The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1905-03-11
TIE LAS VEGAS OPTIC SLAM
DERS ALAMOGORDO.

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The people Of AlamogOrdo in
their effort to locate the Nation
al Fraternal Sanitarium have al
ways borne in mind that they
were citizens of New Mexico and
to be good citizens and loyal and
patriotic they felt it their duty
to say nothing detrimental to any |
other section. Besides it was
not necessary. We had the |
beauty spot to show the COM
mittee with all the requisites.
We have the low altitude route
to reach here; we have the diff
lferent attitudes from low to high;
we have the rich farming lands
both in the valley and the noun
tains; we have an abundance of
lime mountain water; we have
the beautiful cedar, juniper, and
pine parks and the grandest seem
cry in the west and railroads all
along the site. The place is
ideal. Camps can be establish
ed over an area of ten by twenty
miles and at all attitudes. The
Las Vegas Optic of Tuesday goes
into spasms over AlamOgOrdO and
black both of our eyes. Hits us
hard, tries to do ms up. In the
: eyes of the Optic AlamogOrdo is
such horrible place. We fear
: the Optic will not accept our in
: vitation this fall to attend the
grand opening in the Fraternal
) building in the beautiful La Luz.
! The mosquitoes and malaria
and the sands storms might de-
YOUR them.
! We won't say anything about
Las Vegas nor the gateway
3 through which it is reached.
: We don't want tO,-we are New
;, Mexicans.
The Optics attack, as far as it
u will affect the decision Of the
Is committee who visited us, will
: have no effect. The COMMITTEES
- are gentlemen of the highest
: standing and their decision viii
! be rendered in accordance witt
. the site that in their mind vii
;, ,, do the greatest good to human
ity. No monetary consideration
. will enter into their decision
= The wealth of the whole worlt
would not move them. They ar
le seeking to prOlong the lives 0
u thousands Of people who are nov
= suffering and thousands who arr
y yet unborn. They may decide
u against AlamogordO. If they d
- we will be disappointed. Blu
" nevertheless, we will GRACEFUL,
rs yield and say, "God speed,
:, knowing that they have careful
~ " weighed every item and wha
~ has been done has been done al
- ter careful and prayerful cOnsid
= Grafton and the true loyal cit
zens of AlamOgOrdo will ever b
~ ready to extend a helping han
70 to them.
i.s !. AlamogOrdo prides herself 0
10 being a live, wide awake, PR
~ gressive town of over four thou
= and people and still growing
n' and only six years old. Wit
extensive railroad shops; sa
r. mill turning out 100000 feet
lumber daily; a park . mile lon
n and the most beautiful in Il
y Territory, with the beautif
= pond with numerous tame al
y wild ducks and four beautif
~ swan which the citizens have ju
.lpurchased at an expense of tv
y hundred dollars; the best bra
0s band in the Territory who p
~ their leader one hundred Al
twenty five dollars o month 70
:. - ed by popular subscription,
~ say nothing Of fitting them 0
y recently with band suits at an {
~ pense Of six hundred dollars; .
!. a.s : valley dotted with farms I'll
ses yield in abundance; the mot
Iily tains back Of us produces
/ to finest fruit and vegetables Of
ply kinds in profusiOn; the purest
~ mountain water, beauti
homes. beautiful women, p
bur gressive citizens, every body pr
! I,ss. y. Ipering, no grafters, the coul
: on affairs administered ecOnOmi,
wv wv u and honestly; no drones,
3 P having steady employment