Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-29
Town of TuIarosa.

Town of TuIarosa.
Tularosa was the most important set
Element in Otero county before Alamo
gordo was founded. 1t is a lovely ag-
ricultural settlement an Tularosa
creek in the southern part of Otero
county. II is ensconced in fruit or
chards and boasts of beautiful and
magnificent surroundings. II is situat-
ed at the base of the White mountains
whose highest peaks about twenty-five
miles distant rise to an altitude of 12,-
600 feet. The town itself has an ele-
walton OF $500 feet. 1t is supplied
with water by Tularosa creek which is
q mountain stream whose sources con-
sist of several mountain springs, con
tanning iron. magnesia and sulphur, on
the reservation of the Mescalero In
dams. 1t flows for about twenty miles
through the canyon dividing the White
mountains from the Sacramento range.
These mountains are covered with
pine, fir, Juniper, pinion and balsam fir,
all of which endow the atmosphere
with healing balm beneficial to the
lungs. The balsam fir furnishes q
resin pleasant to the taste and much
used among the mountain jewellers for
coughs, sore threats and similar COM
plants. The temperature ranges from
the freezing point to 94 degrees Fair
enheit. This is the record for the past
nineteen years. The quicksilver in the
thermometer reaches It's highest point
about the middle of August when for
about two weeks it climbs to "a de-
grees at noon and remains there until
3 o'clock in the afternoon. when 1t be-
gins to- decline. At night the breeze
sets in from the mountains which rem
der a blanket necessary before morn
ing. The large number OF old cotton
wood trees which line the streets of
Tularosa furnish a dense shade which
makes the warmest days pleasant and
agreeable. The real winter lasts from
about the end of December until the
beginning of February and then ice
can be sene on the ~irrigatlng bitches
but only from one-eighth to one-quarter
of an inch in thickness. Tularosa be-
ing completely land locked against the
winds On the north and east ty noun
tains and spurs from the main ranges.
never experiences those sudden
changes of temperature which are so
severe on those with lung trouble.
New Mexico as a fruit region has
already been largely advertised and
the fruit of all kinds raised proves its
high standing for horticulture. Tu-
larosa does lot fall behind any other
portion of the territory in the cultiva.
ton of apples. peaches, pears. april
cots, nectarines, figs. grapes and wine
making from the Mission grape. APP.
Piles measuring from four to six inches
in diameter ale raised in Tularosa.
The tourist and hunter will find many
attractions in the vicinity of the town,
The mountain landscape and the won
derful mirage of the desert to be often
seer in the Tuiarosa valley ate things
worth going many miles to see. Six
hours ride will take the hunter among
the wild turkey, black tail 6eer and
cinnamon bear, and a days drive in a
buggy will carry the disciple of Walton
to where the speckled trout are walt
ing greedy for the anglers bait. A
large area of public land rs still to be
had in the vicinity of the settlement.
That this land is rich and fertile is
proved fully by the lands under cult
walton in hat section. But irrigation
is necessary. Turn water on the land
and it will produce anything grown In
the temperate zone and many OF the
products of the topics. The mountain
streams furnish water only In limited
quantity during the dry seasons but
enough goes to waste and is lost dur
ing the winter months to irrigate {
country as large as a New England