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Making "tortillas"
for dinner, by grinding corn
moistened with water.
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A Mexican family
at the T&P section house in Sweetwater
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Looking north
towards the Paret's house -
Thickly covered with sharp, yellow spikes, this is one of the most
dreadful species of cactus, and teh cowboys name for is is "hell-on-a-stick,
a name justified by their fearful experiences with its terrors.
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Some 4,000 or
5,000 bales of cotton are being
stored in the "cotton yard", besides the rest on the compress
platform.
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Loading cotton
bales on the compress platform
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