Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-07-13
THIS LOCALITY
Las Vegas the Chief City
Of New Mexico some
Of Her Resources,
Attractions and
Advantages.

LAS VnGAs is the natural shnAtorIum 0
the United States. combining more nat
ural advantages than any other place 4
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 hent o
cold, no gnats, rats or mosquitoes. Ia
air Is pure, dry, rarifed, and highly cleo
trihad-a certain euro for consumption. I
the disease be taken ia time. The no
waters are a specific for liver. skin. rheu
mstic and blood disorders. Her Moptezu,
ma hotel is the finest hostelry between
| Chicago and California, and IL situated II
a beautiful canyon, five miles from town
where the Hot Springs. forty Ia number
come boiling to the surface.
The latitude Is about the same as That Of
central Tennessee, while the altitude II
nearly $500 feet. This combination givei
a peculiar, but most happy, result. In the
winter, during the day, the thermometer
seldom falls. In the shade. below forty de-
grees. while IL often runs, In the sunshine,
to sixty-five degrees-or aver MORE. On
the other hand, In the summer, the heat 10
never oppressiv We, IN the shade, and nc
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 dryDess 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; aud 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 percentages Of
death from consumption is lower in New
Mexico than 1t is any where else in the
United States; and no other place 10 New
Mexico excels Las Vegas in the salubrity
Of its climate. Asthmatics experience
immediate and permanent relief, In this
altitude. PEW
In the way of health and pleasure re-
sorts, Las Vegas Is unriyeled. Ia a radius
OF twenty miles, Ia romantic mountain
glens and beside babbling mountain brooks,
are the Las Vegas Hot Springs, Harvey's,
Ell Porvenir, Sandoval's Mineral Hill, Ro-
nero Ranch, Blake's, Sparks, Sapello,
Rociada, and other places, too Numerous
TO mention where health eau be ed,
and life becomes a pleasure to the ennuye.
the invalid, the over-worked business man
LAS VEGAS has two daily and ave weekly
papers, three banks, two building and loan
associations. three hotels. many boarding
houses, nine churches, q number OF clubs,
and all the leading civic and social socie-
ties; a roller -four mill, capacity, fifty bar
reis per day two understanding establish
cleaning 1,50O,000 pounds OF wool
annually; q well-equipped brewery and
bottiing establishments; a mandatory OF
and carbonated waters; two waR-
on and carriage factories; q saddle and
factory; ~foundrJ. cleo
light plant, three planning mills,
and other enterprises Of less importance.
There are eight large wholesale houses,
whose trade extends throughout the Ter
ritory, and into the adjoining sections; |
the volume of this trade. and the
value OF the stocks which they carry, can
not be duplicated west of Kansas City and
south of Denver. Three merchants brok.
have selected the city as their distrib- |
nting center, the amount of their yearly
'ales exceeding, in the aggregate, the com
sales of all other such brokers In |
New Mexico. The retail merchants, of
Las Vegas, are more numerous, and carry
anger and better stocks Of goods than do
he retail merchants OF any other town in
his Territory or Arizona. sa1F