Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-01-02

% the same relation to the history o.
he new world than the ruins Of Up
per Egypt do to the old, Though car,
.oad- of pottery and utensils hay,
been carried away 10 enrich museums
I'D private collections, the surface
has been scarcely scratched. more
than twenty thousand communal
caves, and dwelling, remaining TO
tempt the pick and shovel of the
arrIar"Ioglsl. On the Puye TO the
t"rlh u communal building of twelve
hundred rooms larger than the
Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York
r 'ho Auditorium in Chicago) has
been cNcayatcd. while ON the Rito de
FruoI', q circular ruin has been
,pcu'd nap winch hears startling re-
cnbiaurr, when viewed from above.
." lh" ancient Greet amphllhcatrc at
Iaormua, IN Sicily. Though the
chemists dispute and -quabble
among themselves H. f. the -ignifc-
uurc Of many of the remains which
haN" been found, they admit un-
numpu~iy that the caves which uu-
JorIlc these communal dwellings in
III" Pajarlto WELD ample evidence of
having been occupied by human be
ng, ~ the days Of the lava flow.
when the ma-todon and the dnosaur
roamcd the land, and the world wa,
very young.
The railway which serves the
northern portion Of New Meico has
so Ioug exploited the Indian pueblos
which Iic along its lines that little
Ihal j. new about them remains un-
-Hld The extraordinary hill city of
A""ma which rises. strange, silent
aud solitary, from the desert. four
hours ride 10 the northward from the
''iIr way-Station of Laguna, is worth
u.s." days Of any ones time. Perch
ed ou the summit of rocky mesa.
tire" hundred and fifty feet high.
which rise, from the monotonous
ulacc of the desert ~ suddenly as
q slap N the face, and reached only
by Il dizzy foot-path, it is changed
M u" single particular from the de-
Nrrpll"n given of it by Coronado.
wh" PASSED this way on one of the
Dlrro. Spanish treasured hunts near
~ four centuries ago. Its stone
HOUSES now, n then. have no doors
upon the street, being entered bv
means Of rude ladders leading up to
q terrace roof; even today there is
hardly pane Of glass in the town.
the Windows being filed with trans
lucent sheets of gypsum; the women
Of the tribe are still the sole owners
of the houses and the directors Of the
household, the men Of the family
having, indeed to obtain their wives
permission before setting foot in
doors They were, in fact the origi-
nal -uilrarettes.
Such, in brief bold outline, j., the
New Mexico of today. Here you
have Il picture. n well ~ ! can paint
II, of the progress, potcutiaIiticS and
Of this new state. Though
New Mexico, n a territory, was will
my enough to be n synonym for In
dian villages and snake dances and
ravorting cowboys. the state of
New Mexico stands for something
very different indeed. Though il
welcomes the tourists who come
look See >pcnd-go, it prefers the
settler, who are prepared to stay
and make it their home. There is
plenty of room for newcomers. too.
for though New Mexico has n great
or area than Italy it has fewer in
habitantS than Newark, New Jersey
New Mexico does not suffer from
that greatest of dcprvations-lach
uf watcr-for the mountain flood
waters that now GO to waste would
store great reservoirs. there l. the
flow ut numerous streams and river
systems. and below the surface are
artc~lan belts oi water waiting only
to be tapped by the farmers well.
That the soil once watcrcd. Il very
fertile. is best proved by the OF
rhard~, gardens and meadows which
cover the valleys of the Mimbrcs and
the Pccos Ten years ago the cattle
men of New Mexico used to say that
II took "SiXty acres To- raise steer
today. thanks to irrigation, u single
acre &C alfalfa does the business. lu
gold silver, coal and copper the
state j. very rich-thc largest copper
mine in the world being at Silver
city while its turquoise deposits
supply most Of the women of Amcri-
"a with jcwclry. And the people are
n g-hcarted and broad minded and
,pcn handed a. YOU will find any
where on earth. Taking il by and
'arec, therefore. man with some
experience, n little capital. and plenty