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are kept without any attempt at cultivation then comes the wooden structure of the [[red underline]] Race-track [[/red underline]], next the socalled [[red underline]] Casino [[/red underline]] where drinks of every kind are freely dispensed then over a [[red underline]] wooden bridge [[/red underline]] structure [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] built over the dry bed of a little steam which I was told changes rapidly into a torrent after every heavy rainstorm (which seldom happens into the "old town" as [[red underline]] Tia Juana [[/red underline]] is called. There a row of [[red underline]] "saloons" [[/red underline]] where every drinkable is sold at prices ranging from 25 cents 50 cents to one dollar. Shabby "cabarets" and "dancing halls," and shabbier [[red underline]] painted [[/red underline]] girls of every color hair, varying from 
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peroxide blonde americans to dark haired, dark skinned mexicanos some of decided indian blend. [[red underline]] Border characters, gamblers, indian & mexican soldiers [[/red underline]] in substantial dark blue wool uniforms trimmed with bright red, and somewhat similar to former french uniform. Everything else very squalid, a [[strikethrough]] brid [[/strikethrough]] broad straight street, unpaved lined on both sides with [[red underline]] saloons, gambling [[/red underline]] resorts and one or two curio shops just as former american mining camp places. Some broad-brimmed mexican somberos, and fellows with pistols and a belt full of cartidges, one or two lonely horses, strapped with mexican saddle and