A LAND OF ETERNAL WARRING 



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The population of the inland portion 

 of the Southwest is very small, and there 

 are many districts in which there is not 

 one white man to 500 square miles. Ac- 

 cording to estimates by the governor, 

 Arizona had a population of about 

 200,000 in 1908, and New Mexico was 

 estimated at 450,000 for the same year. 

 The area of these two territories is about 

 235,600 square miles. A very large pro- 

 portion of the population is American 

 born, but many immigrants are now com- 

 ing in. 



Considerably less than half of the New 

 Mexico population is classed as Mexican, 

 and there is a small proportion of persons 

 of Mexican origin in Arizona and Cali- 

 fornia. The principal cities are Phcenix, 

 the capital of Arizona, with a population 

 of about 15,000, and Tucson, Arizona, 

 and Albuquerque and Santa Ee, New 

 Mexico, which are approaching the 

 10,000 mark. 



Pasadena, Riverside, and Redlands are 

 thriving cities, with rapidly increasing 

 population, largely of persons from the 

 East who prefer California, especially in 

 winter. Pasadena is well named "the 

 city of flowers," for it is filled with them. 

 Riverside and Redlands, and a host of 

 smaller places in the orange country, 

 have hundreds of handsome homes, miles 

 of fine avenues lined with splendid trees. 



and many beautiful environments. All 

 the cities of southern California are 

 growing rapidly, and San Diego, with 

 her excellent natural harbor, has at- 

 tained a population of 40,000. 



PUBUC LAND 



The amount of public land available 

 in the Southwest is greater than in any 

 other portion of equal size in the West. 

 Owing to widespread desert conditions, 

 limited water supply, and rough surface, 

 however, only a moderate proportion is 

 suitable for immediate use. 



Nearly all of southern California east 

 of the mountains is open for settlement, 

 but in the fruit region on the coast side 

 all the valley lands have been taken. 



Arizona has about 40 million acres of 

 public lands, and New Mexico about the 

 same amount. In the latter territory, in 

 1906 to 1909, nearly 4 million acres were 

 hom.esteaded and over one million taken 

 under the desert-land act. Four-fifths 

 of the homesteaders were from other 

 parts of the LTnitcd States. It is claimed 

 that in New Mexico there are 13 million 

 acres left which are suitable for dry 

 farming and 2 millions capable of irriga- 

 tion. In Arizona only about 7 per cent 

 of the land has been taken up, and onlv 

 about 20 per cent of this is under culti- 

 vation. 



A LAND OF ETERNAL WARRING 



By Sir Wilfrid T. Grenfell 



Author of "Labrador: The Country and the Pkopi.k," "Vikings of 



Today," etc. 



EARLY descriptions of Labrador 

 are not encouraging, even though 

 its discoverer, the Viking Biarni. 

 son of Heijalf, came from Iceland, and 

 was naturally prejudiced in favor of a 

 country at least more favored than his 

 own. He did the best he could for it, 

 calling it ''Wineland," on the principle 

 that Erik had christened Greenland, vis- 



ibly that "it might draw men thither if 

 the land had a good name." 



But Thorwall, the poet of the expedi- 

 tion, has left on record his most un- 

 favorable impressions, which it may be 

 as well to quote : 



People told me when I came 

 Hither all would be so fine ; 

 This good wineland known to fame, 

 Rich in fruits and choicest wine, 



