The sun., 1897-06-06
FREAKS OF rHE RIO GRASDE
Ose sr Tsea We. te ssirt u. 1-a rrOus ths
Fast - the west sT Uestiis-

-I.'s f-eakish river. the Rio Grande- and 10
mistake: for sadden turns and capr.ctoasness
woman herself can't e-qsL Il. said \ former
Federal ofBeial o. New Mexico. talking Of the
recent foods al Z Paso. "T For the I-5OO miles
OF its course It's character Ia eTerJthing By turs
from nariSabis water 20 dry lAnd- At is hssd.
IT, the mountainous san Juan coantrT. in Colo
rado il Is cold. clear srout stream: in northern
New Mexico It's waters are brown with sand in
solution: fuT-he- soafh, where the liquid mud
Of the RIO Pue-eo Dtr.y River po7rz into IL. its
waters 5econe tensely muddy. and all along. On
its long wsy to the sea, this queer river takes On
one or another ne- feature diGe-eat fron any
thing that has preceded g.
The Rio Grzode's habit Of going under
ground heSe and there along its oo1-se. leaTinE
= ory channel above. fruln which IL reaPpeArs
anywhere from a nlle 10 1fty miles below. has
recently been told IN The SC-x. vhieh also has
published accounts Q. It's euickSsacs and bur
rowing eeis and catfish Bat there - one p<--
Torrance by this rirer :hA: never to my knouE
e>tsc ksl beea written eporp. in local history o.
in the record Of some Land case In coarI- II is
the ray it served tbe town Of NesiIlA
in southern Ner NeIicn. The place is .
picturesque. diSniaed-Iootinx Old Spanish
American community. bzilr Atozt plaza With
orrha-Sis and yisey ard. surrounding. AID stood
in the beSiAainx on he ues1 hank Of the rve--
Before the railroad eal.e /. Eas sn important
point sr the s&goasreSEh,ins trade. and lie peo-
pie were prospe-ors and happy. Bat theE had
tTafdc from Te1Hs and tbe North lay the eas-
ot the Rio GT1r6e. aot stages AID Wagons must
ford the EiTsr in E-ttinE 70 A1d from Ns4alla
This inf0n velie1t AZ all ttrTSz- Aod Involved
danger 1o4 delay Ia liDes u food
- QH> LaStlss1 what pityt- the Peopse otIel
sid II osly oar town Stood o. TIE eaSs tank
TIER wish came 20 pass a. Last il Q startling
way. There UaA a. uzss1ally heavy soOSfali
in tie mountains OF the upper c.o1DtrT ooe Vim
ter and. ths t2r1nF esenlnE "s-En- the so"
food in the Iors- FSo Grzrs6e- The waters oTe--
s-yrezd the !eVei waller uEtil NesinA- which.
lscktiy. bad be-a bzili on Al ezsrreace: seca.ne
an Island. the refuge q tkuee persons from tAe
lower l4r>5s VITO bad r,o- teeo drowned before
they coch reach IL The waters AZ last sEb-
ssde1- AID thea tb- oiscoTery Uas made that she
R5o Graote- t.s:esd Q. keeping 10 its Old oed On
the eAst. towing pass rke .oEr- q r5e 20
The wcsc Of the ,,taLA-
1t uas what the people had sad iheT wanted
the change aai get their landmarks AID yso.nts
q the COMPASS 20 tAl;F With :ht new oryse- q
IainEs- NAnT = p-eoa o. Ne IicAr q higher de-
gree going o. cS,sDins from iae piazza With soAd
DIR land o. rAIke1 E1a<er;r across The dry
enans1 Hs-, TSesg & iee S 5ysF ~ 80 "a, FsE; SI1
/ GTa-de- Tales o. szch HisaiTeni-res ue-e
stock stories il the lower waller .c- reA-S
after the hont- There Was Eoe-e trAFie
IL took its -lse il the eKhRlatsoas from Ike
yAst eIte1t o: -lTe- bottom LEFT exposed By the
change OF cts-oel. Several hundred pseo-le 6ies
from ,hls c.Acse II The s1ece.a1ing summer AID
autumn There Are c-chA.E3s and alfalfa feds
il the old ChAane! now. but its course can
Plainly se i-ac>c oa the tlce Of The ground; and
uorioa. to retarn 20 lis old bed ani set The
mas a. .aul. again