Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-27

this way HOW any cltlZen can nno his
way home when out in town, or find his
than can comprehend; for I have worked
two days diligently on the problem and
have yet to find the first street which led
from any one point to any other point.
Trying to 20 anywhere in Santa BE is like
walking across q ploughed prairie which
is broken up into small irregular hills and
valleys in search of a lack o. lantern.
Notwithstanding what have said Santa
Fe is delightfully."- situated in q sort OF
basin beautiful and undulating-sur..
rounded by high ranges of the foothills OF
the Rocky Mountains Its altitude is over
1000 feet; its atmosphere is remarkably
pure and dry; its water is furnished By a
clear, cool mountain spring; its climate is
singularly equable-never very hot aud
seldom very cold; and it rejoices in small
circle of very choice society. There Is q
good deal Of wealth here; and l fnd
heavy business is done with the live stock
and wool men and with the mines over a
circle Of hundreds of miles. l know OF no
town which is more interesting for short
visit than Santa Fe. When she celebrates
her
in July next, for which her enterprislng
citizens are making great preparations,
thousands of people from all over the North
and East will aock hither and behold
sight which can only be enjoyed once in
lifetime. On this occasion the barbarism
of the past and the ancient civilization
will mingle with the civilization OF this
enlightened age and country-sfrikfngl
illustrating the wonderful progress Amer
lea has made in this first third Of one thou
sand years.
Bands OF Apache Indians,
the widest and most savage tribe in exist
ence, will be here dressed in their ma
tive costumes, armed as they were
centuries ago, and will give ex.
hibitions of their many dances, and
various feats. Spaniards will be here in
their olden costumes and will illustrate
many OF the customs which prevailed when
all OF the United States was a wilderness.
Ranchmen will be here to exhibit their
wonderful feats Of horsemanship; and the
miners will be here with their ores and
their bars of gold, and silver and copper,
and specimens of coal and other minerals
In short, an exhibit will be made Of ancient
Mexico, and of all the products and arts OF
the New Mexico Of to-day. 1t will be an
interesting and entirely unique exposition.
II is the purpose of its managers to con-
tinue il through the month OF July.
New Mexico, like all new countries when
they first become prominent before the
public, is now enjoying decided
Business Boom.
Here live stock men have prospered
wonderfully the past ten years, some Of
them assuring m e that the average profits
of the cattlemen have reached the amazing
figure OF 10 per cent. profit upon their in
yestments. Large tracts of new territory
are being brought under water and profit
able cultivation, and some OF the richest
mines in the world have been discovered
and opened to production. The territory
is found to be immensely rich in the valu.
able minerals, and capital and men are pour
ing in from old mining districts in other
States and Territories and laying their
hands to the work of development here.
New finds" of valuable deposits OF the
precious metals are of almost daily occur
renee and new mining camps are spring
| ing up in every direction. New towns and
embryo cities are being doomed by the
daily newspapers which spring up
everywhere as though they were
indigenous to the soil. Railroads are
projected in various directions, and il real
| " looks as if New Mexico is soon to occupy
position well to the front in wealth and
| prosperity.
The burro, a dininutive jackass with ears
double the size of full grown mule 8, is one
| of the institutions of Santa Fe. A stout
man can carry one of these animals on his
shoulders, yet they are used by the Mexi.
cans to transport, on their backs, their cord
| wood, building timber, cornfodder and pro-
| duce TO market. These queer, shaggy little
! animals Will convey almost as much as a
| mule will haul, and it costs nothing TO
| keep them. A Mexican burro will make a
hearty meal off Of an old hoop skirt or the
side of an adobe wall.
Santa Fe has 9OO1 inhabitants-four.
! fftbs of whom are Mexicans and half
breeds. Each one Of these has, say, four
! dogs, making, lei Us see-fOur times seven
| is enty.eight-2S,0 600 of the mangiest,
bad haired CANNES ever congregated to-
gether.
Gen. f. NJ. McCook told men at Tucson,
the other day, that there are finer oppor-
tunities for making money in Arizona, than
in any other section OF the United States,
in both cattle and mining.
Gideon J. Tucker, at one time Secretary
| of State of New York, and the brilliant
editor Of the New York NewS, now edits q
| a paper at Prescott. Arizona.
Albuquerque aspires to he the Kansas
| CITY of the southwest. Her citizens have
an abundance OF enterprise. Only three
years, old and has three daily papers, street
| cars and all the modern Improvements.
| Albuquerque is at the junction OF the
| Achson, Topeka, and Santa Fe, with the
| Atlantic and Pacific railway. L. D.