Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-04-13
FE'S ENTERPRISE
The Optic Calls Down the New Mex
lean and Deals in Some Whole
some Truths.

The Las Vegas Optic prints the follow
ing on its editorial page:
The fact is, that there is no more enter
prising men-and women, too-now on
earth and out west than those who love
to call Santa Fe their home. There is
mere handful of them; here few have
generally to do the work that in other
western communities devolves upon
many, but that the few here do work, can
not be gainsaid.- MEXICAN.
That the enterprising people of Santa
Fe, and those working for the general
good, are few, especially among the bust
ness men, can not be doubted when look
ing at the advertising columns of the New
MEXICAN; and the advertising columns of
a paper are an infallible gauge of the en-
terprise of the town in which the paper
is published. This may be denied by the
fellow who does not want to advertise;
but even he forms his estimate of the en-
terprise and business activity of place
from the business columns of the places
press. So does everyone else. In fact
the press is the natural and necessary
gauge in this matter, and one can no
more avoid forming an opinion Of the
enterprise, vigor and public spirit of the
people of any town, from the business
columns of the paper of the town, than
of the culture and refinement of an in
dividual from his conversation.
The NEW MEXICAN is an elegant paper
an honor to Santa Fe, and factor in
its development more potent for good
than all thers''combined; yet it's advertis-
ing patronage is the most beggarly in
the territory. Is it any wonder, then,
that the people, outside of Santa Fe, call
that town sleepy, old place, and laugh
at the idea of enterprise on the part of
its business community? Neither il it
any wonder that when the people in the
territory, and especially out of it, happen
to see the Santa Fs New MEXICAN and the
Albuquerque Citizen at the same time,
the advertising patronage of the two
papers produces an impression infinitely
to the disadvantage of the capital city !?
Such is the result, and the result is in
evitable. However, there are other towns
in New Mexico, besides Santa Fe, which
need to take this lesson to heart.
Festival at Guadalupe Church.
The blessing of the new Guadalupe
church bell will take place in said church
tomorrow, Easter Sunday, at p. M, the
services to be very solemn and imposing.
Archbishop Chapelle and the clergy of the
cathedral will be present and assist in the
ceremony, and it is expected that large
CONGO urse of people will attend. Rev. Gil.
bsrtson, rector of Guadalupe church, has
appointed some of the most prominent
of his parlshioners to serve as sponsors
in the blessing of the bell, the list includ-
ing the following persons: Mr.. and Mrs.
Luciano Baca, Mr.. and Mrs. P. Hesoh,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hampel, Mr.. and Mrs.
B. M. Read, Mr.. and Mrs. Celestino Ortiz,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesus Ortiz, Armada Tru-
jillo, Mr.. Schneider, Mrs. Benigna Garcia
Iy Delgado and Alfredo Delgado. The
new bell weighs $50 pounds and has been
dedicated to the holy family. With this
new addition to it's belfry, Guadalupe
church will have excellent workmanship
and tone.