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Tennessee can't see It,
Perhaps the main reason why Bryan
i—remaining—silent—is that—he—ha*
nothing to say.
Colby' Promises to Do Something for
MacSwiney.—Headline.
As we see it, the matter is entirely
nit of Colby's hands.
A news dispatch says Poland is
fcadly in need of soap. Undoubtedly,
remembering that some 50,000 bolshe-
vik prisoners recently fell into Polish
hands.
■niiP-T" jaac wa« only oalouJat- leave truth will *lw*y» out, Ger-
ed to start the body throng* • series | man business interests otight lb have
senas enough to know that, tor wo
merchant ever gets anywhere by run
ning his competitor's stock down. His
business Is to convince th# buying pub-
lic thart be has the best goods at bet-
tor prices than can be obtained any-
where else.
It Is hard for such obvious things,
however, to penetrate ths German
mind. At least, that was the case
while the war was going on; for dur
lng the war Germany pursued a for-
eign policy so reckless that Its dangers
should have been obvious to the moot
stupid. But It was characteristic of
German statesmen in those days to
think that they could get away with
the impossible. They even thought
the United States could not fight, and
they preached it Can it be that they
have not derived some actual benefit
from the hard lesson taught? Can It
be that in entering into foreign trade
fields again they hope to profit by re
sorting to the old tricks of deception?
One hates to believe'as much, but
in the iight of everything that has
happened In the recent past official
advices like those which have just
been received from London fall within
the province of credulity.
Of eccentric squirms, wiggles and
twists Uks a child's toy wit* a stem
wind. Ml It water runs deep. Jibs
didn't make you think, it took eyed
in the opposite extreme of the body.
It led ona to shake * wicked hoof.
The physical contortions of the sav-
age will never appeal to intelligent
people, let alone the cultured, except
perchance when they ore momentari-
ly seised with the primal instinct to'
see the free and wicked enacted.
Smiles are worth more to the world
than oil wells, but coarse laughter is
a poor index to intelligence.
It has burned Itself out and nobody
will regret ~lt except a few profes-
sionals. It was of no worth what-
ever and its Influence was perhaps
harmful. It rather smacked of bol-
shevtsm and it is well enough that it
die of ifs own worthlessness to relieve
the moralists of the unpleasantness
of murder.
Let us hope that those moonshiners
who surrendered their stills at a re-
vival meeting in Tennessee and then
quit the business were persuaded to
take such commendable action under
the influence of the right sort of
spirits.
The running mate of Mr. Debs says
there would be no difficulty in in-
augurating the socialist nominee, pro-
vided he is elected president. Ad-
mitted—but there are difficulties in
getting around the provisions which'
the running mate mentions.
THE SUFFRAGE TAXGI.E.
Onless another state promptly
ratifies the woman suffrage •amend-
ment the country will probably have
to witness a vigorous battle in the
courts resulting from Tennessee's for-
mal ratification and then the decision
of the house to about face on the
issue.
In the action of the house there is
something else at stake besides a
simple change of heart and mind, for
the question of the legality of ratifica-
tion in that state now looms lip more
seriously than it did at first. There
is a provision in the state consti-
tution which stipulates that no
amendment may be submitted and
ratified between elections and it hap-
pens that this stipulation has been
disregarded in the case of the suf-
frage amendment. If it were a sim-
ple change of mind on the part of the
Tennessee house, the suffrage meas-
ure would stand without serious ques-
tion, for there is a precedmt in such
a case when the New York legisla-
ture tried to back up on ratification
of the fifteenth amendment and
failed.
Connecticut, however, will soon
have its legislature In session and
there is a faint hope that it will
ratify. If final action Is not taken by
that state, though, the present legal
tangle will have to be settled in the
courts and it will require considera-
ble speeding up of the legal machin-
ery in order to reach a decision be-
fore the November election.
Regardless of the way the contro-
versy is settled, however, the public
will be given a pre-election sideshow
—a performance that can be best en-
1oyed by the anti-suffragists.
THE PASSING OF JAZZ.
HURRAH FOR BURLESON.
Ail patrons of the United States
post office department may fall out
occasionally with Postmaster General
Burleson, but that distinguished Texan
has Just accomplished a service for
which he should receive due credit
and commendation. A recent dispatch
from Wheeling, W. Va., "records the
ending of the wanderings of a forlorn
postcard—this dilatory piece of mail
having just been received by the ad-
dressee twenty-six years, three months
and three days after it was consigned
to the care of the postal employes.
But democrats cannot entirely dodge
censure for the belated arrival of the
postcard. Grover Cleveland was presi-
dent on May 17, 1894, when It was
deposited In the postoffice and he
either mislaid it or his postmaster gen-
eral was loafing on the job. But be-
tween the administration of Cleveland
and that of Wilson, the alert McKin-
ley, Roosevelt and Taft were on the
job and they evidently neglected to
instruct their postmasters to clean
house properly.
If, therefore, Burleson is to be
charged with inefficiency the same
charge reverts with greater force
against the administrations of three
noted republican presidents, for dur-
ing their tenure of office they neg-
lected to do something that has just
been accomplished by Mr. Burleson.
EDITORIAL OP THE DAY
UP TO THEIR OL1) TRICKS,
The American National Association
Masters of Dancing at its recent
convention in New Tork consigned
"Jazz" to utter extinction.
Apparently the dancing masters
reflect public sentiment pretty cor-
rectly on this point. Jazz has had
its day and might as well be has-
tened to its inevitable doom.
Jazz wag notoriously and brazenly
wicked and it seems that the most of
us relish a little wickedness now and
then. Not that we would think of in-
dulging in It, but we like to see It
and hear it in fiction or on the stage.
Perhaps it is a harking back to the
primal instincts. Imprisoned by the
bonds of civilization there is a dor-
mant jjesire which sometimes crops
out to gaze now and then upon the
freedom of savagry, to see what it is
like. If that was the source of the
4*mand, Jazz filled the bill.
But what we relish we tire of. A
glutton can founder on wholesome
tt waa obvious that jazz
ken Its votaries, sooner or
tetor. It oaty skimmed ths surface.
II Isft BO furrow behind. It Inspired
■HmiiiiI but one could
very little pleasure from the
•( ths rendition of m Jasgy
•st must stir the (mo-
Official advices from London bring
the somewhat expected Information
that Germany is dumping her surplus
of inferior goods in the United States
and England, marking her exports to
England "Made in America," and her
exports to the United States, "Made in
England."
Such an accusation against the Ger-
mans is easily believed, because it is
so thoroughly characteristic of Ger-
man methods of a few short months
ago.
Through the practice of deception
German overlords hoped recently to
rule the world, and the stamp of
subterfuge has been indelibly im-
pressed upon the mind of *he world as
linked up with German characteristics,
especially Avherever it may appear that
subterfuge would bo. advantageous.
But if the Germans are guilty as
indicted they aro proving themselves
to bo very poor students of human
nature-—American human nature, at
least. They ought to know that it
would be impossible for them to foo!
either their British or American cus-
tomers as to the origin of their prod-
ucts, and they ought to know that
when their deception is found out it
will hurt their business. Furthermore,
the. "Made in Germany" trademark is
not the bugaboo in American markets
today that some prophets thought it
would be a short time ago; for the
world, having come to its senses, ap-
preciates the fact that It is in the in-
terest of the world that Germany
should prosper. To do this the world
knows it will have to take German
made goods.
It may be that Germany is trying
to dump her inferior goods in other
markets and label them so as to dis-
credit the quality of the products of
the countries with which she is com-
ing Into competition, but if that is
the object In mind it won't work; be-
Olympic Bright Spots and Others.
America has every reason to ac-
claim the performance at Antwerp,
Saturday, of Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey,
who in the Olympic swimming contest
for women knocked nine seconds off
tho world's record for 300 metres. In
the track and field section of tha^,
games, which closed a week ago,
American athletes won a victory with,
qualifications. Miss Bleibtrey's tri-
umph was clean, decisive and, in its re-
cord-smashing, unexpected.
The Olympic campaign of 1920, as
regards the events of the Stadium,
has brought us a victory fit rather for
warning and for instruction than for
jubilation. The glory of the outcome
is to be measured by no means by" the
score, which shows for the United
States 212 points against 105 for Fin-
land, our closest rival. Our entrants
won but nine events in thirty. Fin-
land won as many. In Stockholm in
1912, America won fourteen events in
thirty-one; at London in 1908, fifteen
events in twenty-sewn. Our points
for 1920 were piled up by the men
who won not events but places.
It is true that athletes of the United
States made three world records in
the Stadium events just past, as well
as two new QJympic marks. These
honors were won in pole-vaulting, in
the hurdles and the relay racing at
400 metres, In the 56-pound Weight
throwing and in the high jump. In
long-distance running and walking
our entrants cut no figure.
A week's discussion of the show-
ings at Antwerp points to the con-
clusion that before 1924 America will
need to develop men for a far better
endeavor in stunts other than sprint-
ing and strong arm work. We must
have runners and walkers equal to
the a,000 to 10,000 metres. The en-
durance test will be essential not only
for the plain score but as a means
of staying ahead of the very evident-
ly aspiring and enthusiastic Finnish
men.—The New York World.
CENTRAL TEXAS PRESS
Georgetown now has a a airplane
depot in ths edgs of toWh. Lin,ling
place* might as well bs provided now
for no city or village wants the
world's traffic, to pass c*ver them
without at toast an occasional stop
and the airplane is gaining fast as af
means of transporting the aforesaid
traffic.
The weather man at Taylor gays
that tho'backbons of summer Is soon
to be broken by a general cool wave.
We wou^d much rather have It hot
and dry' for the benefit of the cotton
but perhaps there will be compensa-
tions. Bad weather conditions may
reduce tho crop and boost tho prioo
With ths shortage of pickers and the
high price of picking, the farmer
might be better off with less to l»an-
dle if the price i# sufficient on his
little/
GOOD SPORTS.
Unquestionably there are two
good sports in Bal linger. ^TheJ1
demonstrated this to the satisfacti6n
of all Wednesday when one pushed
the other down the main street in a
wheelbarrow in payment of a freak
bet made onjthe governor's race. One
has to be a good sport to act either
in the capacity of chauffeur or pas-
senger under those circumstances, we
think.
In the l.eat of a campaign when
one's political Judgment is below par,
freak bets are often made. But they
ar§ seldom paid as this one was.
The loser usually finds some excuse
or just backs down.
It is very foolish to make rash
-promises on the eve of an election.
It is so easy for one to kid himself or
let someone else kid him into believ-
ing-that his candidate is sure for a
landslide. But having made such
contract It is good sportsmanship to
fulfill it if reasonably possible. Sports-
manship is needed In politics. Mor^
people need to know how to be good
losers.
1
me hav's -to keep ber la dothes.M~
UfcL
"t am sure the fellow we were talk-
ing about has an tteh^ag palm.
"Well, Why don't he go out and
scratch .for a living?"—Baltimore
American.
Mrs. Smyths da Willoughby—Was
the grocer's boy impudent again this
morning, Clara, when you telephoned
the order? .Clara—'E was, mum. But
I didn't 'arf give 'im wot for. I sez,
"Who d'yer bilnkin' well think yon're
talkln' to? I'm Mra Smythe de Wil
loughby."—Punch (London),
-
Heavy Odds.
"How did you happen to lose that
case?" •
"The preponderance of evidence
was against us."
"Huh?"
"We had only two pretty witnesses
and they had six."—The Philadelphia
Bulletin, .
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
(By Mildred Mareiiall.)
His Employers.
"Hello, old man!" exclaimed the
top-hatted traveler as he clutched the
arm of the man in the shabby tweed
suit
"Why, it's Tompkins!** replied the
tweed suit man. And they shook
hands.
"And how are things?" went on
the man in the topper affectionately,
as they walked on together. "I haven't
seen you for months! Who are you
working for now?" r
The man in the tweed suit sighed
loudly.
"Same old lot," he said sadly; "a
wife and six kids!"—The Pittsburgh
Sun.
FREE FOR ALL
Maine hasn't been attracting much
attention, but the democrats are re-
potted to be going through all the
usual motionr of a September election.
—Springfield Republl an.
Poland's "Marne" Is only a whit less
important than Its 1914 namesake.—
Boston Transcript.
France has decided to give Albania
freedom, it being considered cheaper
to get out than to hang the entire
population.—Baltimore Sun.
Getting Placed.
"Where do you stand in politics?"
"That," replied Senator Sorghum,
"is exactly what I am waiting for the
next election to decide."—The Wash-
ington Star.
Til® Proo|.
"The optimists outnumber the pes-
simistJ."
"Think so?"
"You can prove it In any bucket-
shop."—Louisville Courier-Journal.
«ba<auMfe** »iar ;U« beginning of wlatar
»*tn mil* will fosus attention oa human
srublriaa. -
Vat t ha aeiafart ef defeated candidates
»hu aic.u liiOjooal responsibilities, the
yruvheiy that n»H March will peasant the
Most gravaat world coadltlsns elnca the end
ef the war is made by astrologers. |
Rioting and revotation will fiwrall In
Central Europe after a .winter oI supreme
anxiety, it la prognoatlcated.
There to to be serious trouble la Portugal
and Mats In Scorpio will disturb Northern
Africa.
Persona whoss birthdate It to have the
augury of a happy year In which they win
many of their heart;« desires.
Children born on thla day will be steady
and perseverin*. These subjects of Virgo
rise quickly through Industry and faithful-
MEXICAN BORDER
Cotton in Laguna
District Fails to
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Meet Expectation
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
Torreon, Coahuila, Me*., Sept L—
The 1920 cotton crop in the Laguna
district here is expected not to ex-
ceed 126,000 bales, pompared with an
estimated total when the crop waa
planted, of 250,000 bales. The pink
boH worm, lack of water and short-
age of labor are given as reasons for
the crop failure, which wfll mean a
loss of several million dollars to the
cotton growers.
nPTOPrtTWPWf
VArpTrrTtjTvTrt,
to offset the drouth conditions which
had such a marked effect on the cot-
ton crop this year is to be tried out
next year by the Madero family, of
which former President Madero was a
member. This family next year will
plant 35,000 additional acres of land
to cotton in the Laguna district near
San Pedro under a scheme of irriga-
tion untried in any part of ths world
on a large scale except along the river
Nile in Egypt.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE
BOUNDARY AREAS BETWEEN
THE TWO COUNTRIES.
It becomes more apparent every day
why the republican leaders want to
keep Senator Harding at home, if it
wouldn't look too raw they would pre-
fer to see him in the back room in-
stead of on the front porch.—New
York Morning Telegraph.
Lenine and Trotzky are in the sad-
dle, but will they be able to give the
Russians anything but Icicles to eat
(next winter?—Boston Globe.
The danger is that we may monkey
along talking ab^ut a separate peace
until we get into a separate war.—
Ohio State Journal.
When one stays on the front porch
all summer, his ideas of what the
country needs are determined by the
condition of the trees on the lawn.—
Milwaukee Journal.
Maude.
Maude, signifying "mighty battle
maid," was interchanged in former
times with Mathilda, the first in-
stance of its double use being the
daughter «f Henry I who was known
by both names. Buf this is not its
etymological origin, since Maude was
primarily a man's name. But Maid,
Maald, and Mauld appear early as
feminine names, also Mahald, and i
Mahalt.' The 12th centry reveals a
woman named Mahald vel Mathilda,
about whom little is known.
Mathild was the wife of Emporor
Henry tho Fowler, who afterward be-
came the sainted abess of Quedling-
burg; another Machtild was canon-
ized after being abess of Adilstetten
and her name became very popular
among French maidens. It was
Countess Mathilda, a friend of Gre-
gory VII in Italy whose bequest was
one of the Pope's first steps to the
temporal power and who is intro-
duced by Dante in the flowery fields
of Paradise.
. Mahault, so called by the Flemish,
was the wife of William the conquer-
or, who brought the name to Eng-
land, where the Normans called it
Molde and the Scottish-Saxon Eadgyth
was made to assume it, whereupon
it became the reigning royal name.
Maude was the Norman contraction
and the most fashionable today,
though Mathflda, used by Spenser for
one of the maidens in his "Faerie
Queen," is really tho correct name.
Tilly, Tilda, Mechtild, and Melchel
are some of the derivatives.
Many poets have felt inspiration at
the name. "Maud Muller" is known
to everyone; likewise this excerpt
from the musical lyric "Maud."
"Mjuid with her exquisite face,
And wild voice peallni* up to sunny sky,
Ar.d feet like uunny gema on an English
green,
Maud In the light of her youth and her
grace.
Singing of Death and of Honor that can not
die.
Till I well could weep for a time so sordid
and mean,
And myself so languid and base."
Maude's talismanic Jewel is mala-
chite, which is said to warn its wear-
er of approaching danger by break-
ing. To be specially lucky it should
be engraved with an image of ^ie sun,
which by its d .zziing light drives out
all evil spirits that work in darkness.
Wednesday is her lucky day and 6
her lucky number. Old superstition
has it that a bit of malachite tied to
a child's cradle will drive away evil
and insure sound and peaceful sleep
for the occupant.
RIPPLING RYMES
(By Walt If agon.)
TABLOID TALES
"No, I know nothing about music."
"All you have to do is to Jangle this
cowbell." "But suppose I come In at
the wrong place?" '"Yon can't do
that in jazz."—Kansas City Journal.
"In case you marry my daughter,
what are your prospects?" "From
what I can learn by observation, sir,
it will taks all the cash you can let
Tlte Release.
When Old Hiram Kumble was
planted. I sighed like a son of a gun,
although I was rather enchanted to
know that his troubles were done.
Some symptoms of grief are expected,
when neighbors or friends pass away;
we have to look sad and dejected, and
give our emotions some play. When
old Hiram Rumble was living, he
cornered all anguish and pain; each
hour in its passing was giving some
joint an additional strain. His nights
were lead-footed and sleepless, his
days had the semblance of.years; and
if he was dry-eyed and weepless, 'twas
because he had run out of tears. But
now ail his torture is ended, he sleeps
in his tomb iikeaa child; then why
should our garments be rended, and
why should our wailings be wild?
Above him the blue grass Is seeded,
above him the daisies have grown; the
heat of the summer's unheeded, the
cold of winter's unknown. Rheuma-
tics may torture and rack us, and put
all our lives out of tttne, alT manners
of ills may attack us, but Hiram is
strictly Immune. And so I knew little
of sorrow when over his casket I
stood; I doubt if old Hiram would bor-
row one hour of this life if he could.
QUESTION BOX
Q. Has Luke.McLuke quit writing for the
Telegram?—I.Ike Him.
A. lAike MeLuke is 111. His column will
begin to appear again soon.
Q. Please name the countries of the
world that have a republican form of gov-
ernment ?—Student.
A. Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Braxit,
Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Caecho-Slovakia,
Dominica, Ecuador, Finland, France, Ger-
many, Gautemala, Haiti, Honduras, Korea,
Liberia, Mexico, Nicaraugua, Panama, Para-
guay, Peru, Poland, Salvador, Switzerland,
United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Fantasy; It suits us; but, frankly. It
none of our business.
Ignoranti We don't know either.
DAILY HOROSCOPE
Friday, September S, IMS.
Three planets aid the ambitions of men
and women this day, according to astrolo-
gers who find Mercury, the Sun aad Saturn
all In strongly beneflc aspect. Neptune and
Venus are adverse.
Advertising and publicity of every aort la
well directed, whUe Mercury to friendly and
there Is aa especially good forecast for those
who s°ek approbation from the people.
Political candidates should make the best
possible use of the hours of the morning
when It to probable that pleasant Impres-
sions wUl be easily made on the public
mind.
There 1s a sign read as favorable to old
leaders, who seek to recover popularity and
power.
The aged should benefit during this rule,
which is believed to Impart alertness and
energy to men and women.
Mlsjudgment concerning the alms and as-
pirations of women to forecast by the stars.
There may be serious mistakes due to the
lack of understandings, the seers warn.
Marriage problems will he uppermost in
The 85,000 acres are divided Into
plots around which dykes to the height
of five or six feet are to be built, thus
creating basins for storing water. In
this section there are no Irrigation
projects for storing water for use as
needed and a new scheme had to be
devised as the rains come at the wrong
season.
Under the Madero plan the lands
will be flooded to a depth of three to
four feet by means of ditches leading
to the river while the latter is at its
high stage. The water will be al-
lowed to remain at this depth until
plowing time when tho dykes will be
opened. The plan is expected to store
enough water in the subsoil to irri-
gate the cotton while growing. Silt
carried into the plots by the water Is
expected to pro-vide a rich fertilizer.
The Laguna district Is-an old lake
bed. Wells have been drilled in sev-
eral places to a depth of more than
3/000 feet without striking hard pan.
soil like that on top heingf encoun-
tered for the entire depth. *
The Maderos are reputed to own
more than 2,000,000 acres of land,
one fifth of the stato of Coahuila being
the property of the family.
(Tsraple Telegram Special.}
Washington, S$pt 2.—"No region In.
all North America la more frequently
mentioned or more widely misunder-
stood, perhaps, than the Mexican
border," writes Frederick Simplch,
formerly American consul at Nogales,
Mexico, to the National Geographlo
society. I J
"From, the Gulf of Mexico up to El
Paso, along the* Texas'frontier, the
Rio Grande forms the boundary be-
tween the United States and Mexico;
thence to the Pacific coast the line la
marked by stone or iron monuments
(save a short break at the Colorado),
so set that one Is supposed to be
visible from another. By this plan a
soldier, miner, or cowman (yes, and a
smuggler, too) can always tell which
side of the line he is on; or, if wholly
lost and he comes suddenly on a
monument, he can soon get oriented.
d full of
contrasts as it is, the ISOlPmile trip
along this crooked, historic line is
rough and difficult, and has been
made by few people.
"The Rio Grande part of this border
has caused both Uncle Sam and
Mexico' much work and mental an-
guish. During bad floods the line as
formed by the river squirms around in
so astonishing and lively a manner
that what is Mexican soil one day may
» be In Texas the next, and vice versa.
SAYS THKRE IS A WHISKY
PARTY IN STATE OF OHIO
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
Chicago, 111., Sept. 2—The advent
of republican women into national
politics at the two-day conference
here of state leaders was featured
today by a speech by Mrs. Harriet
Taylor Upton, vice jchairtnan of the
national committee, in which she de-
nounced Governor Cox for his state-
ment that there is no longer a whisky
party in Ohio.
"If the governor wants to persuade
the men of Ohio that there is no
whisky in Ohio, let hipi try it," Mrs.
Upton said, "but he can't for a mo-
m$pt pull the wool over the eyes of
the Ohio women.
"They remember that very recently
the whisky party in Ohio brought
shout a referendum against presiden-
tial suffrage in that state and they
will not be fooled by Governor Cox's
statement."
BOARD IS ENJOINED FROM
VOKKCI.OKING ON PLANT.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
Washington, Sept. 2.—An injunction
restraining tho shipping board from
foreclosing a $6,000,000 mortgage on
the plant of the Pusey & Jones com-
pany, Wilmington, Del., was granted
today by Justice Siddons in the Dis-
trict of Columbia supreme court. The
action was instituted to give the com-
pany opportunity to file suit against
the board with the court of claims in
connection with counter claims aris-
ing out of the commandeering of the
plant by the government at the out-
break of the war.
The Wilmington shipbuilders had
thirty-four vessels on the etocks when
the yard was taken over and to furn-
ish funds to complete these the ship-
ping board advanced $5,000,000, tak-
ing a blanket mortgage on the prop-
erty. The mortgage contained a pro-
vision that it could be paid out of
awards for compensation from the
government. The awards amounted
to $7,000,000, but reduction claimed
by the shipping board and protested
by the company reduced the amount
to less than $4,000,000.
Today's action paved the way for
reference of the dispute to the court
of claims.
"Railroads cut this long line border
line at Brownsville, Laredo, Eagle
Pass and El Paso, Texas; at Douglas,
Naco and Nogales, In Arizona, and at
Calexico and Tia Juana, In California,
Only four of these railroads, however,
are main lines of through traffic that
penetrate the interior of Mexico; these
start at Laredo, Eagle Pass, El Paso
and Nogales.
"You visualize the bigness of Texa<
wh> n you look at the. length of it<
side that borders on Mexico. You
realize its emptiness, too, when you
travel through some of its border
regions, where the population Is less
than two per siuare mile.
"No section of the border has seen
so touch of adventure, tragedy ani}
turbulent activity-as Texas. The flag*
of France, Spain and Mexico hav<
waved over it; for a time it flew it<
own -Lone Star and also the Con'
federate flag.
"In Brownsville you hear mow
Spanish . than English, because most
of the 8,000 people who live there are
Mexicans.
"Up the river from Brownsville lies
Laredo, n^ost important border town
in south Texas, even if an old map
does call this vicinity 'a wildernesif •
filled with wild horses.'
"Eagle Pass, on up the Rio Grande,
was a favorite camping spot for th<
California gold-gunters in '49.
"As you follow the border west
oaks, pines and underbrush decrease
aridity increases, and cacti lift theii
thorny heads. Border counties like
Brewster, Presidio and El Paso are of
amazing area—larger than some of
our sntall eastern states. Windmills
are everywhere—'big electric fans to
keep the cattle cool,' a* waggish- cow-
boy once explained to a London ten-
derfoot.
"El Paso is the only large city from
'San Antone' to Los Angeles-a ride of
1,600 dry, dusty miles.
"The largest irrigation reservoir
anywhere is the great Elephant Butte
dam, which stores more water than
the world-famous Assuan dam on the
Nile. This big dam, built in the Rio
Grande above El Paso, at a point in
New Mexico, holds water enough, wo
are told, 'to fill a standplpe 11 feet
in diameter reaching from El Paso to
the moon, or to cover Massachusetts
to a depth of six inches!'
"From the point at Monument No.
1 where the boundary line crawls out
of the Rid Grande (at the southeast
corner of New Mexico), it strikes west
into a wilderness of singularly dry and
empty aspect. For 40 miles along this
march the traveler must carry his own
water.
"To the west lie the rough, hostils
foothills of the Dog Mountains; neaf
here, in the San Luis Range, the lin<
reaches a point of 6,600 feet above
the sea, marking tho continental
divide.
"In the San Bernardino Valley the
line strikes ths first running water
after quitting the Rio Grande—193
miles to the east. Here rises the
famous Yaqui River, that long, crooked
stream that meanders through the
vast Mexican state of Sonora and
through the turbulent Yaqui Indian
zone, finally emptying into the Gulf
of California below Guaymas.
"In the whole 700-mile stretch from
the Rio Grande to the Pacific, this
line crosses only five permanent run-
ning streams, and the average rainfall
throughout Its length la only eight
inches.
"Save the hamlets of Columbus an4
Hachita, the New Mexican section of
this border is almost uninhabited."
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