The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-10-13

eastern states. Windmllls are eva,
where-"big electric fans to keen M
cattle cool" waggish cowboy once y
planned to London tenderfoot
III Paso (''The Pass'O, great bord.,
mart Of west Texas, is set on "A,
edge Of rich stretch OF the I'M
Grande valley. IL stands at the polol
Of intersection between two old bsA n
ways, the first channels of traffic estsh (.
llshed by white men In America. M
the only large city from "San AntoDg \
to Los Angeles, a ride Of 1900 On
dusty miles. II Is well served By boA
American and Mexican railways an +
its merchants buy and sell good, a,
hundreds OF miles below the d.
Grande. Despite the arid courtu
about II aud its occasional blnfrt E
dust-storms, its climate is exmgus
ally good owing TO high elevation.
The largest Irrigation reservoir any
where is the great Elephant Butt
dam. which stores more water than n
world-famous Assuan dam on the Nh
This big dam, built In the Rio Grand.
above III Paso, at point in New M1
leo, holds water enough, we are told
ito cover Massachusetts to depth d
six inches"
Juarez, El Paso's sister city auOz
the Rio Grande, like most Mexican Dor
der towns, is known chiefly becaua
OF It's pitched battles and its bizam
methods OF entertaining sporty Awers
can visitors. a wooden bridge span
the river here, and III Paso street can
loop over into Mexico-when the lcop
ing is safe.
Across an Arid Wilderness.
From the point at Monument No q
where the boundary line crawls out Of
the Rio Grande Cat the southeastern.
corner OF New Mexico), It strikes west
into a wilderness of slnguarly du
and empty aspect. For 40 miles aloni
this march the traveller must earn
his own water. Near Columbus 8
few small trees appear.
To the west lie the rough, hostile
foothills of the Dog mountains; near
here, In the San Luis range, the line
reaches point 6,600 feet above the
seq, marking the continental divide
Through San Luis pass runs the Oa
emigrant trail.
Slightly west OF the one hundred ana
eighth meridian the line turns ut rlgh'
angles and rams south for few mlleA
thence west again.
In the San Bernardino valley ns
line strikes the first running %ale'
after quitting the Rio Grande-lS'
miles to the east. In the whole Z"
mile stretch from the Rio Grande %
the Pacific this line crosses only NV
permanent running streams, and ln'
average rainfall throughout It's lengIl
Is only eight inches. Save the nam
let's of Columbus and Hachita, IN
New Mexico section of the border
almost uninhabited.
Hurdling this line In pursuit oil "
ron!mo and his Apaches was for yean
favorite outdoor army sport In ines
parts; but nowadays most ambiuou
residents are mining copper ropml
and branding cattle or fussing with u
rlgat!On bitches.
Not long ago coyotes were chasln
horned toads over an empty desc,
where Douglas, Arlz., now stands wiz
libraries country clubs, theaters pun
lie btths, street cars and hotel Una
might have been lifted bodily out
Cleveland or Kansas City. just o''
the line from Douglas lies drab' dus'
Aqua Prleta, with It's sleepy poems I'D
sad-eyed burros.
6lstee In a Canyon.
West of Douglas, eight miles noi'
Of Ndco, ON the line. and quite hluus
in the barren Mule mountains, lies ~
quaint upside-dOwn, busy, hustllng ~
bee. It's main street runs up ue'
canyon. many OF It's houses clinsH
like Pigeon cotes to steep hllls'des'
or our whole border, the Calhoun
section is perhaps best known
Americans because OF denser popuD
ton. excellent motor trails and pro-
Unity to cities like San Diego, Los =
geles, lei Centre and the below'lhe,''
border town OF Calexlco, opposite ns
! icali. The incredibly fertile lmpu'
valley OF California sweeps north ~
, Calexico to the salton sea, more W.
: 200 feet below the sea level.
: From Calexico the line runs ",
Q past Signal mountain, up the Jaeuin
I pass over the Lagunas, past the y
? toric border town Of Campo thtou.
the towns of Tecate and Tia jun
/, famous for races and gambllns
: sinos), and thence to the Pacific =
4 miles below San Diego.