Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-11-08

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SOUND ADVICE.
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Every community hms e~xtaln eas~
Ha&n&s thas II developed wfal maize IN
amp&sFtaas. baaH If those ~aesaensx araa
maa"wed se IT, dormant. The araw.
oasks win s&pa exes%aA them. The
same coalition applies 20 man All
E"eTssans have aEa ssgung elements
In their characters and oHn veal
on@a Ii The strong oneh are taken
care ~ and developed they will H.
powerful e8aangh 10 overcome the
weak nes ard triumph over all oh,
@faea@s This philosophy applies an
eatiea and Communities of every Ia
TUE ~ we'll,
The question ~, first. for each city
so find oE. what are the elements Of
strength and weakness. and 10 stems
In Has that i'm Las Vegas. while oHn
dfsmltnry and spasnao1tc and quite
brilliant efforts have baen made IN
pFonaote some nf her advantages. vet
J The real foundation and development
nj ways and means To promote her
strength have never been Tesorted
f8.
ran confidently Say 10 you that
I know whereof | speak.
Among the cities at the foot uf the
Rocky mountains, Las Vegas has
some advantages greater than any
other And the weaknesses that she
has 10 contend with are more the
work nj the advantage that monopo-
lies are taking by keeping her asolat.
ed from the conYenfences of tram
uaFtatlnn and competition, The pro-
mise Of the speedy construction og n
new railroad through your section
will do much toward removing this
/ Obstacle tn progress.
The question H., What are the
strong elements II support that Las
Vegas has:
They are
|, Agriculture,
= Stock raising.
: Health preserving.
These ar" the three manifest and
really great advantages that she has
The first advantage and strongest al
all has hscn dormant and actually
retrograding instead nj progressing
for the last twenty five wears There
was IA great deal more development
II aerIcuItur" In Las Vegas aud m"
surrounding country n quarter ~ a
century Z than there In today. and
the agricultural class was much
stronger than II liz today That In
speaking In proportion 10 the popula
lion then existing The country was
kept up and growing. with "a balance
In its favor every year from agricul
To-day. II we will face the truth. II IL
slowly hut gradually running behind
aud only because these great advan
tagcs are not developed as the,
should he.
A trip which | made two years agf
from ri ra$o on the south. through
Las Vegas and 10 Colorado OF th9
north. opened my eycs more thar
any one thing In all the time | hav,
known the country. and that II nvel
forty years, When | left El paSo tht
country between that city and Rator
va4 praciiCaliv burnt up II lnoket
Hike a barren desert. You could sc'
nothing green but the rin0n tree!
and mines along the railroad line. The
farmer had given up NIL hope M time
had elapsed for any benefit, and tn,
stock raiser was almost In despair.
I returned two weeks later II rainc'
four or five times In the interim. IT
that very short time II was almos'
miraculous to SEC the radical change
In the country. Those little rains M
xurpd sufficient and permanent
growth to save the stock during ths
winter months. which. of course
amounts To almost everything to Tx
country.
Now. why Il this an advantage
! over the other sections 1T the coun
try below. and In some instances
even over the country above" r"
cause the ground il so rich and thu
climate so balmv, that while F..
would be- impossible for that amoun
of rain to bring sufficient grass Il
the arid plains Of Arizona or oth".
sections where the atmosphere Is 81
very dry. II was sufficient in YOU
section of the country to produc
wealth enough to save millions o
losses.
-, In the far off north. If a dronth u
. the kind occurs. 1t is too cold Ia pc:
; nit of "a rapid growth of he grass
to mature sufficiently 10 sustain
stock In the winter. aud in tn
southern part the atmosphere Is 81
. very dry that 1t would take three
. times as mach rain to do the sam
, thing that onethird Of 1t has accom-
J plished this year for your section %
: the country,
. Now, the people. who have their In
terests inathis 4 seetion. and the'
mas rn,,.t afnly tould not ask fu