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THE international boundary separates Nogales, Arizona, a typical American city, from Nogales, Sonora, a typical Mexican city. Through the Sonora city passes a great flow of trade between the United States and the west coast of Mexico, and here the traveler begins his journey southward to Sonora, bound for Hermosillo and Guaymas. Here, too, is the northern terminal of the Southern Pacific of Mexico, whose shining rails and iron horses race to the south as far as Guadalajara, in far-off Jalisco. Nogales, a city of 15,000 people, gives the visitor a glimpse of Sonora and Mexico by looking, as it were, over the neighbor's back fence. Douglas and Agua Prieta, Bisbee and Naco, have similar neighborly relations. Shops and stores have everything from hand-carved tables to perfume, from sombreros to old lace. There is a market, typical of Mexico, where everything for the kitchen and the household is crowded together in public display. There is a landmark called The Cavern, a famous restaurant, and there are the exchange houses where the good American dollar becomes, as if by magic, five good Mexican pešos. The dollar and the peso have been playing hide-andseek of late months so the exchange varies. Suffice it to say, the dollar goes a long way in Sonora. On the other side of the line the Nogales Chamber of Commerce does a right smart job of helping the American visitor prepare for the journey southward to Sonora with visas, custom officials and things like that.YESTERDAY, today, tomorrow the lingering hours of Time's unhurried march spin threads of sunshine around the past, present and the future in Sonora. Monuments of modernity stand in an atmosphere of the ancient life. The wooden plow is holding its own against the tractor, while the automobile is just beginning to force the carts to the wayside. Sonora's destiny is Sonora's affair. The true wayfarer following the highroads of Arizona into Sonora will go to see and to learn, and take the country and its people as they come, assured always of a warm welcome. A glimpse into the 18th and 19th century, afforded by Sonora, will please and charm the 20th century traveler R. C.