The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16
NEW YORK CITY
HAS ALL RACES
Safe and Sane Fourth of July
Parade Demonstrated This
Fact TO Citizens.
WAR TEACHES MEXICO
WORTH OF GOOD HORSES
Thoroughbred Animals Prove
Far Superior to Native Ponies
in Military Work.
BY RALPH JOHNSTON.

Special TO Tne Irlouhs
NEW YORK. July I5.-of course every
body knows that New York Is cosmo
poiitaa city. But Just what that means
is understood by most OF US In hazs
sort Of way. II took Mayor Gaynor
safe and sane Fourth OF July TO impress
the fact on us In way hard TO lot
get. The parade OF nations was certainly
a most interesting sight.
Every continent. every race and prac-
tically every nation WAS represented IN
the line by men. women and children
clad in their national 5arb.
The hundreds OF thousends ,-r. Wno
watched the parade were deeply in,er.
ested. and let me say here that those
OF us who had an idea that the Chlhese
are slow phleCmatic race, lacking ~
humor are greatly mistaken. hveiler,
more cnnica! set ] have never seen than
the several hundred Chinese In that pa :
rade The Chinese division was led py
an American brass band and a company o'
The rear was brought UP by company
OF old-tinie Chinese troops. cled IN @ .ne
costume familiar 10 students OF oio- t,i'is !.
histories armed with what seemed a
combination OF hayrorks and fish spears
interspersed with long headed weapons as as
wide across as a dinner plate ana WIN hii
sorts o! jabbing points and cutting cages.
Between The two were Chinese OF al!
descriptions OF dress and dragon DOCK
long
They cut up all sorts OF copers and de- de >
spite the killing heat were having the
time OF their lives. The parade was
great sight and gave an added idea OF
New York's infinite variety
Soldiers Need Fine Horses.
"rhe Mexican revolution demonstrated
one thlng-thGt Thoroughbred horses are
OF a satisfactory remount for the army,
SAYS Lieutenant 4. d. Armes, an army
officer. WHO has spent several weeks on
the Mexican border. The rebellion doWn
sense that the word war Is used IN the
writing ot history. but II accomplished
It's purpose. and II brought into service
n considerable number OF war tools. Inc
Mexican government made every possible
effort 10 coup the federal troops with tne
best munitions Of war. You Know ths
Mexican pony Is a pretty good sort OF
erll cavalry Of Mexico has been mounted
on ponies. and nearly all the officers OF
the inSurSPnt troops used ponies: Inc
revolution had not been long going on
when the thoroughbred made his ap-
praronrc in rhc federal cavalry The SUI
p".ioyltv of tS!s nrir:al WAS so quickly
d,sCciRed thor the government dispatchcd
z-orts irto The United States TO buy up
all thu ,hoTough6reds that could be had
venture 10 say that considering the
number Of soldiers engaged IN the re-
cent lnsuTreciioa there were more thor
ihnn have ever been employed In war.
md they proved completely that they are
the tcs, 20 be had for war purposes.
'Tto,' could outrun and outsiay the Mex
irar pony II was not long before the
!~srrrents got next 10 the fact that the
iccera' cavalry had superior horses. and
IN al of the enGscenccnts the flrc OF the
ineur-en,s was directed not so much
n-7lnGi TIE soldiers as against the horses.
Tho irsu-cen: shareholders wisely saw
that TO horses Of the fedcrals were more
fo-Inii1hle enemies than the soldiers
themselves
New Mexico Claims Honor.
&C.. Augustine. Fla. lie not the oldest
g@''iewcn; la The United States. although
TINT & ;Ee general impre ssion. says
g. a-i"s l. Sp!ess Of Las Vegas. ~ NJ.
". Srcles who was president OF the
c""stltu'lonal convention which framed
senate. has been In the east for several
weeks In behalf OF statehood.
II snv ST. Au@ustine Is not the Oldest
rSn e5s5ss s5is"epi r IN sp,sss sss cHsef T6st
honor belongs 10 santn Fe. y. NJ. which
ws qettled by the Spaniards in 1852.
1nd they have gene from that place to
Mexico. -. MichaeIs church In Santa
Fe Is probably the Oldest building now
standing In this country. II Is still In
a state of excellent preservation. and Is
one ~ the sights visited daily BY tour
lists from all parts OF the world Albu..
qucrnue. Ration and Las Vegas are all
modern towns and not unlike eastern
ci;'es.
New Mexico is In 4 verv prosperous
ccnditicr. II is not generally known. |
believe. that New Mexico has been the
fourth wool producing state In the Union.
being surpassed only by Ohio. Texas and
Montana. ! fear IL will not hold It's
present nosltion wool producing
state much longer. however. the great
grazing areas OF New Mexico are fast
being taken up by homesteadcrs. neces-
Stating the depletion OF large herds Of
sheep which formerly roarned on our
plains. Our mining industry Is unde-
veloped. The coal mining industry. how
ever, Is forging rapidly 10 the front. New
Mexico has more coal area. containing
All grades Of coal. than Pennsylvania and
West Virginia combined.
There is another thing about New
Mexico that has escaped the attention
OF most persons. The people OF that
territory have served under three gov
ernmenis-Spain. Mexico and the United
states, In Santa Fe Is the old palace
condition. The palace was the home OF
governors of Spain and Mexico for more
tsan 200 years. and from us nagpole
have flown the ensigns OF three nations
We have existed under q territorial form
Of government since 1850. bur we hope
10 De an independent state In the Ancri-
can Union"
Protest Against Treaty
with O. per cent OF the land Of the
Isle o: Pines owned by Americans and
an American population OF more than