Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-14
THIS LOCALITY
Las Vegas the Chief city
of New Mexico Some
of Her Resources,
Attractions and
Advantages.

LAS VEGAS Is the natural sanatorlum o
the United States. combining more nat
ural advantages than any other place Il
America. Her thermal waters are III
equal OF the Hot Springs OF Arkansas
while her climate Is infinitely superior
There Is no malaria. no excessive heat O
cold, no gnats, rats or mosquitoes. Ia,
air is pure, dry, rarified, and highly cleo
trihed-a certain cure for consumption, 1
the disease be taken In time. The no
waters are a specific for liver. skin, rheu
matte and blood disorders. Her Montesu
ma hotel Is the inest hosiery between
Chicago o California, and Is situated h
q beautiful canyon, five miles from town
| where the Hot Springs, forty In number
come boiling 20 the surface.
The latitude IL about the same as that Of
| central Tennessee, while the altitude II
nearly $500 feet. This combination gives
q peculiar, but most happy, result. In the
| winter, during the day, the thermometer
seldom falls, Ia the shade, below forty de-
grees, while IL often runs, N the sunshine,
to slxty-five degrees-or wen more. On
the other band, In the ummer the heat u
never oppressive, IN the shade, and M
night is too warm for comfortable sleep,
under one or two blankets. The sun will
shine 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 In
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 lie lower In New
Mexico than 1t is anywhere else In the
United States; and M other place In New
ne leo excels Las Vegas in the salubrity
OF its climate. Asthmatics experience
immediate and permanent relief, In this
altitude.
In the way OF health and pleasure re-
sorts, Las Vegas ia unrivaled. In q radius
OF twenty miles, In romantic mountain
glens and beside babbliug mountain brooks,
are the Las Vegas Hot Springs, Harvey's,
Ell Porvenir, Sandoyal's Mineral Hill, Ro-
nero Ranch, Blake's, Sparks, Sapello,
Rociada, and other places, too Numerous
to mention, where health can be recovered,
and life becomes a pleasure to the ennuye.
the invalid, the over-worked business man.
LAS VEGAS has two daily and ave weekly
three banks, two building and loan
associations, three hotels, many boarding
houses, nine churches, q number OF clubs.
aud all the leading civic and social socie-
tfes; q roller hour mill, capacity, fifty bar
rels per day; two understanding establish
meDts, cleaning 100000 pounds OF wool
annually; a well-equipped brewery and
establishments; a manufactorv Of
and carbonated waters; two waR-
and carriage factories; a saddle and
harness factory; q foundry, cleo
trio light plant, three planning mills, |
and other enterprises of less importance.
There are eight large wholesale houses. |
whose trade extends throughout the Ter |
and into tho adjoining sections; !
while the volume Of this trade, and the
7alue OF the stocks which they carry, can
lot be duplicated west Of Kansas City and
'outh of Denver. Three m~erchants' brok- |
rs have selected the city as their distrib- |
iting center, the amount of their yearly |
sales Of all other such brokers in
New Mexico. The retail merchants, OF |
las Vegas, are more numerous, and carry |
and better stocks of goods than do |
be retail merchants OF any other town in
his Territory or Arizona.