Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-11-24
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Alter n most refreshing sleep our eye,
opened few mornings ago In the unprr
tenii"us little town of Wallace. aud A. ",
stepped forth from the Hotel Srrling-r i
seemed wha' the place lacked in pnpula
uon aud buildings wss made up by tb,
purrst Of air and brigh,es, Of sunshine
To breathe such air. he glA,ldrned by IA,
warLi'h Of ruch sunshine and r.fr-Hhr,i
ny the superior sprlng water with which
the town In supplied, makes one wonder
why some eni-rptiHng p-tsnu does not
lease and furnish tue railroad company 4
hotel, thereby making quiet. rrstlul
place for invahIS
| After few inquiries W. found that
Colonel Morris and J. X. Ribrrn are ia.
tw" most prominent merchants in the
plAc"-,he former also hnrlz a rrsrousi.
blr railroad position. A Horne owns "a
livery stable. Major Bogarlus II the
leading politician. and LorrnEo Garcia
one "' the santa Fr's indisI-naAbl.n.
having 10 them for many years been
faithful aud true. Il. Il. sand. and fam
ny are recent arrivals. Mr. Sands has
| charge 81 the ra,lruad station and t-l-.
graph Office and ,s proving himself most
eomIrtsnt official, while his charming
wife sduS one more to the uumb-r of
pleasant ladies in the town.
Soon our thoughts abou, this plac. and
its g""l people are disturbed by th.
shrek of locomotive. the train comcs
siesming In, IAusiug just n inomsn, 10
put down = numter Of strong locking
men. wh"s- firm step and sarnoo, faces
tell uH they mean 10 keep pac. with this
'usy' busting world and We believe /,
when few minutes later We ar all
sestd In great roomy coach. whi:e &.
r. Jones, the efficient ma nAger for A.
Horne, With n crack II his whip and CHR.
rnp 10 the horses. ir whirling us townr,is
th" rich gold fields IL the Cochi,i mining
district. and thess men tell Of not what
they think, but ~ what they know of th.
won,ic rful discoveries, the vaiuAui- it....
and great possibilities for the future ~
'nJ- camp and Ito surrounding country
and towns, one Of the latter. u our great
surprise, We arr aashing into, being al.
m0st hidden from view iy III. sh.lt.ring
hills. What relief. after the long stretch
Of deep sand and hari pulls, Ia con- sud-
denly upon the plaza of Pens Blanca,
nestled clos. Ia the hills on the one side,
and looking ou, over n lovely valley ou the
other. whos- smooth broad fields stretch far
away toward the river. The seen. is
particularly frightened jus, now by the
many tr-es with their gr-s, wealth II
gold and cardinal leaves. aud made more
interesting by the numerous h-ris II
horses and cattle grazing and growing fat
on what the farmer has l-ft ungArn-rr,i
In the fields The town is over = mile in
length. and has = church in charge oi
Father Dune. who In much beloved by
the people, He not only looks after their
spiritual wrlfar-, but trndrtly cares !ur
these who are III aud II any be too poor 10
purchase medicine. hu at his own sI.
pens- supplies them, PenA Blanca has
slso two go"d sch"olz, one presided over
by Miss EinA Miller. of Albuquerque
who 10 a lovely girl and competent
teacher. The other In taught by Mrr
Mares, = resident 81 th. place, aud con.
nected with the Marrs families, all prom
inent people
Among other noted citizens ar- the Or.
tia, BacA, Mon,nyA, L-by and Lopez fam
ilies, all happy aud many rich In thrir
rossessions of comfortable homes. farms
that never fail in yielding abundant crop,
and aucks u sheep that are numbrrsi by
the thousands.
Here 10 the home ~ Luciano Ortiz, oui
worthy county commissioner II LibTad,
aud Marcus &, de BAcs, who are promi-
nent attorneys.
These people, a. we'll an those of Wal.
lace, are watching with intense interes,
III. development " the Cochi,i district
IA the former II promises a rich market.
20 the latter dns shipping point,
Last bu, no, least We mention 4, Low
enbsrg. who 10 M, "nly extensively -n.
gagged In mercantile business but slso a
large sheep owner. lie Ins.-ss-s the
rare faculty nf making many fri-nds Anoi
has hath ths confidence and trade 10 hlr
fellow ,0wnsmsn Ars Lowsnberg 10 all
that III. worlr, mobile woman aud gnOi
wife" can mean aud is the proud on nsr
oi th. tn-st ~ poul,ry Was especially
sttrar,ssi by the grrAt Pekin ducks al.
saos, ss large as turkeys AMI thought
what due eating they would make,
Their Plymouth R"ck chickens arr the
most beautiful We ever saw, hne layers,
heavy In weigh, and their in-a, of III.
most delicate favor, Any one wishing IA
stArt In the poultry busineas would do
we'll 10 consult hrs. Lowsnb.Tg, who
t-lis W she nads u both interesting and
lucrative, You're. A. n