Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-04

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f&aper: srFerai weekly publications,
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del Pueblo. III iadependa~ate and Ia
Retasta Casohea- There are fine
eh0Fch buildings representing the Va.
Taoas denominations. II las ~
*lee'Fle railway. slectrie light plan..
and earo0nA1ed waters. carriage and
MaS"n manufactures. saddle and har-
mess factories. planning mills. con-
crete block plant. as veil rs
shop, Ice plant. and eold storage
plant, The tOwn has two telephone
exchanges. connecting with Denver
and central southern New Mexico
points. The system Is completed via
Santa Fe TO Albuquerque and Socor-
~ A large and welleQuipped sani-
tariam. known as the St Anthony's.
its conducted by the Sisters Of Char
lily. There are also quarries Of
building stone near u. city. The
Territorial Insane asylum. having &c.
commOdations for 2oo patients, Is To-
Gated here The headquarters OF the
fourth judicial district is located
here. also the offices Of the territor-
Iai district attorney for San Miguel
and Mora counties.
The Las Vegas Land Grant.
Practically all Of the land In the
immediate vicinity Of Las Vegas Is
included In the land grant. a magni.
ficent body Of $4,000 acres given to
the community by the Mexican gov
eminent In 1885. Las Vegas 10 to
day facing the greatest growth I'm all
its history. as a result OF the various
movements now on foot 10 settle the
lands Of the grant with American
farmers. The future Of the town Is
In Its American immigration. The
farmer with . little money will find
1t one Of the most prolific sections
OF the entire West for quick and
steady profits on his investment.
Paradise for the Farmer.
In this land grant. a heritage TO
Las Vegas the like Of which is pos.
sessed by nj other city In America,
there lies some OF the richest and
most fertile land In all the West.
Heavy clay loan. OF good filth. en-
riched by centuries Of decaying veg
citation, II contains crop possibili-
ties astounding to the average farm
Or Of the rain belt regions Of the
East. One almost hesitates to cite
actual results accomplished by the
few men who have actually tried
farming In the region. When one
tries to give the average fastener a
true idea Of western possibilities and
products he usually looks at his in
former as q lineal descendant of An
anias. and II one proves his state
ments to him, he goes away believ-
ing that he has been made TO be-
lieve something that he hadn't ought
to believe. Indeed. he isn't much to
be blamed, when one talks about
barley seven feet high, oat heads
thirty inches long and running 40
bushels to the acre. apples weighing
% ounces each; pears, 10 ounces:
peaches, II ounces; water melons. 40
pounds; cabbage heads. ~ pounds,
and other crops in like proportion.
1t is not claimed that such yields
as these are the average, but it is
true beyond p%eradventure that from
65 to 70 bushels Of oats, 80 to SO
bushels of corn, so to IS bushels of
barley, 80 to as bushels Of wheat,
$50 to 300 bushels Of potatoes and 16
to % tons of sugar beets can. and are
being grown with very ordinary
methods OF farming.
Such is Las Vegas, and. in general
New Mexico-The Land OF Sometime,
the Land Of the Conquistadores, the
Land Of Silence and Adobe, of the
Turquoise Sky, and OF the Pueblo
Pyramids. Some of these names
have lived their day; others will al
ways apply, but there is a new one
not yet acknowledged by the terri
tory. though most richly merited
which will in time eclipse all others
And that is: THE LAND OF PROM
Use FOR THE AMERICAN FARM
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