The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-11-10

electric fans to keep the
cattle COOL" waggish cowboy once ex-
planned to London tenderfoot.
El Paso c-The Pass'), great border
mart of west Texas, Is set on the
edge of a rich stretch Of the Rio
Grande valley. It stands at the point
of intersection between two old high
ways, the first channels Of traffic estab-
lished by white men in America. IL 10
the only large city from "San Antoine
to Los Angeles, a ride Of 1900 dry,
dusty miles. II Is well served by both
American and Mexican railways, ana
its merchants buy and sell goods for
hundreds Of miles below the lilo
Grande. Despite the arid country
about 1t and Its occasional binding
dust storms, its climate is exception
ally good, owing to high elevation.
The largest irrigation reservoir any
where Is the great Elephant Butte
dam, which stores more water than tina
| world-famous Assuan dam on the Nile.
| This big dam, built In the Rio Grande
above Ell Paso, at a point In New Mex
leo, holds water enough, we are told,
ito cover Massachusetts to a depth OK
six inches"
| Juarez. Ell Paso's sister city across
the Rio Grande, like most Mexican Dor
der towns, is known chiefly because
of its pitched battles and Its bizarre
methods of entertaining sporty Amsri-
can visitors. A wooden bridge spans
the river here, and FL Paso street cars
loop over into Mexico-when the loop
ing is safe.
Across an Arid Wilderness.
From the point at Monument No.
where the boundary line crawls out OF
the Rio Grande lat the southeastern
corner Of New Mexico), 1t strikes west
into a wilderness Of singularly dry
and empty aspect. For 40 miles along
this march the traveller must carry
his own water. Near Columbus
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 a point 5000 feet above the
sea, marking the continental divide.
Through San Luis pass runs the OLD
emigrant trail.
Slightly west Of the one hundred and
: eighth meridian the line turns at right
, angles and runs south for few miles,
] thence west again.
, In the San Bernardino valley the
line strikes the first running water
{ after quitting the Rio Grande-lvz
Q miles to the east. In the whole TOO.
Q mile stretch from the Rio Grande to
o the Pacific this line crosses only I'VE
g permanent running streams, and the
K average rainfall throughout Its length
8 is only eight inches. Save the ham
:. let's of Columbus and Hachita, the
r New Mexico section Of the border II
Z almost uninhabited.
!. Hurdling this line In pursuit OF &c
d ronimo and his Apaches was for year.
+ favorite outdoor army sport in thes'
t parts; but nowadays most ambitioui
70 residents are mining copper, ropint
and branding cattle or fussing with ir
& rigation bitches.
Ie Not long ago coyotes were chasinI
d horned toads over an empty deser
D. where Douglas, Ariz., now stands, wild
D. libraries, country clubs, theaters. pub
lie baths, street cars and hotel tina
II might have been lifted bodily out o
,e Cleveland or Kansas City. Just owe
Q. the line from Douglas lies drab, dust
rs Aqua Prieta. with its sleepy poems an
Of sad-eyed burros.
OF BIstse In q Canyon.
ID West of Douglas, eight miles mort
Of Naco. on the line, and quite hide
In the barren Mule mountains, lies II
tn quaint upside down, busy, hustling Bai
d. bee. It's main street runs up dee
w. canyon, many of Its houses clingin
M like pigeon cotes to steep hillsides.
ca OF our whole border the Californi
es section Is perhaps best known
at Americans because of denser popuii
an lion. excellent motor trails and pro.
on Unity to cities like San Diego, Los Al
he geles, El Centre and the below-the-se
tn border town of Calexico, opposite Me-
en icali. The incredibly fertile Imperi
valley of California sweeps north fro
ks Cale1ico to the Salton sea. more this
,tv 200 feet below the sea level.
nv From Calexico the line runs we
are past Signal mountain. up the Jacuml
emit pass over the Lagunas. past the HI
The toric border town Of Campo. throui
,el- the towns of Teeate and Tia JuaI
TOR famous for races and gambling
ing sinos). and thence to the Pacific, IL
,alI miles below San Diego.