Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-09-05
CAN NOT COUGH
BoardeTs In Albuquerque, N. n,
Must Be Careful.
They May De Chased A. 'Lun6srs"
and Refused Accommodations
A Town of Health


TOWN OF bohltA |
Seekers.
There are many private boarding |
houses in Albuquerque. \. NJ, but in
the best OF then no invalidS are al
lowed to stay. II a boarder coughs at
the table during meal time he will
be politely requested to leave ut once
and his departure will be firmly insist
ed upon. The landlady will tell him
she is very sorry. but that the other
boarders object to the coughing and
that she must keep up the reputation
of her house, which is that "lungerS"
or invalids are not accommodated
there. xays the Kansas City Times.
The most OF the invRliGs who go to
New Mexico in search Of health are
sufferers from consumption and are
known by the slangy term "lungers."
The knowledge that first-class board
ing houses enforce this rule against
coughing helps many Of them along
oward recovery, because IL puts them
on their guard and they are thereby
enabled to restrain themselves from
much useless and needless racking of
the lungs. Physicians shy that con-
sumptives really do not have to cough
as much as they do. 1t becomes a
habit to them and Is harmful.
An ordinance against splitting on the
sidewalk il also rigidly enforced be-
cause OF the fear of contracting the
dreaded tuberculosis. n ere are two
public libraries In the city. but many
people will not patronizc them because
they fear the germs Of disease are
carried in the leaves Of books on it's
shelves. The fear Of contracting the
disease T.. always at the ears Of all
the people.
Almost all Of the people in the city
went there for their health or because
some member Of their family had to
go. The city OF ~Albuqurr"u 's Il new
town. II il separate and ;-;iur, from
the old Mexican town 80 i'C same
name which lies west ~ . .. -" rican
town. The old town is 70 ,r.!rrtion
of adobe houses with nrr~,w irrcgu-
lar streets that wind In and around the
dwellings with no system. In the cen-
ter OF the town facing the square is
the old church Of San FiIipe built 400
years ago There are numerous sa-
Don IN the old town. but all Of them
sell American drinks and no mescal.
the tavnrite Mexican drink. can he OBJ
tanned there. Y wrists invariably nsk
for IT,. 4 single track horse chr line
connects the old aud new towns. The
old town also boasts Of the Rernn-
lilo county courthouse and the county
Jail.
The new town Is an American city
one and n half miles square. II sup
ports two daily papers and the peo-
pie and the customers are as dis
tinctively American MS II they were a
thousand miles away from the old
town Its commercial club has a fine
building. three ~stnrics high. in which
are modern club rooms. There are
numerous hotels and two bnnks. one Of
which carries more than SI.75O.O o in
deposits. The population Is only
about IN cO0. hut the heavy deposits
are made by mining companies operat-
ing near the city.
II Is said 81 the climate that the
sun shines every day in the year.
Even in the rainy season there Is al
ways n daily break in the clouds,
through which the suns rnys burst
brightly. There Is no rain of CON
sequence for six months of the year,
and MS the soil is sand there Is dust
everywhere. When the wind blows
strongly ihorr are sand storms which
are very disHgrccable to n ewcom
but which are looked upon p%hilosoph-
ically hy the people who have lived
there awhile.
The north and south streets are
named after the principal mems Of
support of the town. The main street
Is called Railroad nvenue Other
streets nre Gold avenue, Silver avenue,
Lead avenue. Coal avenue md Conner
avenue. To the west Of the city rise
the c~rnters Of three extinct volca noes,
but the inhabitants never give them
n thought except to point them out to
n newcomer or a visitor. They do not
even emit smoke or steam. The Rio
Grande separates them from the town.
North and east 81 the city lie, n chnin
Of mountains called the San DIM
They nre " miles why and n brond
mesa. or table lnrd. stretches between
them and the town. 80
No vegetation grows Whereabouts
without irrigation and the bitches.
known 10y the Mexican name OF Asa.
cins, can he seen yet in and about the
town. Most 81 tho water now used
is piped through mains laid under tho
streets. \ green lawn may he Ind,
bnt II must be covered with mn inch
or two OF water every day. Some pco.
pie Will not try to grow grass because
II makes their houses too damp. Cot
tonwuOd trees are about the only she.
cics grown. No roots every protrude
above the ground, Ms they grow
straight down in search Of wafer
which is usually found six or eight
feet below The surface. Despite these
difficulties In growing green things the
city. when viewed from the Highlands.
n suburb east 81 the city. appears 10
he a grove Of vcrdure. The cjiy In,
ono small park. where everything 10
green, and work Is now progressing on
another. II Is being made In n gravel
bed, 10 which oil the aoil will have 10