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Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

Major Harry Whiting, an authority or
fruits and farming in New Mexico anc
one of Albuquerque's Oldest residents, is
doing thriving business in the alb
stracting line.
There ia no buster man in Albuquerque
than Jesse M. Wheelock, whose we'll
equipped office is responsible for much OF
Albuquerque's architectural beauty. Mr.
Wheelock has just returned from the east
where he went to select furniture for the
new Commercial club building.
The Armijo is one of the finest hotels
in the territory. 1t has been newly fur
nished throughout and is provided with
every modern improvement, including
gas, electric lights, telephone, elegant
bathing rooms, etc. 1t is the headquar-
tiers for commercial travellers, for whose
accommodation commodious sample
rooms are provided. Mr.. Henry Lock
hart has made it very prosperous insti-
tuition.
This edition of the New MEXICAN is by
no means designed to serve the purpose
OF "write.up" for any one individual,
firm or business institution. It's only
aim is simply to deal with Albuquerque
and the city's institutions, showing
what they are doing toward building up
New Mexico.
Real estate dealers anticipate great acti-
witty in the real estate market this fall and
winter. Among those who have in few
years made fortunes out of Albuquerque
dirt may be noted, J. B. Bushnell and F.
II. Kent. They are conservative, ear
nest men, ever on the alert to show the
stranger facts and figures relating to Al
buquerque's advancement.
Mr.. R. P. Hall is president of the Co
operative Building and Loan association,
which, in little over two years, has been
instrumental in causing the expenditure
OF $40, 900 in homes for Albuquerqueans.
There are three other institution of this
kind in the city and they are also in a
flourishing condition.
Among the city Improvements, notice
of which was omitted under the proper
heading, are the increase OF the city e
already excellent street light service by
the addition Of twenty arc lights, and the
construction OF viaduct over the railway
switch tracks at Coal avenue. This will
be done this fall and will prove of great
convenience to the Highland" residents.
A first-clsss fire department has Al5u-
querque. 1t also has the only fambeau
club west of Topeka, Kas. gymnasium,
local military organization which con-
tributes to the sociability of the citizens,
and, as for the various secret societies,
Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights Of Pythias,
United Workingmen, etc., it has them
all. There are 100 members of the Odd
Fellows lodge and the K. of P. order has
grown 80 large there that it lately became
necessary to establish second lodge.
Everybody is busy, but the really bust
est man in town is Geo. l.. Brooks, the
active secretary of half dozen local in
situations of momentous import in the up
building of city.
Speaking of new buildings, A'buquer-
que's list Of mercantile institutions shows
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

Santa Fe. He is enjoying an excellent
patronage.
The New MEXICAN is indebted to the
proprietor Of Cobb's Photographic studio
for timely favors. His quarters, lis Gold
avenue, have recently been enlarged and
retitted, and the class of work turned out
under the supervision of Mr.. Cobb and
Miss Eddie Ross is simply perfect. He
makes specially of flash light photo
graphy.
The famous Zeiger's corner, under the
management of Messrs. Brady & Quick
ell, has lost none of it's old time popu-
larty. eve simply have to do business"
said Major Brady, "for we pay $400
month rent for this corner"
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

in this and similar other enter
prises in southern New Mexico will arrive
here next week to inspect the details of
the proposed system. They will spend
several days a. Albuquerque during fair
week.
***
1t was only few months ago that rico
lite was brought to the notice of eastern
capitalists as the finest ornamental stone
ever discovered, and now the ricolite
quarries in Grant county are being operated
under ninety-nine year lease, and large
quantities of the stone have been shipped
to Chicago, and other places, and used
for building stone, where fine ornamental
stone is required. The ricolite quarries
are situated in the Gila river valley, and
many other interesting deposits of more
or less value are found in this region.
The discovery of meerschaum, in addi-
ton to the materials already known to ex
list here, makes this the most wonderful
region in New Mexico. Meerschaum is
not known to exist in any other portion
OF the United States, and for this reason
many were at first incredulous when they
were told that the specimens brought in
were genuine meerschaum and OF a good
quality, but upon examination the speci-
mems were found to possess all the quail
ties OF meerschaum, and the reports from
Berlin and Vienna were so positive as to
set at rest all doubts of the genuineness
of the material.
NV
New Mexico has an excellent public
school system that is in q prosperous
condition and growing daily in Importance.
The total enrolment OF pupils is upward
of IL, 900, the average daily attendance
being $3.50. The value of school build
ings. exclusive of other school property,
ia estimated to be q little less that $780,.
900, while the private schools own pro-
perty valued at $263,OO0, New Mexico
has at Santa Fe the finest capital building
of any state or territory west of Kansas
and has now in process of construction a
state university at Albuquerque, an insane
asylum at Las Vegas, and a school of
mines at Socorro the agricultural college
at Las Cruces is in successful operation
an orphan asylum and three government
indian schools at Santa Fe; and numer-
GUS Other costly public buildings, peniten-
tiary, ETC., in fact New Mexico has all the
public structures necessary to the welfare
and comfort OF progressive and enligh-
tened people.
NV
Sunstroke is unknown even in the ex-
treme southern portion of New Mexico,
where the thermometer reaches hundred
and more; this is accounted for by the
extreme dryness of the atmosphere. The
altitude of the territory ranges from 1000
feet in the northern part to 5000 feet
above sea level in the southern part and
in the valleys of the rivers.
The latest meteorological and scientific
data are establishing beyond peradventure
that New Mexico is the real sanitorium of
North America. Physicians all over the
United States are becoming acquainted
with the splendid, health giving climate
of New Mexico and are commencing to
direct patients to come to New Mexico,
frightening many life and saving many
one by this course. Meteorological re-
cords and observations have been kept at
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

since locating there. His cash sales
make showing that, could they be con-
sistenly given here, would snrprise great
many people.
Messrs. Houts & Guy, for eleven years
in business at Ration and known to the
business men all over northeastern New
Mexico, have established branch of
the Bank Exchange saloon in Albuquer
que. 1t is very appropriately called The
Branch" and COYOTE spring water lemon
ade there on an August afternoon is said
to be about as smooth an affair as the
goddess of pleasure ever quaf1ed.
There are 12S bicyclesi in Albuquerque,
according to the assessors rolls, and the
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

high price and are always in great de-
mand.
The orchards, if of standard trees, re-
qure about five to seven years to come
into prolific bearing, but dwarf trees will
bear sooner, say, in about three to five
years. :,
Pears, peaches, apricots and the small
fruits grow luxuriantly, but It's in the
CULTIVATION OF THE GRAPE
that the central Rio Grande valley excels.
Much of the fruit is sold to local commits
sion merchants and by them shipped to
distant points, but by far the bulk of it
goes into native wine. This has grown Of
late years to be very important industry
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05
DOING GOOD WORK.
Press Comments on the Latest Pamphlet
by the Bureau OF linn igration.

The Bureau of immigration has just is.
sued neat little folder, of convenient
size to 60 in No. 6 envelope, and en-
titled Budget Of Information concern
ing the Natural Resources and advan-
tages of New Mexico" which is, as it
claims to be, ga concise statement care.
fully prepared for the delectation of the
home seeker-showing that here is an
INVITING field for capita, and the coming
country of the southwest" II is neat
and convenient document, brim full of
boiled down facts, and should be in the
hands of every citizen OF the territory, 30
that whenever he writes a letter, of
friendship or business, to anybody in the
"states," he can inclose one of these
little immigration agents" for New Mex
leo.
The present board of immigration is
using the meagre appropriation at its
disposal for all it is worth, and is doing
more good in the way of advertising our
resources and advantages abroad than
was ever done by all of it's predecessors
together, and as the bureau, so far as it's
working parts are concerned, consists en-
tirely of the secretary, too much credit
can not be given to Col. Max. Frost, for
his energy and industry in keeping the
advantages of New Mexico SO constantly
and conspiciously before the public. A
few years ago it was the rule for the
bureau to use the greater part of its appro-
priaticn in paying the salary of its secre-
tary, and that official was not expected
to do anything more than to keep up the
dignity of the institution; but the pre-
sent board turned over new leaf, and
concluded that whatever money it had
at its disposal should be used for the Dur.
pose of printing and distributing facts
about New Mexico, and not in paying
salaries; consequently, instead of receives
ing 5000 or 81 900 a year, as the most of
his predecessors had received, the pre-
sent secretary is obliged to content him
sell with the munifcent sum OF 500 per
annum, and is expected to "hump him
SELF besides-another illustration of the
old saying, that the more hard work q
man does the less he gets for it.
The operations of the bureau, as now
constituted, are showing the people how
much good can be done for the territory
by that institution, and the probabilities
are that the next legislature will make
more liberal provisions for it's support
Albuquerque Citizen.
The Silver City Enterprise says: Col.
Max. Frost, secretary of the New Mexico
bureau of immigration, has issued a
twenty page pamphlet of the resources of
the territory. Its contents cover the in
terests OF every county in a concise, COM
pact form, and contains much valuable
information. Ten thousand copies have
been issued for the information of home
seekers and investors.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

the well-known sheepmen of Colorado
Springs. They this year took $4,000
pounds of wool from their focks in New
Mexico, which we believe to be the great
est clip taken in that territory.
NV
The famous mission grape, which at
tains such perfection in the valley of the
Rio Grande, is, without any exception,
the finest favored table grape in the
world. 1t is surpassed for wine purposes
by some of the California grapes, but for
table use it is as much superior to the best
grapes grown on the Pacific coast as these
are superior to the northern grapes, and
the taste and judgment of the world will
fully corroborate this statement as soon
as the grape growing industry of this
country shall assume such proportions as
will afford sufficient supply OF fruit for
shipment to the leading markets Of the
country. 1t is crop that never fails.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

most of them. Within a year, not less
than l 900, 900 acres of the finest land
that the sun ever shown upon will be
brought under irrigation. 1t is now be-
lieved that the mesas, or table lands, be.
tween Albuquerque and the mountains on
the east, with an average width of about
ten miles, will soon be brought under cul-
tivatlon by means Of an immense irrigat-
ing canal. Should this proposition be
carried into effect, more than 300 square
miles of land would be brought under
cultivation in Bernalillo county, in addi-
ton to that already cultivated or suscep-
tible of cultivation. Final surveys for
such an enterprise we're completed ten
days ago and P. r. Smith and party OF
Boston capitalists who are interested
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

+ the city could make their homes much
more beautiful if they would give this vine
a show.
Xxx
The Denver Field and Farm publishes
a magnificent picture of ga sheep shear
ing scene in New Mexico-sheep waiting
their Turn at the Corral" and in the ar
ticle following says:
The striking illustration that appears 80
conspiciously on this page represents a
shearing camp in southwestern New
Mexico. The merinos in the brush corral
and the Mexican shearers in the back
ground form typical June day scene in
New Mexico. The picture was taken at
sheep camp of Seldomridge & Pebbles,
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05
AND OTHERWISE
Brief Paragraphs Dealing with Persons
and Things In and About the
Rio Grande City,

Mr.. Calvin Whiting, owner of the
Whiting, block pictured elsewhere in this
issue, is at his old home, Saratoga, N.
Y, this week. He will distribute among
his friends there many copies of this days
issue of the NEW MEXICAN.
Geo. II. Moore, known all over New
Mexico, is prospecting at Albuquerque.
He owns great deal of real estate and is
the proprietor of two hotels, the Windsor
and the Rio Grande.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

A Mexican named A. Antonio, from
Tijeras canon, exh ibited some rock from
there, says the Citizen, with an essay GER
tifcate from the Socorro smelter attesting
that it runs 1919 ounces in gold. The
rock looks like a sand stone, but is fine
decomposed quartz and the vein is in
limestone formation. Nobody here would
look for gold in such rock. The location
of the claim is in Tijeras canon about
twenty miles from Albuquerque. A hole
of twelve feet is the only work on the
claim.
wv
The total area of New Mexico is 1922.
444 81 square miles, or 1894, 400 acres;
confirmed and unconfrmed, land grants,
1907 ,603,13 acres; pueblos, 1902, 1884,
"a acres Indian reservations, 2,963,622
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

yard in tair bearing. A more congenial
climate than that of the Rio Grande val
ley near Albuquerque, for the grape or a
soil better adapted to produce beneficial
results in its growth, can not be found
the world over. Experienced and expert
wine makers are greatly needed here and
could make large profits in this business,
as ready sale is found in the eastern
cities and the A, 7. & S. F. railway
gives reasonable rates for its expectation.
Another branch of the grape industry
which has never been tried on large
scale is that of raisln making. Expert
ments thus far made have proven highly
satisfactory, and in the near future this
industry promises to be pleasant
and profitable occupation for a large class
of citizens.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05
The Press.

Albuquerque supports, and supports
handsomely, two daily newspapers, the
Albuquerque Morning Democrat, J. G..
Albright, proprietor, and the Daily Citi-
zen, an afternoon paper owned by Hon.
Thomas Hughes. There are also pub.
lished here several weekly papers, in
Guiding the spicy and evidently profitable
lit it ls young) Adobelsnd, an illustrated
weekly that has just ordered its own
illustrating outfit. It fills happy niche,
and it's wide.awake proprietors, Messrs.
Stivers & Butler have the get-there pro-
clivitities necessary to success in Albu-
Querque.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

acres; military reservations, 2O2, ISL 81
acres; subject to the homestead, pre-emp-
ton, timber culture, desert land and min
ing laws + the United States, SO, 167, 765,
AZ acres.
wv
TIE wholesale trade OF Albuquerque,
which few years ago was too small an
item to be worth considering is now as
great in volume as that of any other town
of 10, 900 inhabitants in the United States
and reaches into all parts of the south
west. There is not town or mining
camp in southern New Mexico or north
ern Arizona in which you will not find
goods received from Albuquerque's whole
sale men.
wv
Upwards OF fifty different irrigation en-
terprses, with an estimated capital of
$4,000, 900, have been chartered in New
Mexico during the past eighteen months,
and actual work is now in progress on
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05
ALBUQUERQUE PICK-UPS.
Snapshots at Various Subjects OF Mo
ment to People at Home
and Abroad.

Within radius of eight miles of Albu-
querque there have been 1924. 16 acres
of lands located by private parties during
the past year. These figures are official
and are kindly furnished by Chief CLERK
Hugh Morrison, of the U. S. land office.
The entries were divided up as follows ::
Homestead, 4,00l "a acres pre-emptions,
$50 acres desert land claims, 10, 1888 05 !;
timber culture, 1,87507 acres.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

Patronize the New MEXICAN for all
sorts OF fine and cheap job printing; larg-
est and best printing and book binding
establishment in the territory.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

Quit claim and warranty deeds for sale
at the New MEXICAN printing Office.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

The woodbine grows Justify and with
surprising rapidity at Albuquerque. 1t
does not require more than three years to
obtain vines sufficiently large to cover the
side of an ordinary house. The people of
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

the capital, at Santa Fe, since 1871 by the
weather service and these observations
fully bear out the statements made above.
DR., Tyndale, in his work on the treat
ment of consumption, says: "The degree
of moisture which we would like to have
as one of our factors Is one just sufficient
to keep the land from becoming q desert !;
or, in other words, no moisture brought
from large bodies of water, near and far,
and only limited rainfall throughout the
year."
The region of country between Albu-
querque and Santa Fe, covering distance
of eighty miles, meets the above require
ments to perfection, and the elevation
varies from 5000 to 1000 feet. OF this
region DR.. w. T. Roberts, special COM
missioner of the American Health Resort
association, says: cit is to be the sani-
forum of the world"
The lowest death rate from diseases of
the respiratory system, as shown by the
medical statistics of the United States
army, is in New Mexico. Hammond's
Hygiene testifes to the fact that New
Mexico is by far the most favorable resi-
dence in the United States for those pre-.
disposed to or affected with phthisis.
The New Mexican's Plant.
The DAILY New MEXICAN, published at
Santa Fe, established IN 1868, and there
fore the pioneer journal of the south
west, has, without exception the most
complete news, book and job printing
plant south Of Denver, and it desires to
take advantage Of this space to say to the
business men of Albuquerque in par
ticular, and New Mexico in general that
asks and demands q fair share of their
business. To be plain, there is neither
justice nor good business policy in send
ing your money out of New Mexico for
work that can be done quite as neatly
and as cheaply here, practically at home.
The New MEXICAN has the best of facili-
ties for doing all classes of commercial
job work it manufactures blank books.
ruling the pages to order on it's own ma
chimes, for banking and mercantile in
stitutions; and its blank forms for the
use OF county governments, coal, lumber
and mining companies, are of the most
approved and convenient styles. All
classes of book binding is done on short
notice, and specially is made of rebind-
ing magazines and other periodicals.,
The bankers, wholesale and retail mer-
chants and people of tho "Duke City"
generally, will find it to their advantage
to confer with the New MEXICAN on all
matters of this sort.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05
A Famous Hostelrie.

The San Felipe hotel, an imposing three
story edifice with tower, was erected in
1884, at a cost, inclusive of furniture, of
100000. 1t is famous the southwest over
as a model hostelrie. A marked feature
of the house is the absence OF any bar,
and the use of the hotel offices, billiard
and reading rooms as freely by the lady
guests as by those of the other sex. Prob
ably no hotel in the west is in as good a
position to meet every demand of it's
guests as is the San Felipe. Hon. G. w.
Meylert, its proprietor and manager, is
man OF superior business tact, at whose
hands the travelling public have never
Jared other than first class. He is a pow
er IN all local enterprises; man of brain
and Drawn, and has held with ability and
conducted with courage many offices of
hchor and trust in the city and county
There are few more useful men in Albu-
querque than Hon. q. w. Meylert.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

The cut of the map showing Albuquer.
que's surroundings failed to arrive from
Chicago in tine for appearance in this
issue. The New MEXICAN sent several
kilograms urging Rand, McNaly & Co. to
hurry it forward without fail, but all to no
purpose. Chicago will have to wake up
if it wants to 10 business with New Mex
leo these modern days.
Hon. E. w. Spencer, one of Albuquer-
que's pioneer druggists and first lieutan-
ant and adjutant of the 1st New Mexico
regiment of infantry, has just issued a
stirring appeal to the militismen of New
Mexico, calling upon them not to permit
the Arizona visitors to carry off the
choicest prizes at the forthcoming en-
campm ent.
A tlourishing Turn Verein is among
Albuquerque social institutions, Mr.. E.
kriglesteiner being its secretary.
Judge w. II. Burke's rendezvous adioin-
ing the Armijo House is in every sense a
gentleman s resort where courteous at
tention is served along with all sorts of
trimmings in the line of liquid refresh
ments. Judge Burke is man who takes
special interest in having good county
government and is an advocate of all sorts
Of educational institutions.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

in this and similar other enter
prises in southern New Mexico will arrive
here next week to inspect the details of
the proposed system. They will spend
several days a: Albuquerque during fair
week.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-02-19

DR.. Tkaxter Of the Storrs school expert
ment station feels confident that he has
discovered the tue cause Of the disease OF
the potato known us ".cab." He finds 1t
due TO fungus and has been able to sepa'
rate and cultivate the fungus in fertilized
pelatiue, ~ 10 bacteria culture, and then
to propagate the ditesse on growing pota'
toes. Potatoes for The experiment were
planted in the greenhouse aud when the
young tubers were forming earth was cal e.
fully removed fiom over the potatoes, and
after washing the skin clean the surface
was touched with needle dipped in the
culture fluid. The potato WAS then covered
with glass through which subsequent
changes in ths appearance OF the tuber
could be observed. In one case lettars
we're traced with needle, and after few
days the letters stood out plainly. proving
% it would seem. that the true germ OF the
scab disease has been discovered.
1t wss, how ever, too late 10 the season for
experimenting with methods for preven'
ing or Graduating the disease III 1t will
be work for future experiment.