The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 02, 1920, Page 6, Image 6
THI: MEXic.w IJOI;I>I?:K.
Path of Action That Continues in!
Public Mind. j
"No region in all North America is
more frequently mentioned or more
widely misunderstood, perhaps, than!
the Mexican border," writes Frederick
Simpich, formerly American Consul!
at Xogales, .Mexico, to the National!
Geographic Society.
"From the Gulf erf Mexico up to El
Paso, along the Texas frontier, the
Kio urancie lorms me oounaarv utrtween
the United States and Mexico;
thence to the Pacific coast the line is
marked by stone or iron monuments
(save a short break at the Colorado),
so set that one is supposed to be visible
from another. By this plan a
soldier, miner, or cowman (yes/and a
smuggler, too) can always tell which
side of the line he is on: or, if wholly
lost and he comes suddenly on a
monument, he can soon get oriented.
"Adventurous, colorful, and full of
contrasts as it is, the USOOrinile trip
along the crooked, historic line is
rough and difficult and has been made
by few -people.
"The Rio Grande part of this bord-|
er has caused both Uncle Sam and
Mexico much work and mental anguish.
During bad floods the line as
formed by the river squirms around
in so astonishing and lively a manner
that what is Mexico soil one day may
be in Texas the next, and vice versa.
"Railroads cut this long border line
at Brownsville, Laredo, at Douglas,!
Naco, and Xogales, in Arizona, and at
Calexico and Tia Juana, in California.
Only four of these railroads, however,
are main lines of through traffic
that penetrate the inferior of Mexico;
these start at Laredo, Eagle Pass, El
Paso and Xogales.
"You visualize the bigness of Texas
when you look at the length of its side
that borders on Mexico. You realize
its emptiness, too, when you travel
through some of its border regions,
where the population is less than two
per square mile.
"XTo section of the border has seen
so much of adventure, tragedy, and
turbulent activity as Texas. The flags
of France. Spain, and Mexico have
waved over it; for a time it flew its
own Lone Star and also the Confederate
flag.
"In Brownsville you hear more
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opanisn man jcmgnsn, Decause most
of the 8,000 people who live there are
Mexicans.
"Up the river from Brownsville lies
v Laredo, most important border town
in south Texas, even if an old map
does call this vicinity*"a wilderness
filled with wild horses.'
"Eagle Pass, on up the Rio Grande,
was a favorite camping spot for the
California gold-hunters in '49.
"As you follow the border west,
oaks, pines and underbrush decrease,
aridity increases, and cattle lift their
thorny heads. Border counties like
Brewster, Presidio, and El Paso are of
our small eastern states. Windmills
are everywhere?'big electric fans to
keep the cattle cool,' a waggish cowboy
once explained to a London tenderfoot.
"El Paso is the only large city from
'San Antone' to Los Angeles, a ride of j
1,500 dry, dusty miles.
"The largest irrigation reservoir
anywhere in the great Elephant Butte
dam, which stores more water than
the world-famous Assuan dam on the1
Nile. This big dam, built in the Rio
Grande above El Paso at a point in
New Mexico, holds water enough, we
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diameter reaching from El Paso to the
moon, or to cover Massachusetts to
to a depth of six inches!'
"From a point at Monument Xo. 1
where the boundary line crawls Qut of
the Rio Grande (at the southeast
corner of Xew Mexico), it strikes west
into a wilderness of singularly dry
and empty aspect. For 4 0 miles
along this march the traveler must
carry his own water.
"To the west lie the rough, hostile
foothills of the Dog Mountains; near
here, in the San Luts Range, the line
reaches a point of 6,600 feet above the
sa, marking the continental divide.
"In the San Bernardino Valley the
line strikes the first running water after
quitting the Rio Grande?192
miles to the east. Here rises the fam
ous laqui river, mat long, crooked
stream that meanders through the
vast Mexican stat of. Sonora and
through the turbulent Yaqui Indian
Zone, finally emptying in the Gulf of
California below Guaymas.
"In the whole 700-mile stretch
from the Rio Grande to the Pacific,
this line crosses only five permanent
running streams, and the average
rainfall throughout its length is only
eight inches.
"Save fhe hamlets of Columbus
and Hachita, the New Mexico section
of this border is almost uninhabited."
?enovatiiig.
His Wife?We ought to have a new
car. This one looks disreputable.
Hardy Upton?Can't afford it. But
I'll fix up this old 'bus?wash it up
and put a fresh mortgage on it.
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Cotton sheets reduced to GOc at
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UTO.MOMLi: TOLL HKAVY.
Stalistics Show One Person Killed
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I]very d.~> .Minutes.
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Three times as many persons are,'
killed annually by automobile acci- ,
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dents as are killed in all the mines;
and factories?all industries?and on 1
the railroads combined, according to
statements made in a report submit-!
ted to the National Safety Council by
its executive committee, says a Kan
sas c lty uispaim. ruverv imn\-n\e
minutes in the United States a death '
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results from an automobile accident, j
says the report. Even airplane acci-;
dents do not compare in extent with;
automobile accidents. In part, the;
report says:
"Reports dealing with the commer- |
cial development of the airplane just1
received from England show that 75,-1
000 persons were carried upon aerial!
journeys in that country during the
last year with very few accidents and ;
but one fatality.
"Statistics for the current year in j
this country show that three times as]
many people are being killed by auto- j
mobiles as in all the factories, mines, i
railroads, and other industries in!
America.
"One person is killed by an auto-!
mobile in the United States everyj
thirty-five minutes, and the menace!
is growing all the time, almost in j
proportion to the increase of the j
machines in use.
"It is estimated there will be 10,000,000
automobiles in this countrv
by the end of 1920 and the number!
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probably will continue to grow tre- j
mendouslv.
"Chicago automobile deaths the!
first six months of this year were 25
per cent, greater than during the pre- j
vious year, despite all the efforts put
forth by those in authority to decrease
the peril.
"Uniformity of safety legislation in
states and cities is one of the most
important problems to be considered j
by all public safety agencies. A great j
deal of conflict is responsible for i
much of the needless peril to which |
the public is subject. Motor regula-i
tions should be as nearly uniform as j
in l.tint^in rr + f f a f
puooiuic 111 ^ III! llllClSLdlC 1
automobile reciprocity. This condi-1
tion will be aided by co-operative ac-!
tion of the many highway bodies of!
the country and the various traffic
organizations."
Garden Luck.
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"Is your husband having any luck
with his garden?" \
"Oh, yes. He got a sunstroke and I
collected $200 health insurance."?J
Boston Transcript.
Both Cheap.
"Curious marriage, wasn't it?"
"How, curious?"
"The bride was given away and the !
girls say the groom threw himself;
away."?Boston Transcript.
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