The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-09-12
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Local and Personal

y " HlttlN anu lduN are
among the new residents oi our
city. Mr.. Whitley has accepted
the position as stenographcr IN the
office Of Mr.. Beckett, resident en-.
gineer ol the Ef paso X Southwest.
ern ky.
Mrs. Bocum, delegate from So.
lana to the w. e.. I. t.. Copvcn.
ton at Roswell, stopped oil sun.
dav in our CITY the guest ut Mrs.
]. T.. Manney AT the Home san.
itatlum.
s. Y. Williams the groceryman
on East Main street has something
t. say to the public as to prices,
giving three reasons why It is to
their advantage to buy groceries
Of him. See his ad in this issue.
J%ustiano MARTINEZ, OF Anton
Chico, marketed apples, pears and
peaches. two wagon loads, here
this week; some OF the largest ap.
pies we have ever seen in the ter.
ritory, some OF them weighing one
pound.
Among the latest OF our bows to
leave Tor college are Arthur, Max
and Henry Goldenherg who lett
TOT Las Cruces last Sunday morn
ing to enter the Agricultural and
Mechanical College at Mesilla
Park.
Mrs. |. T.. Mannev lett Monday
morning tor Roswell, where she
will attend the Territorial Con.
vent on OF the w. c. +. T., as a
delegate from the Union at this
place OF which Mrs. Manncv is
president.
The Corner" class ot the Union
Sunday school at Smith school
house FIVE and a hall miles east Of
town spent the 9th on a picnic at
Rudulp's, Mr.. A. ]. Ballenger is
the teacher and there are twenty.
seven members in the class.
+. c. Newing formerly with the
News, has purchased an interest in
the firm OF the Blanton Abst, act
Co., OF this city. Fred Is a
hustler" and has in him the stuff
to make a first class real estate
man. His firm reports having
closed several deals in real estate
last week.
w. H.. and Miss Nell c. Burton
were in Tucumcari Tuesday to
meet their mother, Mrs. Mary A.
Burton OF Corydon. Iowa, who ar
rived on train No. /, and spent the
night here going to San ion on
Wednesday morning. Mrs. Bur.
ton will probably make her home
in New Mexico.
Ernest Blankenship, son OF A.
A. Blankenship one mile southwest
oi the city, has on exhibition ut
this office, very fine specimens OF
tomatoes. Like the Iahns Bros.
OF Pajarita, Mr.. Blankenshlp is
proving beyond a doubt that toma.
toes can be grown here equal to
those grown in other sections OF
the southwest,
b. 6. Smith, OF Oklahoma City,
known as "Kokohomo'' Smith. the
representative for this Territory Tor
the Kokohomo Steel i Wire CO.,
OF Kokohomo, Indiana, was IN
town last week IN the interest OF
his firm, and contracted Tor a car
load OF wire to be shipped to TIL
cumcari at once, Tor {. {. Chap
man, local agent in Tucumcari.
Regular services at the Metho'
dist church next Sunday morning
Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preach
ing al II a. M, after which we
will hold our last church con
terence for all the year. We hope
that every church member and
every one who may he Interested IN
the church will attend. The Ep'
worth League will meet prompt,
at 7 p. M, followed by preaching
at 8 p. m. s. +. WiLsoN.
AS we are closing out the con
ference year and according to the
Methodist system we do not know
where our next field OF labor viii
he, we wish to express III thank:
to the loyal and faithful church
members for their faithful WORK
and kind interest in the pastor ant
his family. We wish also &C
thank those who, though not mem.
hers OF the church, have been al
to us that it is possible Tor neigh
bors to I've. II It is not our priv.
ilege to work together longer W,
look forward with cherished hop,
to that reunion when We shall
meet our friends OF present and b,
gone days. S. +. WILSON,
EFfIs PosEY Wilson.