Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-25

THE MISTAKES OF MOSES
LAND OF CANAAN HAD NOTHING ON NEW
MEXICO.
W. Muuens n Roswell DAILY News.
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MEXICO.

them yet IN the wilderness That H.
about whore the modern Moses
gwouid-be) leaves those whom he ex-
ploits. since this modern Moses
knows Just az well as did the ancient
law-eiver. what awaits those who 80
over to Inherit the newcountry. they
make the Same mistake Of not using
more OF prophecy and less loud ped
nlinR ON the promises The result
Of the modern chosen ones who se-
cure foothoids IN the great undevel-
oped section IL n class Of "klckera'
as diBcontented a. were those epl-
cures Of the forty-year hike. The
duty Of n Moses IL TO use his knowl-
edge (Which il kind Of prophecy
and tie tin can To the relator Of
tales about honey pond and frltter
tree Of western plains mythology
Human nature h pretty much the
same all over the world. The man
who tells you Of the wonderful things
grown in Hoop Pole township with
out blinking an eye will expect the
truth from your common western
geezer. The greatest mistake ever
made by any Moses "a 20 spread his
net 10 catch suckers. Joshua repre-
cents the developer of country ana
the modern Joshua should be the
totem 10 which We point
The Land OF Canaan IL not I'm ~
with New Mexico for the very good
reason that. according 10 the maps
Of the country taken by Joshua. Il
was only about 30 mllea vide by 2te
miles long, or containing an area of
n 500 aquare miles There being
IAN hundred thousand fighting men"
In that immigration bureau. u can
be seen how dense was the popula-
ton az Canaan at that time, q den
sity Of men alone OF almost Ave 20
the square mile. BY no means al OF
the Holy Land was susceptible Of any
kind Of cultivation. 20 that we see
again the parallel Of our own section
In nntural resources. Moses Of old
did not mention this part Of it. An
other parallel may be mentioned;
II II no doubt a fact that most 81 the
ancient Israeiites wanted 10 open airy
goods store and escape the dirty work
incident To agricultural or grasing IN
dustrieH From observation u APP
pears that about 90 per cent 81 the
young men coming 10 the southwest
want Ia be either dry goods clerks or
assistant cashiers In a bank the sec
ond day after their arrival Our mod
ern Moses. who knows. should in
form all such that the counter hopper
and assistant cashier biz Is over
worked in the great southwest and
that Il "a men of Drawn who are will
ing TO use II that we need Men OF
Drawn who have faith in the ulti-
mate development Of this immense
country To- a point where every cali
ing under the sun will furnish labor
for willing and able hands TO do.
Many deluded Joshua. lacking
the great army OF fighting men and
the sponsorship OF the Almighty. has
dreamed. after seeing the picture Of
Pec6s valley artesian well In a big
orchard, that this well Is on !is own
"dry claim" and established on the
quail and mamma order. The truth
OF Il may be that he will allow some
modern Moses to ''locate" him on n
dry claim forty miles from any water
course. $50 from any suspicioned arr
teslan area, 1000 feet perpendieu-
larry from even surface flow. and
50 900 short Of enough cash To pay
for the casing I'm the well Of the pic
ture. Being Of timid language, we
VIII not call our real estate men. or
any OF them. by the harsh name Of
liars. hence any discrepancy In their
promises II labeled Mistakes Of
| Moses"-it Is more charitable. and
Moses was one Of the most charitable
old ducks that ever came down tho
pike
CTo BE Con, nued.)