Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-02-23
Y. N. c. A. IS THE OWNER
ITS REPRESENTATIVES, ANNOUNCE
WILLINGNESS TO DEED
PROPERTY
TO ENTERTAIN VISITORS
REPRESENTATIVES OF BIG LODGE
WILL BE TAKEN ON AUTO
BILE TRIP

Las Vegas is in a position 10 offer
the handsome Montezuma hotel prop
erty at the Hot Springs to the Loyal
Order OF Moose as site for its ma
tional sanatorium and will do SO to-
morrow upon the arrival of the com
mlttee representing the grand lodge
Of the order. This was decided upon
at a meeting Of city boosters at the
Commercial club rooms Saturday
evening.
According to Fred o. Blood, vice
president Of the club, who presided
at the meeting, the hotel and grounds
now are practically the property of
the Y. M. G. A. OF Las Vegas Mr..
Blood announced that he had been in
formed by Superintendent F. L. Myers,
who had enquired Of e. j. Engle, as
sistant to the president Of the Santa
Fe Railway company, concerning the
status Of the Hot Springs property,
that the deed had been made out to
the Y M. C. A. and would be received
here within a short time Mr.. Engle
also assured Mr.. Myers that the X.
NJ, G. A. would have full power todis-'
pose Of the property as IT might see
fit He said the only reason the deed
had not reached here several months
ago was that the hotel was covered
in the Santa Fe's blanket insurance
policies and could not be disposed OF
until these had been readjusted.
Clarence Iden, chairman of com
mittee Of directors Of the Y. NJ. c. A.
composed of himself. D. L. Bachelor,
Rufus Mead and Dr. e. b. Shaw, de-
elared that the Y. NJ. c. A. was Will
ing to do what it could to advance the
interests Of Las Vegas He said his
committee had full power to act and |
would be willing to deed its Monte
yuma property to the Moose if this
seemed to be an advisable policy to
pursue.
On motion Of Charles llfeld the
meeting voted to empower the chair
man To appoint a committee Of four
to meet and act with the Y. M. c. A.
committee to entertain the represent
atives Of the Moose. and, If possible,
secure their consent to locate their
national sanatorium here. The COM
nittee selected by Mr.. Blood is as
Follows: Judge David J. Leahy, chair
man; D. T. Hoskins. DR.. r. q 0lney
and Jefferson Reynolds.
The joint committee arranged for a
meeting this afternoon at o'clock
at the Commercial club rooms for the
purpose Of formulating aaproposition
to submit to the Moose and making
plans for entertaining the committee
that order, which will
arrive here tonight or tomorrow morn
ing on an early train.
It was the opinion Of the meeting
that the Moose committee should be
royalty and that the citi-
zens should be requested to contribute
to a large excursion to
the Hot Springs property. It was sug-
gested that all the officers Of the local T
Moose lodge and as many Of the mem
bers as possible should be taken on
this trip, which is to be extended to
reach El Porvenir.
At the opening Of the meeting Mr
Blood explained that the Moose have
q fund Of s2.oOOOOO with which they
to erect a national sanatorium
for the care Of the members Of the
order who are stricken with tubercu-
losis. He said member Of the grand T
lodge Of the order had been here
short time ago and had examined the
ATontezuma property carefully Mr.
Blood had Secretary Tipton of the
Commercial club read q copy Of
letter from this man to the president
81 the order The enistle warmly com
mendea the climate. the hot springs
the desirabilitg of the Montezuma