The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-04-21
Puerto Pickinss.
&c correspondence !

day.
Amos Yates says that old blowing gets
old"
Mrs. ]. II. Nix has a severe attack of
pneumonia this week.
Alb Razaelle went to Tucumcari Satur-
day to file on his land.
Mr.. Geo. Taylor has lost twelve head of
cows from eating cockleburrs.
A fine season in the ground now; the
farmers should take advantage of it.
Plenty of rain the past week has given
the grass a fine start and cows are looking
we'll.
Why don't someone agitate a rope fac
tory1 We have the finest material in
America.
Miss Texia Hodges was around last week
getting up a subscription school, which is
a move in the right direction.
Another week has ratified around and |
will try to help fill in your ever welcome
paper. Our people who take the News
are always anxious for it to come.
Messers Wilson, Mccain, Eller and Jor-
dan, all from the Creek Nation. Indian
Territory, nave moved on their places
that they fled on some time ago.
Hurrah for brother Fullwood of Burton.
he is a man after our own heart" II all
our people would do as he is going to do,
we would have the best country in Ameri-
ca: it would not be long until we could
have statehood, or get along SO we'll that
we would not need it.
Rev. B.. T. James passed through Puerto
Saturday on his way to Burton to fill his
regular appointment there. He will preach
next Sunday at this place. He has a move
on foot to build a parsonage at this place,
and as this is nearer the center of his work,
he will be better situated to attend to it.
We are getting some very substantial
citizens in our community now, men who
up cheap but good house or d~ugouts, and
holding back their money for hard times.
Most of them we're raised on the frontier
and know how to overcome the hardships
of any new country. We are glad to see
such men settle in our country.
will write something Of our country; it
may be of interest to some Of the new
corners. Puerto was settled five years ago
in this month by Fred Walther, who run
the store and postoffice. and J. II, Nix.
MIR. Newly settling later on in the sum-
mer. They found a beautiful and fertile
valley just at the foot of the staked plans
they hauled water from a tank about two
miles. Coming from a dry country, they
were reluctant to dig well. but finally
decided to dig one and the second day they
found an abundance of water at the depth
of seventeen feet, and now you can see a
we'll and windmill at nearly all the older
settlers: some of the wells are as deep as
forty-five feet. The country is slightly
rolling to the north, with a few hills rum
ming through the valley, but they are coated
with a good variety of grass. and what is
known as bear grass or palmio, which has
proven to be a boon to the COW man more
than one hard winter when all other grass
was covered in snow. Cattle will nose
down in the center of the tufts or punches
and pull out the tender blades and do vel
on them. Our land is a sandy loan Of
good depth with a good clay foundation,
There are plenty of good building stones a
the foot of the plains, which some of oul
citizens are taking advantage of and build
ing good houses much cheaper than lum.
Der at present prices. We have good woot
in the brakes. such as piniion and cedar.
which also makes good posts. Our crop:
have generally been the forage crops. such
as maize, Kafir corn, sorghum, millet ant
Johnson grass. Corn, beans, pumpkins
kershaws, watermelons and all kinds OF
garden stufs have been grown here sic.