Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-05
Town OF Tularosa.

Town OF Tularosa.
Tularosa was the most important set.
tlemcnt in Otoro county before Alamo.
gordo was founded Il is lovely AK
flculturai settlement an Tularosa
creek IN the southern part az Otero
county u Is cnscOnCcd in frui: or
chards and boasts of beautiful and
magnificent surroundings II is stunt
ed at the base OF the White mountains
whose highest peaks about twenty five
miles distant rise to an altitude Of 12,.
goo feet. The town itself has an ele-
yatiou o. 1900 icot II is supplied
with water by rularOsa creek which is
a mountain stream whose sources con.
sist OF several mountain springs. con.
tanning iron. lagUcsia and sulphur. Oh
the reservation Of the Moscalero In
dlans u flows for about twenty miles
through the canyon dividing tha White
mountains from the Sacramento range.
These mountains are covered with
pine. 1r. juniper. pinion and balsam fir.
All OF which ondow the atmosphere
wi,n healing halm beneficial To the
lungs. The ha,sam fir furnishes a
resin pleasant 20 the taste aud much
used among thc mountain dwollcrs for
coughs. sore tbruats and similar com
plants. The temperature ranges from
the freezing point TO 80 degrees Fahr.
nhtIt. This 8, The record for the past
nineteen years The quicksilver in the
thermometer reaches its highest pOint
about the middle of August when for
about two weeks II climbs TO % do.
Erces at noon ANA remains there until
2 o'clOcl, Ia the afternoon. when Il hc.
gins to decline. At night the hrcc2o
sets In from the mountains which rem.
der a blanket necessary before morn.
ing. The large uuWiier uf old cotton.
wood tre. which liue tho streets OF
TularOsa furnish q dense shade which
makes the warmest days pleasant aud
agreeable. The real winter lasts from
about Oh '1d OF December until the
beginning of February and then ice
can be srra ou he irrigating ditches
but only from oue.eighth 30 one-Quartrr
of an inch in Thickness. Tularosa be.
ing completely i.ud iocEcd against the
winds on Tao U1r,h end east by noun
tans and sYnrs from the main ranges
never experiences those sudden
chaugcs 81 temperature which are so
severe on those with lung trouble
New Mexico as fruit region has
already been largely advertised and
the ffuit of al kinds raised proves it's
nigh standing for horticulture. Tu-
larosa does Tot fall behind any other
portion of the territory in the cultiva.
ton Of apples, peaches, pears. apri.
cots, nectarines figs grapes and wine
making from the Mission grape Ap.
ples medsurinr from four to six inches
IN diameter are raised in Tularosa
The tourist and hunter will find many
attractions in the vicinity of the town
The mountain landscape and the won
dertul mirage of the desert to be often
seen in the TularCsa valley are things
worth going many miles To see Six
hours ride viii take the hunter among
the wild turkey. black tail deer and
cinnamon bear and a days drive in
buggy VIII carry the disciple OF Walton
10 where the spcClled trout are wait.
ing greod% for the anglers bait A
large area OF public land is still TO be
had IL the vicinity OF the settlement.
That this land is rich and fertile is
proved fully 10y the lands under cult
walton in that section But irrigation
is necessary Turn water on the land
and 1t will produce anything grt wn 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 lrrigate
country as large as a New England