Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-07
such brokers in New Mexico. M

such brokers in New Mexico. Thu
retail merchants, Of Las Vegas, arr
more numerous. and carry larger Ant
better stocks Of goods than do the 70
tall merchants Of any other town II
this Territory or Arizona.
Las Vegas has TWO daily and 81,
weekly papers. three banks, tire,
building and loan associations, six ho
tells many boarding houses. min.
churches, . number Of clubs
and al OF the leading civic and
sesiAl societies: . roller 6our mill
capacity, Afty barrels per day;
dve wollscouring establishments
cleaning 5000. 900 pounds Of wool an
nually; Q well-ecuipped brewery and
bottling establishment; a mandatory
Of mineral and carbonated waters;
three wagon and carriage factories sad
die and harness factory; q foundry,
electric light plant, three planning
mills. and other enterprises Of less i'm
portance.
A city hall, four public school build.
ings, courthouse. Masonic temple. Cd
era house. Territorial Normal school
and Territorial insane asylum and pub
lie buildings, constructed OF red and
white sandstone. unsurpassed In beau.
ty BY similar edifces in any town. Of
equal size. in the states.
The latitude is about the same as
that Of central Tennessee, while the al
titude is nearly $500 feet. This com
bination gives q peculiar. but most
happy. result. In the winter, during
the day. the Thermometer seldom falls,
In the shade, below forty degrees.
while It often runs m the sunshine, to
sixty-ive degrees-or even more. On
the other hand, In the summer, the
heat Is never oppressive. In the shade,
and no night is too warm for com.
Portable sleep. under one or two
blankets. The sun will shine nine
days out Of every ten, the year round.
This, with the extreme dryness OF the
air. caused by the very slight precip-
itation OF moisture; the resinous ar0-
ma. rolling down from the pins-clad
mountains; the large amount OF else.
tricity In the air. and the consequent
ozone resulting from the altitude: and
the location 81 the town, land.iocked
BY mountain and mesa-theNo all con.
spire TO produce m atmMpn src which
IL . balm to all diseases Of the rospi.
ratory organs. The percentage Of
death from consumption 10 lower In
New Mexico thnn it 10 anywhere else
In the United States; and 70 other
place In New Mexico excels Las Vegas
the salubrity Of It's climate. Asth.
In the way Of health and pleasure
resorts. Las Vegas 10 unrivaled. In q
of twenty miles. In romantic |
glens and beside babbling
mountain brooks. are the Las Vegas
springs. Harvey's, FL Porvenir,
Sparks sspello. RocIada,
md other places. too numerous u
mention, whero health Gun be recov
'red, and life becomes a pleasure ia
he ennuye, the invalid, the over
business man.
This Territory Is rich In everything
ron. copper. coal. lead. silver. gold,
hat constitutes the wealth Of nations,
MICA, limestone. sandstone. marbles.
gypsum. salt. soda In endless variety and
'xhaustless quantities. are among the
everal products OF the country which
Jas Vegas commands. Sheep. cattle,
nd lumber abound. so that In each
these prime articles Of commerce
his city IL the best market in New
She handles more wool than
the other towns In the TERRITORY
ombined, while her commerce in hides
J truly enormous. In the same way
he stands preeminent for her trade
. grains. hay. vegetables. and other
products: while her trade IN ice.
altered n the neighbor1ng mountain
anyons, extends east into Kansas
rest Into Arizona. and south Into OF
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