Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-30

here not merely 20 make money or t
regain health. but TO make homes
New Mexico has been exploited b,
many who come here, stay Just Ions
enough to take Advantage Of oul
prosperity and unparalleled resources
to pile together a fortune and ther
move on to other less favored climes
to spend it, The irony Of II all
These self-lmposed expatriates seen
to feel under no obligation to the state
and probably In strict logic, they
are not But II does look as II place
that ls good enough to make money
in, is good enough to spend 1t in-ln-
stead OF Investing in sand dunes on
some lonely seashore, capitalized on
hot air
Perhaps, after all, there Is q retrib-
utve justice that looks after states
and nations as well as individuals and
In this respect, New Mexico may be
not the loser--but the people who ex-
plot and then renounce her. Any
one who has lived among the brood
Ing mountains and gray sage-brush
wastes Of this southwest plateau. who
has spent weeks among the pine for
ests, fragrant with the odor of balsam,
sleeping on the pine-needles at night
and counting the shimmering stars
until comes the delicious drowsiness
that only high attitudes can produce,
who has breathed the wine like air,
pungent with ozone. fresher, sweeter
and more invigoratng than any sea
hreeze--and who has not become fully
fascinated with It all until life outside
Of these confines holds no attraction,
has missed the greatest opportunity
and the greatest riches the southwest
has TO offer.
Give New Mexico men with
deeper reverence in their souls,
n greater thankfulness In their hearts
and a truer appreciation OF the bless
ngs Of this promised land OF ours
aud then you will have a state in
which wrongs will right themselves
naturally with a spiritual appre-
citation Of beauty and grandeur always
comes a deeper love for truth which
viii allow no injustice to continue un-
abated ana no wrong to 90 unayeng-
ed.
Give New Mexico more Of that spir-
Il Of a Twitchell, Prince or q Read,
whose love for the state ana its ma
tive people and their wonderful his
tory. has led them into deeper re-
searches Of Its archives to bring forth
TO the light Of day from the buried
past, a story palpitating with Homeric
deeds and rich In romantic flavor
equalling the pages OF a Leasing, a
Motley or a prescott in downright in
terest.
Give New Mexico more Of that spir-
Il Of loyalty and unselflsh devotion
which induces men to accept political
office at great personal sacrifice, in
order to give Of their talents and ahil-
lty for the public good. Give New
Mexico more OF that spirit which in
dueed an Albuquerque business man
TO give munificently of his New Mex
leo made fortune to found Y. NJ. G..
A. In his home town and which re-
Gently induced him TO accept the
4 s,,.,t az ~. eta 10 "a IT, hard and
give Of his time and money that
state institution may not die from
lack of interest and support. Give
New Mexico more of that spirit which
inspires Beauregard, n Vierra, a
Parsons and a dozen other artists to
devote their splendid talents TO per-
petuatng on canvas the varying
phases Of picturesque race of abo-
rhymes, and the ever-changing beauty
of incompatible scenery.
ISnowest thou the land?
New Mexico needs men who under
stand her ana her needs--for 1t Is as
true OF things as of men that that
which we understand best, we love
best. TO us. New Mexico should be a
personality as distinct az an individual
and whenever we think OF her, 1t
should be with an understanding of
her past glory. her toiling, moiling
native people, and their heroic strug-
giles ever upward, of her soul-medi-
cine and body medicine curing sick
minds and broken down bodies and
doing It all with the modesty and self
effacement OF a great scientist.
Frank Baum somewhere in one
Of his delightful or books, has a good
fairy Glinda presiding over the des-
TIMES OF the Kingdom of OF. II then
we were TO ask Of our good fairy one
gift above AL others for this fair
kingdom Of ours IL would be Grant
New Mexico sons and daughters who
know the land and. knowing II, love 1t
lust for what It is, wrinkles and ALL
desert. mountain, plain and wastel
And who need not 90 outside of her
boundaries for moral or material
needs,'
FREDERICK A. BUSH,
Editor silver City Enterprise.