The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-08
TUCUMCARPS FUTURE BRIGHT


the visitor.
The school buildings are modern
IN every respect, with an able corps
oi instructors; the church cdlhccs
would do credit to many City
twice the size oi Tucumcaii; the
Quay county court house n hand.
some and costly structure, j. To-.
Gated in the city; n Masonic tenn
pie at cost OF ovcl Sl5, 600 is
under construction and will bc
completed sometime during this
year. Ii will he one OF the most
elaborate lodge buildings IN New
Mexico. The United States Land
Office is located in Tucumcari aud
was opened Tor business July Ist,
last.
Tucumcari has two railroads:
The Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific railroad from the north,
which road has It's division point
and shops IN TucuncarI, and iur.
dred men IN the shops and IN Us
yards, while many tralnmcn MAKE
the city their home. The III PasJ'
and Southwestern, south oi HI
Paso and West oi Dawson, the
richest coal camp IN the United
States, gives this cay good train
service and makes Il the railroad
center oi eastern New Mexico. \
number oi wholesalers make lu.
cuucarl their headquarters, while
several Wholesale houses are cn.
loylng a splendid out.ui- town
trade. Shipments OF goods are
made to distance oi over 100
miles to the south, west, aud north
by the lobbers vi this city.
ia nsao ot kieh FARMING Section
The country around Iucumcari
is very productive and with ordin.
AIRY rainfall good crops are being
raised. All the available land
within a radius vi twenty i've
miles vi Iucumcari has been taken
by III" homestead, who has built
his home and lives happy and con.
tented. Although most ui the
iarn houses are built Oh the plan
vi the pioneer homrstcadrIS cabin,
some vi the best iarm houses IN
eastern New Mexico are to III, found
within a lew miles oi luCumCarl.
Especially towards san ion are
found substantial iarm houses and
active farmers who have during
the past two years improved that
country t-p,lly and are raising
good crops upon the hundreds vi
acres oi as good soil as can be
iound any where IN the country.
The drought during the early part
oi the season, which was a draw.
back to the growing crops around
IucumCarl. was not quite So ScII-
Gus lew miles from the city to-
wards san Jon. But since the Ic.
cent rains all the crops are coming
up IN fine shape aud whru the har-
vest time rolls ky the farmers ui
thls vicinity will bc satisfied with
the Yields VI the crops they have
gathered.
Mas Two ks~ssa psrs
Tucumcari has two good news.
papers, the best and nrwslest ~
their section vi the territory. The
lucumcari News, published by the
'lucumcarl Printing Co., is IN
every respect an up.to-datr country
newspaper. Every line III lts col.
umns Is filled with live news,
spiclly written and arlistlcally dis.
played advertisements. The News
oihce and printing plant is one oi
the most modern and largest IN
that section oi the territory. The
News Just recently installed new
Cranaton newspaper press and TINS
tall rs planning to IN tall Limo
type. Editor ). NJ. Wharton, ot
the News, is 4 hustler and every
man, woman, and child oi this
city are his friends.
The Tucumcari Sun is another
good weekly paper and 1t also has
a substantial home and plant and
is issuing very credible weekly
newspaper. The sun advocates
democratic principals while the
News is very strongly Republican,
politically.
Land Office Rushed With Work.
The United States Land Office
which was recently established at
Tucumcari is starting with hatter-
ing prospects. The filings are
running from fifteen to twenty n
day. The patrons oi the office are
praising Register Il. 4. Prentice.
Receiver n. V. Gallegos and a
corps OF five or six clerks Tor the
courteous manner in which they
are dealt with. Nothing is lett
undone to accommodate those who
have business before the land
office.
|. {. Barnes OF the hvm oi
Barnes * Rankin, furniture deal
ers, is chairman OF the republican
count, central committee OF QUAY
county and also a member oi the
board OF county commissioners.
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