Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1920 — VILLA IN LOWER CALIFORNIA [ARTICLE]

VILLA IN LOWER CALIFORNIA

Former Mexican Bandit Moves 1,500 Follower* to Farm Land South of Eneeds—Hi* Modem Machinery. San Diego, Cal., Nov. 18.—Franciaco Villa, former Mexican bandit, whb suddenly appeared last week in Ed?eda, is reported here to be at tlfe head of a large colony of his followers on a section of land south of Eneerta, in Lower California, about 140 miles from Tlajuana. Villa is said to have come to Lower California about seven Weeks ago, although he was supposed to have settled In Chihuahua on land given to him by the government for himself and followers as a condition of his laying down h» arms. The former bandit and revolutionary leader is now in Lower Cal-: ifornia, with 1,500 men, R is said, and has modern tractors and other farming outfits for cultivating the land in a big colonizing scheme When he drovd into Enseda he was In a luxurious new automobile and gave a stage driver of the Enseda-San Diego Une S6O to purchase a pair of high leather boots for him. Francisco Villa, senior, a man of eighty-five years, is now in Tlajuana, having come to that town about five weeks ago.