The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-05

Tells of His Trip From Hender.
sonvslle to Phoenix, Arr.

ter from Mr.. S. 3. McNeelyx who
is well 1lemembered9in Henderson,
vile, having been associated with
several business interests here. He
left only a few weeks ago for the
far West, on account of his wife IS
health and his many friends here
Will bs glad to fine that he is well
pleased with his new home. The
letter is full of interesting points
about the trip out West.
Editor of the HLstler:-
Having promised many of my
friends to write them something
CONCERNING my long trip from Hen
.deraonFille to Phoenix Arizona |
beg space in y@ur paper sufficient
to tell them jus st little abou: our
journey, especially the latter part,
From Spartanlburg to New Oy.I
bans was on4 panama of cotton
sugar cane alnd rice plantations
Leaving progressive Atlanta AID
historical AI9ntgomery, we found
fNew9orlean$ a great old city.
Montgomery in manner similar
ter EEEendersdnville' s welcome to
the bottom milkmen last sprint;,
bfSsents full View*from the sta
ton 3an electric sign of welcome.
in the shape of a key with the.
colers changing every second.
Through out Louisiana we.
found no oBseENance of the Sab.
bath. People were blowing, cutting
and hauling sugar cane, working
in the sugar refineries and keep
ing their stores open on Sunday
afternoon -
Prarie lands surround San An
tonia, 4 Magnificent city.
green grass and fioMsTss gave
much enjoyment to one who had
just left the cold mountain
slopesgof Western North Carolina.
Another twelve hours ride put us
In the desort. ElPaso was very
interesting amidst the sand dunes
and with the impress upon it of
the Mexican life due to its proxi-
nifty to old Mexico. A gentleman
boarded our train who had been
visiting in one of the Mexican ci-
ties three hundred miles over the
border where fighting was going
one. He spoke of having witness
ed a battle the day before and
also stated that the American were
mot molested nor did they take
part in the msurrection, except
as spectators to the battles as we
would witness a game of ball. :
Z The Rio Grande, we found a
shallow stream twelve feet wide
owing to the fact there has been
mo rain for practically two years.
We saw nothing from Elpaso to
Phoenix that resembled an East
ern city, except the new concrete
! station at tucson. Just mountains
of sand and cliffs of barren rock,
no trees, no grass, nothing but
mesquite and sage bush, sometimes
not even that, occasionally the
tent of a range man pitched near
the railroad watering tank were
all that were visible The few
little towns looked withered and
dried up as they lay several hun
dred feet from the track. Their
few inhabitants showed the swa-
they skin and the straight black
hair of the Mexicans and wore
the characteristic tall hats.
The cold and the sand storm at
i Dewing made us very glad that
we had already decided not to
stop there. The comparison Of
| Arizona with New Mexico goes to
show that irragation can do. From
the time that we passed the sign
board on the desert, marking the
states s division line the land be
came less and less a desert till al
asst came Phoenix and its surround
ing country-a Variatable oasis
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