Image 1 of Santa Fe new Mexican (Santa Fe, N.M.), April 15, 1903
author: Anonymous
source date: 1903
availability: public_domain

SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN r VOL 40 SANTA FE N M WEDNESDAY APRIL 15 1903 NO 48 SALT BY THOU SANDS OF TONS Graphic Description of the Estancia PlainsXur ious Natural FormationsAlkali and Salty Lakes By the Miles in Section Tributary to the Santa Fe Central Railway FIRE IN THE BEAU MONT OIL FIELOS GREAT FUTURE AND SPEEDY DEVELOPMENT OF RESOURCES Special to the New Mexican Estancia April 10 When God made the Estancia plain and was about to put rivers creeks and springs on them his attention was called elsewhere and he permitted the devil to finish the job The devil therefore laid a thick layer cf gypsum over the plain dropped a few gypsum hills here and there among them he hid alkali and salt lakes and then scattered coyotes tarantulas the scab and snakes near the good springs which God had dropped when he was interrupted Satan then went back to his hell to blow about the good job he had done and he has been blowing ever since and blew today bo that the gyp sum dust enshrouded the plain like a dense cloud But this was only the fa ble of a disgruntled settler who