The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-05-26
ARIZONA. Nav II. 90

| In every large party there is always a
! process of segregation due to community
of feeling, no doubt This law governs
on this trip and there are several little
| systems, by no means exclusive, but no.
tably distinctive. The big Five" as the
presumably because each is "leg Free" so
| far as female impediments is concerned,
| has acquired the most notoriety of any
little coterie among the excursionists. 1t
consists of Vandercook of The Spencer
Tribune, Munson of The Viroqua Censor,
Karteck of Baraboo, Jewell of the Bis
marck, n. ID. Tribune and the writer
They sometimes go by the appellation of
| Bachelors" though three of them are not
entitled to this distinction. 1t is consid-
cred quite an honor to be admitted to
honorary membership in this combina
ton, but the ladies object to the influence
OF the organization as their husbands and
escorts seem to have decided preference
for the society Of the Bachelors. Karteck
is something of an Adonis and has fire.
quent lapses in his allegiance to the or
ganization of which he is member. But
as lie is always repentant after each case
of back sliding it is always forgiven.
Nandercook is the wit of the party and
is an expert In gathering information
Munson is serious hut by no means
averse ito catching pleasure as it flies.''
Jewell is one in fact as well as in name.
he is the proprietor and editor of the
only daily paper published in Bismarck
and has the 1are faculty of accommodating
himself TO circumstances, be they matters
OF society, privacy or Indulgence. Thus
far they have had jolly time and collec-
lively are known TO all the tourists.
hen New Mexico is reached, either
the perconceived notion or the real con-
dition of affairs gives the1mpression that
country different from any other Dor.
ton of the United States is reached.
-Ihere is flavor of ancient civilization in
the air and even the mountains seem to
treasure historic secrets. The climate is
simply perfect, but the broken hills re-
semble ruins, and the hot air simmer
Ing over the arid plains seem to bear mes.
sages from the prehistoric dead. The
adobe buildings highten the illusion of
being in foreign country or rather JUS
tify it, as New Mexico and Arizona are
foreign countries, though the railroads
are bringing them into affinity with the
United States proper. The villages of
adobe houses, low, lily ventilated, in
many cases without windows, irresistiblv
carry the mind back to period of print
tive simplicity. The contrast between
the mud novels, for such they are, and |
the towering mountains is indescribable |
and makes the former appear more 1nsig- |
ticant than they really are. The adobe |
house is rarely more than one story in |
hight. The walls are enduring, however. |
and Withstand time and weather. A |
Catholic church mace of adobe at an In
dian mission near Albuquerque is 800
years old and is still In good condition.
1t is the material most used here,-al-
most exclusively except where modern
ideas have been imported by means of the
railway.
The arid plains on which the sun
beats with steady intensity are made fer
tile where irrigation prevails. 1t is re-
lief to the eye to pass on these patches
Of dark green, after wearisome contem-
plation OF sterlllty. New Mexico is large
ly interested in sheep raising. The peo-
pie here claim that fully half the wool
raised In the United States is produced
N New Mexico. Cattle raising is also
an important industry and the pictur-
ssque cowboy is feature of the land. Las
Vegas Is one of the most important ship
ping points In the territory and is a town
which has future. It's citizens are en-
erprislng and hopeful because active.
The town is divided into two parts. one I
# the progressive pushing railroad built !
own; the other the old town built by the :
lexicans and still occupied by them. |