Deming graphic., 1919-07-29
Prohibition Is q Failures
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there has been but little snow in tn

there has been but little snow In the
mountains the whole winter long.
Now our problem is to move the
Palomas lakes. But we have no pow
erful priests TO invoke the gods to our
purpose. But we do have modern en-
gineering science that is quite as ef-
fective and wonderful In Its way, for
MIR. Clark proposes, like the gods, to
move the blooming old lakes without
even running the risk Of bandits In
going over the border to look at them.
Sort Of absent treatment, as II were.
My Christian Science friends will tell
you about that. The sunken Mimbres
river feeds the Palomas lakes-it does
mt take an engineer TO dope that much
out. but II is going TO take some real
engineering to prevent the water leak
ing into the lakes-now the secret is
out However, nature has very kindly
assisted In this matter, as In others,
when We act In obedience to her laws,
for nature has placed great dyke
from the Cooks range to the Florida
mountains, and the sunken Mimbres
butts right into 1t, turns sharply and
finds way into Mexico along this side
Of the mountains: but once II flowed
ON the other side OF the mountains un-
I'll, In fact, the water sunk so low that
II could not get over the great granite
dyke on that side. IL must be helped
through that great natural dam.
In the old days, which we term, pre-
historic, the unkind gods Of III Rlto de
los Mimbres-which Is to say the Lit
tie River OF the Willows isn't that po>
eticD--behg exceeding sore on the
Mimbrenos for going to the movies on
a Sunday, simply took their perfectly
good lake and packed II off one dark
night and dumped II over the line into
Mexico where IL is entirely worthless.
When the lake diappeared from the
foot OF the Little FlGridas, the corn
fields began 10 wither and die before
the hot breath OF the elemental and
temperamental dieties. And the little
pueblos OF mud and stone soon were
left In ruins, as we find them even to
this day, and where the unhappy Men,
brenos went we cannot discover, though
we examine their handiwork and
strive to read the hieroglyphics they
have hewn In the rocks and the picture
words they have painted on the bowls
buried with the dead whose lips have
long since fallen In dust from the grin
ming jaws.
o, yes, you too, can see where the
lake was just by driving out to Sol
agnac's ranch which Is skirted by the
road to Miesse as 1t goes over the Lit
tie Florldas. His alfalfa field, that is
never irrigated, Is ON the ancient bed Of
the lake and the roots Of the plants
have found the sunken waters scarcely
four feet from the ground level And
1t is stlll something OF lake, but will
require quite little renoyating and
repair before 1t will function prop
erly as first-class lake should. The
ancient rain gods had raised the dyke
to cut off the Mimbrenos, water and
all that Is necessary now is to get
their permission 70 blast hole through
to once more make the water OF old
flow over the Miesse tract Mr.. Clark
Is solid with the ancients powers of
the Mimbrenos-ju like Kaiser Bill.
And he proposes to move the darned
old lake back where Il really belongs
and grow wheat for his flour mill.
Nice, gentle, accommodating reader,
you viii agree with me. feel certain,
that the foregoing is all bun. Anyone
half awake would agree to that simple
proposition-haif awake is fIeht-but
old man Clark proposes to set Of a
few hunks Of INT and awaken this
community out OF its dream to a
scene OF waving wheat and alfalfa
fields, with never the sound Of an ir-
rigation pump heard in the land.
Simply open the gate and out will pour
the e9-s0. as Bin Holt would say. In
regular tidal wave All together now :
How do you get that wayi Where do
you buy yoUr snowG Well. anyway, I'm
amuseing myself. and, IN bet a 'dobIe
dollar that I'm amusing you. What do
you want for uiclle anyway. Are
you subscriber Of the GrsphlcG And