El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-08-15

plains, seated in a Pullman, and view
ing the wild flowers and the sunshine
nearby, with the great snow-clad
Rockies In the distance, turned to an
old-timer seated beside him and said
What is that white stuff up there on
those mountains" The old-timer look.
ed at him in disgust and replied, ooh,
that's Demlin's boreated talcum pow
der; he puts 1t up there to advertise
It." haven't the slightest doubt In
the world that the provincialist believ-
ed 1t, and the shaft of satire fell upon
his intellect without making more or
an impression than a feather would
alighting upon a stone.
In the plaza, in the city Of Santa Fe,
the Oldest capital in the United
States, and the capital of the state OF
New Mexico. stands a monument upon
which is the word Rebel 1t is the
only monument in the United States
that contains that word. The epitaph
on the monument that the
shaft was erected for the heroes who
fought in the Civil war while fighting
the Rebels. For Simon-pure section
alism, now of course, buried, and 10y
atty to the Union 1t surpasses any
thing that car be found in any city on
the New England coast. New Mexico
is not only intensely loyal to the I'm
ion, but has been since General Kear-
ney came here In the 40s. No one can
pass along the streets of the towns in
New Mexico without seeing old men
who wear the &C. A. R." button, and
these buttons are not worn alone by
English-speaking citizens Of Anglo-Sax.
on blood, but by natives" or citizens
who are of Spanish descent.
When the Spanrsn-American war
broke out, New Mexico sent many vol
unteers, and the famous Rough Riders
were recruited from the ranks of the
people OF New Mexico, not only from
men of AngIo-Saxon blood but also
from people of Spanish blood.
When Villa raided Columbus the
FIRST New Mexico regiment rallied
quickly and went to the border, and in
that regiment there were three com
panies Of purely native boys, and
many others of Spanish descent. They
did their work well on the border, and
between the months engaged in main
tanning order and doing guard duty
over a big stockade, the highest COM
pliment paid to a private soldier was
paid by a regular army Officer to a
boy of Standardization descent,
when he said, on a certain occasion,
that he was glad that he had n real
in Columbus.
If Mr.. Harvey would travel a bit
and come down here for a few weeks,
he would not hear the word "Peni-
mentioned once a month in
conversation nor thought of, except as
It ~purposely might be brought up.
This Is a big state and has big re-
sources and big activities in all lines
Of industry, with some of the richest
ranch lands and some Of the. richest
mines in the world. In the matter Of
alone, New Mexico has one coun
bigger than the state of Connecti-
,ut, which it is conserving, with more
eoal in it than the state of Pennsyl-
vania.
But, why go into these facts? Mr..
Harvey, you should break out of your
nsular crust, read up a bit and take a
rip to one of the ~fairest, most intelli.
GENT, most resourceful and most loyal
states in the Union And, above all,
should be man enough to hastily,
ully and completely apologize and
amends for the vile Islander
you have permitted to be published in
he North American Review.
Wake up! See what New Mexico
las done in going lover the top" in
men huving bonds. aiding {