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ciety. Washington. D. C.)
report that "the world's
richest gold mine" has been
found recently in Mexico, even
if literally true, would add only
a chapter to Mexico's volume of min-
ing history. Under Spanish domina-
tion the country poured out a seem-
ingly Inexhaustible stream of wealth,
and save during acute political dis-
turbances, the flow has continued
since. Cecil Rhodes, who knew some-
thing of the mineral wealth of the
world, prophesied of Mexico that
"from her hidden vaults, her sub-
terranean treasure houses, will come
the gold, silver, copper, and precious
stones that will build the empires
of tomorrow and make future cities
of this world veritable new Jerusa-
lems."
Guanajuato has been the great
treasure chest of Mexico. Its huge
supply of silver was first tapped 68
years before the Pilgrims landed in
Plymouth, and by 1557 the wonder-
ful mother lode, the Veta Madre, had
been found. Baron von Humboldt,
writing at the beginning of the Eight-
eenth century, asserted that Guana-
juato had yielded one-fifth of the total
amount of silver then current in the
world.
The actual mint and government
records show a production of gold and
silver from the Veta Madre in ex-
cess of one billion dollars. But we
are traveling too fast; let us halt
to get our bearings and locate this
Eldorado on the map. then rest
awhile and enjoy that which It has to
offer.
The state of Guanajuato Is in the
south-central part of the Republic of
Mexico. The estimated population is
1,100,000. It is the most important
mercantile center In the country, the
total trade being valued at $67,000,000
per annum. The leading industries
are mining, agriculture, and cattle
raising.
The city of Guanajuato, capital of
the stite, is picturesquely situated,
nestling in a small basin, surrounded
on all sides by the Sierra de Guana-
juato. The Canada de Marfil affords a
pass to the city through the cordon
of hills from the fertile valley lands
of Silac, a Station on the line of the
Mexican Central railroad, 14 miles to
the west. The railroad grade from
the Silao rises rapidly following the
tortuous course of the Rio de Guana-
juato to an elevation' of 7,000 feet,
where, poised high in the Cordilleran
plateau, Is this historic city of 40.000
people—because of the revolt and
brigandage of recent years a wasted
shadow of its former greatness.
Scenes In Guanajuato.
• In the soft sunshine of summer
days the first vista of the city is strik-
ing, Indeed. Churches of magnificent
proportions; ancient and modern
architecture strangely blended in the
same edifice; stately buildings; im-
posing markets; stores of all descrip-
tions; and dwelling places, rudely
bare, variously cplored with neutral
tints of calsomine. their grated win-
dows and open doors exhibiting to
all the sparsely furnished interior,
where bird, beast, and human eat and
live together. The sordid squalor of
the many contrasts strikingly with
the, oppressive opulence of the few.
The cobblestone streets are crooked
and narrow; so narrow, in fact, that
lleros must take to the sidewalk
to permit of the passing of any kind
of vehicle. The dingy tram-cars are
drawn by relays of mules, three
abreast, beaten Into subjection by
the stinging lash or coaxed into ac-
tion by the curses of the youthful
drivers, whose vernacular Is wonder-
fully expressive and effective.
Guanajuato Is a city rich in his-
toric record, in Its mines, in its nat-
ural beauty, and In its architecture.'
To describe, even briefly, the many
things of interest would occupy more
space than could be given to this
article; but mention must be made
of a few.
EI Teatro Juarez faces the plaza in
t&e center of the city. It is an im-
posing pile, perhaps out of keeping
with its surroundings; but Guana-
juato is a city wherein the pictur-
esque and strictly practical are Ir-
reconcilably mixed together. The de-
sign is modern and highly decorative,
built of the local green tuff and sand-
stone. The superb portico with its
eight bronze figures, is borne on 12
ionic pillars; the imposing steps with
stately flambeau, the wrought-iron
grille work, the spacious foyer, the
richly decorated interior by Herrara
are truly magnificent.
Cradle of Liberty.
The Alhondiga de Granaditas (pris-
on) is as constantly full as* the theater
is empty. It is one of tfte most his-
toric buildings of the republic, and
will always be remembered as the
place the first blow was struck for
the liberation of Mexico from Spanish
rule. At each corner is a large hook
from which, in the days of the
struggle for independence, were hung
four iron cages containing the heads
of the great liberators—the patriot
priest, Hidalgo, his military chief,
Allende, and his comrades, Aldama
and Jimenez. Here they hung for
years until removed by a worshiping
nation to the altar of kings in the
cathedral in the city of Mexico. After
the Grito de Dolores and the first
ringing of the bell of independence,
Hidalgo and his followers moved on
to Guanajuato, stormed the im-
provised fortress of Alhondiga, and
killed all the Spanish troops that had
taken refuge there. This was the be-
ginning of the eleven* years' war of in-
dependence.
On the summit of the Cerro del
Trozada, to the west of the city, is
the Pantheon. The four high walls
surrounding the cemetery consist of
vaults, tier upon tier, in which the
remains of the dead are placed pro
tem, or in perpetuity, according to
the ability of the surviving relatives
to pay the rent. For a small fee the
attendant will admit the visitor to
the "chamber of horrors." A winding
stair leads to the crypt, where ghast-
ly, mummified remains are placed In
a ghostly row.
The mining history of Guanajuato
vies with that of the Nevada camps
of our days, only that instead of the
unsubstantial mushroom growth,
typifying the American mining booms,
permanent and lasting monuments
were raised, and remain as mute
though eloquent testimony of former
industry and wealth. In the year
1600 there were 4,000 men at work
along the mother lode! A few years
later the Sierra vein system was
found and, according to established
custom, material blessings were re-
flected in pious charities.
Peon Miners Became Nobles.
The Eighteenth century marked an
era of progress and unprecedented
prosperity. A record of precious metal
production was established, which our
Comstocks, our Tonopahs, Goldfields,
and either western bonanzas have not
approached. Gunpowder was used in
bore holes, pumping machinery was
installed, and development advanced
to greater depths; the output in-
creased, and many of the peon mine
owners became so wealthy and at-
tained such power and celebrity that
they were granted patents of nobility
by the king of Spain and were count-
ed among the elite of the Spanish
aristocracy. Francisco Mathias de
Busto, owner of the Cata mine, be-
came Viscount de Duarte; Jose de
Sardaneta, on finding the Santa Rosa
and San Miguel bonanzas in the Rayas
mine, was created marquis de Rayas,
and Antonio Obregon y Alcocar, the
discoverer of the great ore shoot of
the Valenciana, was made Count de
Valenciana.
In 1741 Guanajuato was made a
city, and had at that time nearly 100,-
000 inhabitants.
The deepest shaft on the mother
lode, until very recent years, was
the Tiro General at the Valenciana
mine. It was sunk by Obregon at a
cost of 1,000,000 pesos, but the bo-
nanza it uncovered yielded over three
hundred times its cost. It is 1,807
feet deep, 32 feet in diameter, octag-
onal in section, and lined with solid
masonry for the first 100 feet. In
striking contrast to our modern shafts,
not a stick of timber was used to
support the walls. Hoisting was ac-
complished by mule power.
TEXAS ITEMS
Five thousand thoroughbred baby
chicks will be distributed to farmers
in the Groesbeck section within the
next two weeks by the chamber of
commerce.
Efforts are being made by Alvin
and Angleton citizens to get the state
highway department to designate the
Alvin-Houston road as a state high-
way.
The Roxana Oil Company, a Royal
Dutch subsidiary, has leased 15,000
acres of state prison farm lands in
Brazoria County, which it will pros-
pect for oil soon.
The Huntsville water department
has completed a 140,000-gallon reser-
voir at the pumping plant as a re-
serve storage for emergencies and fire
fighting purposes.
At a meeting of the city council an
order was passed authorizing the sale
of $5000 in city warrants for the con-
struction of a water plant and sewer-
age system at Groveton.
The supplies for taking the annual
school census in Victoria County have
been received and are being passed
out to the census trustees, who will
begin their work on March 1.
For the fifteenth consecutive year
the state fire insurance commission
has granted Victoria the maximum
credit of 15 per cent on its final fire
insurance rate because of its good fire
record.
A bond issue for dust-proof pave-
ments in the business district is being
advocated at Alvin. The heavy dust
from the shell streets during dry
spells has become a nuisance, it is
claimed.
Bonds issued by the city of Beau-
mont aggregating $750,000 for sew-
erage, streets, parks and public safety,
bearing 5 per cent interest and ma-
turing serially, were approved by the
attorney general.
An order has been issued by the
railroad commission providing that
in shipments of fish, shell, canned,
cured pickled preserved or smoked,
carloads, shall take the same rates as
now apply to packing house products.
Change in the 1926 meeting place
of the Texas Funeral Directors and
Embalmers Association from Waco to
Fort Worth is announced by the
chamber of commerce at Fort Worth.
The dates of the meeting are May
18-20.
Potatoes shipped out of the Rio
Grande Valley during the present sea-
son will be marked with the slogan
"Pride of the Valley," the directors of
the Valley Potato Growers Association
decided at a meeting at Brownsville
Saturday.
A new industry for the Keechie
section, Leon County, is in prospect
as a result of the successful grafting
of pecan buds on hickory sprouts.
Some of the trees so grafted are now
20 feet high, and much is expected
of them.
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State highways throughout East
Texas are in better condition than at
any previous time in the history of
the section, open weather during most
of the winter having permitted a large
amount of maintenance work to be
completed.
Mining of micaceous rocks—mica,
feldspar, quarte—is purpose of the
Micolithic Company of Texas, charter
for which was granted Friday by the
secretary of state. Mining operations
will be carried on in Culberson and
Hudspeth counties.
Rusk County watermelon growers
have formed an association and elect-
ed the following officers: George
Shaw, president; C. P. Brown, sec-
retary. A considerable acreage has
been pledged to be planted to melons
this season in Rusk County.
Thirty thousand acres of cutover
timber lands in Polk and Angelina
counties has been designated a state
game preserve, J. R. Smith, chief
deputy of the game, fish and oyster
commission, stated this week. The
land is owned by E. J. Conn of Luf-
kin, and the Southern Pine company.
Because of the inadequacy of the
water supply at the State Orphans
Home at Corsicana, recommendation
will be made by the state board of
control to the Fortieth legislature for
an appropriation of $25,000 for drill-
ing an artesian well at that institu-
tion, states Dr. H. H. Harrington,
chairman of the board.
Work on driving piling for the mile
long trestle through the Sabine marsh
grade of the old Spanish trail east
of Orange, Texas, is expected to be
finished by June 1. The trestle cross-
ing the Louisiana marsh will lead up
to the Sabine River, over which a
bridge is to be built by the state of
Texas in accordance with an agree-
ment entered into with Louisiana of-
ficials.
On a wild, mountanious tract of
1,800 acres located in the hill country
eighteen miles southwest of Kerrville,
seventy-five Texas girls this summer
will range, gathering strength and
energy from the "back to nature" life.
These girls will live at Log Cabin
Lodge, and will be under the guid-
ance of thirteen Texas women, most
of them well known high school
teachers. Miss Minnette Thompson,
instructor in English in Houston Cen-
tral High School, will be camp di-
rector.
FARM NEWS
(By S. C. Hoyle, Editor of Exten-
sion Service Publications, A. and M.
College of Texas.)
Morbid Crowd at Barbara La Marr's Funeral
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High Points in Extension Club Work
For 1925.
With forty-seven per cent of all our
club members reporting on their club
work for the year 1925, we beat our
best previous state record by twelve
per cent. This is a new high mark
for our achievements and should lend
encouragement and add determination
to our efforts for the coming year,
advises Sterling C. Evans, extension
service club leader.
Corn Clubs.
The reports on our crop club rec-
ords show that the average production
of our corn club members for 1925 was 1
nineteen bushels per acre. While this i
is not as large, by several bushels, as !
our record in 1924, it is still a splendid j
showing when compared to the
average production for the entire state
which was only nine bushels. One boy
produced eighty-eight bushels on his
acre of land. This is all very con-
clusive evidence of the value of good
seed and good cultivation as demon-
strated by these junior farmers.
Grain Sorghum Clubs.
Our boys growing grain sorghum
made even a better record than those
growing corn. They produced an aver-
age of twenty-six bushels of grain on
their acres while the average for the
state was only nineteen bushels. The
boy making the highest production in
growing this crop gathered seventy-
seven bushels from his acre plat.
Cotton Clubs.
Now when we consider the record of
our cotton club boys, we find even a
greater spread between their produc-
tion and the average production of the
state, than among our grain clubs.
Many reports came in from time to
time during the past year telli«Sp*of
increased production and outstanding
results made by club boys which all
goes to show the value of their organ-
ization as a medium of doing exten-
sion work and giving important dem-
onstrations in agriculture.
The Outlook for 1926.
Never before was the outlook so
promising for club work. A. renewed
interest is being taken on the part
of our entire organization in doing
club work and in using these boys to
demonstrate the methods that should
be advanced in our work. Constantly
we are having examples brought to
our attention where club work is being
used as a medium of carrying on the
most effective work. Just recently the
United State Department of Agricul-
ture made a survey of ; extension
activities in Middlesex County, Massa-
chusetts, and made this report: "Fif-
ty-one per cent of the families having
boys and girls in club work reported
changes in practices as compared with
three per cent of the families without
club members." It is also found that
in the national report compiled on all
extension activities in 1923 that club
demonstrations comprised thirty-sev-
en per cent of all demonstrations car-
ried on through our national organiza-
tion. All of which shows that more
and more we are getting larger re-
turns and quicker changes through
our work with the boys.
Livestock Feeding Clubs.
Fourteen county agents report that
they have club members feeding
calves and pigs for the spring show
in Fort Worth. A total of 127 fat
calves and 51 pigs will be exhibited.
However, we have a great many more
pigs being fed which will not be
shipped to Fort Worth. San Patricio
County has eighty-six pigs on feed
with the group weighing something
between 280 to 300 pounds, and several
going above this average. These will
be sold locally on the 27th of Febru-
ary and promise to bring some very
handsome returns to the club mem-
bers. It is interesting in connection
with this particular club project to
learn from the county agent, C. M.
Merritt, that every extension project
in the county is an outgrowth of his
club work.
Wilkinson of Kleberg County, is
using the club boys of his county to
demonstrate the value of good Hegari
seed in this county. He plans to have
twenty-five boys, growing acre
patches each over his county, and ex-
pects this result: First, to show value
of good seed; second, to demonstrate
how and the value of roguing, and
third, to produce good seed for the
county at home and have it well scat-
tered next year. This is a splendid
project and one that surely will suc-
ceed.
Farm and Home Suggestions.
Screen the house and keep out the
flies and mosquitoes.
Begin to swat the flies early be-
fore they multiply to uncontrollable
nufhbers.
The farm premises should be kept
free from decayed vegetables, meat
scraps, etc., and all obnoxious odors
should be removed which attract flies
and insects.
Start in time to kill the weeds be-
fore they gain such headway to be
able to kill the crop.
Gather up the, farm implements,
have them oiled a^id painted and
ready for use in an emergency. This
may save many trips to town and
much valuable time, and time means
money.
View of the immense crowd at the funeral of Barbara La Marr, screen actress, in Los Angeles.
efforts of the morbid to get near the casket caused a riot in the course of which a number of women were injured, "
as was also Bert Lytell, one of the pallbearers.
Antinoe Sinking After Gallant Rescue of Her Crew
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SOLD TO GYPSY
Woman Finds Facts About Cancer
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Sold for $2,000 to the king of a
band of gypsies seven months ago.
Rose Dalena, sixteen, a Spanish girl
was found roaming aimlessly about
Newark, N. J., at the height of a re-
cent snowstorm. She was taken to a ,
charitable institution for protection i
while her case is being studied.
MARTIN SCHLIMPERT
Miss Maud Siye, associate professor at the University of ducat >, who
asserts that cancer is not a germ disease but is hereditary, is here seen
among the cages containing the mice with which she has conducted her
experiments for sixteen years.
Allies Take Their Boats From Rhine
Martin Schllmpert, who has just
arrived In Washington to take up his
duties as the new secretary of
German embassy in the capital.
British warcraft belonging to the Rhine flotilla are shown making
their difficult journey home, through the various canals, following the
to evacuate Cologne.
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The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1926, newspaper, February 26, 1926; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth189949/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Schulenburg Public Library.