El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-21
BIRTH OF OTERO COUNTY.
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'sThe ladies'" by Justice McFee.
s'The Legislature" by Major Max
Luna.
"The Commercial Club" by Mr..
Alexander.
"The Young Men of Alamogordo,
by DIR. Bryan.
Messrs. Hawkins, Greig, Frank
Davidson, .Lightfoot, and others also
responded to impromptu toasts.
The banquet was served in the style
tel, and was the subject of highest
compliments at the hands of the guests
present. The hall was handsomely
decorated with flags, and the name
"Otero" stood out in bold relief on
the wall behind the chair of the toast
master. After the banquet, dancing was
INDUCED in, and Old Sol was casting
his rays on the mountains ere the last
of the jewellers retired.
UP TO THE SUMMIT.
Sunday morning at 10 O'Clock spe-
cial train pulled out of AlamogordO for
Toboggan, the highest point on the
famous CLOUD Climbing Route. Aboard
were the governors party and other
invited guests. Passing La Luz on the
Mesa, the road was soon lost among
the canyons of the Sacramentos. Here
all interest in common place matters
was lost, the grandeur and subllm1ty
of the scenery almost passing belief.
| At Scenic point stop was made, aud
opportunity afforded to inspect the
magnificent piece of engineering which
| made possible the ascent of the sum-
NIT. Standing at the top of the noun
tain was to be seen the log train, dis
tant apparently about four hundred
yards, but we were informed that
four and one half miles of
track lay between the two
: paints. The road winds and turns,
taking advantage of every natural aid,
direction, and is greatly astonished to
discover that the sun is casting its
RAYS from the north, instead of from
it's accustomed orbit. "Little Round
Top' is reached about half way up the
mountain. Though no such san
culinary scenes as were witnessed by
the peak of the same name on the
bloody field of Gettysburg have ever
trauspired here this Little Round
Top" hath victories of her own, NO
less renowned than those of war.
UNPARALLELED SPLENDOR.
Arrivin~ at the summit q scene Of
unparalleled beauty and splendor lies
unfolded before the eye. Far to the
west are stretched away those wonder
full white sand plains, shimmerlng anC
clustering in the clear atmosphere, anC
bearing most wonderful resem blance
to the ocean. Indeed you can almos
see the breakers rise and fall, so strik
ing is the illusion. At your feet lie
tiny threads of steel, traversed b.
pigmy engines and by Lilliputians, snt
it is hard to realize that this is che
heavy train that Numbered past US
a
spread the msgnifcentforest of spruc'
pine and fir that make this section
famous, and still above US the snow
capped peaks seem to kiss the yer.
=. heavens. 1t is scene not to be sur
passed, nor forgotten.
At Fresnal and Toboggan the citizen
turned out en- masse to do honor tt
, are good to look amen of brain AM
brawp, clean limbed, with clear eyes
they stand splendid examples of wha
g the Anglo Saxon can do in the face O
Q apparently insurmountable obstacles.
AT TObOggan the party was heartily
: welcomed. Speeches were made by
: Col. Harvey, Major Van Patten, ane
enthusiastic and headed by the bant
they marched to the train and made
the echoes ring with cheers for Cover
" nor Otero and party.
o Though the snow lay here to tn
depth of foot the air was balmy anG
lOvercnats were not needed
This was the highest point attained b.
most OF the party, though some pro
ceeded on the engine to points of inter
est still farther up and near the 900
, foot elevation.
A revelation to all was the exten
and fertility of the mountain valleys
- While lum Der is king, q majority G
, the people engage in agriculture, ant
nesting against the mountain sides ar
coy homes and thriving barn yards
We were told that the sol
was equal in productiveness t
any of the famed valleys of Illinois o
Iowa. ALI products thrive, Du
cereals are especially productive here
. Water is plentiful for irrigatin
purposes, and easily controlled. I'm
\ mense tracts of land still lie ready TO
, entry and settlement. There is Gel
4 tainly no richer or more favored cour
try in the west than this, and if an
reader is in doubt as to his future sue
cess, let HIM 60 to the Sacrament
Mou tains. Fortune can not fail hir
there if wooed with thrift and indus
try.
Lunch was served at Toboggan an
afterwards the descent to AlamogOrd
was made without incident
;. MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT
s. In the evening Mrs. Col. Harvey Ell
| "A in, tho hotel