The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-10-24

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! Mexico gales. believe in the
near future that the price oi land
that is now selling ior five or ten
dollars per acre will compare favor
ably with any in the middle west.
! have faith in the country because
our exhibits at this ialr prove its
worth even IN this abnormal year,
and shows what can be expected in
an ordinary year. | have faith in
this city, the progress OF which
can not be checked hy either drouth
or panics; | have faith IN the other
towns in the county. whose growth
IN so short a time is simply marvel
Gus; have great faith in the
people because their character and
worth are proven every day. We
are a cosmopolitan people; we re-
present every section OF the coun-
try. We came from the money
centers OF the east; from the az
ricultural district oil the middle
west; from the cotton fields OF the
south; from the slope that skirts
the horizon beyond the western
mountains from every section, the
best blood, the best intelligence
has come, and are uniting in the
| cndeavor TO upliit and upbuld this
community, and that is why |
nave faith in it. have faith be-
cause there are SO few knockers
here, and we all snoIld be- glad oi
that fact. OF all men the knocker
IS the most miserable, and the
most despicable. II did not have
taitn in this country ! would move
on; and think that | voice your
sentiment in extending an invita-.
tion to every man who has no faith
in our country to move on. The
man who will deliberately give his
own community black eye shows
that he has neither patriotism nor
conscience, and the sooner we are
rid OF him the better. But am
glad We are not afflicted with many
OF that kind.
So in behalf OF the management
oil this iair, take great pleasure
in welcoming YOU, one and all, to
the city. We hope that your
pleasure will be anbounded,S =, and
feel by mingling together we will
all he benefited and that the bond
ot union, SO necessary for the
prosperity and happiness OF any
community, will be Strengthened.
The gates OF the city have been
opened wide, the keys have been
thrown away, and the city is yours,
and may happiness and prosperity
bless one and all.
MIR, Holloman speech ended,
barbecue dinner was announced,
and the visitors toasted on tat
beet, mutton, ETC., the beet being
! furnished the fair committee by c.
NJ. O'Donel, manager Bell ranch,
+. 4. Wayne and |. ]. Briscoe,
and the mutton by NJ. Il. Golden
berg.
After dinner Chas. kohn, OF
Momtoys, was called to speak for
his town and section, and did him
self proud in the manner in which
he told the people about the growth
and development Of the city ol
Monioya and the Montoya valley.
l I MgntF,Nn tg nj
pri~ing communities oi the county,
and the firm OF kohn Bros, has
boosted It lpto prominence by
many diferen, plans OF Legitimate
advertising, always telling the
truth about thG locality, and PIE.
pairing exhibits, ETC., at every
available opportunity. The Mon.
toya exhibit took twelve i,heien,
premiums aud their exhibit was
the most creditahle at the fair.
Following Mr.. kohn's address,
Hon. Willard Belknap was called
to speak tor Nara Visa, and that
section OF the county, and he did
It very creditably. He spoke in
part as follows;
My fellow citizens il seems when.
ever the people start in to settle
up a new country the latas under
Jake 10 make sport OF their efforts.
II seems as though the first few
years after a country is settled
we have the driest, windiest and
most disagreeable seasons that
have been known by the oldest
inhabitants. We Sometimes hear
people complain OF the hardships
in settling up Northeastern New
Mexico and make oi II an agricul'
tural country ht Tor the homes oj
the people, but when we hear the
, old timers tell OF the hardships o
. those who settled the countr,
farther to the East oil US, we Sc,
! that we have in TACT very little &c
| complain oi. Any OF the old tim,
: settlers OF Kansas, Nebraska, tn,
I Dakotas or Iowa will tell you tha
. II they got the sod turned over th'
= first year, they were we'll satisfied
, and few OF them expected to plan
4 any crops, that on the secon'
e year the returns were enough /,
, make up the seed, they ielt tina
n they were doing we'll and WeT