Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-09

A thousand feet above the city or
Albuquerque and the rio urande vail
ley, with an unObslructed view Of
hundreds Of square miles Of uHduiat.
tag mesa and vista OF the distant
valley with lss sieamins Rlo Urande
from Bernallllo 10 Los tsunas. backed
BY rugged mouniains and winding
canyon. strewn With giant boulders,
threaded by e gushing perennial
stream Of clear. pure mountain wator,
with the bess golf links in the SOUTH
west acrQss the rolling ailuvial slopes;
q concrete hottomed lakeict with ex-
cellent fishing and boating. cool
brcezes OF a summers evening. when
perspirinE citizens leave dull care be-
hind and spin Ia their buzz wagons for
a restful evening on wide verRndae;
IN plain view OF Albuquerque, yet re-
mote from city fuss and feathers, with
no end of ozone 10 breathe as you sit
and watch the sunset over Mount Tay-
Tor hundred miles distant. with the
rosy after glow on the bold promon-
tories Of the Manxanoe 10 the south
and the frowning bat,lemcnts OF the
North peak Of the Sandals 10 the
north--this Is the Albuquerque coun-
try club. the beautiful new resort
made possible by the enterprise and
progresslveness OF The people OF AL
ouQuerque,
The best thing about II g. that al
though Il Is q scenic and recreation
resort unoquailed anywhere in New
Mexico, II was an accomplished az the
expenditure OF only few thousand
dollars.
Mayor Sellers extended tho courtoay
Of his fast little Hun car TO a reporter
for the Evening Herald yesterday af-
ternooR on spin out TO the new
county club. The club Is only a mile
or two northeast Of the Jones ranch,
and the going trip Of nine miles or a
littie more was made via Jones,
leaving the Tljeras canyon road just
beyond the Jones place ana striking
across to the very foot 81 the noun
tains. Unless you are familiar with
the wonders Of this little eOrgo-4
known az Embgdo Canyon--you would
never suspect us existence. Arpar-
entity there IL nothing but bleak,
bare mouHtain side with no possible
place for a canyon 60 be; yet Il II
there ana IL winds and twists for sew
oral miles up 10 the base OF the south
peak OF tho Sandals.
one days work with a team COM
ple9ed splendid read from Jones'
over to tho club. thanks 10 the enter
prise Of the geo members Of the club,
who 81 paying $50 a year make u pcs
sihic 60 curry on ais these improve
mcnta and maintain the resort. While
you rise rapidly ia approaching the
club house. there are no abrupt h3lls
and before YOU know & you are look
ing down On the Jones' ranch FAR be-
low, altam~N you have nui entered
the mountains al all Tho club house
sits on gently shelving slope just
far enough out from the Houth Of
the canyon TO furnish view extend
ing from the nosque peak ~ the
Manxanos 10 the North peak OK the
Sandals. including an the mesa an
far north as Berunlillo and further
south than Isleta. while the prospect
on the west Is bounded by lofty
Mount Taylor and the continental d.
vide: "a the south are the MaedSr
lena and s.adrone mountains Win a
bare glimpse Of the San Mateos, over
a hundred and nifty miles distant The
Jemez rance il plainly visible 70 the
far north. The Rie uranae a. sunset
gilstcns and CLEANS for miles IN the
valley. below and every Irrigation
ditch reflects the sunset ten miles
away,
The lake at the club, stocked with
bass and other flah is partly Of con-
crete to prevent seepogc and was
constructed al moderate expense. y
Is fed by never railing stream OF
water from the canyon, running about
100 gallons 20 the minute. pure noun
tain water which lrrigates the shade
trees and shrubhery around the
grounds n you follow up this stream
you will Chamber around Immense
bouldera as big as small HOUSES, under
bcctHns clins OF granite. with little
waterfalls here and there AZ the
stream finds It's way down among tho
rocks tfp ~ The head OF the canyon
there are pine and pinon trees under