The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-06-11

we are not surprised that he Is no
in love with New Mexico, and is ser
iously thinking of going back Il
Woodbury. county and going to worl
for his uncle on the farm.
Even at Denver We discovered thai
the best way to make haste was t
90 slow. On the level stretches It il
all right, but in Denver one cannot
go very far on the level, and going
down hill will make your engine
pump about as hard as going up hill
The altitude of Albuquerque is prac
tically the same as that of Denver
but the town is perfectly level and
the walking is easier. And on the
square, -- we found a lumber plant
here that sometimes employs as
high as coo men. The logs are all
shipped to the mills by rail for a
distance of from 100 to 200 miles. But
the plant is suffering much the same
fate as the big saw mills along the
Mississippi have done. 1t right now
is resisting in court, threatened re-
| ceivership proceedings.
The newspaper game in the south,
west is just as hard as il is in the
east, but it is different. The Albu-
querque papers are the same size as
the Herald and are published in much
the same kind of plants. They cover
an immense section of territory,
reaching $50 miles in all directions.
Their subscription lists according to
their published statements also com.
pare tavOrably with the Herald,-or
rather make the Herald look favor
able, but their lists are scattered
out over as much territory as is en-
comprised by the bOundry lines OF
Iowa. Advertising rates are stiff, be-
ing rs cents fiat, but business in this
line is good. The people of the south
west are good advertisers The rail
roads have taught them that. And
subscription rates are also stiff. 1t
costs the subscriber 1920 per year
TO have his paper delivered by car
rier and $500 in advance by mail.
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1t seems to be our fate to be
around when unusual things happen
or else the natives talk about things
being unusual when they are of more
frequent occurrence than they admit.
1t was hot at Albuquerque the other
evening and became so sultry at night
that we had fully determined to ask
for a room ON a different side of the
hotel. While dressing, however, a
cool breeze began to come in at the
east window, and when at breakfast,
there was a sudden rush of all the
help in the hotel toward the windows
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We imagined a fire alarm had been
sounded and joined the crowd to see
the excitement. 1t was a bell boy
Who finally told us in a tone of dis
gust that it was a sand storm. BY
that time, however, his information
was supert1uous, as everybody's eyes
and nose We're full of it. The wind
SwiShed and roared like it does some
times at nome in front OF an ap-
preaching storm following a sultry
day. But there was not a cloud in
sight, and no sign of moisture in the
air. The trees bent double, bushes
sWayed like straWs, and everybody
on the streets hiked for cover after
chasing their hats for block or two
or three, as the case might be.
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Old Sol smiled on the distracted
scene, but presently his smile was
obscured by strange fog which bore
no semblance of moisture, but which, |
as the little girl in the pantry re-
filled eVerybody's cTaw with !
sand" Though all the windows were !
closed and other precautions taken, |
the fine sand sifted through and GOV. |
cred everything with a coating OF |
dust. AS perhaps half of the people !
in Albuquerque are there for their !
health and cough more or less at |
best, the sand in their cTaws" sharp |
aned the tendency and soon there was
A great chorus going at full blast,
with here and there a discordant note
that seemed to rip the bone out.
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But almost as suddenly as the
storm came on it went on and the
calm that followed was really enjoy
ible. The sand in their craws seem.
ed to act as tonic, and after good
wash tle fellows with coughs seemed
o feel better and were ready for din
Ter several hours before the bell
ang, and then the natives commenc.
I'd to tell Us how unusual such storms
we're. One fellow claimed he had
ived there forty years and had never
een anything to equal it before. But
he way the force at the hotel closed
he doors and windows and then dust
ID and cleaned up afterwards, remind
ID us of volunteer fire department
which had drilled every day for weeks
o win a prize at the county fair.
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They tell us" that a lot of the !
lottery, blankets, silverware and 9th
r junk sold by the Indians are made 6
q Chicago and shipped to the south {
vest. If this be true it is no more '
to the tourist than is t
he fact that Santa Fee, the town att q
r which great railway system was I
AIMED is not on the trunk line at |
H. 1t is Is miles away from the +
assing trains and can be reached Nv
My on a special exertion" from I
amy. We too supposed that, of L
curse, that name was pronounced s
something like that, d
ut the natives call 1t plain LAME" v
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But after the trip over the branch"
ne is brought face to face with
'wn, which according to the railway
,lders; lis found in a corner with
lie cOlOring of the Orient under An I,