Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-01-11
THIS LOCALITY.
Las Vegas the Chief City
of New Mexico
of Her Resources,
Attractions and
Advantages.
"Yes, We elected Grover,

But we failed TO get the cioverF
I,As VHeAs Ia the natural sAnatorium OF
the United States, combining more nat
ural advantages than any other piace IN
America. Her thermsl waters are the
equal Of the Hot Springs OF Arkansas,
while her climate IL Infinitely superior.
There Ia no malaria, no excessive neat OF
sold, no gnats, rats or mosquitoes. Inc
air Is pure, dry, rariied, and highly eiec-
trifed--a certain cure for consumption, II
the disease be taken In time. The hot
waters are q specific for liver, skin, rheu-
matte and blood disorders. Her Montezu-
ma hotel 10 the finest hostelry between
Chicago and California, and 10 situated In
a beautiful canyon, Ave miles from town,
whore the Hot Springs, forty In number,
come boiling to the surface.
The latitude 10 about the same as that OF
central Tennessee, while the altitude Is
nearly 8.5OO feet. This combination gives
q peculiar, but most happy, result. In the
| winter, during the day. the Thermometer
| seldom falls, 10 the shade, below forty de-
orees. while 1t often runs, In the sunshine,
TO sixty-fve degrees-or even more. On
| the other hand, In the summer, the heat 10
never oppressive, in the shade. ana no
night is too warm for comfortable sleep,
under one or two blankets. The sun will
sbine nine days out Of every ten, the year
round. This. with the extreme dryness of
the air, caused by the very slight precipi-
tation of moisture; the resinous aroma,
rolling down from the pine-clad noun
tains; the large amount OF electricity 10
the air, and the consequent ozone, result
ing from thealtitude: and the location OF the
town, land-locked by mountain and mesa
these all conspire to produce an atmos-
phere which is a balm to all diseases OF the
respiratory organs The percentage OF
death from consumption Is lower In New
Mexico than it is any where else In the
United States; and no other place In New
-. - Un-aa in tho GalIlhFtfy
of its climate. Asthmatics experiences
Immediate and permanent relief, in this
In the way of health and pleasure re-
!, sorts, Las Vegas IL unrivaled. In . radius
of twenty miles, In romantic mountain
glens and beside babbling mountain PROOFS
are the Las Vegas Hot Springs, Harvey's
RI Porvenir, Sandoval's Mineral Hill, no
nero Ranch, Blake's, Sparks, Sapello
. Rociada, and other places, too numerous
10 mention, where health can be recovered
and life becomes a pleasure to the ennuye
Q the invalid, the over-worked business man
g LAS VEGAS has two daily and i've weekly
) napers. three banks, two building and loar
associations three hotels, many boarding
houses. nine churches, . lumber OF CLUBS
and ali the leading civic and social socie
ties; a roller four mill, capacity, fifty bar
rels per day two wool-scouring estaoilsn
mepts. cleaning 1,500,0 900 pounds OF woo
l HDludilH q
q bottling establishment; q mandatory Q
mineral and carbonated waters; two wag
on and carriage factories; a sadie an
harness factory; a foundI.J eiec
~ trio light plant, three planning mills
and other enterprises OF less importance.
Y There are eight large wholesale housed
: whose trade extends throughout the Ter
y ritory, and into the adjoining sections
while the volume of this trade. and tn
value of the stocks which they carry, ca
: not be duplicated west Of Kansas City an
=. .outh of Denver. Three merchants broh
: srs nave selected the city as their distrit
ia uting center, the amount OF their year.
sales exceeding, in the aggregate, the con
10 bined sales of all other such brokers
= New Mexico. The retail merchants,
" Las Vegas, are more numerous, ana carl
= larger and better stocks of goods than Z
De- the retail merchants OF any otner town
this Territory or Arizona. -.
nm LAS VEGAS is the distributing point =
nearly all New Mexico. By the Atchlse
~ system, she has connection with kans
= on the east, Colorado on the north, ATE
3v ma and California on the west, and rex
= and Old Mexico on the south. beslo
ala these, she has more stage lines, connectll
her with tributary territory, thar has al
other town in New Mexico. This terr1tol
includes the entire section east ana sou
~ of the mountains, and comprises the cou
Ids ties Of Colfax, Mora, Taos, San Migu
-. Santa re, COCOTTO, Ooh" A
CT Cbaves, Lincoln and Eddy, with parts
Valencia and Bernalillo-a country lars
than ali New England. This takes in 7
famous Valley ofthe Rio Grande, and :
spt less famous, but not less excellent, Vail
K. of the Pecos-the finest fruit sections
10 the west. -.
on This Territory is rich In everything u
constitutes the Wealth of Nations. LII
coal, lead, silver, gold, mica, limesto
sandstone, marbles, gypsum, soda IN OF
Sc. ess variety and ~exhaustless quantiti
n are among the several products OF
country which Las Vegas comman
nS' Sheep, cattle and lumber abound, 80 q
ere In zach of these prime articles OF CONNIE
this city is the best market in New Mex
she handles more wool than all the OF
towns in the Territory combined, WI
her 10 hides is truly snormo
7 q In the same way, she stands pre-emin
the for her trade in grains, hay, vegetab
. and other farm products; while her tr'
. = In ice, gathered in the n~eighboring mo
.. tain anyons, extends east Into Kan
lid. west iato Arizona, and south INTO
.ept Mexico.