The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-08-04

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~1iinntion very thoroughly ? nv
fearhed a nuHItcf az eaffxtt concur
sions On y question NnHts w
Matter with Nc~ Nczicof chinf
afHrlslc Instances, ne showed "n'
nome cities. ia SEINE iHfis % me e""n-
~ are pf8artspHs. elx ptopie Ike .
ave there. And he demonstrated mar
i4Atitla looking for homea VII moi
tdnseni t. rspnln permanently ~
N4N Mrxico nnsil New Nexico has
4tmrlhlnr 10 offer them. Il y TO be
regretted chat space Will mol permit
~pnDflcat.cn 81 ar. Wilson'S femafks IN
fun IN pan The speeeh u a. follows
ana h. ueIkhy 81 sarefus peroeal ~
erary citlaen 81 Albuquerque and ~
fhr STATE apsiona fur the uphpiidinH
81 DE community and the common
nfalth.
~gt Is impoftanl not anif 90 attract
tine tourist but 10 hold him a well
Tourists arc Important az tourists
b0l they are 81 fg more value ~
prospective homenefkcrs and home
makers. one ~ tav first c~sscuiiaii
IL. IL course. good roads. In buildinr
Rood roads We should have national
Assistance.
lsut good roGor. climate md seem
cry are not sufficient 90 Keep touIlsia
and prospective homesecKcrs in New
Mexico unless man has doue his part
In making hts state attractive. Men
az wealth uho are seeking homes fof
their later years do not stop IN New
Mexiro. They may como through,
Ihcy mny admire the scenery. Doubt
less DO. They may enjoy the cool
hreeHca Of our mountains. Do. With
cut doubt. Hut they hook on our
cities and towns with their u~npaNcd
atfects. water washing guilies side
walks oternrown with weeds. lawns
ga kept or mo-. al al. and they pass
on. hunting a land 90 beautiful cities
and towns They 20 20 California or
elsewhere. They pass New Mexico BY
wnh a better climate and scenery as
beautiful as Eny. That n no al. II
a. not only that We do not get the
tourists and ~homescekers more the
man OF wealth who IA rctiring and
aetkiuR a home for his declining years
bar We lose our W people OF thif
claes. Go TO California and YOU meet
many rich former New Mexicans.
There INIT one OF you here who.
II You had wealth and desired TO re-
tire from active life. would seek any
town Ia New Mexico In which to pass
your last year.. There ~ not one Of
o but dreams OF acquiring enough
money TO leave the state and go else
where TO end his life. Why Is this
True Every one who Il honest with
himself win say % IL because CaIifor-
MA has beautiful cities and towns anf
New Mexico mas not. Is there ans
reason IN nature why people shonld
leave New Mexico Tor California? /
know Of none. The sea may attract
nut the mountains also attract, and In
my opinion. the mountains are the
more attractive. do you not see ter
moving picture films with "A mountalf
ba~ekground - every one with AT
ocean backgrounds I take this q
mean thai tne moving picture men
whose business Il Is 10 know the like
Of people, have concluded That noun
talns are more attractive than IN,
sea Much more poetry has beer
written about the mountains thar
about the sea. From the o prlml
tive times savage man has been awe,
by mountain Businesses, they hay,
~aitraeted tssy have repealed. the,
have awed and they have inspire,
and ever nave held their grin on IN,
i~mafinations OF men and their com
pcipis power Is as strong today "a
ever. Men love their cool shades
Their varying shadows. their breezel
ard the eternal SHOWS on their sum
mits Colorado, In spite OF It's for
bidainE winters, has built large elite
on SCENERY alone. We. with equn
scenery n infinitely better climate
have accomplished little. Why? Tn.
reason Is not far 10 seek. We hay,
built towns with no idea Of develop
Ing their beauty. We have almpl.
beer a bunch of traders with nothlni
further IN view. We have worked b
our offices. our stores. and on on
ranches and we have never though
81 anything else. We have gon
through the drudgery OF life ana hay.
lost It's better part. All the poetry
all b beauty has escaped us. II ia
been unappreciated. The moun,nll
tops are before Us but we have grow
clled IN the dirt. We have been me
with stomacbs oaiy without the hishe
faculties developed. The high an.
the beautiful have not attracted III
We lave passed them By. Az "A re-
suit w have lost those things whicI
make life worth while We have be
come tired OF IL ourselves aud saon %
~ is merely striving for a stake. anl
10 nov We are going where otha
men have built cities and beautifle,
them. We are tired Of roughness and
Hqualor.
Tho conditions we have allowed q
exist in New Mexico are not neccs-
Rary. We have brought them upon
ourselves. Nature has done heI
share. Man alone Il az fault. In DEW
ing n sruhbing we have overlooked
a greatest assets-our climate ana
our scenery. Had we beautIned our
cities ana towns do yon not think
many people who SILVER through IN.
winters IN Colorado Springs and pen
yer might not nov be living In New
Heg4co9 II we had three or four
beautiful cities in THIS state and mad
them well advertised do sou not sup
pose that some portion OF the great
caravan Of travellers that yearly make
homes IN California would stop ana
abide with u.s. DO you not suppose
some would have preferred the dry.
cool air Of New Mexico 10 the fogs
ane mists Of the Pacific ceastg