Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-03
BOOSTS FOR
ALAM0GORDO
Judge Mann Thinks
1t Only Place to
TOWN GROWING RAPIDLY
improvements Order of
Day in Otero County
Seat.

Associate Justice Edward A. Mann,
of Alamogordo, presiding Judge of the
Sixth judicial district court was a
guest in Santa Fe last week with Mrs.
Mann, where the Judge attended the
sessions of the Territorial Supreme
Court Judge Mann is always affable
and pleasant with and to representa-
tives Of the press and always has a
good word to say for his town and
county as well as for the people of
the Territory. He is man" as his
name implies, and does everything a
man" can do for the commonwealth
he lives in. Concerning conditions in
his section to a representative of the
New Mexican, Judge Mann said:
"Alamogordo can report progress
along with the other wide awake cities
of New Mexico and am always glad
to be able to say good word for the
prettiest town in the Territory and
the most delightful place to live in
the United States. First, we have.
among the new things, the great
Cooperative Sanitorium for consump
tives, which was opened for the re-
ceptiOn of patients last week. 1t is
located about two and one-half miles
southeast of town at the foot of the
Sacramentoes on the most beautiful
site imaginable. The buildings are CON
modious and attractive, affording ac-
commodations for $50 patients at pres
ent with several more buildings to be
built and in course of construction.
Water has been piped out there from
our excellent water works system and
the grounds are being laid out in
terraced lawn of trees and grass. The
site itself is ideal, at the very foot OF
the highest of the foothills of the Sac
ramentoes, the view out across tho
Lost River valley, the white sands and
to the distant peaks Of San Andreas
and Organ Mountains is one OF the
finest in the Southwest, with Alamo
gordo, the gem of the plains, set like
an emerald in the vast extent of gold
en- plain. This institution is already
assured as the worlds greatest sani-
torium for sufferers from the Great
White Plague and in the future is
certainly destined to become the
mecca of these unfortunates, whose
only hope is in natures cure, the pure
air and glorious sunshine of New
Mexico. Certainly Colonel Edison and
Mr.. Moody, to whom all credit is due
for their great enterprise, whose OBJ
ject and aim is not to make money,
but to benefit the sick and unfortun-
ate, cannot be praised too highly for
what they have done.
TeWn Growing Steadily.
1--WE Can show other great improve
ments in Alamogordo outside of the
sanitorium. The Citizens National
Bank, one of our solid business enter.
prises, has just moved into it's hand
some and commodious new quarters
on New York avenue, credltable
building of brick and Alamogordo
marble front. Mr.. Black, the under
taker, is just completing a handsome
brick business house adjoining che
new bank on the south, in which he
will conduct an undertaking business.
and a fine new brick office building
adjoining the First National Bank on
the south is just being completed.
Several pretty residences have been
added this year and many improve
ments toward the upbuilding and
beautifying of the town have been
made. We have a Business Mems
Club with an up-to-date suite of club
rooms in the First National Bank
building, whose members are wide
awake to our interests.
"In fact, under the new manage
ment Alamogordo has taken on new
lease of life, and company and citi-
zens alike are working harmoniously
for the upbuilding of the town and
country. Our schools are up to the
standard Of any town of its size in
the country and in this connection I
must not overlook the Improvements
being made at our public school
grounds and the erection of new dor
mitory building at the New Mexico
Baptist College, which will be hand
some, modern building, a credit to the
town and the institution. We are
proud of our Institute for the Blind,
one of the best in the country, and
are glad to see the New Mexican give
1t kindly boost whenever the oppor-
tunity offers The country around
Alamogordo is rapidly settling up with
a good class of people and the valley,
which was such a short time ago bul
a desert, is rapidly becoming COM
munity Of farms. Engineers are now
at work on gigantic irrigation
scheme to water thousands of acres of