Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-01-07
TERsnLx TOLD!


AN. ~TT MN. WIGS
To the Eddtor OF the Optic. W..
PUEBLO, Colorado, January 9th, 1897
The Central trades and labor union 10
also putting a rod In pickle for the street
railway, II seems the city ordinances re.
quire the company to place q conductor On
every car rua6ing on its line. Lately. the
company has dispensed with the services
OF several conductors and put fare boxes
on the cars, for passengers to deposit their
fares, aud 90 the labor union will make
an attempt to compel the city to bring the
railway company to time, for its violation
Of = city ordinance.
Maybe Pueblo isn't In 1t. when it comes
to bike riding. One arm In this city sold
| 900 wheels during 1895, which makes us
fellows with empty pocket books and no
work, wonder how these 600 buyers, who
are, in many cases. chronic "hard times"
shoutsrs, managed to raise the large sum
necessary to buy . wbesi.
While Colorado has 4 magnificent eli
mate, IL lsr nevsrtheiess far behind that
Of New Mexico, Whers tho sun shines ev-
cry day In the year From the report Of
the weather bureau, In this city. we find
during 1895, Pueblo has had l49 clear days,
l49 partly cloudy days, and 81 cloudy
days. In November, the Thermometer reg
tstersd II degrees below zero, and In De-
cember' 10 degrees below zero wal reached.
The hottest day was In August, when 102
degrees In the shade was recorded. In the
central and southern parts OF New Mexi-
co, one degree below zero 10 Of rare occur
rsncs. and though the heat IL greater In
| H.- M.-fno a. sannna Ioaa ntnraaotva thou
gs fonSd re heat q last summer TO Do IN
We always had a firm conviction that
the Bryan worshipers twho, since the de-
feat Of their political Moses, have blamed
Mckinley for the present condition ol
things, financially and commercially, were
decidedly wrong, and now We know u. A
lecturer on astrolugy, and kindred "derl
foolishness," has solved the problem, ant
declares that the present hard times are
not due to the defeat of Bryan, the cleo.
ton Of Mckinley, or to the mismanage.
msnt Of Fatty" Cleveland, but they are
due solely to certain planetary disturb
ances, which he stands ready to explain Il
all corners who have ten cents to invest
and the fortitude to listen to his lectures
at Riverside nall.
There ID a good showing Of the bushes.
ldone ut the shelters, In this city, during
1886, which not only SPEAKS woll for the
state, but SHOWS Also that there Is plenty
OF gold in Colorado, even though the state
was so sadly afflicted with the '.silver sick
ness" The production OF gold, at Out
smelters, In 1896 was 234 .984 ounces, val.
usd At $4,8l5. 777.S5. and of silver, 1859,
3l2 ounces, valued at n, 791. 494. As, which
10 an increase Of nearly $S,000, 900 over the
production of 1895.
The annual report Of the great steel and
iron works, at this place, 10 also an inter
sstiug document, which shows . large in
crease 10 last years. business, over tuat OF
1895. In fact, the annual reports Of banks
business corporations, firms, etc SO far
published, show an Increase Of business
over 1896. Pueblo Is all right, aud will
bloom and blossom like the rose when the
better days, under republican government,
will come to the country.
The rtabulated statement of the official
vote for president Is interesting reading
IL shows that in nine states. GEN. Palmer
did not receiys . single vote, while 10
Utah he received but twenty lone votes
In four states, the prohibition candidate
failed to poll q siugie vote. Nevada's en-.
tire vots is but 10.Gl5, while Wyoming's
entire vote 10 but 20.776, yet New Mexico
with q population of more than zoo, 600, il
still KNOCKING In vain, for admission as q
state JOHN J. BIPPUs.