Deming headlight., 1896-06-12


hs irnale Morris.
from the cradle Of tho human race Ia
cenlFnl Asia II waa the dcstlny 81 mar
20 follow the Gun Ia he course. Frou.
Aeia, the star Of empire pnaHei Il
Europe, from Europe 10 Eastern
AmcfIca, from thers - Western
Ameficn.
That part Of shs United states west ol
the Mississippi river u characterized iol
lie IaiKuhess. Every ihiag seems 70 bs
ID harmony with the extent Of land
The largest states, highest mounlains aud
longest FlvsFs are In the west
The fact that II has the largest extent
Of, aud most fertile agricultural land
the largest extent Of grazing land, the
richest mlnoe Of any country In the
world, ita heallhful climate, Ia energetic
people all proclaim that II will one day
be the rullng section Of the gfsatesi
country on the globe.
There are fewer states In tho west, but
they ere larger In extent than those OF
the snst.
II we could place Colorado on the
New England states Il would cover
them entirely and part OF New York,
New Mexico would cover six n the
eastern states; California would reach
from Maine 10 North Carolina and ex.
tend as fas back As West vlrelala.
Texas, II Il were placed on the eastern
half OF the union would reach from,
the Atlantic ocean on the cast 10 the
Mlsaiaslppi river on the west, and from
Florida on the south 10 Michigan cn the
north. II II wero placed on the map Of
Europe its ''head would be pIllowed On
tho mountains Of Norway aud Sweden,
one arm would stretch across the
EngllBh channel and cover England aud
Wales, extending south over 0ermauy,
Holland, belgium, France aud Bwltzer.
land, and dipping i's feet IN the warm
waters OF The Mediterranean sea-"
There Is two aud half times az large
an extent Of land west OF the Mississippi
as there is east Of Il. Contrary 10 what
was formerly supposed, an inconslder
able amount OF this vast exteus o. terri.
tory Il wasle land.
Tho Great American desert, which
occupied so much space on the r,hps .
few years ago, 10 vanishing before
civilization, "as the Indian aud buffalo
which roamed over II AZ their pleasure
The Had Lands OF tho Dako,aa and
western Nebraska, the stakcd Plalns d
Texas, and even alknlI lands aud lava
beds, 80 far from being waste lande, are
magnificent pasture upon whose broad
area many thousand cattle arc kept.
by improved processes OF irrigation
and In come cases the expenditure OF O
sunll amount ot government funds
mllllona Of acres Of land which have
been considered n only Tor grnzlng pur.
poses may be tedeemed for agriculture.
Altogether there are 100000 acres OF
useful land wesl Of the Mississippi river
aGaIus, 100000 east OF II, or more than
twice as much. There are 100000 acres
Of agricultural land Ia tie west against
100000 Ia the east.
Dat the wealth of the west lies not so
much Ia her agricultural and grazing
land ns In her mineral resources. No
country Ia the worli equals II ia vast.
uess aud richness OF lis mines. One
may form some idea OF the mineral
wealth Of the west when no considers
that one acre OF rich mineral land Will
often yield as much wealth no n million
acres OF agricultural land. What 10
known as the "Comstock Lode, ia 1877.
produced 81 million dollara worth Of
gold and silver. Those twelve lneig.
nlncant looking holes Ia the side OF tho
mountain yielded moro wealth chat year
than 4 million acres planted IN corn.
That's, those few square rods OF the sur.
face OF Nevada were az large as oil the
corn fields OF New Englan |, New York,
PsnnsylvauIa, Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota collectively" California up
TO the present time has produced 81, 800.
100000 In precious inetalai Idaho, $780,.
0O0,0OOI Montana, s2OO,O0O,00O; Nevada,
e500000,OJOi Colorado, $500, 100000. The
five states mentioned have produced the
enormous sum OF se 400, 900 worth of
gold and silver. Some idea Of this
enormous production can he formed II
We consider thai the west mp 10 the
present has produced 70 tons Of gold
and 1900 tons of silver. Il would take
7 freight cars Of the ordinary capacity
20 carry the gold aud n would take io0
ears 70 carry the silver.
Nor does tho mineral wealth of the
great west lie chiefly IN these Two
metals. Tier euOOOO square miles 81
ccall the iron Of MISSOURI, Oregon,
Wyoming and Texas; the lead Of Mis-
souri, the sulphur Of Idaho and LouIs.
lanai the bofnx Of Nevada, the aulphate
Of soda Of Wyoming aud Texas; the tln
Of Monianai the building stone, marble,
granite aud sandstone Of Texas aud
Mousana are sufficient 30 supply the
world at the present rate OF conaump.
tlen Tor ton thousand years.
Nor yet Is lhls all. She has her great
rivers, natural hlghwnya of comlnerceI
che las her railroads, the Gulf Of Mexlcn
on the southi the Golden Gate opens
upon Asia and 10 yet 20 receive the
wealth Of "ormus aud Of Ind"
With these unrlvaled resources unite
her superior climate and the uneuualed
antnrnrlsa - l.he hllt.ana m,,d ,stEf n..4