The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-15

ffT Asst saturday aiternoon :
group Of tain. ranry cattle
men was gathered together
IN pleasant, if somewhat idle, COM
verse" says the Demlng Headlight.
''The talk shifted from one topic TO
another until one OF them mentioned
California. Then they all woke up.
and tho ~comparlsoAs that we're made
81 New Mexico and California were
practically unanimous in favor OF the
former state"
And why shouldn't the comments
be In favor OF New Mexlco7 Has
California anything that wa haven't
right here Ia New Mexico. except
tourists inc come beachesY And adj
vertising?
But VINO wants to GO 70 California
TO farm on land worth anything you
please an acre. when just as good
land can be had right here in this
state Cor from $50 to $3.50 an acre.
laccording TO location. la California
lwascr rights are a trIrle more pre-
cious than refined gold: here In New
Mexico there are countless small
streams and running rroyo on
which there Is not even an applIca-
tion filed as yet. In California they
measure the water in inches. here we
measure Il in second feet. That IL
luHt rates the difference. Tlns diff
ference is not that there is more wa
ter In New Mexico but thai there are
so many more people In California.
In proportion 10 the available water.
and consequently the demand is so
much higher.
We have nothing against Califor-
MIA; We do not get out there often
enough for the %Callfornians TO take
our shekels away with undue. FIRE.
quency. But we are heartily IN favor
OF New Mexico. There Is no reason
why. given the advertising that has
made California so famous over the
country. New Mexico should not at
tract more tourists each year than
the sunset state and should not have
as great a valuation. The state isn't
perfect. OF course. Providence had
to leave something for us New Next
cans to do to improve our lot so we
would have occupation enough 20
keep us out of mischief. But IL you
come right down to brass tacks. cali
%fornia isn't perfect. either.
Continuing It's editorial. the Head
light sums up the situation very well
as follows:
one point on which these pio-
aeers were an agreed was that cali
%fornia IL the best advertised state In
the union. but. as one of them re-
marked. so many OF California's
charms are artificial. While the lure
OF California II strong. In many re-
spects, they said that they were Just
as well off, or better. here IN New
Mexico. as they would be in Callfor-
mia.
And at this point Sam SEWER told
the story OF the man they all knew
as Nigger Frank. Frank wal "a
happy-go-lneky colored person who
used to make his home In Deming.
and enc evening some OF the boys
thought that they would put up al
joke on him. 81 they told Fra NIX that
they were going out TO the graveyard
10 shoot some rabbits. In order that
they might get the left hind feet to
ward off evil. They offered Frank
IS for every rabbit they killed Il he
would go into the graveyard and run
the rabbits u where they could be
shot. Frank thought It over FOR a
minute and then remarked:
Boss, dat five per each shore
sounds mighty temptin' TO me. But
/ ain't gwine. No. sub"
"callfornia sounds tempting, butt
we amt gwine.' Were better on
here"