J. L. Sweet, secretary of the Blalock Mexico Colony, received a letter this week from Geo. E. Blalock, president of the company, dated at Mexico City December 4.  By permission of Mr. Sweet we publish the major portion of the letter:

“Yesterday we took up the Chamal and found them not ready by two weeks but they promise to have all papers in shape by that time.  I had written them fifteen days before the time set for the transfer that we were ready to comply with our contract and begged them to be ready also, and yet they claim they were not sure we would take the place and did not want to go to the trouble to get all the records here and pay a lot of taxes not due until they saw the $24,000, however they have given us what they call a minute of contract and guarantee.  We can go before the officials and get our concessions in duties just the same as though we had a deed to the land.  Both attorneys say this.  So today we take up that all important matter and will press it to a final decision from the Commissioner of Fomenti and we are very hopeful that everything can be brought in that we wish to bring.  This finished we will go to Chamal and take charge, get things in as good shape as possible, leave Green and Bro. Tally there in charge, Ingram and I will come back here, receive and investigate title, the hie ourselves to Oklahoma.

“Just as soon as we get the duty concessions through we will at once write you sending a full list so you people may know just where you are.  We had the pleasure of seeing the map of the Chamal.  Its boundaries are in no way as represented by the agent, the manager or the old peon, who was born and raised on the place, but is a strip about three times as long as it is wide, but the valley as shown on the map is in the shape of a horse shoe.  We found also that instead of 167,000 acres there are 176,515 acres.  Several good points were discovered, but will note them later.

“Messrs. Parmer, Ingram and Talley have seen sights since arriving in the city.  It would remind you very much of the country boy on his first visit to the city.  By close watching I have so far been able to keep them from being run over by the street cars, automobiles and other very dangerous machinery.  Have also up to date kept them from following off the beautiful women seen on the street, but have not kept them from staring at them in such a way as to make it very uncomfortable to the aforesaid ladies.  I cannot, however, promise to restrain Bro. Talley much longer unless I can, in some way, steer those handsome widows from his pathway – a job I fear I shall find impossible, for, strange to relate, widows in Mexico are as anxious to marry as they are in Oklahoma, so Joe you see I am a very busy man.”