Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-06
VISIT To THE
LOVELY VAL.
MORA RANCH
Gem Of Beauty Surrounded
BY Scenes Of Surprising
Grandeur.
Sp'sndid Adaptation Of the resort 10 the
Needs Of Those Who Seek Rest.
Heath and Recreation.

stepping off the Santa Fe at Wat
rous an Optic man was met by DR.. w
7. Brown. who escorted him to his
Iour-in'hand. The drive down the road
way, by great willows and cotton.
woods, by the old Watrous place with
It's thrifty orchard and up the hill on.
10 the mesa from where the great
panorama OF the surrounding country
opens up into long vistas was a de.
light to the eye.
II is scene that grows and grows
on one until there Is no explanation
needed as to why everyone likes New
Mexico. not only as a tourist. AZ a
health seeker. but as homeseeker.
O1r to the west Is the main range OF
the Rockies, with Elk mountain. Her.
init peak and Truchas peak as sail.
ent points. To the norm like great
rolling hills are the Turkey noun.
tains. pine clad to their tops. TO the
north east Maxon's crater. To the
south and south east lies the valley Of
the Mora.
A ride of about three miles and
again we go down hill into the can.
Son OF the coyote, wind along its cir
cling road by clumps of cottonwoods
and pines and soon come in sight Of
beautiful valmora, nesting close up in
V OF the canyon. protected on all
sides from the winds that sween the
upper mesa.
From distance the apple orchard.
the emerald lawn, the red-topped
house and cottages and the adobe
corrals make picture that recalls
childhood days when 4 littls German
toy town was the delight or manv
hanDy hours.
The doctor leads on tour o. inve.-
tfgation. STRAIGHT up towards the cliffs
BY tangled shrubbery and over great
rocks he goes until we come to a
snring from which an abundance Of
clear cold water is piped to the house
proper. the cottages. the baths and
the different corrals.
Think Of It. real spring water al.
ways clear, ALWAYS cold, no germs.
no alkali. One takes upstbe old TIN
cup and drinks deep before they
leave. each .draueht bringing memor
les Of other. springs of other days,
long since gone by.
AS We retrace our path quite mum.
her OF saddle horses are noticed and
the doctor saws that each. guest has
his special pony for horse back rid
ing.
The wav Is. now led to the bath
house with its hot and cold water.
two porcelain lined tubs, its shower
bath, and two modern closets, and
one commences to wonder at the com.
pleteness Of every appointment on the
ranch.
Around in front OF the house on
either side Of the green lawn are the
cottages. some single, some double.
stone foundations, frame sides half
way up, then canvas to the caves,
then frame again to the peak and
shingled roof.
The cottages are screened on all
sides and the canvas part is in Sec
tions on hinges. one OH either side of
. the three windows. These by sim,
pie device can be thrown out from
the inside.
Inside neatly made metal bed.
easy chairs. curtains at the windows
rugs on the floor, a little stove and
lavatory with running water complete
the furnishingh of model cottage for
the open air treatment and cure of
incipient cases of pulmonary tuber.
culosis. The doctor says that no adj
vanced cases are taken.
Across the lawn up to the house
we go to the great porch that runs
across the front and around the south
side of the house. What a place this
is for a sun bath and what air castles
one can build while lolling in an easy
chair.
A gong sounds through the hall,
and by the front door we just get a
glimpse of Joe vigorously announcing
the fact that dinner is ready. A de.
sire for dinner, Why. for sure: who
wouldn't have with this fine bracing
air to whet the edge of as fine an
appetite as one ever had.
The doctor leads into the dining