Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-11-16
DIR. /. |. B. FEST ADDRESSES
INTERNATIONAL congress

eEen ae~ManeKaanE@ 1nE @A0N SA
aromna. Thas H. especially tTae u
the eastern slope. shieh f0FmS nj
hoFsexhoe from the Ration pass to
the Glorietfa pass ii ~ elevations of
about Gsoa 10 Gao feet
In the southern part u Aew Mex
leo We also have eyeness of tempeFar
ture and low humidity. the latter 90
such n extena that We call that
section arid. thus offering the com
hined therapeutic effect u altitude
and desert
These facts lesson the usual obr
teelions or CONGRATULATIONS t0 alti'
tude because the gravity Of the varF
fled atmosphere IL such ~ To deprive
or benefit even 10 a patient with ex'
temsive LESSONS The beneAt IL fur.
thar enhanced by the h~enatopoettc
processes and cellular regeneration.
which ls increased by greater wa
ter abstraction while the heat alb
~stEaction In diminished 10 such a de-
gree that even enfeehled individuals.
who would not be- benefited I'm the
., Alps vi northern Rocky Mountains.
and who are ordinarily sent TO Eg-
ypt or Arizona. may have their
lives prolonged In New Mexico. with
out suffering from the consequences
LOT the facilitating heat. Contra
indications 10 the altitude Of New
Mexico are practically only two:
first, such eases IN which the chest
/. expansion due tn nbrosis or exteI'
sive cavitation In reduced 10 such a
=. minimum that the available function
, ing area cannot secure sufficient
, supply OF oxygen from the air: second.
where there exists such an INSULT
cheney I'm the pulmonary circulation
} that the Increased work Of the lungs
/. would overcome any heart compensa'
j. ton. Such case are rare Altitude
Y often has been accused of exciting
v or augmentinR nervous disturbances.
especially during the period Of ae'
n ciimatization. yet the benefits of this
4 relatively dry altitude by far over
!. balances the slight ~inconvienee of
nervousness.
oil The health resorts Of New Mexl'
a CO are not very numerous, the U.
lis. government has two. one at Fort
o Stanton for the public health serv'
leo and one at Fort Bayard for the
, army. On the eastern slope mention
ed above. between the Ration and
Glorietta passes, at an altitude oil
about G000 feet. the scenery Is es'
peciaily attractive and there In a
. number Of small towns OF which the
!. best known are Ration and Watrous,
4 with Las Vegas representing a small
city. | quote from a report from the
secretary Of war 10 the house Of rep
resentatives n. 1909: At the alti
l. tude Of Las Vegas the air contains
only about one-half an much moist
d ure an that mt sea line. and even
q there II averages for the year lest
than one.half the moisture Il a con
tain (mean relative humidity beini
about Is, and as low as 90 at times.
y The rainfall In about 1926 inches 1
y year. two-thirds occurring In the five
Ii warmest months. Rain In winter II
" practically unknown. all precipita
Ia ton being snow. The average Of Thu
4. total precipitation In the three win
70 ter months during ten years, at
" point near this town, was 1.09 In
ches of water. all Ia Tbes'
4. statements show a dry winter ant
10 spring. November Is also very dry
Il. the greatest rainfall being at the sea
a. son when we can be most easily t0l
10 Grated by invalids. The percentage
Ill of sunshine Is high. an average o
Of three years showing $50 clear days
60 partly cloudy or fair and only 2
RS cloudy days. the chief cloudiness q
n the year occurring In July and Al
RS gust. Tin California the creates
he rainfall and cloudiness occur In mid
h. winter.)
ys In the colder winters at this alt
~ tude f6500 feet1 the thermomete
t. win go below zero occasionally. /
n. the hottest summers 1t may reac
n. 90 degrees. rarely higher. The sun
no mers are very delightful, the air BE-
Is Ing dry except Just during the a
ternoon or night showers, and tn
re nights always cool enough for blani
10 cts. The heat Of the day Is chief
n from II a. m. to 4 p. m. and n ste
fr,,N sha ,1aar cum into tho chad