Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-11-13
LAS CRUCES GOSSIP.
The Metropolis Of The Mesilla Valley Is
Enioying Prosperity,

Special Correspondence New Mexican.
Las Cruces, Nov. -, 1s99.-In an in
terview with Mr.. Daniel A. Creamer
he agent of the A.. T. & s. f. Railway
Company here, he stated the pleasing
fact that this company never before ir
its history, has done so heavy business
as it is doing at the present time, more
particularly, to and from Mexico. Train
Dads of hogs, coal, machinery of every
kind and merchandise generally &C
through Las Cruces constantly. 1t is
wonderful how rapidly the business be-
tween the two countries is increasing.
From Mexico come, in large quantity
stock, ore, sugar, oranges, coffee, ETC.,
principal commodities. Ell Paso is the
gateway to Mexico and the A., r. a. s. +
road the principal highway to carry be-
tween the two republics.
There never has been before, so great
a demand for apples, peaches, pears,
ounces, and grapes, at home and from
abroad. One firm here has gone exclu-
sively into the cultivation of the cauli-
flower, with the prospect before them of
making the enterprise quite remunera-
tive
Strangers from all parts of the world,
continue to pour in upon us, for health,
pleasure and business. What to do with
them, where to put them, is seriously
agitating the minds of our hotel men.
Twenty small dwelling houses would
rent here freely, at once, If we had
them.
The Woodmen of the World will give
a ball at the rink Friday evening De-
cember Is.
Thursday afternoon Mrs. S. Il. New
comb and Mrs w. E. Baker, at the resi-
dence of the former, entertained at pro-
gressive euchre, delightful party of
ladies', consisting of Mrs. Frank Lester,
Mrs. George Freuger, Mrs. A. j. Papen,
Mrs. Phebus Freudenthal, Mrs. Morris
Freudenthal, Mrs. e. Day, Mrs. Mosser,
Mrs. Captain Habighurst, Mrs. DR..
Rosewater, Mrs. Louis Hostetter, Mrs.
Henry Bowman, Mrs. p. Moreno, Mrs.
James Ascarate, Mrs. Brannigan, Mrs.
M. f. Carroll, Mrs. f. c. Barker, Mrs
Fred. Lohman, Mrs. e. G. Wade, Miss
Mlllicent Barker and Miss Clara Jacoby.
1t was party of charming ladies,
greatly enjoyed by everyone present.
The first present was awarded to Mrs.
M. f. Carroll, and the second to Mrs.
DR.. Rosewater.
For a long time the streets and side
walks of Las Cruces have been in ter
rible condition. They had worked up
into holes and in many places had be-
come almost impossible for wagons and
other vehicles; but all this is now under
going great and exceedingly necessary
change. A dozen two-horse wagons
have been engaged in hauling and filling
up these dangerous places, for two
weeks past, with dirt, sand and gravel
so that it is again becoming pleasure
to walk, to ride, to drive in our streets.
The citizens are glad to see this much
desired improvement going on. There
are other improvements which will be
reached after a while. We must be
patient. 1t is said all Chings come to
those who wait. If this be so, how long,
O, Lord, how long must the people OF
Las Cruces yet wait for those things
which they might just as well as not
have had q quarter of a century ago?
This question will be it's own answer
before long.
The question which ought to be the
one the people Of Las Cruces are most
vitality concerned about, is the water
question for drinking purposes. Yet,
the most of them are Indifferent about
it. 1t is only the few who can, or will
distil the water they drink, nor do they
go to the trouble to boil it. The water
from the shallow surface wells of the
town is an abomination, and ought not
to be drank in it's natural state, by eth.
er man or beast. What is the remedy?
The only answer is the artesian well.
But, says everybody, artesian water
cannot be found here. I deny it, 1t can.
1t can be found right here in the streets
of Las Cruces. No effort has ever been
made to find it. Good water can be
found anywhere on earth by digging
for it. 1t is only a question Of digging
deep enough to reach it. 1t can be
reached easily anywhere in the Mesilla
valley.
In 1860 an artesian well was bored In
the street of the city of Charleston, S.
c., and the most lovely water obtained
ever saw, at a depth Of 5000 feet. 1t
was right there on the Atlantic coast,
on level with the water of the ocean.
went there that year to drink and
bathe in the water, and found 1t to be
as palatable and healthy as any water
on the earth. That well has been and Is
worth millions of dollars to Charleston
1t will be safe proposition for those
whose business it is to bore artesian
wells to come this way and go to dig
ging, upon an understanding that they
are to be paid only In the event they
succeed. E. G.. WADE, SIX.
An Old Pioneer Dead.
Philander Simmons, one of the first