DEMING TO CASAS GRANDES. n 
cate. Anglo-Saxon energy is converting 
little patches here and there into fertile 
spots, and these are constantly increas- 
ing. A great portion of the land is fine 
for cattle grazing, and these little oases 
make centers of crystallizing civilization, 
which render the country for miles 
around valuable for this important in¬ 
dustry. 
The persons who believe that New 
Mexico will not eventually become one 
of the finest States in our Union belong 
to the class of those who put Dakota, 
Nebraska, and Kansas in the great 
American desert a decade or two ago. 
There is still another physical feature 
of at least Northern Mexico that I have 
never seen dwelt upon, even in the nu¬ 
merous physical geographies that are now 
extant, and it is well worth explaining. 
