations We visited see sev several eral era sugar factories Including ono anti operated o by the tho Sastre Bros ro who have turned sugar ugar cane cono Into Inlo sev several Oral eral millions of dollars They The were ed cd edt In the states speak excellent I English l and live like princes t They The raise nn an average of SO 40 tons Ions of ot b cane to the acre at 01 a cost of about aboul ono one liver dollar per ton manufacture It In Into V s to 10 sugar at he the rate rale of ISO pounds to the theton th ton at an nn expense of Hi i cents silver per pound They IMy sold this seasons run while we vc were there the for 12 cents a II pound Iun With 00 acres acre In cane It can be seen that they are making money CULTIVATED TREKS On another plantation belonging to 10 a member of the family we found 10 OOIJ cultivated rubber trees Ave and Md fix IX years ears old as DI large lorge as trees In the Tux tepee tt CO rubber belt x lt 11 or 12 years yearn ara old The owner has hu no immediate intention of tapping this Ihl grove ne but has haa Invested 1 p i i i I 1 j In It II for tor the benefit of oC his Ills heirs as II nun men m n Invest In III life Insurance policies In Inthe Inthe inthe the states It H will mean an nn Income of I Iy to 10 6 par por lor tree treo Jotter on onan an enormous yield eld for 0 of ot ground with tHun tr II aee to lq the acre Cocoa of chocolate Is 10 ono one of oC tho the prin principal principal cipal products of or this juts section Coffee Coffeo Cort does no do In hi Tabasco as aJ It pop po senses a better w tt hen en raised In III Inthe Inthe the tho i Is grown rown ex In the vicinity of Cardenas and and Is f sold ld to bf bo bethe the tho best bent flavored 1 tobacco produced in III Mexico A FORMATION The Tho Tito illo Heco Is le I a ap peculiar formation The Die land lond along Its banks for tor five 11 e mlle miles back hack Is higher than any nn of oC the tho sur sounding country In the tho bed of at the i river which In is from yards to a half halt mile tulle In width are lIJe occasional lagoon lagoons and ond many llan small email plantations Tradition 1 bas ag lall It that the volume bf water now I II gunning I past pat Fan at Juan tb to tin the Gulf as ns the river once one flowed flawed over I the bid bed of or the th Seed Sel but the Indians tn lit prevent Spanish buccaneers from ap as api 0 I i n u to rack patk k the rd taUs t nude m otte lp u If sort fj y pole Mid and spikes across the channel time debris rath gath trod feed NI forroN 1 p Milt dim A I trend un IIIi outlet through n a drainage ditch put Ut near nr the tho town and created cre a anew 1 nOW new stream called the now nov navigable 1111 for light steamers OVERLAND OV Rr D loather than wall wait two weeks at Fran Fron Frontera 1 1011 tern tera era for tor bribe tha tho re tin n of our vessel front from frontEl K J El I llO Yucatan we decided to tomake make the Journey overland e eIn In III tho the Americans tried to 10 dissuade us and Mexicans made excuses with without without out avail We secured saddle horses hoes ti II pack flack mule taule and a guld that where People had lived and anil carried on commerce comme ce for a 0 thousand years ears there ought to o 0 be a n trail We struck ck out foj the Iho sa savannas annas or prairies and In two tuo days do s and nights reached the Indian Indiantown Indiantown town lown of at I tho the head hend of canoe na navigation on all the river of at the same name At thU point a 0 rain drove us to the tho principal 1 house of ot the town a 11 bamboo gallery allery for the drying of or tobacco In one end of which lived the tho family tam II Including IncludIng includIng ing three thue grown daughters daughter a n son III low and children of oC various ages age und and sizes MILLIONS OF MOSQUITOES We drove droe the pigs out Into the tho rain and swung our hammocks Night came and with It millions of mosquitoes The pigs returned and scratched their backs against x Our ur hammocks rocking us to 10 sleep deep It II rained nil all day and we ate tortillas and frijoles and spent another night On the second morning we took to the river Our canoe was wall about 16 feet long ty by two feet feel wide cut out of a log of f mahogany m It con can contained tanned two Americans five natives rounds pounds of ot baggage and pounds ot of which wo we had till the na natives natIe natives tives tIe cut open every ever now and than thon for refreshment For a day and n II night we sat or lay In inthe the tho bottom of that canoe drinking aqua agua do cocoa and nd fighting mosquitoes toes too Monkeys among the trees along the river kept up such nn an Infernal Internal chattering that we go to sleep deep Past miles and miles of t bamboo which fringed the river with royal palms waving their feathery plumes plume lumen In III the back ground parrots flying lying overhead In pairs and occasionally alligators slip slipping ell slipping o ping into the water with a splash we glided Along the th Ken am for tor 21 t hours hourI and reached the lit at lit Tannin Mere Here we found the sea lIe baling In a II high wind and no M boats bonis venturing out Fo So o we secured horses horres and struck out along the beach for a 11 terminus of the lire railway The Tho surf ur heat our horses legs but It was a tine line road roal and anI we enjoyed the rid ride P shooting at lit great sea ea birds or occasional sharks which Ventured too Iou far landward In search of nr smaller fish Crossing the mouth of the cos COI river on n a hollow jade cf of a canoe we WI reached the railway h tired tan tanned tanned tanned ned and bearded like pirates IN A DILEMMA DUmmA Next morning we te e the train for tor Santa where the tepee tep O IOhd Is II II the Mason line lino parallels of cf Iron hon and sleet l before am u all oil the tho way 1 to Halt Salt Lake At AtHla Sta Hla we e learned that while 1 th till to track hIll hod been be b n completed It I had hall not been pW by the Mexican authorities any further than Juanita to 10 which point and no further ran till the dally daily train front from Cordoba A new dif difficulty cult confronted d us 1111 We could not secure horses it nt Sta Lucretia and a II handcar was not to 10 be had fur for love loe or money mone But Jut perseverance won out It happened that the tho watch Inspector of lath both lined was likewise desirous of reaching the midnight train at Juanita Making a II deal with the Iho Mexican sec section lion tion gang cang we had bad them lift a II handcar from Crom the Isthmus line to the other road a I little after litter dark dork and anil in a few minutes were flying across the country at a better otter rate of spend speed than th n tropical passenger trains yet et attained At Atone Atone Atone one point paint we encountered a 11 work train but the Inspector of ot time pieces was as equal roual to the occasion With a 0 tone of at authority he lie called the crew together Mt set t their watches ate he I requested them to tomoo move moo their train till w Wit could put our r T handcar back on the track and In Iq twenty twenty ty minutes we were oft again In the moonlight Had Hod he been general man manager manages ages ager of ot the road our Yankee watch tetter colter 1 IIer could coult not have haV secured cUred s any on bet better better better ter results IMMENSE TREES TImES Next morning wo we left leCt the tho train at rv J A Region Regon that Abounds Lim Limitless lieu Riess Resources and which Offers Splendid Opportunities for invest ments ment Something Moro More of the ho Country In which Salt Lake taka Men dlen Wit Wilt engage In Iii the Production of Rubber lubber the Raising of Cattle and the th of Mining Hull fights and low how They are rail fall fallIng railIng Ing lag Into Official o I J News Vows Wt blo I 1 I nesses flosses and Describes One J I the 11 l river to visit of 1 I the ruber and asid sugar plan li In I that vicinity On the hacienda of oC Don DOli Jiminez we saw aw a 11 grove of i I J I rubber trees of at n ages ta One I that was planted 14 years yearn ago 1110 n attired 1 1 I j j 81 SI ini int lies hes In tour ft fe r t 1 j from the ground and In last si you yuit y I yield I 1 i 12 pounds of ot commercial rubber ru n Iii Hsi HI i O It stood a old tree Ir 41 Indies In t t I f circumference From tn tapir 7 r last year r the old don dan brained so I pounds of crude rubber t kh he pull wid c Kl Klon on the place pinel at al the Ily low price r f I of nt 80 50 cents cellis per pound l r At Al another plantation 1 41 i I trees 11 years old aid and tf t gy averaged a r 4 4 feet flet In III They had just been tripped the fouth tau fou th lime time and had shown decided inure He ae In the tho yield at each tapping 1 m Tuxtepec we wo went horseback to In the 1 i r night This Ig le an nn of about I people one on of the naast roost Interest Interesting lag ing 1 places I esl In all t 11 Mexico X Co Here sere er the e men fW nrY TTy T wear beards and serapes and the wom worn women women en a 0 sort of hand highly colored color shirts without sleeves or oth other other er cr visible means of ot support Passing El EI Ideal one of ot the finest cline cane and att fee plantations plan lations In the canton conlon wo we drop dropped ped down the Tonto river by night reaching the train at Los Loa Changos which carried corrie us to Cordoba In time for AA V Y Y TY J 1 I J 1 J I j j j i I f 7 r I r f I r i r 1 r i I rH I HH Ht i r H t HJ III HII r t i t j 11 7 I 4 1 Y Q 0 I r i I d I yeti T I I k n f IlS i j t ji j i t I ehe che I to tol 8 JJ t r fJ t l j IV 1 l 1 1 hei hec he hewri Ie ins illS c r PI I y no torn t ad adf y t c I w v tea rea tear a Ito u 1 g Mil 1111 It car ent carion tn ento o ion tori lOtin J neil nett n ing ng Photographed for the tho Deseret New Newn by Ii O 4 la 1 AatU oUr Iel I IH H IH It Hl IH iH len ler le leit e I PALM AND RUBBER LAND IN TABASCO it pg tg g r i H Sil I I is la I It r a m tan among in the h peons nn lit 11 at nf t stay c i Inri cr r I nis hI hl a nan an anu and as k r 0 J permission 10 ra KIM Kill kill t tm cue ing It lit d the Nocturne to 10 Mexico city HULL FIGHT ON EASTER EAST H ArriVing at nt the capital on Easter Banter Sunday one ono of the r Mesta diu ot of the year we WI were enabled to witness a 0 many nov no novel l 1 sports port nail and cere ceremonies ceremonies monies Including the burning of at Judas JUllas and a n a bull fight Fanaticism AA A A A A A A A A A I is la It r a m tan among in the peons nn lit 11 at stay c i Inri cr r II very anniversary er r of the r urn but Ih I rage age of oC zealots IB Is l entered centered red upon poor Judas who is II excoriate J dragged In the streets and burned In I IThe The great and nil all the scores I of city elt churches church were filled with devout and mul humble worshipers worshiper at Rt noon tires Dells rang dolefully th then n Joyously or gars garni groaned a It str in und and the Ihl chant of ot could be Iw h hurd urd nun now IIO und and then In line 1111 special ritual of the th day Three hours hour later Inter came camp the bull light nahl The churches chur hll were went amply ampt and the pup PUll populace ulace lace u wan wa ut at 11 t the t h Plaza del el If It the jells bell were still dill ringing they could not be heard for Ol th the shrill |