Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-14
H CENTURY CIVILIZATION
mpse of Mud Brick House, Old Mis-
Hinns of Old MeNICO.

sions of Old Mexico.
ne of the pleasant surprises in store
those who witness the dedication Nv
ksident Wilson of the 100000 Ele-
hnt Butte dam and who participate IN
deliberations of the international IT.
alton congress or the international
m congress and soil products eNP"S'-
h, all of which will take place between
turday, oct. u, and TuesdaN' 'c'' -
KIT will he "A trip into romantic ana my
ious Mexico, at least as far as ','o
Get cars will take one into JuareH' ri
SOS sister city on the south hahk VI '''c
Grandc.
+, Paso is tho largest city i'm the TINTED
htes from which a trip may be maze III
foreign country where lanEuaE'.
nncrs. customs. mode OF dress """
he's in architecture arc So absolutely
forcnt from the American conception ol
Ise details OF life as they ar" in M'Nl'o'
tho trim may he made at Il cost of nv"
., il, ,noncv and IL minutes in time ii
trimmer has no moro time to spare
Il pnso is probably the only point in
world where n traveller may pass !"
short time from the civilization or
20th century as expressed by the mod
American city of El paso to tn
iization of tho 10th century as found IN
CITY of Juarez. the largest Mexican
h on the long international line stretch
from the mouth of the Rio Grande ON
east TO san Diego. cal, on the west,
Instance of 1900 miles
The traveller is not required to go far
o the interior of the country which has
= hpt hp1 of rpNDlll-
n. nv the newspapers Of the world dun
the past five or six years, to INA
In and women living as they lived in
rists time
he houses huilt of sun dried bricks made
mud and straw. described in tn" old
Etament: the land being cultivated nv
bans Of pows made of crooked sticks
d narrowed by means of bundles OF
nsh drawn by oxen. the Woodou thoc'-
carts, the burden hearing hurros, tn"
h,ing Of grain with sicf'os and the
flashing Of it by running herds of ponies
goats over It on carthcn thrcShing
ors. all will remind readers Of the Bible
the customs which prevailed i'm the
ne Of Moses and others who wrote the
cred books.
rhe old missions of california have long
en- tahled in song and story, yet there
mission in Jaurez and another NJ
Fleta, Tex. suhorb of FL Paso, wEich
IRE nearly 2o0 years old before the foun-
ton Of the first california mission was
d. II Is true the architecture of
e missions Of this section of the United
ates is not as ornate as is that of the
lfornia missions. SO far as may hc
dyed from the ruins, but IT marks the
ference in temperament between the
anciscan fathers who passed this way
the train of the early Spanish con-
istadores and Of the Jesuit priests VINO
hveled in the wake Of the later eXplor-
who devoted themselves to the dis
very and suhiugaton Of what is now
own as California.
The part played by the followers and
ccessors of Cortez, the conqueror of tn"
ontezumas. i'm the settlement and de-
lopment of what is now southwestern
nited states will always have an interest
even the most casual reader of Amer
pm history for nowhere else can the ov,-
noes of the endeavors of those pioneers
the western world be studied at first
nd as they can at FL Paso and its i'm
cdiate environs.
These little journeys. whether into
exco or up and down the Rio Grande on
c American side of the river. may he
ken i'm perfect safety. While there
e in the. ncrhborhood of 10, GOO American
oops stationed in FL paso and patrolinc
g boundary line and While the soldiers
e much in evidence on II Pasos streets
g tide Of travel between FL Paso and
larez is as high now as it was in the
Us Of the profound peace which char
terized the good Old days when Por-
rio Diaz was at the helm Of the Mexican
ip Of state and MeXcans and Americans
ingled in amity as though their rospec-
Ne governments We're not at loEgerncads
During the time the irrigation and farm
'ngresses are being held there viii be
series of military maneuvcrs at Fl Pas,
which the largest number Of troops ever
bitten together in the United States will
anticipate. owing to the absence of for
its and the peculiar lay of the land the
ar game which will he played on so
rand scale may be witnessed from
olnts of vantage which will accommo
ate hundreds of thousands of spectators
Mould it happen there might lie that many
occupy them.
While the irrigation congress is in SEES
on in FL Paso, following the dedication
the Elephant Butte dam by President
ilson. the delegates to the international
irm congress will he gathering to hold
heir annual convention as soon as tho
lrigationsts have concluded their coun-
Is.
In the meantime the doors of the inter
htional soil products exposition the