The Springdale news., 1909-02-24
IN SOUTHERN
 SUNNY TEXAS. W. R. H0OLE NOW SOJ0URN- ING DOWN THERE. A LAND OF PURE DELIGHT. So It Would Seem, Judging From What Mir. HOOle Has to
 Say About It.
A LAND OF PURE DELIGHT.
So It Would Seem, Judging From

Mr. Editor: Finding the alti- tude of New Mexico little too high for n> u, 1t set our hearts tluttering just as II done in our courting days and which at that time we didn't mind | bit, but we arc getting old now and can't stand for any such ioolishness, so We concluded We would investi- gate some other country where the air would be as pure and the altitude lower So on the 18th day of January We packed our grip, conided the care of our better hall to the tender mereies of the good people of Alamo gordo and hilSed out alone.
 The country from AIamogordo to Fl Paso, Texas, is ole vast plain ol practically level land covered With | species ol native grasses that afford abundant pasturage Tor the thousands el cattle and horses that @faze upon ii summer and winter, receiving no other feed the year through
 Most of this laHd is unsarveyed public land that some day will be dotted Ill over with houses, barns and other improvements of tile thrifty [ mer, but at present k utterly ele>s for farming owing to the $ r1ily ot water, and the land wi tproda5e nothing with out irrigation But when the government extends its irri gation systems to cover this territory, as no doubt t will at some future time, II will become ole of the largest agricultural sections in the United States.
 There was nothing of interest along the line of road until we at 5:So ?. m. arrived at Fl Pa>o, Texas. Fl PaSo has no claims to distinction of any kind except rush. As the MiSsourian would say it's the "rushincst" town we have seen since leaving Kansas City. As to artistic beauty as d town 1t iSn there, although there are some few modern build- ings but the wind blows with tremendous velocity and almost continuously and the town being built upon the sand, IS not being washed, but actually blown away. It is impossible to keep clean there and 1t being So much easier to be soiled we took the easy course The ona things worth mentioning as points of interest were the shelter works. These are tile largest i'll the world, and will pay any one to inspect who visits the city. The other is the energy and activity of the &i ti- zens. They are like Kansas City ians i'll that respect, but lack the capita of k. C. people. The geographical location of Fl Paso as future great city IS indiSput- able. having territory to draw from that exceeds any city in . the United States, but on the Q. F., boy <, we just whisper that it IS the most diSagreeable city to make d home in that we know of We tarried there three days then shaking the dust tr4W not only our feet but from all tle balance of our anatomy, and we did this literally Hot iiguratively, we, q, they say out here, pulled onl freight for the town of Maria the county seat of Presidio Coun
 ty, Texas, as our next point o1 inspection. w
 We simply say of Maria tha' we passed the most miserable day of our existence at this little town. As an illustration ot wha' you might expect if for~e eve stopped there, ! caSlped in ;