Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-05
ed west Of Kansas City and south Of

Denver. Three merchants brokers
have selected the city - their dis
tributing center, the 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 70
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. . number Of cllbS.
and all Of the leading civic and
social societies; { roller iour mill.
capacity. nifty barrels per LAY;
ive woll-scouring establishments,
cleaning 5000. 900 pounds OF wool in.
nually: q well-ecuipped brewery and
boiling establishment; 4 mandatory
Of mineral and carbonated 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.
ings, 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
ty by similar edihces in any town, Of
equal size, In the states.
The latitude Is about the same NJ
that OF central Tennessee. while the al
titude Is nearly $500 feet. This com
binatlon gives q peculiar, but most
happy, result. In the winter. during
the day, the thermometer seldom falls,
in the shade, below forty degrees.
while II often runs m the sunshine. to
sixty.hve degrees-or even more. On
the other hand. IN the summer. the
heat ID never oppressive. in the shade.
and no night ID too warm for eIsn-
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
cir. caused BY the ver3 slight preoip.
itation Of moisture; the resinous arc
ma. rolling down from the pinsclAd
mountains: the large amount Of elss.
tricity IN the air. and the consequent
ozone resulting from the altitude; and
the location IT the town, ~lanAJocked
BY mountain and mess-theB0 all con.
spire to produce an atm0spns arc which
Ii . balm TO oil diseases 81 the resri'
ratory organs. The percentage 0f
death from consumption ID lower In
New Mexico thnn e Ii anywhere else
In the United states; and 70 other
place in New Mexico excels Las Vegas
In the salubrity Of It's climate. Asth.
In the way Of health and pleasure
resorts, Las Vegas Is unTivaled In q
radius Of twenty miles. In romantic
mountain giens and beside babbling
mountain brooks. are the Las Vegas
hot springs, Hargey's. FL Porvenir,
Blake's, Sparks Sarello. Rociada,
and other places. toe umer0u IL
mention. where health ran be recov
cred, and life becomes a pleasure 10
the ennuye, the invalid. the ove
worked business man.
This Territory Is rich in everything
iron. copper. coal, lead. silver. gold,
that constitutes the wealth Of nations.
mica, limestone, sandstone. marbles.
gypsum. salt, soda In endless variety and
exhaustless quantities. 3 among the
several products OF the country which
Las Vegas commands. Sheep, cattle.
and lumber abound. % that IL each
Of these prime articles Of commerce
thu city II the best market IN New
Nsxico. She handles more wool thar
all the other towns IN the Territory
combsnsd, vhile be- commerce IN hide
- trlly saes1oss. n he saas way