Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-06

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AFfom Prospect Point. . little over.
t~0 miles from III start and where
ltls rad turns toward the Pecos fix.
81. = view i gained that b y Of
the most superb n the Rocky NOM.
tainss To the norsA glitter me Lake
peaks, their Jagged twin ~pinnacles
wreafbed with deep snow ten mouths
IN every year, while piHeeIsd slopes
lead from every direction ~ W thcss'
SUBMITS. Just. beneath which n The
Espirfta santo lake. . sylvan iakelet
/ ~ trsnscendent l~oyeliness. Towards
the west. almost in perpetual shadow
the Santa W. canyon can " traced ~
the cits. while beyond the eye covers
the Rio Grande valley and Is lifted
10 the peaks 81 the Wales mountains
and the plateau upon which stand The
mystic prehistoric ciin dwellings, and
communal houses. He VINO fnds words
20 describe adequately this scene
win write the greatest epic i'm htera,
tnre. and Ne who places the pigments
upon canvas that will portray this
panorama viii gain immortality. The
camera. with IL sharp, faithful. com.
prehensise Eye, Is mot equal TO tho
masterpiece Or nature. In which val.
leys, mountains. forests and canyons
are the mosaics fer the background
and III which sunlight mud shadow
each moment reveal new beauties.
New Mexico Not . Scrap Heap.
From Prospect Point the highway
keeps Tor several miles On top 0f the
ridge. III an elevation III than
s 900 feet. and Is as smooth and regat.
lar ~ i Kansas City boulevard. the.
roaabed Il Aecomrosed grants. mixed
with sand, and WORT hard a. \ mn.
radam road.
in time this highway viii be asi
well known MI the roads Of the Swiss
Alps, N TINT ROYAL highway pf the
lncas II Peru. Iii time loarists from.
nil the World Will come % travel Il
and ynIcetfhe praises Of d people with
sentiment and foresight sufficient ID
have built II. And Senator Beyeridge.
says that New Mexico Is the scrap
heap of the universe. But he never
saw the scenic highway. Ills range
cf vision was confined hi the limita
tions OF b Pullman a window. And
a man Of Mexican parentage, a lineal
descendant Of the Spanish conqueror
who penetrated this rsgion when
there were no Pullman cars. Hon. r
Il. Baca. member OF The Thirty.fifih
Legislative assembly, from Santa Re
county. introduced and was the "A.
ther Of the Law that with me passing
OF years viii bring ahout the con.
structton OF roadwavs that win rival
the world In beauty * G Journal