Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-15
THE mohTEzumA HOTEL.

reOpeninB ] the Mbhstsiilh hUl1i 2
sanitarium. No enterprise that could
be promoted By our citizens has in
1t more OF promise for the city's
future. There can be no doubt that
our Of resources Is our In.
comparable climate. Visit Algeria,
the vino clad slopes Of southern
France, the lands domed by cerulean
skies OF Lombardy. the shining yeldts
81 South Africa, the sunlit wales OF
Araby the blest,9 and any part Of our
own or other land where climate ~
.iaudca, and still the palm of excel
lence must be given % this favored
section. People who have lived here
Tor years forget the supreme blessing
DC d climate never loo cold In winter,
never unpleasaIily warm IN summer,
where The sun rarely refuses % smile
during All the days IF the year, where
the sweet and oshiIeraung air from
The pine clad mountains u laden With
|llfe's elixcr, whore many Of the most
dreaded diseases which afflfct NOR
tails are not indigenous and where
the rayegase of the terrible white
| plague can he stayed al In no other
part III The earth.
Given proper opportunity Las We.
gas ought 10 become The great health.
resort % America. ii ought 70 draw
thousands from The crowded eastern
states, from Mexico and Central
America and south America who now
go III European resorts or stay home
and die. The first requisite Is ample
and suitable accommodations. The
next IL wide and judicious adyertiss
Ing.
The city now seems n 4 fair way
ID secure both The plans Of the pro
m6kers Of The Montezuma project Will
provide very extensive accommoda.
|tious for wealthy patients. When the
present accommodations prove made
qnate they will be enlarged. The
overflow viii seek the city. a demand
that cannot be Ignored for q large
hotel In town Will soon follow the
opening OF tho sanitarium. The Cd
o~pcr1tion of a couple Of hundred Of
the leading physicians Of the Unit,
Cd states will ensure the advertising
OF Las Vegas as q health resort In
every corner OF the Union and In 9th
or lands as well. When the results
accomplished here are widely made
known by The 0ptic,by special cor
respondents and the commercial club
publicity committee, this city and sec.
ton will take their places as tho
leading health resorts Of the great
western region. Whatever may be
. said of our mines. our irrigation facili.
Ities, our raiiroad ana cool industries,
| past question that csonree which Will
best pay development II our climate.
The returns are sure, speedy and I'm.
portant,
Fully 3tvo ulndrd people from the
cast have made inquiries here for suit.
able accommodation during six months
past and have been disappointed. This
with no advertising, no effort. A
number Of people In the city. people Of
wealth and influence and distinction,
J have come from Chicago, from New
York, from SC. Louis and even from
far away Honduras. md have sought
aud are stu seeking proper accom-
modations, One physician and party
of eight patients who will arrive with
III a few days, have been paying rent
for two months that they might hold
houses which were available earlier
IN the season. II people ONE here
| when NJ seem 10 DO using our best ef.
forts 10 keep them out, it needs no
argument to convince any of
tho readiness Of those seeking
health and the comforts " the best
{ climate III the world 10 respond to our
! Invitations 10 come and receive ~
good treatment and ns acceptable &C.
! ,commodations as are % be found any,
where
The reopenIng 81 the NpnteSama
Will BRING III rs train greater adyan.
tages Than can be told. Il Is pleasing
% note The readiness with which Las
VEGAS business men are cooperating
IN tho enterprise.
The ability, energy and good faith
of The promoters Of the project, no
one can question. Associated with
II prn nome 81 the worry greatest mcdi
tcal men In America. Already there
are enough supporters among emf
nent medical men 10 sur the filling
of the rooms of the Montczuma. OF
the stock required. 100000, already
SCI 900 has been subscribed. Where
'lOf the score or more of great nhysl.