The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-10-10

nothing surprising to me in the
winning oil the medal at the lrri-
CATION Congress by Eddy county
for the best display, simply be-
cause | have always known that
the county east OF the mountains
in New Mexico was the garden
spot no, only OF the territory but
OF the world. That Eddy county
received the highest reward was
simply because its people took
more interest in collecting the dis.
play. II the residents of Chayes,
Roosevelt and Quay had taken the
same interest, the Judges might
not have had so easy a Job to de.
termine which was the best. tor SUI.
perb as are the resources OF Eddy
county, they are no better IN many
respects than those OF all the Pecos
country. To be sure in some lines
it is in a class by itself, hut | am
speaking nov IN the broad general
sense. Everybody that knows con.
cedes that the Carlsbad peach has
no equal in the world, that its can.
taloupes are Just a shade better,
that It's cotton is a bit higher grade,
but in all OF the rest OF the pro.
ducts OF the soil II IS equalcd bv
any other section. This is espec.
tally true OF apples, which mus;
be the key OF all exhibits from the
Pecos valley, tor 1t is 10y It's apples
that the P,cos valley will he still
more iamou 1t used TO he
thought that Chaves county had a
corner on the apple, but time ha,
proven that all OF the Pecos water,
shed is as ut tor the apple.
While We are talking about
fruits, ii is well to acknowledge
that the apple is sure enough King
OF fruits. a long time ago, in tn,
dark and bloody DAYS when this
country was a borning, there came
a day when the work was aroar,
emily finished, and the head archi-
tect leaned upon a mountain and
surveyed his work. There wer,
deep, blue rolling seas, sparkling
IN the sunlight, great grassed GOV.
cred plains Ieweied with flowers.
forests that waved their leaty ban.
ners in the breeze and gave room,
tor the birds who sang while build
ing their first nests and hills anc
cordilleras that charmed the eye
with their massive pylons. IL was
pleasing to the eye OF the Builder,
and he smiled.
Besides these poems OF an un.
touched nature there was laid the
beginning OF lite tor the millions
yet TO come. Indian corn sprang
up in the glades, rice began TO grow
in the marshes and potatoes and
tomatoes crowded each other on
the hillsides.
Then the Builder thought OF
fruit.
First he made the orange, color
ing It with gold from the eternal
hills, and filling it with the sweet
ness OF the rose or OF revenge. It
was good to the taste, but 1t was
not a perfect fruit, and he tried
again.
He made the banana, easy To
gather, prolific in bearing, ht TODD
for the millions that were TO come
in the tropics OF the new world.
But he forgot to give 1t the power
to Withstand cold.
He made the pear, a glorious
fruit, that would melt in the mouth
and hll the senses with rapture.
When It was loo late to change,
he discovered that it would not keep
against that time when winter IN
compassed the earth, and be- tried
again.
He made the peach, out Ut nee.
tar and ambrosia, folded IN a blt
OF glowing sunset, and was filled
with Joy. But alas, il too, soon
fell to decay, and he turned pa.
tiently TO mis- building, All Of
these were to be forever, but the
perfect fruit was still wanting.
He made a truiI that is both
meat and drink. a delight to the
eve with its thousands hues, 10 the
taste wit its sprightly acid, and
TO the lenses with its many subtle
odors. Ii was to he eaten as II
came from the tree. mixed with
other things or alone cooked and
served, ever ht for kings and men.
It was more beautiful than the
orange, aud OF better taste, more
nourishing than the banana, as de.
lightiul as the pear, and many
times more lasting than the peach.
When he had done I is, he waved
the wand oil eternity and command
ed that humanity appear, The
world was ready tor man, for at
last there was a perfect fruit, the
King Of Fruits, the Apple.
Time kept rolling around, as il
has aimee time began. There were
more and more people, and where
ever they went, all over the earth,
there the apple went, too. IL be.
came the iavorite fruit OF human
and OF the beasts OF the field
and air. The Gods on Olympus
bruided the apples OF Crete and
brewed a drink that filled even