El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-28
PRETTY
FORT STANTON
Interesting Facts Concerning
Government Sanitarium
iNVAllDS ARE EMPLOYED
MANY OF Them Engaged In AgrlCuI-
tural Pursuits County
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albuquerque journal Democrat
One OF the prettiest spots in the
southwest is the valley OF the Rio Bo-
niso, In general, and that part OF II
occupied by the Fort Stanton military
reservation in particular. Here the
poet may be said to have realized his
dream of babbling brooks, shady
hooks, moss-growp banks and waving
6eids OF grass and flowers. The it'll
stream fairly gurgles with delight o
Ii runs noisily over rocky preclpices
and elides in and out among the huge
oottoawoods lining Its banks. AT
Fort Stanton it passes right through
the post and although several feet
deep. It's ebbly bottom can be seen
shimm eripg n the light of the sun.
The scenery is not TO be scoffed at,
either. On one side rise the Captain
mountains clothed In their soft green
other the lofty Wnite mountain, the
Pixies Peak of New Mexico, covered
With its perpetual mantle OF white.
Such Is the place U Gle Sam has
shosen as q home for those OF his ma
rines afflicted with pulmonary trou-
hle and the wisdom of his choice has
already been proven from the fact th at
those who were sent in the tncipien 1t
stages have shown a marked improve
-
group of patients arrival last NOvem Der
and since then they have continued to
come up til the number will now reach
50. All stages of the terrible disease
are represented, but even the worst
eases have been benefited to some de-
gree by the change. Five have so far
recovered that they are able to do
manual labor and are tending several
of the pretty farms included In the re-
serTat ion For this purpose. the gov
eminent furnishes them with the most
modern of agricultural implements
and pays them a good salary for every
days work. In fact, employment
of any kind is highly encouraged by
the management as q means OF keep
ing the mind off bodily ailments and
their efforts in this direction have
patients for instance, has opened a
tiny confectionery, one cigar store,
where he gathers in stray sheckels, at
the ssne time keeping his mind of
his troubles. Another is proprietor OF
Q barber shop and still others prune
the shade trees, trim the lawns, angle
In the stream for trout, etc. Any
thing, the doctors say, to absorb the
latent tai acti witty and prevent
brooding.
DIR. Cobb is the commanding officer
with DR.. Carl Ramus as assistant.
Both stand high in the medical pro-
session and take q keen interest In the
importance of the work they bave
lnEertsken.
Pnelover of things historic will view
with reeretthe remOdeling And tearing
down ofmany ofthe posts old buildings,
50 full of the history of the early
conquest of the southwest over the
copper colored natives. Over 10
carpenters and laborers are EN- oloyed
In remodeliug the barracks and other
buildings and making them resdy to
receive the hundreds OF invalids VINO
will crowd the place ere long.
Fort Stanton is connected with esp
itsn, the terminus OF the White Oaks
route, with a good smooth road, and as
she two places are only elk miles
apart. the accessibility of the place
will have no. a little to do in enhanc-
ing its value az sau1tarium
The quaint town of Lincoln, the
county seat OF Lincoln county, snug
gzed peacefully In Its mountain nest is
q mode rn Arcadia with its hocks and
its meadows, it's low hills and its Ivy
grown court house. An air OF sereHi-
~ pervades the place which makes one
feel at home at once, as II this we're
the resting place of the territory
where one would wish to spend several
months in doing nothing but breathe
in the cool mou tain air and eat and
sleep,-s Rip Van Wrinkle existence,
- it were.
The recent rains In the county have
Improved the ranges which we're al
ready in good condition until now
nothing more is TO be desired. The
cattle and sheep are in splendid condi
tion which will mean a heavy summer
and fall trade for the merchants. Jaffs,
Prayer & Co, successors to Chas.
Bsl3ean. Is the largest mercantile
establishment in the place, although
Table. Bros. and r. Michaelas are
both sound firms, doing big business.
FRED A. BUSH.
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