Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-12-11

Hot Sprins Is not alone q sanitAfinu.
I Justly claims 10 b. be In addition ga
recnp raIing place FIR the verworked
md a plea~ufnhie resort for the rest Of
maokind." Il Is un que In q par
ocular IN that It Is a village, u der
perfect sanitary control dedicated TO
he restorati IN Of health. Overcome
vii with good" seems TO be It's m tito.
For those seeking a spot for colonies
ion 1t Is ideal All the c~onveniences
II post flee, telegr phi, telephone and
xpress are at had. IL has a public
school, whose teacher, selected from
among the best 10 the city Of Santa
Fe, loves her ruplls aud Is un ir'ng 10
her efforls to keep them. Parents
coming with children for a tenn
porary residence, a bring their
own text books and have
the usual studies continued without in
t~eruplion.
New Mexico is ia Territory in the
sky" Mr.. Higgins aptly defines 1t
as ga lant Of SOFT golden light, whose
parallel is the mosu perfect day Of q
New England spring lis latitude is
that Of Co. tral ren., ssee; its altiludr
from 6 500 to 1000 feet. eli is
mountain rang . were leveled smoothly
over It's valleys and plans, the entire
area Of more than 100. 900 .qusre
miles would stand higher above the
sea than the sumnit Of any psak OF
the Catskills or Aiirondacks." Its
| air is o sure cure tor consumpnves II
taken 10 Tune. Asthmatics experiences
,mwediate relief IL mas no malaria,
no excessive hat or cold. no mo-
quitoes, no gnats, no rats. at slice. .
only for thirst Stake that and II
would become again, 20 OF old, the
very gardens OF the gods.
The City o. Las Vegas stands at the
threshold Of q new cen ury, and has
an opportunity, such as Q ms only
after ges Of silent waiting. Again
the invader seems to stand before US
with extended b%eckon,ng arm, but his
cry is not aow .For ward, for Ord and
Spain" Personal AMBITION sinks out
Of sight, when once the true meaning
of life dawps upon the eoul. "Fhe
light which lighteth every man" is
upon the world. The rallying cry
now i~s-"Speed on the Lightl"
God, in his providence, seems call.
ing Las Vegas to a great work, "The
Meadows"-the couuty seat of San
Miguel county-has on the north,
Colorado, on the east, Kansas, and she
approaches to Chicago, on the south,
Texas and Old Mexico, IN the west
Arizona and California. In the midsl
of these prospecting communities, SHE
sits sg a queen, but her rule must be
love, and no subject must be forgotten
Eight thousand Pueblo Indians, ~ e0l
Nayajoes, 1900 Apaehes, together
with 100. 900 Mesicans, atapd aloof
reserved and silent aud watch the livei
of the followers of the meek and lowly
Jesus, to see what the meaning of it all il
for them. nWhst are we doing to give
these splendid children OF nature tn,
best and only the best, which the,
need from our civilization P" ask
Bertha S. Wilkins, . teacher 10 q o1
our government Indian schools, Upor
its answer 10 this question hangs th'
future of this favored city. II al
within It's borders, who see the light oil
the advancing day, will put aside all
differences of race and creed, ant
making "points Of coutactn wherever
possible, jim hands to reclaim til,
desert PLACES, the ancient prophesy
shall be fulfilled, ssThe desert shall
blossom as the rose'' and sorrow ant
crying shall cease throughout the land
Filled with the though OF the pos,
sibllities before this Territory ant
thankful that she has q ..G~reenacre,'
with Its free platform where the larg
est truth Of God may be spoken witt
JOY and from which the tidings of thi
new land may be sent forth. u happ,
traveller )urneyed to The Pacific coast
reveling oy the way in the feast Q
eyer changing color spread out befort
her. To some, the land through
which she PISS, d, is an "awful desert
and s.Valley OF DEATH !" she saw onl,
the hand OF God on sky and land ant
felt the waiting attitude OF the life
which is ready to manifest itself on al
sides at the approach Of che Moses
who shall strike the rorks and caus
the waters TO gush forth!
SARAH j. FARxER,
Montezuma Hotel, Hot Springs, Decem