El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-11-27

east. which l dlu, the ulbtditCc "outu
Mere geographical bigness is not
convincing when home missions is the
theme. There must be people mi a
developing civilization to make the pic
tire impressive. The southwest has
the people, and their number is in
creasing ali the while. 1t also has a
developing civilization, and the devel'
opment is going on with marvellous
rapidly. The three wealthiest states
In the Southern Baptist convention are
In The southwest, Texas being the
first. Missouri next and Oklahoma
third. The wealth OF Oklahoma ~
eated nearly twice that Of Georgia.
Keep in mind that Oklahoma In 1889
was mo Mans Land'-the habitat OF
rowing Indians and lawless whites
Thirty years in Oklahoma carries with
it the story of development all the way
from absolute wildness to a state
whose wealth surpasses that OF n
other southern state east OF the Missis-
sippf river.
The home mission work Of Southern
| Baptists in the southwest has accom-
plished marvels. It has been the dom
inant Influence through which the To-
cal Baptist authorities have made
strong for a task that at some stages
Of the game absolutely overwhelmed
them. That condition still obtains IN
New Mexico. In the other states the
Emission boards Of the state bodies
have grown into comparative virility
and effective strength, though not all
to the same degree. In all Of the
| states in the southwest there is yet a
great home mission work TO do. To
illustrate, the turning over to the
board of the Mexican mission work In
Texas and the coupling of this with
home mission board by the Texas
some lesser native activities needed
in other states, has in this field alone.
created q need for the expenditure
during the next five years Of nearly
100000.
Ell PASo MEXICAN SCHOOL.
The Mexican school is wonderfully
successful. There are 260 students
and 1870 additional have been turned
away for lack of room to care for
them. One hundred Of these are Ri
Paso Mexicans and 30 came from
across the Rio Grande. Among the
students in the school 40 are from
Juarez, a Mexican town across the
river, The home board recently pur-
chased a $4,000 additional lot adjoin-
pose of erecting here an adequate
boarding school for Mexican youths,
1t will not be difficult to enlarge the
attendance to 700 or even 1000. Our
school work at FL Paso is making good
in a wonderful way.
SANTA FE FOUND
WONDERFULLY INTERESTING
Santa Fe, where the convention OF
the New Mexico Baptists met, is per
haps the most interesting old city in
the United States. A book could be
written about 1t. There is an old
house in the town, built of adobe, its
walls five feet thick, which dates back
to the sixteenth century, There is a
carlo shop kept by a man named Can
delario, which has been running in the
same building for 800 years and kept
by the same FAMILY. The Palace OF
the Governors has enough relics in it
to require many pages in which to set
forth even the names. An archaeology
ical museum adjoining Is the most
marked institution Of its kind in the
United States. Kit Carson lies buried
somewhere near in the mountains on
a trip you can make out from Santa
Re. The remains Of old Indian vii
lagos, pueblo1 cliff dwellers, and the
rest, abound IN all that section to an
extent unsurpassed anywhere.
THE BEST CLIMATE.
The climate at Santa Fe is said to
be the best in America. Clear noun
tain streams from the eternal SHOWS
the Rockies nearby, dash merrily
through the town and nearby country,
providing the one great blessing nee
essary tofRake a paradise out OF this
New Mexico country--a blessing abb
sent from most sections there.
We visited an Indian pueblo out in
the country, said to be older than
SANTA re ltselI. they 1--we IN a COM
munity nous OF adobe construction: A
10y q women were shucking
corn ana tne ears nave al the colors
q the RAINBOW, black y white, pre-
domlnaling could not resist the
semptauon 70 buy some o. this corn