Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-07-21
THIS LOCALITY
Las Vegas the Chief City
of New Mexico Some
OF Her Resources,
Attractions and
Advantages.

LAS VEGAS is the natural ssnatorium o
the United States. combining moro nat
ural advantages than any other place Il
America. Her thermal waters are tn
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, I'M
arr Is pure, dry, rarihed, and highly cleo
trifed--a certain cure for consumption, Il
the disease be taken ia time. The hoI
waters are a specific for liver. skin, rheu'
matte and blood disorders. Her Montezu.
ma hotel is the finest hosiery between
Chicago and California, aud is situated 10
a beautiful canyon, Eve miles from town
whero the Hot Springs, forty In number,
come boiling to the surface.
The latitude Is about the same as that OF
central Tennessee, while the altitude is
nearly 0,500 feet. This combination gives
a peculiar, but most happy, result. Ia the
winter, during the day, the thermometer
seldom falls. In the shade, below forty de-
grees, while it often runs, in the sunshine,
to ~slxty-fve degrees-or even more. On
the other hand, In the summer. the heat Is
never oppressive, IL the shade, and no
under n 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 Is lower In New
Mexico than it is anywhere else In the
United States; and no other place in New
Mexico 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 is unrivaled. In a radius
OF twenty miles, In romantic mountain
glens and beside babhliOg mountain brooks,
are the Las Vegas hot Springs. Harvey's,
Ell Pcrvenir, Sendoval's Mineral Hill, Ro-
nero Ranch, Blake's, Sparks, Sapello.
Rociada, and other places, too Numerous
to mention where health can be recover ed,
and life becomes a pleasure to the ennuye,
the invalid, the over-worEed business man.
Las VEGAS has two daily and i've weekly
papers, three banks, two building and loan
associations. three hotels, many boarding |
nine churches, q number OF clubs, |
and all the leading civic and social socie-
ties; a roller hcur mill, capacity, fifty bar
rels per day two wool-scouring establish. |
cleaning 100000 pounds OF wool
annually; a well-equipped brewery and
establishments; a mandatory of
and carbonsted waters; two wag-
or and carriage factories; q saddle and
factory; a foundry. cleo
light plant, three planning mills,
md otner enterprises of less importance.
There are eight large wholesale houses,
whose trade extends throughout the Ter
'itory, and into the adjoining sections;
the volume of this trade. and the
value of the stocks which they carry, can
lot be duplicated west of Kansas City and
Iouth of Denver. Three merchants brok-
'rs have selected the city as their distrib-
ting center, the amount of their yearly
ales exceeding, in the aggregate, the conn
sales Of all other such brokers In
lew Mexico. The retail merchants, of
4as Vegas, are more numerous, and carry
and better stocks of goods than do
retail merchants of any other town in
his Territory or Arizona.