The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-04


red hy ~. National Geographic So
ciety. Washington, y 80
region IN all North America is
frequently mentioned or more
misunderstood, perhaps. aS re-
places. routes. distances, and
|nstonlS ot the people, than the
Ian border. The name itself
20 mind blending of modern
|icanism and the romance OF the
Fontiers. II hints at turmoil and
ue, at wild night rides by cavalry
5, ut Gun-runners and Smugglers.
egeSts, too, hrown-faced, snappy-
senoritaS IN red skiris and man
peddling tongue-bliStering ta-
and mild dg,3ps; Of Mexican
IN washing ciolhcS. babies and
Ia irregular bitches; Of burroS,
and pigs foraglng about the door
Of nJt-topped >quatty adobe
many ways the social cleavage "
border is sharp ana startling 1t
Us 0f abruptly from another pco-
hoWing an odd. Interesting cross
~ Of diverse civilizations
are all the people along This
iler Yankees OF McNlcanS. Thou
of Chinese are settled there on
Mexican side; and beside them
nrks and lapaucse. and 2u indian
speaking ~ of the babel Of
es heard in M"Xicn.
,usands OF settlers migrate to.thlS
(rland each wear. losing them
in lhe vast. hazy blue stretches
open coumry; bur they are
icans all. LloStly from the Middle
and The South The hordcS o'
Slavs and Neapolitahs that pour
1Atlantic ports never gcr this
tMag stop in ihc manufacturing
be of the East. IN Texas and
mia. of course. naliyc-born gen
, are found IN the newer states
Xlcna and New Mexico most oi
AidcntS (barrius childrrn) have
from other states.
Rough and Difficult Trip.
vcntmouS. colorful and full OF
asiS rs ii is. the lSUo-mile tril
This crooked historic line Is
and difficult and has been mad,
fw people,
Ine of the widest and least know
|ns Of our country are piled uT
Lst this borde,'. Ask any dough
of the many, many thousands wh'
done a hitch" on the Mexican
tr, what he thinks, for instance
1o or the Yuma sector.
bun the gulf up TO III Paso. slont
reNas frontier. the Rio Grand'
y the boundary between th'
I'D States and Mexico; thence [,
Paclfc the line is marked by StonI
Ibn monuments (Saye u short breaI
| be COlorsd0). so set that one 4
|Ibsed 10 be visible from the other
|e Rio Grande part Of this borde
Paused both Uncle Sam and Mex
unuch work ana mental anguish
|ng bad foods the line as forme
II river squirms around In 50 us
1hing aud lively n manner tha
is Mexican soil one day may b
kYss the next, aud vice versa
len, too, there is The eyer-recurrln
em Of dividing the waters Of IN
for lrrigating purposes Aroun
places as LAREDO, Tex, this sitr
Affords many an acrimonious 10
tional argument.
spot on the whole border AFFORD
Of impressive grandeur than III
kn about the mouth OF the Pecol
yellow. turbulent stream roar
THE Rio Grande near the town q
Rio. foaming along the bottom q
eepwalcd canyon worn hundred
vt deep in the solid roct.
| Ins,le Of Came, Experiment
ths old f9t at Csmp Verde. mort
N yyslde. In q rslic OF one OF the oil,
Experiments ever made by our 30
snt. 1t 10 an Arab khan. In ruin
but In its time IN exact replIC
4 te rectangular adobe caravsnMrl'
along such caravan trails Ms tia
II Bagdsd 10 Tehersn. This kha
Qbullt back in 1886, when JcNerso
was secretary OF VAR and ii
D us experiment was mad" vi,
lis for army transport use hetwee
and California.
you follow the border west, oak
and underbrush decrease, sridii
Vases, and cactl M their thorn
NYs. Cattle, goats and sheep a.
N ,red in large numbers; hut exec
Irr,ssted areas along III. river, II
try Is thinly settled and undeve
IL Border counties like Brewste
lido and vi Psso are " amaiii
larger than some Of our sna
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