The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . s,periodical in their flow, and many, having no outlet, losethemselves in the sands. Tularosa, La Luz, Sacramentocreeks and the headwaters of the Penasco, of Eagle creek andother brooks flow from the foothills down picturesque canonsinto the open valleys and tablelands. A considerable acreageis under cultivation, it being practical to raise crops in partsof the Sacramento and White mountains without dam across Rinconada canon near Tularosa which willimpound sufficient water to irrig
The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . s,periodical in their flow, and many, having no outlet, losethemselves in the sands. Tularosa, La Luz, Sacramentocreeks and the headwaters of the Penasco, of Eagle creek andother brooks flow from the foothills down picturesque canonsinto the open valleys and tablelands. A considerable acreageis under cultivation, it being practical to raise crops in partsof the Sacramento and White mountains without dam across Rinconada canon near Tularosa which willimpound sufficient water to irrigate 20,000 acres, is leading industries are stock raismg, cattle, sheep andgoats doing equally well: mining, especially in the Jarillaswhere gold, silver, copper, lead and turquoise deposits exist;lumbering, there being thousands of acres of virgin timberlands in the Sacramento mountains and manufacturing, therebeing lumber mills, tie preserving plants and railroad shoi3sat Alamogordo. The Mescalero Apache Indian reservationand part of the Lincoln Forest Reserve are in the THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 211 Alamogordo, the county seat of Otero county, 4,500 feet above the sea level,has experienced the most remarkable growth of any town inNew Mexico. Five years ago the town was established and ithas today over 4,000 inhabitants, broad streets, brickbusiness blocks well stocked with merchandise, five churches,two large saw mills costing over $200,000, an electric lightplant and ice factory, steam laundry, planing mill, a waterworks system which cost $50,000, a railway hospital, awomans club, a park a mile long, a daily newspaper, the Alamo-gordo Journal, three weekly newspapers, the AlamogordoNews, the Otero County Advertiser and the AlamogordoJournal, a fine railroad depot, a modern and commodioushotel, a fine public .school building and a public library. It isthe headquarters of the sixth judicial district. The generaloffices of the El Paso & Northeastern Railway
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