Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-03

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 ro
tail merchants Of any other town il
this Territory or Arizona.
Las Vegas has two daily and iii
weekly papers. three banks, three
building and loan associations. ak no
tells. many boarding houses, nine
churches. q number Of clubs.
and all Of the leading civic and
social societies; q roller ilour mill.
capacity. nifty barrels per LAY:
hve woll-scouring establishments.
cleaning 5000. 900 pounds Of wool an.
nually; 9 well-ecuipped brewery and
bottling establishment; a 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.
p~ortance.
A city hall, four public school build.
hugs. courthouse. Masonic temple, op-
era house, Territorial Normal school
and Territorial insane asylum and pub
lie buildings, constructed of red and
white sandstone. unsurpassed In beau
~ BY similar ediflces In any town, Of
equal size. in the states.
The latitude Is about the same :,
that OF central Tennessee, while the al
titude 10 nearly $500 feet. This com
bination gives q peculiar, but most
happy. result. In the winter, during
Inc day, the thermometer seldom falls,
the shade, below forty degrees.
while IT often runs IN the sunshine, TO |
sixty-nve degrees-or even more. On
the other hand, In the summer. the |
heat ls never oppressive. In the shade.
and no night II too warm for CON.
Portable sleep. under one or two I
blankets. The sun will shine nine
lays out OF every ten. the year round.
Inis. with the extreme dryness Of the
air, caused BY the very slight precip
Itation OF moisture: the resinous sro-
ma, rolling down from the pine-clad
Mountains: the large amount OF eles.
.riclty In the air. and the consequent
,sone resulting from the altitude; and |
he location ~ the town, I~and.iocked I
y mountain and mess-thsss ell con-.
'pfrs to produce IN atmospn BRO which
. balm TO al diseases Of tho respi-
'Atory organs. The percentage Of
leath from consumption 10 lower in
tew Mexico than Il ID anywhere else
. the United btatcs: and 70 other
lace In New Mexico exceIs Las veeas
q the salubrity Of It's climate. Asth.
In the way Of health and pleasure
escorts, Las Vegas 10 unrivaled. In
adius OF twenty miles. in romantic
fountain glens and beside babblins
mountain brooks. are the Las Vegas
lot springs, Harvey.s. FL Porvenir.
'iake's, Sparks Sspello. R0clada
nd other places. too numerous Il
ientfon. where health Gun be recov
red. and life becomes a pleasure 10
ne ennuye. the invalid, the over
'orked business man.
This Territory Is rich In everything
on. copper. coal. lead. silver. gold,
lat constitutes the wealth OF nations.
llca, limestone. sandstone, marbles,
ypsum, salt soda In endless variety and
khaustless quantities. arc among the
'veral products Of the country which
Vegas commands. Sheep, cattle,
nd lumber abound, so that In each :
these prime articles Of commerce
lis city is the best market In New
lexicc. She handles more wool than
] the other towns In the Territory I,
,mbined, while her commerce In hides
truly enormous. In the same way :
stands prc-eminent for her trade
grains. hay, vegetables, and other !.
products; while her trade in Ice.
lthersd In the nsighboring mountain
lnyons, extends east into Kansas
ct into Arizona, and south iato on