Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-11

Las Vegas. The Optic. q daily nsws
paper: several weekly publications.
Including the Weekly Optic. Ia yoE
del Pueblo. FL in6ependienie and II
Reyissa Catolica There are fine
church buildings representing the ~
riORs denominations. IL has a.
electEte railway. electric light plant.
and eaEhonated waters. carriage and
wagon manufactures. saddle and han
ness factories. planning aaiils. COZ
crete block plant. a well ss
shop. ice plant. and cold storage
plant The town has two Telephone
exchanges. connecting with Denver
and central southern New Mexico
points, The system in completed via
Santa Fe TO Albuquerque and socoF-
no. 4 large and weliequipped SAM"
tarium. known a the St Anthony's
Is conducted by the Sisters of Char.
lily. There are also quarries Of
building stone near tn city. The
Territorial Insane asylum. having &C.
Communications for 900 patients. In 10,
Gated here, The headquarters Of the
fourth judicial district Is located
here, also the offices Of the territor-
ial district attorney for San Miguel
and Nora counties.
The Las Vegas Land Grant.
Practically all OF the land In the
immediate vicinity of Las Vegas 10
included In the land grant. a magni.
ficent body Of 43l 900 acres given to
the community by the Mexican gov.
eminent In 1885. Las Vegas liz 10.
day facing the greatest growth In all
Its history. as a result Of the various
movements o 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 q little money will find
II 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 no other city In America,
there lies some OF the richest and
most fertile land In all the West
Heavy clay loan. Of good tilth. en-
riched by centuries OF decaying veg
citation. IL contains crop possible
ties astounding TO the average farm
or Of the rain belt regions OF tae
East. One almost hesitates to cits
actual results accomplished by the
few men who have actually triet
farming In the region. When ons
tries to give the average caste rner
true idea Of western possibilities ant
products he usually looks at his In
former AZ a lineal descendant q 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 Ough
to believe. Indeed. he isn't much tt
be blamed, when one talks abou
barley seven feet high, oat head
thirty inches long and running IL
, bushels to the acre. apples weighing
|. % ounces each; pears. 10 ounces
| peaches. IL ounces: water melons, 4
pounds: cabbage heads, ~ pounds
= and other crops In like proportion.
1t il not claimed that such yield
) as these are the average, but 1t |
true beyond peradventure that from
IS to 70 bushels Of oats, 80 to S
bushels Of corn, so to Is bushels Q
barley, 30 to As bushels Of wheat
$50 to 800 bushels OF potatoes and l
!, to 90 tons OF sugar beets can, and ar
|, being grown with very ordirar
methods Of farming.
Such Is Las Vegas, and, in genera
/ New Mexico-The Land Of Sometim,
q the Land OF the ConQuistadores. th
Land Of Silence and Adobe. of tn
Turquoise Sky, and Of the Puebl
Pyramids. Some Of these name
l. have lived their day; others will a
ways apply, but there is a new on
not yet acknowledged by the teri
d tory. though most richly merite'
l. which will in time eclipse all other
And that is: THE LAND OF PRON
u Use FOR THE AMERICAN FAR,
IS Err.