Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-04-29
TOWN OF Las CRUCES.
II Is a Nice Located In the
Mssi|Ia Valley.
INTERESTING LOCAL NOTES.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Las Cruces, N. NJ, April 25.-La.
Cruces is not a bad place to live. Ir
fact 1t is a real pleasant place to spent
at least nine months of the year. With
the exception os the months Of June
July and August and possibly a part O
May the weather Is delightful. The
growing number of winter guests who
stop there, which increases year by
year as the virtues Of the climate and
the fame of The City of the Crosses
becomes known abroad as a health re-
sort. the people Of the little town are
increasing their facilities of entertain.
ment thus making the place attract
i've from a standpoint Of pleasure as
well as health. The latest move in
this line is the identifying of the city
by a pretty little park and the setting
out OF shade trees. The ladies of Las
Cruces are active in this good and
worthy work and admirably are they
succeeding.
The pretty little park, although only
a few acres of shade trees. shrubbery,
flowers, a neat little lattice work sum.
mer house and seats distributed con.
v~eniently about, is a pleasant greeting
to the weary, travel worn tourist, who
alights at the depot near by and wends
his way up to the town. He may have
come in quest of health and he may be
only a commercial traveller, 1t matters
which; the flowers, the green
things of the park by which he passes
is cheering and the separation from
eastern environments, If he comes
from the east, Is made more easy. The
ladies are achieving much success.
The park at present is resplendent
with the green. the purple and the
Of lilies. Every walk vending
from every corner to the summer
house in the center is bordered with
lilies, now in full bloom. Money to
defray the expenses of hiring a gar
dener and pay for water rights and
other items Is raised by the ladies' in
e a and socials and by private
contributions.
The congregation Of the P~resbyter.
church 10y attending services in
a new and we'll appointed house of
worship are soon to boast of a new
for their pastor. The new
rectory is to be adobe and will contain
four rooms. The foundation OF stone
has been laid and the adobes are being
made. so that the new house will soon
begin to take form.
Mrs. Louis Hostetter, wife Of one of
the most prominent merchants of Las
Cruces, has gone to Omaha, Neb., to
visit a sister, Mrs. Rosewater, wife of
Charles Rosewater, a prominent
physician Of the Nebraska metropolis.
Mrs. Hostetter expects to be absent
from Las Cruces about two months.
Farmers Of the vicinity of Las Cru.
ces and the Mesilla valley are in ex.
fine spirits this spring on
account Of the exceedingly fattering
crop prospects. They feel assured
that the Rio Grande will furnish suffic.
tent wafer tnlS summer lot all pur'
poses. With an abundance OF water
the Mesilla valley is no where excelled
n productive proclivities. It's fertility
soil is adapted to almost every spe-
lie and kind Of verdure, whether tree,
shrub. plant. vegetable or grain.
The weather SO far this spring has
been very favorable to fruit. The trees
ire now in full foliage and garnished
with bloom and buds. Especially fat
tering are the prospects for a banner
crop Of peaches. The season of frosts
Is past and the only possible dread
low is from insects. Wheat and oats
are growing nicely. Alfalfa is making
wonderful growth. Some fields are
now about a foot high and will soon
be ready for the first cutting. Land
this part of the Rio Grande valley
we'll set with alfalfa is worth 5000 per
icre and some few transfers in real
estate are taking place.