The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-01
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER
PECOS VALLEY
Roswell a SpotIess Town of Many
Beautiful Homes, Miles of ce-
ment Walks, Etc.

Beautiful Homes, Miles of &C.
ment Walks, Etc.
Silver City Enterprise.
Mrs o. S. Warren returned last Fri
day from a trip to the Pecos Valley,
where as past Grand Matron of the
Grand Chapter o. e. S. she assisted
in establishing chapters of the order
travelled by the automobile route from
Torrance to Roswell, both going and
coming, and says she enjoyed this
part of the trip immensely. There
were no mishaps either going or COM
ing, and the sensation of spinning
across a country as level as a floor,
with nothing to impede the eye-signt
for miles and miles, was a most n
joyable one. On the trip over the ma
chine left Torrance at six in the nor
ming, two hours behind time, and ar
rived in Roswell on schedule time,
that is at eleven o'clock. mo wag-
ons or vehicles of any description are
allowed on this road" said Mrs. War
rem, land the Chauffeur told me that
if a heavy wagon ran over the road
just ice during muddy weather it
would cos the company a thousand
dollars in new tires, as the rut Great
ed by the vehicle would soon tear
the tire to pieces, and a single tire
on one of those immense machines
costs forty dollars"
About Roswell.
Roswell is one~of the most beau
tiful embryonic cities l was ever in.
Clearly, sanitary, with the most beau
tiful flowers, with shade trees lining
the streets, with miles and miles of
cement walks clear out int the sub
urbs where there isn't a sign of a
habitation, with pretty cottages and
a great many beautiful residences in
front of which great beds of cannas
rising seven or eight feet high with
their great masses of scarlet bios
SONS forming a single huge red bou-
quet,-with all these things 1 declare
o feel as if you had at last come
upon the Eternal City of Revelations
streets are paved with gold.
But seriously there isn't a town 1
have seen in the Territory, unless it
possibly be Albuquerque, that can
compare with Roswell in metropoli-
tan appearance. The town is laid out
into broad streets and 80
and 100 feet wide, like a checker
board with no deviation from straight
lines, and the effect is very pretty.
Not a tent is allowed within the city
limits, although three or four miles
out and in plain sight of the town is
a tent city," where reside a colony
of tubercular patients. DR.. Beeson,
formerly of Fierro, is in Roswell,
where he has a large practice, and
he and his wife made it particularly
pleasant for me, taking me all ar
the surrounding country and
showing me points of interest.
"The members of the Roswell chap
ter, O.. E. S. were also very hospita-
BILE and courteous, and had an eXcur-
sion to some point of interest in the
surrounding country planned for the
visitors each day / was mere. l had
forgotten n point of inter
est at Roswell which was a wonderful
to me. This is a row, or rather
two parallel rows of immense cotton
trees, any n of them larger
any trees we have in Silver CT
ty, whose overhanging boughs inter
lace at top and form a perfect arch.
This is known as I'VE Lane
and extends l don't know now far.
l rode down it at least two miles, and
the end was not yet in sight. On eth
er side at intervals, were openings
in the trees for ~gateways leading in
to the farms which border the lane.
rode through this dark cavern of
greenery to a watermelon patch,
which is a favorite resort for Roswell
people during the season. There were
several watermelon parties on while
we were there, and the w~ateremlons