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

1t is 'in sight and easily figured IN, IL
one takes the pains to circulate among
the architects, the contractors and tho
builders but you will have to be quick
about your inquiries, for every mothers
son OF 'em are busy, and while civil
question will always bring civil reply
they have no time for baudying words or
answering idle queries.
Building material is in demand at rea-
sonable figures. Brick sell at from $6 to
IS per thousand and can be contracted in
the wall at $ll to $l2. Rough lumber,
SIS per thousand; finished lumber, $35
stone is very cheap, there being excellent
quarries near town.
The manufacture OF brick has not kept
pace with the times and the demand Tor
this class of material is now somewhat
greater than the yards are able to supply.
During the past year the famous Arizona
red sandstone has grown into great popu
arity and it is being consumed in large
quantities, particularly for trimmings aud
ornamental work, though the Aibuquer-
que Commercial clubs superb home is
built entirely of this stone and presents 4
structure of rare beauty, some idea OF
which may be gathered by glimpse Of
the illustration appearing elsewhere i'll
these columns.
As indicating Albuqnerquo's progress it
may be well to note in this connection
the fact that her primitive style OF arChitec-
ture has now been cast aside forever, the
days of wooden buildings having passed,
for under late city ordinance only brick,
stone, iron and glass can be used as
the chief material out of which buildings
can be constructed in the future in the
business portion OF the city.
Interesting as the subject is it would
require entirely too much space and con-
sumo too much time to detail here any
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

ance of its future. Here one finds an IN
usually happy combination of resources
AS commercial point one finds here a
thrifty far-reaching set of business men,
representing both the jobbing and retail
trade i'll all the leading lines of merchan-
disc, and buster set of men is not to be
encountered anywhere. There are
some fifteen jobbing houses in the city at
this time. Their goods or wares find q
profitable and growing market in the
smaller towns, mining camps, farm set
Elements and stock ranches in all central
northwestern and southern New Mexico !;
in Mexico and west along the A. & F.
railroad throughout northern and central
Arizona to the very borders OF California
This vast region of country now practical
ly relies upon Albuquerque for its sup,
plies of all descriptions, and with each
succeeding year, aye, with each month,
its trade demands are rapidly increasing,
all of which Albuquerque, and Albuquer-
que alone must meet, tor the field is open
to no competitor.
For the year ending July |, 1891, the
A., I. d 5. F. company shipped in, con-
signed to the merchants of this city,
W ,OoO 400 pOuluS Oh OlUilSCelIaneONS l1elglll,
and they in turn shipped ont by rail
something like 20,000,OO pounds, to say
nothing of the goods sent by wagon to
the mountainous or interior valley re-
gions. From canvass of the wholesale
houses and taking the most conservative
estimates and striking an average, it is
apparent that the jobbing trade of Abu
querque is now and has been for the
past three years increasing in volume at
the rate of over half million dollars
yearly. 1t is a growth pushed by no
artificial causes, no fictitious boom, but
simply long, strong stride in keeping
with the steady growth Of Albuquerqne's
trade territory, inspiring confidence on
all sides and in every way satisfactory
to the conservatives get-there character
istics of the average Albuquerque whole
saler. The retail trade also is in highly
condition, showing q gradual
lrowth from season to season. In 10
inc of trade does business appear to be
over-done. One of the leading retailers
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

northwestern New Mexico and from Cole.
RADIO points,"
At this juncture the plucky head of the
exposition management passed the scribe
one Of John Brady's famous samples of
''the weed" and remarked:
"There is just one more thing want to
say, and that is that the managers of this
territorial institution appreciate to the
fullest the generosity and courtesy of the
southwestern press in the very liberal aid
they have lent us, and for myself, want to
especially thank the New MEXICAN for its
many kind expressions in behalf of the
officers and their labors."
Appended is the official directory of the
Territorial Fair association and its of
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

said he thought Albuquerque could,
taking one with another, show up the
most responsible and all around prosper
GUS set of merchants in the west to-day,
and he said his trade was good enough
to cause him to make no protest when
the taxing authorities raised him this
year ~ 1000 on the assessment of his
store room. The circumstance is re-
ferred to merely to emphasize the state
ment that, commercially, Albuquerque
Is enjoying a very substantial prosper
ity
AS A FINANCIAL CENTER
Albuquerque proudly tops any rival in
New Mexico, Arizona, southern Colorado
or southwestern Texas. Capital stock
surplus and undivided profits of the four
banking houses there foot up $453 ,2SS. 40,
and their deposits, as shown by sworn
statements, July 8 last, were 81 ,609. 9.679.-
So. The older institutions are the First
National, of which j. S. Reynolds is
president and NJ. w. Flournoy is cashier
the Albuquerque National OF which S. NJ.
Folsom Is president and a. G. Briggs
cashier. The Bank OF Commerce is a
thrifty youngster, in business little more
than year and backed by such men as
A. w. Cleland, jr., the Messrs. Mandell,
Hon. NJ. S. Otero and DR.. G. W. Harri-
son, with w. S. Strickler as cashier.
The New Mexico Savings Bank & Trust
company, established some two years
ago, has perhaps the handsomest quar-
ters west of the Missouri river and its
success has been phenominal. Tho Off
re-s 2ro J. G. BaIdridge, president; A..
W. Jones, vice presidput $. NJ. Folsom,
secretary and treasurer, and W. j.. Peck, ,
of ST. Johnsbury VT, assistant treasurer
Last spring this bank adopted the
"dime savings stamp system" which has
accomplished very commendable work
in encouraging habits of thrift among
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the splendid fambeau club OF forty
well trained men will make display
Of pyrotechnics, the equal of winch
has never been seen in this region
of the west. On Friday afternoon the
best drilled milita-man in New Mexico
or Arizona will be awarded purse OF
800, and on Friday night occurs the
grand military ball at the armory, while
the evening pleasures of the week Will
close on Saturday night with another OF n
air concert free to all" .,
''Thus you can form some ldea," Sc @
Mr.. Hall, "of what New Mexico's terri
torial fair is to be this year; and as fol
the
CROWDS THAT ARE COMING
to enjoy it, well, let them come, for th9>
will not rue it; in fact the people OF tie
southwest will find it cheaper to travel th n
to stay at home during fair week, for t! e
extraordinary low rates made by the A ,
T. & S. F. and A. & p. Railroad con-
panes are certainly inviting. These
corporations have amply demonstrated
their interest in New Mexico's welfare
by giving the fair patrons an unprecedent-
ed rate not only that, but their agents
throughout the west have been mos,
courteous in distributing our advertising
matter and posting our display bills all
over the country. The passenger rate
has been fixed at l cent mile from
Denver, Colo, Ell Paso, Texas, Barstow,
California and all intermediate points.
All displays of fruits and vegetables will
be transported by the railroads free of
charge; all other exhibits, such as live
stock, minerals, ETC., at half the usual
rate, and the express company has alsn
given half rates on transportation OF
exhibits. The narrow gauge system i'll
Colorado has also treated us very gener-
ously, the d & r. 6. and Santa Fe
Southern lines having just notified me
that they will make and widely advertise
a one fare round trip rate over their
roads. This, added to the phenominally
low rate over the A., T. & s. F., ought to.
bring us a very large attendance from
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

backed by men of brains, pluck and
perseverance, who have confidence in
their location, appreciate its wonderful
natural surroundings and are not afraid
to expend their time and risk their cap
ital in the development of them.
What resource has any western city
that Albuquerque has not?
Ask yourself this question, kind reader,
and then take survey of the map-you'lI
find it elsewhere in this edition-with
Albuquerque" marked in big black
letters. Permit yourself to study the
situation without prejudice.
Located in the very heart OF the long,
fertile valley of the Rio Grande, the
garden spot of the west for more than a
century with a soil as rich and productive
as the valley of the Nile; surrounded by
mountains containing untold mineral
wealth, with most attractive climate re-
markable for its temperate and equable
qualities, seasonable yet always inviting !;
In the center of an empire greater than that
of the United Kingdom, peopled by 49,
600 souls, and commanding exclusive
tribute from the inhabitants of larger
area than that of which any other one
city on American soil can boast-standing
thus to-day is Albuquerque,
TIE MERCANTILE MONARCH
Of the new southwest, favored city in
deed, whose future requires neither a
prophet nor the son of a prophet to for
tell.
1t would be difficult to say what par
ticular single element OF wealth con-
tributes chiefly to Albuquerqe's pres
ent prosperity and stands as an assnr-
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05
DUKE CITY.
The Mercantile Monarch Of the
Southwest An Indus
trial and Railroad
Center.
One Million Dollars in Improve
ments-A Live City and
it's Wonderful
Resources.
The Rapid Growth of Albuquer-
que-COnservative Facts
and Figures to
Prove it.
The Center of an Empire Steadily
Building up to Contri-
butte to its Pros
perity.
The City's Increase in Taxable Values
Fifteen Per Cent Advance in all
Real Property.
A Wide-Aw AXE People-Their Churches
Schools, Banks and Industrial Insti-
tutions The March of Progress.

Albuquerque has cast off the swaddling
clothes of vllagehood and stands to-day
the most progressive and thoroughly
wide awake commercial and industrial
center in the southwest-a thrifty city,
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05
NO. l6S.

thing like 4 description of the better class
Of structures which this city has erected
within the past seven months. Cuts are
presented Of many OF them which speak
far more eIoquently OF the pluck and push
Of the Duke city resident than mere
words. The New MEXICAN may, how
ever, supplement- this showing by pre-
senliug some bona fde facts and figures
which tend 70 show how it is, even III
the usually dull season of midsummer,
with our neighbor down the Rio Grande,
and accordingly is appended partial list
Of the more noteworthy buildings either
lately completed or at the present time
under roof and receiving their finishing
touches:
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-09-05

VI. Ridley, residence. ce.. 95Oo
IGi.ol D. n' " nue., tehemI[.ents......... 1000
I5i Gi'aS' ~ m%l?cf' dwelling ng........ $500
Waiter llesselden, dwelling. l'725
Ralph ltolloran, dwelling 1000
Mu hG''ulfe, dwelling $500
Rev. John Menaul, dwelling. 4000
~ y, "ir"fd, dwelling. .......... 5000
NJ. lt H. W Nasnoufn, dwelling 5000
summers Burkhart, dwelling. :. $500
+. W, Dobson, dwelling. 5000
Z: Il. Shupe, dwelling .. 1900
W. L. Donovan, dwelling. 1900
|. Sherwood, dwelling. ......... 1900
A, Rosenwald, dwelling ....... 1900
Mrs. Collins, dwelling ........ 1900
Nm. COOK, dwelling. ........ 1000
Geo. Albright, dwelling. ..... 1,1OO
Mr.. Wheeler dwelling. .......... 1900
Mr.. tlalIahan, dwelling .. 1900
+, q. .'ratt, dwelling ....... 1000
Mr. Pillsbury, dwelling. 1000
Total $477,625
This represents the amount of cash
tfat Albuquerque has actually invested in
new buildings thus far this year; almost
holl Il million, a remarkable showing.
considering the dull times prevailing
Throughout the country generally; but
asri9 from this there have been at least
%I4O,OJO expended in the erection of
smaller dwellings, tenements, repairs and
improvements OF various sorts.
Now let there be added to the above
figures the improvements yet to be made
before the year, is out; not those merely
Contemplated" which word is often
used to cover multitude of reportoriaI
shiitlessness on occasions like this. but
improvements actually to be commenced
and carried out and for which either
contracts have been let or the plans
I,nntinnnd on lno,,,l ~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-18
Til. Best Way to Avoid Colds.

How long, oh, Lordl how long before
people will learn that the person who
bundles himself or herself up in heavy
clothing and thick bandages to escape colds
and kindred inconveniences is the person
who is most likely to catch cold and be
troubled generally by the things that it is
attempted to escapes In winter one often
sees the foolish young man who won't go
into the cold air unless his neck is muff1ed
in silk kerchief or shielded from the
wind by the turned up coat collar. And
that person always has cold. Just about
this time Of the year, when colds are plenti-
full enough, you'll notice that the people
who catch them are the people who are
forever exhibiting the utmost anxiety that
they will catch them, and adopting elabo.
rate precautions against the dread disorder
Well, here is something that is true:
The way to keep colds off is to strengthen
those parts that are usually the seats OF
disturbance, and the way to strengthen
those parts is by exposure. That sounds
like bad advice, but it isn't. Don't be
afraid to let the wind get good crack at
you, and let it strike often, and you'll not
have so many colds as the fellow that's al
ways muffled.-InterView in St. Louis
Globe Democrat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-18
The Drum of the LapIand Wizards.


Music has been used and is still EMPLOYED
by many uncivilized races to predict the
future. The drum is the usual instrument
appropriated to the office of divination.
possibly for the very good reason that
primitive peoples as rule have no other
The Lspland wizards, who to the present
day retain their ascendancy over the Gre
dulity of their couRtrymen, paint the
luminaries of the sky upon their drum
heads, together with the figures of the
earth, rivers, trees, mountains, etc, pre-
tending that the instrument was the di,
rect creator Of the harmony Of the world.
This being assumed true, what more likely
than that the same drum which reared the
structure Of the universe shall be able with
very little trouble to give information rela-
tive TO its affairs-in one word, to predict
the future
BY Interpretation Of its tapping. the
orummers undertake TO foretell the weather
and the approach of storms, the probable
success in hunting, the issue Of any trade
OF barter in which a Laplander may be en-
gagged. The drum serves these professors
OF Its excellence as sort Of divining rod
not unlike the hazel wand once so famous
by mesas of which they can discover a
lost reindeer or the whereabouts on the
frosty plains of any article that has been
dropped from sledge.-ChRmbers' Jour
nal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-18
When Napoleon Was Hannr

Here is, briefly, what Napoleon said in
response to the question what or when
had been the very happiest moment of his
life:
1t was not when he had attained to the
consulship, nor was it when he was pro-
claimed emperor and crowned with the
most brilliant and imposing ceremonies
and the most gratifying honors ever be-
slowed upon a sovereign. Nor was it at
either of his marriages, nor at the birth of
his son, the king Of Rome, the long de-
sired heir to his throne and the supposed
perpetuation of his dynasty. 1t was earlier
in his life than any of these events had &C.
CURED. 1t was when. at the age of twen-
ty-fve, as the victorious commander of
the army in Italy, he heard the shout of
JOY from the people in praise and honor of
him their liberator.
Napoleon's highest happiness was in the
JOY he experienced in bringing happiness
to others-and before the gall of selfish
ness had imbittered his future career of
greatness,-Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-18
How Money Travels.

A conductor on one of the surface roads
gave the Rambler Canadian ten cent
piece on down trip the other day, and on
the return trip the Rambler boarded the
same conductors car and offered the same
ten cent piece for the fare "You remem-
Der you gave me that yourself" suggested
the Rambler, as the conductor hesitated.
He looked up, smiled and, recognizing the
face, took the discount dime and said: "It's
curious how money travels from hand to
hand. got that dime from poor woman.
give il to you in change. You return it
to me, and now l am going to pass it of
again, so that probably within an hour it
will pay four or Eve times its face value.
That reminds me of g circumstance" con-
tinued the conductor, after he had helped
pretty girl on the car.
1.-THE man was one of my regular passen-
gers. He rode with me four'or five times
q week regularly. One day he handed me
half dollar with name stamped across
it. He said, You won't take that, sup
pose' oh, yes answered, and put it in
my pocket A few days afterward he gave
me bill, and the half dollar, which had
saved, went back in the change. He
laughed when he saw it and said he would
keep it to remember his friend. the conduc-
tor, by. I did not see him for several
months. Then he showed up again and
told me he had been to San Francisco. He
carried the half dollar all the way and
started to spend it several times, but did
not, and kept it for good luck. Here it is
now he said, as. he showed it to me, and
it has travelled twice across the continent
since you laid eyes on it last So much,
you see. for one half dollars history, and
only few months of it at that. Bridget
All changed" concludes the CONDUCTOR
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-18
An Ample Stock,

1t is perhaps not generally known that
all the princes of the house of Hohenzol-
lern are baptized in water brought from
the River Jordan Thus it appears, how
ever, from letter written by Mr.. Dry
auder, court preacher at Berlin, in reply to
an inquiry addressed to him by the editor
of German paper, Of course, this custom
was observed in the case of the last born
son of William H. We may add that, by
way of providing for emergencies, the en-
peror, as a man of precaution, always
keeps in the cellars of his palace a whole
cask full of Jordan water.-Le Patriotic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-18
rrcurrlen. via the s,p,. z. Rsus..

Interstate Old Soldiers reunion and
Wyandott fair. Round trip ticket 70 Kan
sas City. No, on Sale September 9Th "a
iith inclusive; fnai limit September 18th
One Fare - Is
Kansas State fair. Topeka, Kansas; tick
cts on sale September 10Th 20 lyih tpeiu-
siYe; final limit September 2lst One fare
round trip
A O. L " cslsbrstIon and picnic,
Winfield September 10Th One fare round
trip.
o. o. T. Annual Session Sovereign
Grand Lodge. ST. Louis. September Igth.
limited for return passage until oeptsEo bar
18th. One fsre for the round trip, tlz ca
The SantA.F re have three daily trains 20
the east with Chair and Pullman car se-
cornmodatioDs. City ofios. 10 North
Main street Passenger station. corEsr q
Douglas and Fifth aSenues-
W. u. NrEDocK.
e5-i4t Asst. Pa gF. AgE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-18
SOVEREIGN Grand Lodge /. o.o.F

Will hold its annual conclave in st. Louis,
September 81 to %, 1891. Tickets will be
sold on this occasion dates announced
later at the rate of one lowest first class
fare for the round trip with liberal limit
for return passage. The Missouri Pacific
railway offers superior accommodations
and is the shortest and quickest route foT
St. Louis. The only line on which you
can leave Wichita in the afternoon and
arrive in st. Louis the next morning at a
seasonable hour and In ample time for all
connections beyond St. Louis. No change
of cars of any class between Wichita and
st. Louis in chair cars which are free.
Pullman sleepers if desired.
Z. E BLECKLEY, Pas T. A.
93-tf 40 n. Main street.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-18
THE SMELLS.

The new sign, put up today on the Kan
sas National bank, has attracted considera-
bic attention. 'What is it." How is it
done" 'The handsomest thing l ever
saw" The foregoing are some of the re-
marks passed on it.
This sign has an effect peculiar to itself.
1t looks as though it was -bevelled in the
glass, besides being remarkably brill
liant"
The letters are an invention of Mr.. J, B.
ROdwell of Niagara Falls, n. Y, and are
manufactured in Buffalo. They are pat
ented. Mr.. q. w. Slade, general agent for
the company is in Wichita for a day or
two. to look up some one to handle their
business here and in the vicinity. Some Of
our en6erprising men would do well to
look into this.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-18
What an Inveterate smoker Saw.

George Augustus Sala is q constau,
smoker. But though he has bowed before
the shrine for fully half a century he does
not bear true and loyal heart.
Had my life TO live over again" said
be, Il would never touch tobacco in any
shape or form"
IL is true ne does not indorse the auega.
ton that smoking srupefies mans facQl-
ties or blunts his energies. He acknowl.
edges that the greatest workers and think
ers Of modern times have been invete-ate
smokers. But he holds il idle 10 denv that
smoking 70 excess weakens the eresicht.
lmpsirs the digestion. PLAYS havoc with
the nerves and interteres with tie action
- =
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-18
Excursion FaSt

On September 22nd. 1891. Vandalis Line
WILL sell excursion tickets from st. LouiS
70 all points in Indiana, Ohio aud Mich.
gan with return limit of thirty DAYS NJ
half fare. Now is your opportunity 10
VISIT In the east. 1t Is expected western
INES VIII make the same reduction and
set ticketS through over the Vandalia
agent for tickets and rates via s. Tonis
ana the Nsndalia. II they caunot be nro-
cured there and fun information given
write at once 10 J. VI. CHFsBRorcg
Ass gen l Passenger Agent Vandaiia
'1'1N' ~ 410"'s' no 9S-l0t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-18
something New-Through Cars Between St
Panl and Kansas City

The traffic between above cities ha.
50 increased that the Great Rock Island
route has instituted a new order of things
ana has put on their trains, through cal
between these points The cars RIM ON
this service are Pullman combination
chair car and sleeper, and are the embodi.
ment of comfort. The price charged for
this especial service is but little compared
with the accommodation given.
See that your tickets read via the Albert
lea route &C., r. |. & P; B. c. r. a. \.
snd NJ q 1t. L. Ry's). Maps and time
tables sent on application.
JOHN SEBASTIAN,
Gen'l Tiki s. Pass. Agt.
/. ST. JOHN. Gen1 Manager.
General offices: Chicago. satf