The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-09-14
THROUGH THB WEST.
,xn INCIDENTS OF THE
sctNr cFoKGIA EDITORS TRIP.

Il tTEOAAON
soreo Thousand Mile Outing what we
"A 'e and Heard on Three weeks Trip
~, last letter carried the readers OF
~ Npws TO Albuquerque, New Mexico,
llr first stopping place in the Territory
W. xow Mexico is principally stock rails
ond mining country, but in the val
o oIonc the water courses, considera-
~. o++antion is being paid to farming.
ur'.,o valleys are rich in fertility and
3 ndnce abundant crops of oats, wheat,
farn and vegetables; also various kinds
w. ruits A perfect and successful sys-
tar Of irrigation is employed by means
'roo,aIs and bitches leading from the
;nors and creeks coursing along the val
laws The farmers never depend upon
d ain n aid them in working their crops,
i = soldom ever rains in New Mexico.
The citizens of Albuquerque met the
or+v at the train and escorted us to the
a,ooant rooms of their club building.
This building cost 5000, and consid-
orinc the fact that the town has only
N oOO inhabitants, shows what western
onorcv and vim can accomplish. They
orc certainly not afraid to spend money.
1 A. the club rooms the GeOrgians were
ontertainedin most hospitable manner.
The weather here is excessively hot dur
inc the day. but cool and pleasant at night.
In some of the main corner buildings of
the city are gambling rooms where all
sorts of games are progress. No attempt
is made at concealment. walked in and
lacked on while, and it is an interest
inc if not an edifYing study. At one end
ofatable was a negro, at the other heath
en- Chinee, and at one side Mexican
and at the other an American. Occa-
sonally a man would Ego broke" and
Get up and leave. These gambling
houses are handsomely fitted up, costing
many thousands of dollars.
In every block is a curiosity shop, in
which are to be found many rare and odd
Indian curios. In one of these shops
4 | saw a string of beads said to have be-
longed to Sitting Bulls squaw; Geron-
limos tobacco pouch, price $3.50; the
dried fingers of Navajo Indian; three
pieces of old Aztec pottery, quantity
carved and priced at $3.50, and numerous
other articles of like character.
The Mexicans have had control of the
town for many years until recently,
when the Americans, by reason of in
creased population, have been enabled to
hold their own.
One hundred miles to the east of here,
near Fort Summer, is where Billy the Kid
met his death at the hands of Sheriff
Pat Garrett. Gen. Lew Wallace, who
was then Governor of New Mexico, and
who, by the way, wrote "Ben Hur' in the
old palace at Sante Fe during his official
term, was in mortal dread of Billy the
Kid, as the latter had threatened to kill
him. 1t is said that Gen. Wallace was
greatly relieved when he received the
news of The Kids death.
After spending very pleasant and in
Structive night and day at Albuquerque.
the editorial excursionists left for Sante
re, the capital of the Territory. Before
reaching Sante Fe we passed through
Another Very Dry Town.
The telegraph operator was asked if it
ever rained in the village, and his reply
was astounding. He said: 81 have been
here two years and no rain has fallen
YET we expect rain in about ten years.
! Will tell you, stranger, it is as dry as
HI herev'
At Sante Fe.
We spent Thursday, July 21st. at
Sante Fe, the city of the Holy Faith of
st. Francis, and the capital of New Mex
TO- where is the school boy who has
4Ot read of Sante Fe, and dreamed of
lIalan traders and scouts, and fights
with the savages?
oahte Re is located at the base of the
oangre de Cristo range of the rocky
mountains, which approach within a
1nile OF the to WI in the east and north.
t hHTSS friendly giants interpose their
LUX gulAy forms to protect this fair child of
enclt alIecuOns from The billiards. that
oome down from the northwest. Not
thly 10 the mountains enfold the city in
vneir loving arms, but present her people
s "iSn On endless panorama of beauty and
N O'nnI Strangely calous must be the
r miSn VINO can stand in this historic CITY.
MN rnola IN all the legends of the earlier and
MS ,Ote SURFING times, and gaze with un-
Of I tHo n neart upon these outer sentinels
VI oo yae Rockies which have for unknown
s snd defied the tempest and storm
t fTu mock always the corroding finger of
n m,ne' Now, clothed with verdure and
allow aITSl hitting their snow-capped peaks
ra ods l 1S with the sheen of my
scin uS T1 diamonds and sapphires, they
Fora S,llaCe and sparkle in the sunshine. I"
each D' otL inc lights and shadows chase
ragged fronts, and forever thav J Ioo2
Sant SANITY y upon the quaint old city of