Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-30

which they carry, cannot be duplicat-
ed wes- OF Kansas City and south of
beaver. Three merchants brokers
have selected the city as their dis
tributing center, h amount of their
yearly sales exceeding, In the aggre-
gate, the combined sales OF all other
such brokers in New Mexico. The
retail merchants, of Las Vegas, are
more numerous, and carry larger and
better stocks of goods than do the ID
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 no.
tells, many boarding houses, nine
churches, a number Of clubs,
and all Of the leading civic and
social societies.; q rollar -four mill,
capacity, fifty barrels per day;
five woll-scouring establishments,
cleaning 100000 pounds of wool an
nually; a well-ecuipped brewery and
bottling establishment; n 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.
4 city hall, four public school build
| Jugs, courthouse, Masonic temple, OPP
| era house, Territorial Normal school
| and Territorial insane asylum and pub
lie buildings, constructed of red and
wlite sandstone, unsurpassed in beau
| ty " similar edifices in any town, Of
| equal size, in the states.
The latitude is about the same as
| hat of central Tennessee, while the al
titude is nearly $500 feet. This com
bination gives a 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 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 Tor com
Portable sleep, under n or two
blankets. The sun will shine nine
days out Of eve ry 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. landlocked
by mountain and meSa--thsS1 I'll con
spire to produce an atmosphere which
is a balm to all diseases of the respi
ratory organs. The percentage o.
death from consumption is lower II
New Mexico thar It is anywhere else
in the United states; II 10 othel
place in New Mexico excels Las Vega:
in the salubrity of its climate. Asth
mates experience immediate n per
manent relief, in this altitude.
In the way of health and pleasure
resorts, Las Vegas is unrivaled. In
radius Of twenty miles, in romantic
mountain glens and beside babblinl
mountain brooks. are the Las Vega
hot springs, Haryey's, Ell Porvenir
Blake's, Sparks Sapello, R0ciada
and other places, too numerous t
mention, where health can be recoy
cred, and life becomes a pleasure t
the ennuye, the invalid, the over
worked business man.
, This Territory is rich in everythin
/ jiron, copper, coal, lead, silver, gole
| hat constitutes the wealth of nations
lAAld, AlhAOStOAN,
gypsum, salt, soda in endless variety an
exhaustless quantities, are among th
: several products of the country wh1c
Las Vegas commands. Sheep, cattle
, and lumber abound, SO b a in eac
Of these prime articles of commerce
1 this city is the best market in Ne
= Mexico. She handles more wool tina
. all the other towns in the Territor
: combined, while her commerce in hide
; is truly In the same wa.
she stands pre-eminent for her trad
i in grains, hay, vegetables. and othe
i farm products; while her trade in ic'
gathered in the neighbOring mountai
4 canyons, extends east into Kansa
t west into Arizona, and south into OF
/ Mexico.
A convent school, Presbyterian mi
sion school, Methodist manual trail
ing school, Christian Brothers inst
: tule, City high school, three-grade
public school, a Kindergarten, a con
mercial school and music schools, b
sides several private teachers. al
among the educational advantage