Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-31

better stocks OF goGlis than do the tn
tail merchants OF any other town in
this Territory or Arizona.
Las Vegas has two daily and six
weekly papers, three banks, three
building and loan associations. six ho-
tells, many boarding houses, nine
churches, q number Of clubs,
and all OF the leading civic and
social societies; a roller -four mill.
capacity. fifty barrels per LAY:
I'VE woll-scouring establishments,
cleaning 5000, 900 pounds OF wool an
nually; d well-eGuipped brewery and
boiling establishment; 4 mandatory
OF mineral and carbonatcd waters;
| three wagon and carriage factories sad
die and harness factory; a foundry,
electric light plant, three planning
mills, and other enterprises Of less I'm
portance.
A city hall, four public school build.
jings, courthouse. Masonic temple, OPP
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 1t often runs IN 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 n 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 arc
ma, rolling down from the pine-clad
mountains: the large amount OF cleo
tricity In the air. and the consequent
ozone resulting from the altitude; and
the location Of the town, land.lockel
10y MOUNTAIN .na ->es.~ thasa all con,
spire to produce an atm0sph are which
is q balm to all diseases Of the respi
ratory organs. The percentage Of
death from consumption is lower in
New Mexico than Il Ii anywhere else
In the United states; and re other
place In New Mexico excels Las Vegas
In the salubrity Of Its climate. Asth'
mates experience Immediate and per
manent relief. In this altitude.
In the way of health and pleasure
resorts, Las Vegas Is unrivaled. In q
radius Of twenty miles. In romantic
mountain giens and beside babbling
mountain brooks. are the LAS Vegas
hot springs. Harvey's. FL Porvenir
Blake's. Sparks Spello. Rociada'
and other places. toe numerous To
mention. where heath can be recov
cred, and life becomes a pleasure Ia
the ennuye, the invalid. the over
worked business msn.
This Territory islrich In %everythinc
iron. copper coal. lead. silver, gold,
that constitutes this wealth Of nations.
mica. limestone, sandstone. marbles,
gypsum,s salt. soda iuendless variety and
!. exhaustless quantities.. are among thu
several products a3 the country which
! Las Vegas commads. Sheep. cattle
and lumber aboiid, SO that In each
: 81 these prime ~asticles OF commerce
lthis city ii the test market in New
7 Mexico. She handles more wool than
all the other towis In the Territory
combined. while ftr commerce in hides
is truly enormoI In the same way
J she stands ~pre.ehinent for her trade
, In grains, hay, Vegetables. and other
|. farm products; ollie her trade In Ice,
gathered in the leighboring mountain
! canyons. extend east into Kansas
west into ArizoA. and south into Old
Mexico.