Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-22
WESTERN RANKINGS.
CORRESPONDENCE PosT-ISTELLIoKSCEs.

rCopsysPoyDEScY Posi- o5T-ISTELLI0KSCEs.
Las VgG,s, n NJ, April 4, lo54.
Before leaving Santa Fe, by taking
s,roll beyond the American portion 0
tho city one enters the purely Spanls9 o
usxican part of the town, with it, old
.,,oe houses bulls Of adobe. Going dowI
steep street called san Francisco, pass
,rg a new cathedral Of the same Hame
shons of various kinds are noticed Oh
the right and left. Fllagree Jeweiry o
uayican manufacture - plentiful, ant
rnae pottery made by the Pueblo Indian
shounds on every hand. Inc grotesqu'
sbape and tldeoua appearance Of manl
;oaa strikes one a. being the relics oi
..,narism and an age long since past
u.,e to,. may be- s.eu wlckerxAre wo
.an closely enough 10 hold water. Her'
and there may be seen tue DARK sklLn"C
worktnen IN their hlth and dirt. A
tIsnk.t of BRILLIANT color Is loosely fixed
ahont their persons, aud bright coiored
h b,udkerchlef tied around their heads
Tse dusky clerks are anxious To oislay
,h.ir wares with a hore OF making sale
Of them.
MANY interesting relics may be seen IN
wand.rlug arouad the city. Days lnlgni
he spent here viewing the links OF his
,nrv that unite this eml-bar barous city,
aver which centuries have rolled, with
the nr,seut age. Now and then a Nav
s;o Indian may be met on the street. In
tn.Ir wild and savage state they seem II!
at Ease evsu here. bat Occas,ouaiIf come
in 20 sell some furs or game, or per
chance one Of those peculiar striped and
clo.ely woven blankets, which, II held
nv the corners, will hold water IN the
oen,sr Ii II wonder now, IN their
rnde way. tuey can manufacture such
AN article from tie bark OF trees or grass
nj the mountains. The blankets sell ut
$25 10 $50 each.
The Navajo reservation iies nortn ana
west OF Santa Fe aud embraces one hun
dred ailes square. Iney number about
1900 souls, and can readily put 4UtU
warriors on the warp tth, II % minded.
The rolling waves of emigration l. hedg
inc them IN on all sides; and II they are
compelled 10 live on their own miser1-
bic, barren lands, they Will be driven t.
the stern necessity of either stealing.
begging, fighting or starving. WGat
their future will be Is "a problem hard to
solye. they own one million sheep and
goats, fifteen thousand horses and "A few
oattie which tIud I. raIle mainly on tue
reservation proper, and the stock men Of
New Mexico and southern Colorado are
pressing them harder every year and de-
maud Of the Government that they be
driven on to their own lands. Tins they
refuse to do, claiming that all of that
country is theirs, aud that they intend
to hold it, Though the wotithiest or all
the tribes, they must soon become the
victims OF advancing civilization, aud
ere long will become 80 crippled III
their ability 10 maintain thense ves as
to perish or be crushed by an inevita-
be war.
Awaking from the reverie one ~ liable
TO fall INTO IN thinking of the Incidents
that have tiansaired IN that CITY brought
so forcIbly to mind by what one sees. the
shrlll whistle of the engine IL the warn
ing To snatch Tor our gripsack and hurry
away to the depot. Wat a strange con
irast between the present aud the past
The nude Indian or blanketed Mexican
is giving way to the busy Americau just
of burden that IL to be met with in all
frontier camps, ana that Is supposed 10
subsist on dir. cactus and thu cans-i-
giving way to tue mod srn means Of tran
sportatlon.
And now something of tins land OF
Montezuma. Las Vegas has about $3.50
inhabitants, something over one half of
whom are Amerioaus. Last season tho
tnWn haI a Lt,tIltntv hHnttt. "a
came llocktng III from every direction.
and rents were enormously hlgh. he
smallpox lr Ike out III the place and
caused quite u cessation of BUSINESS:
then Ill January las, the great sauitariun
building WAS destroyed 10y fire; but the
town IL rec vering again from those re
verses Llylug Is hicher here-than any
place have struck. Many Eastern peo
ple come here to attend the Hot Springs.
which have a hiGh reputation AZ Ia their
curative powers. AS one might suppose.
prices here cause the eyes of stranger!
u open IN surprise.
Las Vegas has gas works. wator works,
street cars, telephone, brass band aud
all tie modern put ons of cities IN
general and some things peculiar Ia this
town, such Mexican lawyers. and III
''PtNtc'b W ttil ttic G.ltiisu tltSS Niltt
the Mexican IL saving, as we'll ~ tell the
mexican class what the English people
are talking about. The interpreter Is
usually SLOW tongued genius. and, as
one might suppose. court business goes
WITH drag. II ANYTHING will take tie
ooncelt out of u rising star If the legal
Profession, II l>to hav. one of his studied
h'gtts OF oratory torn to pieces 10y the
mohotoned Interpreter, without moving
muscle except tongue and lips. TIE
heathen Chiuauran is seemingly every
where, and washing must hr 4 thriving
business mere. lu1gIng from the number
OF laundries.
Arrangements are being made 10y the
laiiroad company to rebuild their san
taflu'n on larger scale than the other
70 hcoommodate the ttropgs of people
.hHt come here every summer. The bath
mouse has capacity of 800 baths "A Il "
h'iohr mountain stream. IN which trout
aooohd, added 60 the fine scenery up the
Sahy"n, on tho way To the Enchanted
Lake Al the foot Of Hermit's Peak. have
attractions of no small III rit To the tour
s' anu lover of pleasure. thus III the
.s,us' oi barren deserts there are oas.
unefe one may stop 10 rest and recuper
"e' J. :. L.
lAxirIoNOF RAILROADS. One of the
questions Brought before the last Lecis
lHtufe tor decision WAS how tn tax the
raiiroads. After much researca "A bill
"uopting the law which has been IL
nus'actory operation IN Minnesota and
ho" Tor some Years. WAS introduced
Nuich hnaily became law. Ii Is re-.
Sor'ed that the Assessor of Walla Walla
Souh'y has been advised nv the Prose
ua'ih9 Attorney 10 ignore the new stat
se ala ASSESS the railroads as of old
- Tue Assessor follows this advice he
sausot DO any harm. and his report Will
urn The basis for levvine taxes as tor
ieiy, aud prove the foundation for 3
idi' 10 test the act of tue last Leeis
"'ofe'-h. ". MON.
hAiLRoAD OFFICIAL CHANGFs.-Yes
Suay Elijah Smith was elected presi
s"' and {. II. Prescott wee preSiden
H. 'Se Oregon Improvement COMPANY
- NJ smith Is known as type of til,