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Show BY PATH AND TRAIL. 225 the glory of Libamis is given to it ; the beauty of Carmel and Sharon. " The vitality of desert seeds is imperishable, and, like the peace of the Lord, surpasseth the understanding of man. There are places near here, now bright and green with flowers and grasses, that a few years since were wastes of land, and from immemorial time scorched with hopeless sterility. Since " the waters have broken out in the desert and streams in the wilderness," the face of this region is taking on the look of youth, and the land a competitive value. At Salton the water is as translucent as the sea at Abalone, and is even more salty. It seems almost un canny to cruise about in skiffs and launches over places which, a while ago, were barren lands, and over homes \ here people lived. At the present time two great forces are battling for the mastery of a territory as large as the state of Rhode Island. On the one side is the Colorado river that has never been controlled by man; on the other is a power ful irrigation company, supported by the genius and re source of a great railroad corporation. There are indi cations that they may retire from the fight and run for the hills, leaving the governments of the United States and Mexico to engage the monster that threatens the an-nhi] ation of Imperial valley and its thousands of culti vated acres and prosperous homes. THE END. |