El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-01
CLOUDCROFT
AND ALHMOGORDO

AND ALAMOGORDO
Horticulture, Fruit and Gardening
Will Soon be Taken Up.-A Fine
Climate, Rich Soil, Cheap Land,
and a Ready Market at Good
priCes.-AlamOgordo's Future.
George E. Stevenson, now residing
at Toboggan, formerly from. Scranton,
Penna., thinks that the Sacramento
mountains in general offer special in
ducements for capital and labor, and
says: "With the railway completed
and things in more settled condition
free from the push and hustle of con
struction more attention will be given
to agriculture, fruit and gardening.
The advantages in this line is what will
catch some of the working people from
my section. The inducements are all
that can be desired. A fine climate,
rich soil, cheap land and q ready mar
ket at good prices"
=. B. Lewenhielm, an educated Dane
late of Denmark in struggling with the
croft and being q close observer OF
conditions and events saw the oncom-
ing possibilities and said: 81 have only
been in your country one year. L have
travelled across your continent. Amer
lea is q great country and Americans
are grand people. 1 like your free
open handed and hearted manner. L
admire the way your enterprising
men of means take hold and open up
new country. Think this section has
a bright future and 1 am here to catch
and do something for myself"
Judge J. w. Stephens, one of Wealth
erford's most prominent citizens, after
spending several days cooling off at
Cloudcroft said: 81 am simply aston
ished and completely captivated.I have
often heard of the wonderous beauties
of the Sacramento ntains but they
must be Sc en- and the climate enjoyed
to be properly appreciated. Texas
people have long been in need of
summer retreat where they could spend
the long hot summers, and the opening
of this spot will fill the bill. l predict,
that thousands of our best people from
middle and east Texas will spend the
them, and they will come again the
following season and bring their
friends. So go on with your improve
ments and prepare for our coming"
ALAMOGoRDO.
Alamogordo, not yet two years old,
and already putting on city airs with
arc lights and % fire plugs under pre-
sure of 100 lbs to the square Inch; gen.
eral headquarters of two railroads; ter
miual point for three railway divisions;
two big saw mills, that will employ 100
peoble: numerous residences completed
and under construction costing from
SIS 900 to 81, 900; the best operated hotel
in all of New Mexico, the Alamogordo
hotel; an immense hotel under con-
struction to accommodate the saw mill
employees 25 stall round house and
machine shops soon to be constructed,
and last but not least, one of the neat
est and brightest weekly newspapers il
ali of New Mexico. The Alamogordo
News.
How any sane person car observe
these surroundings, and question the
future of Alsmogordo, is question be-
yond my comprehension. Enterprise,
pluck, courage, work and m oney would
make q town out In the middle of a
lake, where they would have to go
down in diving bells to find . starting
point for their foundation and why
should il not make a town of Alamo
eordo where . town is absolutely need
ed and where they are surrounded with
all the advantages for the making of
even q city.
When I observe the character of
men that have taken hold of Alamo
gordo. When I see them run the
off of $40 acres of land, lay 1t off into
lots. with wide straight graded streets,
go fifty miles away to dig up, haul and
set out shade trees by the thousands,
build bitches ten miles In length to
water these trees, build big saw
mills of the latest improved machine
ry, out on the prairie 80 to SO miles
away from timber, and then construct
railroad over supposed impossible
hrf~ h0 To ha
saw mills, 1 can't see where
l can work in my doubling
Thomas narrow minded ideas
in passing Judgment, without
making an ass Of myself, so just throw
up both my hands in admiration and
approval and say you are bound to win.
you can't help it-for bread cast upon
the water is bound to return, and on
The quiet, it would not astonish me to
see Alamogordo making some preten-
tions of q manufacturing point, even
ahead of Ell Paso, and she is liable to
have a big smelling plant before Ell
Paso gets paved streets and decent
sidewalks. Ell Paso is of old birth not
yet aroused from her Rip Van Wrinkle
sleep, while AlamogOrdo is of new
birth, composed of new blood and her
people are wide awake.
Ell Paso talks heap, acts little, while
Alamogordo talks little and acts heap,
and this is what tells in the building of
q TOW OR city. Mark this prediction:
Inside of three years Alsmogordo will
be handling thousands OF invalids to Ell
Paso's hundreds. Why? Because it will
be far more attractive and will have
special hotel accommodation for them,
and will let the invalids know it. She
will go after them while Ell Psso will
wait flor them to come to her.
have Known Ell Paso
for twenty-five years. She can't claim