The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . d with pine, fir, juniper, pinon and balsam fir, allof which endow the atmosphere with healing balm beneficialto the lungs. To the westward are the San Andreas moun-tains, some forty miles away, showing several high peaks andan elevation of about 9,000 feet. Northwest are the Oscuramountains, about seventy-five miles distant. No finer sceneryfor the painters brush can be found than is aflorded from thisdreamy town, in the Tularosa Valley, part of a vast level plainrunning northerly some sixty mi
The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . d with pine, fir, juniper, pinon and balsam fir, allof which endow the atmosphere with healing balm beneficialto the lungs. To the westward are the San Andreas moun-tains, some forty miles away, showing several high peaks andan elevation of about 9,000 feet. Northwest are the Oscuramountains, about seventy-five miles distant. No finer sceneryfor the painters brush can be found than is aflorded from thisdreamy town, in the Tularosa Valley, part of a vast level plainrunning northerly some sixty miles, and southerly to theTexas line and beyond for 100 miles and some fifty miles inwidth, a veritable paradise, if properly supplied with water,and this can be provided through storage reservoirs andpumping plants. The temperature of Tularosa and vicinity ranges from thefreezing point to ninety degrees Fahrenheit. This is therecord for eighteen years. The thermometer reaches itshighest point about the middle of August, when for about twoweeks it reaches ninety-four degrees at noon, and remains. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 215 there until 3 p. m., when it begins to dechne, and at night thebreeze sets in from the mountains which renders a blanketnecessary before morning. The large number of cottonwoodtrees which line the streets of Tularosa furnish a dense shade,which makes the warmest days pleasant and agreeable. Thereal winter usually lasts from about the 20th of Decemberuntil the 10th of January, and then ice can be seen on theirrigation ditches from one-eighth to one-fourth inch being completely landlocked against the winds onthe north and east by mountain ranges and spurs from themain ranges, never experiences those sudden changes oftemperature which are so severe upon those suffering fromthroat and lung trouble. Fruits of the temperate zone growto perfection in Tularosa. There is no record of the failureof the fruit crop since the settlement of the town in
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