Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-31
OUR NEAR NEIGnB0R.
A Texsn's Trip TO New Nfx'eo, and
what He Thinks q the
Territory.
A pr,,,,,iye people that Are ON the Make
An ovtrrnted Country Don't want
10 Become "a state.

tans 70 prove center Of attraction to
ANY group he may chance to be in.
GAZETTE man, learning that the genial
lcaptain was Just back from
months sojourn in New Mexico,
hunted him up at the Hotel Plckwick yes
terday, and was cordially given the piiyi-
lege OF an interview.
eyes, was lately out there" he said, |
uand STAYED long enough to get a tolerably |
fair idea of the country and it's people.
went 900 miles from III Paso northward,
md west to the continental divide, or the |
black range, whert the waters ON
one side find their way to the
Atlantic and on the other to
the Pacific. went on some legal bust
ness, but took in all points OF interest
pertaining to the territory"
WHAT SORT or COUNTRY 1T is.
uWhat do think of It? Well, 1t is
terribly oyerrated country In the minds
Of Texas stockmen. IL Is splendid
breeding ground, but as a range region
for fattening cattle it's blank failure.
One acre of Texas land will Craze more
cattle than ten in New Mexico. Why Is
n n a GOOD breeding reglcn2 can tell you
In one word-climate Yes, they have q
superb climate; in fact, take it that IN
footing up the assets of the country about
90 per cent. is climate, the rest sand ana
wind and broken-down mining syndl-
Gates that are trying to palm of
worthless shares to suckers from the land
of tenderfeet. The grass isn't there
TO fatten beeves. OF course there's some
. in spots, but it isn't like Texas grass-it
lies in punches several feet apart with
heaps Of white sand between, which Is
constantly shifting as the wind blows IL
! III ahA m az
stopped one day at a hotel in the town
of Cuchillo Negro. After dinner in going
ont | had to climb over the fence,
Q as heap Of sand had blown up
against the gate while we were eating
e that effectually barred that way OF exit.
: Now, a country where man has to climb
e over the fence Of his domicile, perhaps
three times day, may suit some foIks,
e but isn't to my fancy"
!, care many Texas men driving their
/ herds into the territory?'
" eyes, a great many, and ] think to
J. their u innate sorrow, for the country Is
oyer-stocked now, and if many more go
d in there it won't be long before it viii
i, keep all the railroads busy shipping cattle
Z ont to keep them from starving"
1t THE GUILELEss GREAsER.
e "The Mexicans," continued the cap
ir tain, 'iare of course the preponderatlng
ID element. | suppose 10 per cent OF the
u population is of this class. They are
about the same set of sinful. cit
liens that we find scattered on this
side the Rio Grande They are not too
ignorant to know how to defraud, and
is DIOR ways thatare dark and tricks that are
vain" can match your heather Chinee any
DIV. They have what you might call 6
n. sort of herd law In some portions OF inc
Ii. country, according to which owners o
lis stock are liable for damage if their Cattle
y run on fields in cultivation. Now VIVA
= do you suppose those greasers dor Ihel
!" 30 and scratch over the surface o
Is, the ground, to give it kind OF tille'
az look, and though they never plant see
% OF any kind, If herd OF cattle come
lgs along over this fraudulent field they brin
ny suit against the American owner for dam
nu ages. They get lem, too, for the owne
10 of the patch, Senior Jesus Gonzales ever
u other Mexican is named jesus, win brin
q host of friends and relatives who wi
10 swear as to the value OF the imaginar
tnl crops. Another arlful dodge that Senc
IVY Jesus aud his embarrassing contreres al
'vu trying to work to big profit, is bringin
Wy suit against newcomers from Texas 0
. the ground of the alleged damage frol
te infectious fever communicated by ii
ny Texas stock Several suits are now
ltn progress, and the Mexlcans hope
,ol, pocket lots Of money by the same smoot
luy methods Of false swearing before u
10 40 courts.n
ue- "What is the system of land tenure
' "p the 'erIitoryP"
uiu "Iaud out there, you know, is valuele
unless access can be had to water &c
mas orally the country is as dry as 4 bone.
~ hav
NY long ago, and newcomer has to b
au- somebody out that has one Of the
ave, watered claims. Then he can Craze
WI over New Mexico, or claim the earth II
oiii- likes to-"
ave "Do you consider the people at all G
oG5osi terprislng or progrcssive2"
seu LAND OF LETHARGY.
my, "They are anything else but progr'
we siye Their methods of agriculture &
~ crude and primitive, and each generati
,ls follows in the tracks Of its predecess
n i.'a This, of course, refers more particula
sseu to the Mexicaus, but as they co
was prise the bulk of the populate
-io .u the statement goes. They have so
wy schools where the Mexican lingo
eau' mixed with English, and | don't tn
''c.' much is accomplished. The machin
nv Of the law Is mostly in Mexican han
to-,
nus methods, and are as slothful as they
~ ignorant, But little improved machln
~ "a is used. Mexican would not kn
3 ~ what to do with modern farm
IN = implements II he hal thu
y ~, - They are like the Bourbons; they ioI
;. iol nothing and learn nothing, and have
~ vanccd but little through the leayen
"eeh American example and contact"
toa,, "Would the people like to come
, uSuy the Union by swapping off the swadd
49, ansnI clothes OF territory for statehood?p
tssy ht $50 far as | was able TO catch the
, aasad of popular feeling, they do not care
~, es'e ~ make such change. As far as num-
'n 49,, ~ go, there are enough people TO en-
vas them to admssion-they've more
- habltants than Nebraska--but they
einno care to come in. Can't see where 1t
= 49, 49, benefit them, they say. Now, on
,, ~ point think honors are about easy.
,ta,'t land where they have to dig for wood
- ~, climb for water wouldn't be much I
Ststo, constellation In the cluster of stars
f'''o' make up the Union; and so 1, for one
quite willing to let them be.p
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