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TRE IRRIGATION AGE. 



makes a sanitarium of the valley for the relief of persons troubled 

 with asthma, bronchitis, catarrh, consumption and all pulmonary 

 complaints. There is no malaria and epidemic diseases are unknown. 

 The temperature rarely falls below twenty degrees or rises above 100 

 degrees, and owing to the very dry atmosphere, is never oppressive. 

 There is not an authentic case of sunstroke on record in New Mexico. 

 It were useless to live in the richest country on earth without the 

 blessing of good health. 



In the Pecos Valley you will find it, for hundreds of people who 

 came here with tuberculosis are living witnesses of the efficacy of 

 Pecos Valley climate. 



FINE STOCK ON ALFALFA FARM, NEAR CARLSBAD, NEW MEXfUO. 



The vicinity of Carlsbad is Sportsmen's paradise. In close prox- 

 imity are lakes and reservoirs well stocked with bass, perch and blue 

 channel cat. During the fall and winter these lakes are covered with 

 wild duck and geese. Quail abound, and antelope can be found with 

 but little effort. In the mountains, only a short distance away, deer 

 bear and turkeys are secured. 



Carlsbad is situatud in the center of the range industry of the 

 west. Its cattle and sheep imterests are large and constantly increas- 

 ing. Feeding and fattening of stock on alfalfa, corn and beet pulp 

 from the sugar factory, for the eastern markets, is a new industry 

 full of promise. The Pecos Valley & Northeastern gives a direct line 



