El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-17

est two only would vote for all the
But the three-fifths that have
stopped are perfectly satisfied 10 rest
and treasures and snakes and shy
stones al in1inlty. This rock porch
hanging over the red walled canyon IS
a good place 10 get acquainted. Noun
tain climbing may be good for the d.
Eesrion and machinery, but Il GER
tainly IS good for the spirit, city
measures OF men and things and
needs and hurries and worries and
dustlnes5 slip away and Immediately
one becomes simpler and fresher-
Being treasure and adventure hunt
ers We count our successes as we 20
along, but our treasures and adven-
lures wilt little on being brought
home and never sound as big as hey
are FIRST treasure. hat pin. solid
china head, and such glee. such
snatching, such fencing. such high
quarreling as that treasure immedf-
ately provoked II was as good as a
nag OF gold for all that Next we
found the big buff flax shining like
gold in the sun blowing TO pieces and
plossOmlng out newly as the cold
wind buffeted IL The boys reported
a petritied tree. a big chunk Of ft an
grooved and lowered and Windovrd
like castle or one OF those places
where monks lived and the scouts -aid
found a handsome green grasshopper.
the first OF the year, bright green and
new but very dull and quiet. prob
ably chilled by the frosty wind and
probably regretting the silk lined,
warm safe couch he had just left.
We found beautiful cslcite CRYSTALS
white as milk. and full Of shine ana
glimmer and sparkle. BOYS uarticu-
larly love the beauty Il stones The-
always notice the stones under their
1eet- We have pockets fun OF specl-
mems tnaL wear out our clothes and
burden rs down and Ulhalanco us for
the climbing. but are rrsr-- or queer
stones we collect and carry and love
because four-fifths OF us are boys.
we came 70 terraces floored and
walled with a mosaic that one would
give thousands for 10 have it in
mantels OF sun room or terrace floors
OF Tor front vestibules. Red. green.
gray. black. white. brown. yellow and
orange stones enough OF a size 10 look
as though picked for the purpose. are
Embedded in white OF grayish stone
and the whole surface smo0.had of
and made one. Probably .hs work OF
a volcano 9 few thousand years ago
but quite Italian in its effect.
There were plenty Of flowers A
dalea that looks like a rabbit foot-a
little FURRY paw Of flowers: a little
bladder pod. tidy, trim plant with
silverv leaves, snow white flowers IN
purple calyNes keeping house in
cracks and crevices in the rocks high
up the mountain and shining in tiny
flower holds in the rocky walls ne
tween US and the sky. And under
loot a straggiy cousin with long
tough white lowered stems now fiIl-
ing up with the little balloon like
fruits. This spring flower has almost
finished its blooming. The hotanles
call it our characteristic spring flower
OF the mountains as the violet or
auemOue is OF eastern maintains IL
grows all around FL PasO on outlying
vacant lots but the city flower IS so
dry and dusty that Il has not much OF
the beauty that belongs 10 Il as shown
BY the mountain representatives.
The buff or yellow flax Is the same
FLAX that grows all up the mountain
trails as high as Mountain Park At
ClOudcroft we find the biz blue flax,
flower blue as the sky The buff flax