El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-27
TULAROsA OLD BUT
THOROUGHLY
ALIVE
Is in a Rich Agricultural
Section With Plenty
Of Water.

Tularosa, n. NJ, Jan. 27.-Tularosa
Is situated about 90 miles north of Ell
Paso on the E. P. & S. w railroad, in
valley close to the edge of the Sacra-
mento montains, and is watered by the
Tularosa creek. The town has about
1900 inhabitants
It is a very told town, about so years
old, and was made famous in early
history by battles between the Mexi-
cans, who lived here at that time, and
had taken up government land, and
the indians. who thought they were
usurping their rights, and here today
are to be found some of the same
adobe houses, forts and the walls used
for protection, and all are daily re-
minder Of old Geronimo and his fight
ing bands
Good Farming Country.
The surrounding country is fine for
farming. with plenty of water Water
from the canyons irrigates a lot of land
and one can get water at from 80 feet
TO deeper and can get a never falling
supply. The place has proved what it
can do in an agricultural way, and is
said to be the only self supporting
town in New Mexico, and also one of
the best irrigated.
The inhabitants used to be mostly
Mexicans, but in the last 10 years a
great many Americans have come here.
and now we have more Americans
than Mexicans, and with their help
this will be town with a big future
soon
Is a Good Business Point.
Tularosa Is a good business center,
thousands Of dollars worth of business
being done every year in alfalfa alone.
besides the immense vineyards which
yield thousands of pounds Of grapes
yearly, especially of the Mission va
rtety, from which the natives make
barrels Of wine. All kinds Of grapes
do well here All kinds of fruit are
grown, such as apples. pears, ounce
peaches, nectarines, figs, etc.
In climate Tularosa cannot be beat,
especially for those afflicted with pull
monary and kidney trouble. The fine
air and almost perpetual sunshine
mild weather permitting one to sleep
out doors winter and summer without
any Inconvenience will cure almost
any pulmonary trouble, if they come
here in time. Several pronounced in
durable by the doctors. today are living
and enjoying the fine country that
helped to effect their cure The wa
ter here has cured several supposedly
incurable" cases of kidney trouble.
The scenic beauty is superb around
Tularosa. The Sacramento mountains
are on the east. Sierra Blanca, rising
to an altitude of $4,000 feet, and COW
cred with a white mantle almost the
entire year, IS 40 miles from Tularosa
In the streams in the mountains one
can fish for -speckled trout, which
abound To the west is the San An
dreas, looming up a little farther
away, yet with the two ranges of
mountains. one would think they came
together at the north The sunset and
sunrise viewed from these mountain.
ranges Will rival the famous sunsets
on Pixies Peak
One may think it very warm here in
summer, but you can with all comfort
sleep under blankets, for the breezes
that are waited from the mountains
are refreshing and cool Children here
are going barefooted. and have all
winter, with the exception Of about a
week in January, and apples are left
on the ground piled in mounds and
only covered with a canvas or any
other light covering one may wish to
use.
Chicken Raising Profitable.
Chicken raising is profitable. One
ranch here is said to be one of the
White Leghorn chickens and the eggs
are sold only to hospitals at the price
of 10 to so cents per dozen. On this
ranch 1000 little chicks are Matched
every three weeks through the hatch
ing season, and there are 1000 laying
hens all the time. The owner of the
ranch has now three miles of sweet peas
and six acres of carnations, Parma
violets and peonias.
Tularosa has a new bank, recently
organized, eight general merchandise
stores. one drug store, one hotel, two
meat markets, one newspaper, two
one blacksmith, three
school houses. one Union church,
Catholic church, one bakery and one
furniture store. and a good opening
for good uptodate hardware store.
Close to Tularosa is the White Sand.
One man is experimenting with it and
has made several houses of it, joists,
rafters and brick. Fancy jars. umbrella
stands and jardinier stands can be
made out of it, although it has to go
through a process of cooking before