The border vidette., 1928-06-23

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pilgrims met their first and on
ly disappointment on the trip.
Here they hoped to quench their
thirst following the long, dry"
pilgrimage from oasis of No
gales on the Ariz. Sonora border,
where honest. lawabiding, God
fearing men and women give
Volstead and his hypocritical
follows the equine laugh. So
quickly did the long caravan on
wheels pass to and fro between
two countries; so we'll did Uncle
Sans guardians do their stuff"
that the foot-sore and weary
travellers on their way, were de
MED little icy cold ''Pick-me-
up" One minute you are in
Old Mexico received a gracious
smile from our brothers south of
the border, the next you are
back in the United States re
ceiving a scowl and threatened
with sudden - if not sooner
death for possessing bottle of
beer.
When the officer of the law
said Nothing doing don't youse
guys know you're in the land of
the free and the brave" Phil
Herold, who seldom drinks any
thing stronger than Lipton's
Tea, said. Now, by Heck that's.
going too far" In a voice,
so the ladies don't hear. our
Charles Violent Fowler groans,
That's hell" and Mother"
Hardy, God bless her, said; MY
children, that sure it hard luck"
DIR. Gustetter, one of the worlds
optimists. said: We should wor
~, kids" No one did.
Soon we are clim bing the
mountains away from the heat,
and arrive at the Jacumba Hot
Springs, famous summer and
winter resort abount 70 miles
from our destination. Aqua Cal.
iente Hot Springs.
Here the altitude is 2 .835 feet;
hot and cold artesian mineral
water; large outdoor swimming
pool, hotel, tent houses, cottages
and auditorium. At Hispass,
highest point on the San Diego
and Arizona rail lway, the altitude
is 1860 feet.
At Jacumba, Mr.. 0. Rubio.
private secretary to Baron Long
and secretary of the Aqua Cali
ente Company, S. A. met the
pilgrims with the glad hand of
welcome from Mr.. Bowman and
his business associates. Each
pilgrim was handed war bag"
checks and key to room at
Hotel Aqua Caliente, with the
compliments of Mine Host and
Hostess. Mr.. and Mrs. Writ G..
Bowman.
The 11-mile run through Car
riso Gorge, one of the scenic
wonders of the American CONT.
nent. was truly awe-inspiring.
To build a railroad along the
ragged canyons of Carriso Gorge,
long considered impossible, fin
ally was accomplished by blast
ing from solid rock, broad and
secure avenue, on an easy grade
for the rails of the S. D. and A.
Railway.
There are 81 tunnels on the
San Diego and Arizona Railroad
the longest being 2,597 feet, the
shortest 1877 feet.
Carriso Gorge takes its name
from the grass in its depts which
is. used by Indians in basket
work.
Across it's precipices, it's CULTS
and crags and it's mountain pin
nacles, are spread gorgeous
blanket-patterns of color, mea.
sured in miles and woven from
fluid rocks when the world was
made. The reds and oranges of
the sunset, splashed upon the
walls of the chasms, are broken
by lozenges of Navajo black, as
big as a house, or edged with
a border of white crystal, ten or
twenty feet wide and half mile
long. The knots in this mighty
tapestry are tied with outcrop
| pings of marble; its foundation
is of granite and hard rock, anne
thyst in the dawn, gray-black
or burnt umber the brilliant
noon-day sky, and toning to
puppies and violets in the haze
of the distant peaks.
The happy party, is again on
the wing rushing. down through