Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-12

Las Vegas. Tie Optic. q daily nswsr
paper. several weekly publications.
including the Weekly Optic. La yox
dsl Pueblo, I'll Undergraduate and Ia
Revtsta catoAca. There are fine
church buildings representing the Va
rsous denominations IN Las m
I~el*csrie railway. electric light plant.
and carboaasea waters. carriage ana
wagon manufactures. saddle and har.
ness factories, planning mills. con.
ierese block plant. a. well ~
shop. !ee plant. and cold storage
plant. The town has two Telephone
exchanges. connecting With Denver
and central southern New Mexico
points The system IL completed via
Santa Fe to Albuquerque and socoF.
ro, 4 large and we,tequipped SAM.
tariam. known A. the 1t. Anthony's.
IL conducted by the Sisters Of Char.
tity, There are also guaTries OF
building stone near tn city. The
Territorial Insane asylum. having &C
eommodations fur 200 patients. In 10
Gated here, The headquarters at the
fourth judicial district IL located
here. also the offices Of the terrisor.
lal district attorney for San Miguel
and Mora counties.
The las Vegas Land Grant
Practically all Of the land In the
immediate vicinity Of Lac Vegas 10
included I'm the land grant. a magni.
fieent body Of AL 900 acres given TO
the community by the Mexican gov.
ernment In 1885, Las Vegas In TO.
day facing the greatest growth In all
Its history. a. o result Of the various
movements now on foot 10 settle the
lands Of the grant with American
farmers. The future Of tbs town IN
In Ito American immigration. The
farmer with . little money will find
t n 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. q heritage 10
Las Vegas the like Of which 10 pos
sessed by no other city i'm America
there lies some Of the richest and
most fertile land In all the West.
Heavy clay loan. Of good tilth. en-
riehed by centuries Of decaying veg
citation. It contains crop possibiii'
ties astounding TO the average farm
Or OF the rain belt regions Of tas
East. One almost hesitates TO cite
actual results accomplished by the
few men who have actually tried
farming In the region. When ons
tries to give the average fastener
true idea Of western possibilities and
products be usually looks ut his In
former az a lineal descendant OF An
anias, and II M proves his state
ments to him. he goes away heliev
ing that he has been made TO be
Ilieye something that he hadn't ough
Ito believe. Indeed. he isn't much Il
he blamed. when one talks ab0u
harley seven feet high, oat head
thirty inches long and running IL
bushels TO the acre, apples weighing
% ounces each: pears. 10 ounces
peaches. L. ounces; water melons, 4
pounds. cabbage heads, 10 pounds
and other crops In like proportion.
1t Is not claimed that such yield
, as these are the average, but 1t |
: true beyond peradyenture that fror
65 to 10 bushels Of oats, 80 o 5
bushels of corn. SO to rs bushels G
y barley. 80 to As bushels OF whea
$50 to 800 bushels Of potatoes and /
y to 20 tons Of sugar beets can, and ar
!. being grown with very ordinar
methods OF farming.
Such Ii Las Vegas. and. In genera
+, New Mexico-The Land OF Sometim'
o the Land OF the Conquistadores, I'll
Land OF Silence and Adobe, of tn
Turquoise Sky. and OF the Pueb'
@ Pyramids. Some Of these name
have lived their day; others will a
ways apply, but there Is IA new on
Il not yet acknowledged by the teri
d tory, though most richly merite
which will In time eclipse all other
6 And that is: THE LAND OF PRO,
- Use FOR THE AMERICAN FAR,
Is Err.