Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-11-13
TuCUMCAR|
PROSPEROUS
yCounty andits
Capital Growing
Steadily
INCREASING IN POPULATION
Solid for Statehood Praise
for Judge Mann and
Court Officials.

and with Deputy Sheriff James F..
Bell, brought three prisoners to the
territorial penitentiary and turned
them over to Superintendent John w.
Green. Sheriff Street had no time to
stop In Santa Fe for an extended visit
but on account of press Of duty re-
turned at noon yesterday.
Sheriff Street stated that at the re-
cent term of court in Quay county pre-
sided over by Judge e. A. Mann,
there were two murder trials; one was
In the case of Ruby Estes who was
acquitted on the charge Of numbering
an associate in a disreputable house
and the other was Samuel Hardwick,
who was tried for the killing of John
ME Lawson, city marshal Of Tucum.
carl, but the jury did not agree; it
stood nine for conviction to three for
acquittal. Several minor criminal
cases were disposed of and most of
the cases on the civil docket were also
cleaned up, but Judge Mann will re-
turn on December 18th, and hold a
short term in chambers for civil bust
ness.
"Tucumcari Is constantly and salts.
factorily growing" said Sheriff
Street. Business is increasing and
there is an eastern man now in Tu.
cumcari who is figuring on the erec-
tion Of large, new and modern hotel
which is very much needed The cot
ton gin which is now being construct
ed is about, complete and will be in op-
Grafton in ten days. | estimate that
there will be'one hundred bales of cot,
ton ginned and that next year the cot
ton crop will be greatly increased in
Quay county as experiments have
proven and crops so far raised show
that the cotton is of a very fine quail.
ity. This cotton was raised without
irrigation
Installing WaterWorks System.
Water works, greatly needed by
our town, are now being constructed
by company of which w. F. Buchan-
an, president Of the First National
bank, is president and general manag-
er. The company has taken
the matter in hand, has Sc
cured a franchise and within three
months the town will have good sup
ply Of fine pure water. The water will
be pumped from wells which are situ-
ated about half mile from the city
and will be brought into the city and
distributed by pipes and by natural
presolr and gravity as the wells are
much higher than the town loca-
tion The system will be modern In
every respect This will fill great
need as heretofore our water supply
has not been what it should, especially
for the necessities of growing COM
munity like Tucumcari. l estimate
that we now have between four and
five thousand people in the city lin-
It's. The population Is constantly grow.
ing; so are our business houses and
mercantile establishments There is
considerable building going on as far
as residences are concerned and also
in business blocks. Indeed, we are
very well satisfied with the progress
and If we keep on this way, by our
census Of 1910 Tucumcari will be one
Of the largest towns in the state Of
New Mexico.
Our people are unanimous for state
hood, both the new immigration and
the older residents. There seems to
be no difference Of opinion between the
two classes. They are all united on the
statehood question and when it comes
before us we will poll unanimaus
vote.
Home on Every Quarter Section.
Every part Of Quay county, east Of
Tucumcari at all valuable for farming
and agricultural purposes, is settled
and nearly every quarter section con-
tains a home and a family of home
0uCitu ScItlClo. ACnO civ G FCiy SOOu
class Of people; they brought good
live stock with them, farming imple-
ments, machinery, household utensils
and poultry and nearly all Of them
brought some money with them. This
has enabled them to make a success
the first year although during the
first year they raised very good crops
without irrigation, corn, oats, feed
stuffs and vegetables as well as broom
corn. There are now three broom fac
tories in the county, one at Quay, one
at San Juan and on at Tucumcari.
Their products find a ready sale both
at home and abroad. This promises to
be one Of the leading industries Of our
county and is already profitable, In