The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-20


hart look promising.
Tucumcarie is another promising
new town. At this place branch road
of the Rock Island is being built run
ming up into the gold fields ofColorado
The place is typically western. lies
4,l9l feet above sea level. The in
habitants at present are composed of
eastern gamblers, bad COW punchers
and Mexicans. To be properly dressed
one is supposed 20 wear six shooter
where he can get at it quick Who
ever named the town must have lost
his carrie: we are OF the opinion the
name of Conan taken" would have
been more appropriate. Every train
running into the place for three
days carried away either dead
man or one who had killed some one.
On Monday OF last week only four
deaths occurred. bullets being the
cause. The president OF the town site
company runs, or did run. a saloon
Another saloon man seemed to be get.
ting the best of him in the way OF
trade and the town site fellow thought
to play even by reducing the price Of
whiskey from Is cents to 10 cents
The other fellow asked if 1T we're true
hat he intended to reduce the price
and on being informed that he die
promptly shot him. A friend of tbs
town site man Immediately shot the
slayer. and when the bartender came
in, some one plugged him with lead
and Mexican being accused of tbs
crime went out on the desert ano
blew his head off. Com an-tak EN-
is lively town and is destined to be
more popular as time goes on. Among
the more prominent business houses te
be found are the Carrie Natior
Saloon" the rf-Astoria Palace
Saloon" and the Bank Hotel and
Saloon =" The proprietors of these
places are very genial fellows and are
exceedingly polite in the display of fire
arms.
The next promising town of import
is Carrizozo. situated at the foot of the
mountains. Her merchants are thrift
ty, nothing sells for less than Is cents.
The railroad company is experiencing
some difficulty in getting good water
without going some distance for it, A
change OF engine aues is made neces-
sary about every three months.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico, is beauti-
fully located on the banks of the Pecos
river. The town site covers five-sixths
of a section of land. the streets are
eighty feet wide, and are greatly in
HANGED in beauty by the growth of the
native evergreen. One of the large
enterprises now under way is the con.
struction of a waterworks system on 8
large scale. The water will be piped
from Mammoth Springs, some distance
from the city, and is said to be the
finest water ia New Mexico Whole.
sale shipping stations and other enter
prises are now being established The
principle industry in this section is
cattle and sheep raising.
Twenty miles out from Alama
gordo is located the fast gaining in
popularity resort, Cloudcroft. the
ROOF Garden of the Southwest" sur
rounded by stately trees and grassy
| fern lined glades, about 100 miles from
Ell Paso. Cloudcroft offers great at
fractions for the pleasure seeker, the
business man, or the capitalist. Dur
ing the hot season fires are in demand
both corning and evening. Ths
balsam laden air from the vast pine
forest, combined with the excellen
climate, proves panacea for mos
diseases. 1t is said by the inhab;tant
of this place that there is no malaria a
Cloudcroft This fact the citizens tr,
to impress upon everyone who visit
the place.
Ell Paso, or "the pass" in Spanish, i
lOCdtSu III Uu6 extreme western part G
Texas. 1t is said to be the mos
historical city in the United States, O
account of the geographical situation
1t was at this point that General Ster
ing Pierce, accompanied by the "Mis
souri, Horse" under COL Rails, entere
Mexico. The city affords six fin
school houses with an attendance {
,, about thousand scholars. court house
city hall, fine opera houses, electri
lights, international street car line.
two shelters, paid steam fire depar
ment, federal building, and many othe
, large enterprises. The merchants an
business men are prosperous as ar
also the gamblers. There are man
2 large retail and wholesale stores a
: earring large line of goods, tire
! daily papers furnish the busy either
2 with news from all the world, plar
are under way for the building of q
, international dam to enable the cit
q of Ell Paso and Juarez to store til
I water from the Rio Grande, during tt
q freshet. At present this much read