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Show OGDEN BOY SEES STRANGE SIGHTS Walter A. Kerr Describes a Journey From El Paso, Through Juarez and South to the City of Mexico Deserts Where the Sun is Scorching Hot. r which is fastened a small sharp stick which turns oer the Fod. If tho farmer is fortunate enough to find a small tree of the desired shape his plow is complete. Out on the Desert. About twenty-four hours are passed and Torrean comes In sight. Torrea.i Is a thriving town, having a population of 26,000. The surrounding country is fertile and productive and produces a great amount of cotton. Iieeidc3 the cotton mlll3 there are flour mills aud Iron mills. From Torrean to Zacatecas, one sees but the desert, with its cacti and grease wood. The 1 air Is still suffocating, the land is swept by the whirlwinds and it is quite uncomfortable to be alive. Night only brings relief Morning comes again. What a change. No more of the scorching sands and hot winds. It is now a semi-tropical country. Tropical fruits are plentiful. Bananas, Banan-as, oranges, tlmas, llmas can be purchased pur-chased for a few centavos. The climb to Mexico City Is a steady one. Querataro, with its 37,000 f people, comes Into view. This city as founded in ,1440 A. D , by tho Otormle Indians This people was conquered by the Astecs, and these In turn by the Spaniards In 1531. Quer-ataro Quer-ataro was the cradle of Mexican Independence. In-dependence. It was here also that Maximilian was executed. Passing through San Juan del Rio, we come to Cazadoro situated on the ,great Mexican plateau. Almost as far as the eye can see are great field teomlng with Indian corn. These same fields supplied the Astecs hundreds of years ago. Undoubtedly the green sprigs of these fields arc the direct descendants of plants whfch grew hundreds of jears ago. when the swift runners of the Astecs carried tho harvest to tho court of Montezuma. Now it Is the train which races over these ancient mllpao (corn fields) carrying thousands of bushels. We pass Tula, Zechcrla and other towns, rinally reaching that grand old city, the former abode of the Tolteca and Astecs, but "now governed by their more progressive descendants. (By Walter A. Kerr, of Ogden.) Mexico Ciiy, June 20. It was 0:33 when tho Mexican Central left the station sta-tion at El Paso anu ten mlnutwa lat-er lat-er a hall was made on the brlugo spanning the Rio Urajide river. Within With-in ten minutes every gilp and every valise wbich the passengers had in their possession were searched by Mexican custom 61iiclais and stamped 'revisado" (inspected). This being done, each person fined out a blank giving a complete description of bim-beli bim-beli and alio suiting his linai destination destina-tion in Mexico. Tue train moved on, but it was for Just a few minutes, lor another stop was mauw at Juarez, where all baggage had to bo claimed and paibt'd on o the Inspectors. Juarez is known as "Paso del Norte," (Pass of the North) and Is ueold of great interest. While Mexico Mex-ico was occupied by tlie Emperor Maximilian, President Benito Putilo Juurez had his seat of government ut this place, hence the name. The main thing, however, whicn attracts the many tourists to this place is tho bull fight. The lights only take place on Sundays and holidays lroin September Sep-tember until April. Many claim the bull fights of Juare surpass tnose of Mexico City. The country extending from Juarez to Chihuahua, is like the American desert, a lew scatlorod villages dotting dot-ting the vast expanse. Just a word about Chihuahua, as it was night when the train arrived. This city is the first of any Importance Import-ance south of tho ironller, and owes lis importance to the ores which abound in the surrounding hills. It is claimed that many people could become be-come rich If they could demolish their houses, extract the ore and rebuild. When the Spaniards came to Mex-j Mex-j ico, they marched northward and, ' finding Chihuahua occupied by Indl-j Indl-j ans, conquered this people and fouud-' fouud-' ed a Spanish town. People Seem to Be Slaves. The tralu skips along, passing I through Santa Rosalia, a city ol 8.900 people a city celebrated for Its mineral min-eral springs, which are good for rheumatic ailments. At every station sta-tion natives are anxious to sell their truits and hand-made articles. Ono wonders how so many peopla j can live where the vegetation Is so scarce The sun's heat Is terrific and the whlto dust is almost blindiug. Their houses, little nnd squatty, are. made of adobe. There are no windows, win-dows, tho door furnishing all the necessary light. Theso poor eouutry people certainly seem slaves. Many o fellow may be 6een Jogging along somo country road, carrying a load of wood that an American would be at raid to put In his wagon. Are Poorly Clad. Tho eouutry people of Mexico are poorly clad; la fact, many of the little lit-tle boys are dressed Just as nature sent them. 'Women are generally clad better than the men, although none of them has on much, nud what they do in threadbare and torn. The Mexican farmer Is primitive. Ho works as the Toltecs and the Astecs As-tecs worked. His team Is an ox team. The Mexlcau would be loat without his faithful burro, for this animal Is the beast of burden. The plow is nothing more than a treo trunk to |