The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-15

As IL Was and asst Is-Westward the
star Of Empire wends ITS way-Go
West Young man.

As 10 was anu rs IL ~" est""ru s"e
star Of Empire wends ITS way-6O
West Young nan.
FL Paso Times
The watchwords have been echoed from
one end OF the United States to the other
and many young man to day, can thank
his stars, that such words have aroused his
ambition, to turn his back upon the smoke
of the ancestral chimney, and his face
toward the setting sun-wheIe he has gained
health, wealth and fame.
So general has been this occidental immi-
grafton, that every year or Two new west,
has 10 be found for our enterprsing youth
and the latest is region following great
latitudinal artery, under the right side of the
great backbone of the country; which has
been separated from eastern civilization by
the dreaded tornado del Muerto." and the
no less noted "Llano Estacsdo." But an
oasis, though almost terra incognila to the
eastern part of the continent, has long been
known and appreciated by the inhabitants
of our eastern republic. Soon after the
conquest of Mexico by Cortez, it was firmly
believed that her hills fairly groaned with
the Or, cious metals. Adventures arrived
from Spain--nobes, soldiers, merchants and
peasants, always accompanied by a detach
ment of priests. These spread themselves all
over the country, and A, d. 1920, the year
the Pilgrim fathers landed on Plymouth
Rock, prospecting party operating in the
Sierra Madres, following spur. of said noun
tain, to where rapid stream broke through
it, forming a canyon two miles long-this
stream, running north and south, they
called "Rio Bravo del Norte," and the can
yon Ell Paso del Norte. In the great smphi,
theatre lying between the hills and the river,
they found colony Of aborignes, planting
corn and pumpkins, and living in primeval
purity and happiness.
The priests Of the party, having an eye to
professional business, took in the situation at
glance and said here is place fer mis-
sion. They established a mission and built
q church, and that adobe, or sun dried brick,
church stands yet, having been continuously
used from that day TO this rs temple of
God. 1t stands rs a monument to the mis-
sionary zeal and heroism of those
pioneer heralds of the cross. 1t is
supposed that the adobes were made
and laid by the natives, under tho direction
of the priests, but the cross beams of the
roof must have been brought for hundreds
of miles down the river, and bear the i'm.
print of the hasds Of the missionaries. AT
ter rounding them nicely they cut noches in
them ut right angles with an axe, and at each
angle an inch hole was bored into the timber,
into which was driven u pm, which was al
lowed to project al inch The whole,
viewed from the floor, has the appearance of
symmetrical carving.
The church is covered on the outside with
coating of lime, which being renewed from
time to time, preserves the original s!ruct
ure Notwithstanding tina. this town is sit
uated in the extreme northeastern corner of
Mexico, being more than three
hundred miles from the city
Of Chibushua, yet she has lived in peace,
prosperity and happiness. And like hive
of bees, she has often swsrmed, and both up
and down the river, and across the plains,
may be found her blooming daughters. The
population, at one time, is said to have
reached fifteen thousand, but from the drain
of colonization she is now reduced to about
half that number. Ell Paso, Mexico, h. .
always been noted for the hospitality ~
morality of her people. The place
tirely free from malarisl and epiuy
diseases and ia looked upon as mp.
sanitsrium. ,lnet q
Almost all kinds of fruit. :
successfully grown, but the gr, II
attention has been given to tho cultval
the grape. The purity and ,vor Z
Paso wines are proverbial. Almost all ksiHIs
of vegetables are grown, but the Ell Psso
onion beats the world, sometime; reaching
the enormous weight of four pounds. The
municipal regulations are good, consequently
law and order prevail. The climate is dry,
the rainfall is slight, crops are produced BY
thorough system of irrigation, the main
ditch is twenty-six miles long and is kept 10
perfect order.
A paissno may stab another or he may
steal a horse and through technicalties Of
the law he may be cleared, but if he neglects
to perform his assessed work on the acequia
he goes 10 jsil sure. So they have plenty of
water and good crops, together with health
and happiness. Next week we will give a
sketch OF Fl Paao, Texas.