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<br />1>11lll(X,kM'IIS In' L\1JL nalt, JR.
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<br />L ~.f he fight for the \"elltun-.\Iuhawk wa~ a
<br />algO<lll onc, a n';11 rip.'lInner, in wlut we
<br />.- na\-c come ro C:11l the ":\l1lcriC:l1l 1'r:llli-
<br />~ ,,' -, rion:' On one sidt. \\ ere men nf the bw,
<br />. ,,!,t ,.. men of the s"il. men of st:icncc. On the
<br />.- "rher were rhe :"atllrc Twins-,\Indlcr
<br />'. 3ml I luman, with their mniall rclatinns-
<br />the \\ md. the .1II,r, [he tlOIl.!S, the salt. Je-.}lJ.ir, dlscour;lgc<
<br />ment and OIher ml"n.
<br />h \\a~n'r a shurr engagement. II won"t he an ca.'"
<br />pC:lce. Hut Ihe men of thc~\\'ellton-.\Iohawk han~ won die
<br />W;lr amI. fflr rhe pre'>Cnt. we are:H liherty to SIt and rcllcer;
<br />~l' :md 1,,01.: :the:!.!. It is rime (or the pausc during: \\ hic.:h
<br />\\"e write dlC hbwry ami !>Ct down tht' plans for the fmure.
<br />In the nbwr\' 'If thl.' \\'cllton-_\I"h:nd. \\l.' will stud\'
<br />the elforts of Ilugo Farmer, of the I;lw; R. II. .\IcElIullt'\.,
<br />of the soil; .\Iurr:a.',. ,\Iiller of tne sciences. To S:lV that thl.sc
<br />men werc alone in their catcgories ,,( etf,," ,,'ould Ill> :1
<br />grn.c injustice lO hundreds of others wh" g:1'"e Ilf their
<br />time. their monc~', enn tht'ir physical well-heing, then the
<br />\\'ellwn-.\t"nawl.: division of the Cila PmjCl't coul'! be
<br />rcallied to JOllblt' the exisling proJllt.tin- acres of the gn:at
<br />suuthern Yum3 CfJ\mry agricultural empire,
<br />Intercst in thl.' area h\' the white lI1an "'-"l.W its hcginnin~
<br />in the milMlc of the nineteenth cemurv when the" fame;1
<br />Butterfield sragdine lleg-an tn set'tinn the comlllerci:11 pie
<br />of the southwest with its I.:.ni\'C'S of straining hof'>CS and
<br />,,-hirring-wheeled "l1lUllwagons." The BunerficlJ needed
<br />~rain, h:1r1ev and melons. The ,,-hiu: man went with his
<br />;l1:1rkcts. .
<br />Full scale setrlemenr didn't c"me unril carl\' in 11170,
<br />hH\H'\'er, hut II\" IflH <;e"eral home\te:hl filing~ werl.' nn
<br />record. Soon tl~ere \~.cre I"non ACflOS unrkr' eulti,'arion,
<br />The t'ulllll1unin' took form allll the look of the pinneer
<br />1lel:':1n tt> fade hom the faces of those who chan~ed their
<br />su"rt1S from 3d\'cntutt'r tn <-'idlen. There W;IS alw3\.; :1liddler
<br />for ,bncing- ami Sl1nd~,. llec:lnlt' the sc\'end1 <13\' r:llllt'r th;m
<br />one (If \t:\'en. I'racti<-'allv all hllsine." \\'as \ini11.' in YUIll3"
<br />nnt' :Inll a half ,fa,.s bv huckbnarJ tn the W5t.
<br />Hilt .\Inther ':'\atl,re was n"t idle all this time. "'hill"
<br />the settler<; were lmining- themsekt'S imo a communit", the
<br />rains ;md snows Wl're ~;Irherinc nn far "tf mountain mps
<br />:1nd saturating- rhe hig-her cro\\~.ls. In Ill!), the _\lother ..f
<br />.-\11 qnlCk ;It "Ihe plan's (II I~ash her to phnn..d produCtivity
<br />and :<.em the r.lI!in!! [()rrerllS dos\ n the Gib, The ri\.er
<br />'pillClI it-.c:lf (l\'I.'~ thc reg-ion in lOne nf th.. great~t 1100.1..
<br />on recur.!, SfI creat ,,",IS its fn(('e d13t the rin'r ch;mnel
<br />irself \\'as mo\'cli;a mile :1nd ;1 lu1f (null its CO\lf'>C. c'ra\it\.
<br />Ii"w irrig-,"inn IIf'c3me impIK,ible.
<br />By U)OI.' swirls flf ,luq SPUIl nil :\ .iesened land. T ealll
<br />;after team had llecn hitched tu hnckb<.ahi :Ifter hud.-
<br />"..;ltd. heaped high wilh alllltc wurldly goods fli those wht>
<br />h:1.! o'lne tn ,'o!l'luer 3n.l had lost,
<br />Hilt the way of the p'''llet'r IS to ll~ht arwlner .b~',
<br />lhck <-':\lI1e somc Hf the S3me who held left and the\' were
<br />j(.inClI t.v others. The hn,l \\;lS still r1wre. It nee,led unh'
<br />twn things-men to wuri.: it and \\-"ra fflt ttS thirst. The\'
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