The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-21
ABOUT QVAY COUNTY
Tucumcari, QUAY Co.. n,

EDITOR WESTERN TRAIL.
GENTLEMEN:-To say that the Rock
Island & Pacific railroad runs through
Quay county, New Mexico will not be
news TO you, but it will be welcomed news
to many of your readers. What | shall
say in this article is intended to be in a
measure an answer to the great number of
letters of inquiry addressed to me, concern
ing Quay county.
AREA.
1t is forty miles in extent from north to
south, sixty miles from east to west, and
borders on the west line of Texas. It con-
tains within its boundry one million seven
hundred thousand acres of land.
This is all homestead land in tracts of
100 acres,
More than a million acres of this land is
still open to settlement.
CONDITIONS COMMON TO ALL NEW COUNTRIES
Every new country had to be conquered
whether it was forest or plain, mountain
or valley before it would produce the re-
quisite supplies to satisfy the various wants
of progressive people.
Fuel and water, are the first requisites
of the camper, and not less so for the set
tier in a new country. Too much of either
was an obstacle in the way of the latter
that demanded years of privation and toll
to overcome.
Forests must be removed, and wet lands
drained. Drouthy lands must be irrigated
and timber planted. Not country of the
land has been totally immune to these pen
alties
The pioneer of the early days followed
the river and water courses. There we're
various reasons why he shonld do this In
many instances it afforded an easy means
of transportation, it was a guide to his
wanderings: it lead him to rich valleys, it
afforded a means for draining his land or
it was a source of supply for irrigation to
it.
Thus we trace our ancestors footsteps
as they sought out new homes and made
settlements in new countries.
NEW CONDITIONS.
1t must occur to the mind of one who
contemplates seeking a home in a new
country in these days. that the opportun-
tiles and advantages of the home seekers
of today are better in many respects than
thau haFnra II, ka h;ctnr,, of ha
settlement.
Usually the railroad threads its way into
new country to be followed by the set
tier. The way may not lead along the
banks of river or through forest.
However. that will not retard the de-
termned home-seeker His exploring trip
is made in cushioned Car in quick time
1t is in reality but a pleasure trip; an out
ing for few days.
He reaches a country unknown to his
ancestry and is delighted. His imagination
had pictured to his mind an unnhabited
and waste place. He had not heard the
euphonious name Tucumcari mentioned
until last summer. 1t is now a county seat
with streets regularly laid out. Enter
prise is apparent in the numerous public
utilities that meet the eye. A block of
land which the enterprising Town Com
pany donated to the County for the pur-
pose. is adorned with beautiful and con-
venient court house. built of native stone.
Another block. a donation from the pro-
prietors OF an addition. is beauttied with a
two story brick school house.
Three denominations have built hand
some churches on donated lots in various
localities
An electric light and power plant is in