. Mexico, a history of its progress and development in one hundred years. ve zero nor higher than eighty. The people are getting more enter-prising, after nineteen years of railroad communication, but Durango is a solid,business place, entirely able to exist independently of the world. The agricultural interests in the State have not been neglected, thesituation being especially favorable to the cultivation of cotton as well as otherprofitable crops. A ready market is found in the City of Mexico for all theState products. The rich agricultural district surrounding Lerdo is under irrigation and
. Mexico, a history of its progress and development in one hundred years. ve zero nor higher than eighty. The people are getting more enter-prising, after nineteen years of railroad communication, but Durango is a solid,business place, entirely able to exist independently of the world. The agricultural interests in the State have not been neglected, thesituation being especially favorable to the cultivation of cotton as well as otherprofitable crops. A ready market is found in the City of Mexico for all theState products. The rich agricultural district surrounding Lerdo is under irrigation and fromeighty to one hundred thousand bales of cotton are raised here yearly in addi-tion to the corn, cane, beans and fruits. A few miles out from Durango is theFabrica del Tunal, one of the oldest cotton factories in the country, having beenestablished by the father of the present owner, Sehor Emilio Stahlknecht, in1837. This establishment includes bleaching and print works, and its productsof fine cloths are known everywhere as among the finest cotton goods of Mexican. ENTRANCE TO PENITENTIARY, DURANGO. 400 MEXICO manufacture. The governor of this State realizes that the happiness of thepeople and law abiding conditions depend greatly on education. To Governor Esteban Fernandez the State owes a great deal of the changes,for there is nothing necessary for the progress of Durango that this ambitiousgovernor fails to do. He has made it a life study to lift hisState to a splen-did prosperity, and with the rich resources and the high minded people whoco-operate with him, he has elevated his country to a high standard and hascarried through all his enterprises with great brilliancy. He is an intimatefriend of the President, and during the Centennial he had many fetes in honorof the Independence. Monuments were unveiled and schools opened and manyceremonies were held in appropriate celebration of this great occasion. The City of Durango is noted for its wonderful police regulation. I
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