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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08
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mean land which, as II rule, lacks sui.
hcient rainfall 10 produce agricultural
crops without the necessity Of restor.
ing to unusual methods Of cultivation,
such is the system commonly known
rs "dry farming, and for which
there il no known source Of water
supply from which such land may bs
successfully irrigated at q reasonable
cost.
Therefore, lands containing merchan.
table timber, mineral lands, and lands
within reclamation project, or lands
which may he irrigated at a reason.
able cost FROM any known source of
water supply, may be entered under
this act. Minor portions Of u legal
subdivision susceptible Of irrigation
from natural sources, AS, for instance,
spring, will not exclude such subdi.
vision from entry under this act, pro.
yided, however, that no one entry
SHALL embrace in the aggregate more
then ~ acres of such irrigable lands.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08
TUCUMCARI AND
TEXICO IS NEXT
Santa Fe's Contract for the
Lubbock Branch of the
Road is Awarded.
CITIZENS ARE ELATED

Special To the News.
Lubbock, Ten May 5--The con
tract for the construction of the
branch Of the Santa fe from Plain
view to this place has been awarded
to Moore Harris and the contract
for the Coleman cut OF from here 10
the line Of Garza County has been
awarded the same concern.
Fortytve teams are now at work
on the line from here TO Plainview,
and il il officially announced that work
ON tha, part of the cutoff from here
TO Cara County will begin immediate
ly. A mau high in authority makes
the statement that the rest Of the con
tract from Lubbock 20 Coleman will
be awarded within less than ninety
DAYS. The heaviest work on this line
will be from the caprock to Coleman,
the work from Texico 10 Lubbock be
ing very light, The branch from
Plainview TO this place will be rushed
and the work on the cutoff will be
carried from this place toward Pos,
and the northwest toward Texico.
W. u. Story, chief engineer Of the
Santa Fe system, is now in Lubbock,
the purpose of this visit being to
start things moving in construction
work.
This menns that three links of the
-four link road will be constructed in
the near future. The fourth link will
be known as the Tucumcari and Tex
leo and from the foregoing seems to
be certainty Citizens both here
aud in Texico are ela,ed over the pros
poets OF the road and the predictions
are that the road will he in Tucum
carI lus,ie tic neS. year
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08
ALDERMEN HAVE
QUIET SESSION
Ordinance Passed Prohibit.
ing Citizens X e eping
Hogs in the City.

The aldermen held short aud uui
~ session last "dnesday night IN III"
office of the city 81 RI. \ full board
was present with tue exception ui
Alderman buchanan. 1hc meeting
was called to order by the mayor and
the minutes uf the last meeting were
read aud approved.
Other than the reports OF commit.
ties there was little done. The report
oi the finance committee was accepted
aud several bills ordered paid
The Street aud Alley committee
made report ou the progress q. siue
walk building IN the residential por.
tl0n Of the city he clerk was or.
dered to proceed agains, ala persons
who refused To construct sidewalks in
front of property in blocks where u
majority of tue property owners wish
them.
The city physician reported that tue
city II IN the best sanitary condition
II has been IN for several months On.
~ very few eases of sickness were
reported,
The matter Of allowing citizens to
keep hogs in the city was discussed
aud an ordinance making the Keeping
0f animals an ofense, passed.
The Swec1y blll was discussed and
the city attorney ordered all proceed
ings since the scycnteeth Of March
published. All ordinances will be re-
published and in the future all ordi
nanccs wal be- published tnrec times
IN compliance with the rev bin.
The meeting was adjourned.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08
NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
is DAMAGED TO THE AMOUNT
OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
Firemen Figh, Like Demons Thrungh Smoke and Saw,
Building from Total Destruction Have Hard
Time in Locating Sea, OF the Blaze.


Munlay =" ADJUST III" matter aud then
an Investigations will be made 10 ~
certain whether ~ not the lire was
started 10y an inciudiary, ~ reported.
r. \ Muirhcnd seems to have been
the heaviest louscr since the back Of
his store joined that of the millin
ory parlor aud the flames burned
through doing considerable damage 20
his stock The amount ~ his dana
yes has not yet been estimated. Mrs.
Rue kcf = stock was y total loss but u
was small aud amounted to about two
hundred dollars ut the time Of the lire,
II il said
ROLAND Bros. & Knnn saved almost
their entire stock. They were assist
cd by the crowd and succeeded IN get
ting everything moved They are
now doing business temporarily in the
Hancock building. Damages by water
were very light and upon this point
the hr" department has received many
compliments. No water was thrown
until 4 was known where To throw
it. Thus the boys kept cool and did
their best work.
The fire was witnessed by the usu.
al crowd which attend fires with no
idea Of rendering any Seyices hut who
merely stand IN IN" way and criticize
those who work. While this class j.
indeed nuisance, II II said to the
credit of the H.. department that they
were allowed Ia interfere very little
with the good work of the Nervicablc
The building was completed last
January aud II considered one of the
best IN the northeastern portion oi
this territory As soon ~ the insur
j ance matters are adjusted II will h,
/ repaired aud will again be the business
center of the city
Will. the III. was most serious
there were some humorous features in
connection which brought roars oi
laughter after the excitement h n d
ahaiod. Dn- enthusiastic" bystandei
intent on saving u score of human
/ lives. rushed into the millinery parloi
while the tiie was the most dangcror,
and brought out a form used for dis
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08

Fine, Uf s'ill questionable origin,
broke out ~ III" First National bank
building last Tuesday m"tniug ~
three - clock and damaged the build
my to the amount of ten thou
sand dollars. The fire was discovered
by In. B. fllcrring who first smrllcd
the smoke, and the Hfc alarm was
turned III ~ soon ~ possible. Owing
~ the hour. there was some delay be
fore the department reached the
scene but wh II the Hire lnddIcs arriy
cd their brave efforts was all that sav
rd the building from total destruction.
the smoke was pouring out IN
black volumes from every crcvice IN
the building aud considerable time
was taken in locating the sea, Of the
fire. No blaze could he seen anywhere
hut tn" smoke was binding and com.
Time after time they advanced into
tn" hall ways IN vain attempts to 10
cate the blaze but were driven back
each time for breath
Finally fresh volumes of smoke be
gan to issue from the millinery par,
lors Of Mrs. l., G. Rucker aud here
the hrcmen directed every effort and
soon located the heart Of the blaze
The flames had started under the
iio"r oi that apartment and had ea'
cn their way between the partit ions
until every wall in the building wa,
rharrcd and damaged. by the aid oi
axes the Rrrmcu were abl. 10 bring
the water IN play At the proper place.
aud the fire was cXtinguishcd. The boy,
worked like Tfujans aud the fact tina,
they checked n blaze that would hav,
been puzzle to the mos, experienced
hi"men II greatly ~ their credit.
The lire had been started under III,
nuUf of Mrs Rucker's pnrlors Their,
II ~ basement there but the floor WI,
elevated about four feet /, in tn,
npiniun of many that the building wn,
Intentionally SET on hrr. This hclic'
il shared 10y Wm. A Schubel, the con
tractor who built it, aud knowing th'
construction oi tn" building ~ b,
does he SAYS II could have started n,
"th"r way. Representatives of the in
Surnnc" companies will he in the cit,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08
new CENSUS SHOWS
5000 POPULATION
Tucumcari Rea hes the
Point that Makes the
Future Secure.
WOMEN NOT WANTING
City Constantly Building
and Only Few Vacant
Houses Found

Tucumcnri has five thousand inhab
itan,s. or TO he exact Eve thousand aud
eighty. his may be surprising to
some who have not considered the re
cen, rapid growth Of the city hut
those who have been keeping pace
with the times felt that the popula
ton OF this city was somewhere near
III. Nv. thousand mark. The correct
number was aseertained this week
when the census was completed by
Fred Ncwing, who was recently EN-
ployed by the city to take IL.
This shows M increase Of nearly
fifteen hundred over the census which
was taken little over wear ago
rrhcn steps were taken before incor
cooperating Tucumcsri as city.
The recent census was ordered TAX
en NJ one Of the preliminaries toward
the issuance o, seventy FIVE thousand
dollars in bonds for sewerage purpo
ses. The census wns also taken with
tn. view OF obtaining free mail de
livery and for the establishment OF
Ian EMS Lodge.
Newing mad" his official report tc
Mayor Street yesterday afternoon, n,
soon n hr had completed the census
The ive thousand mark ~ one Of IN,
best ertisemrnts that this cit,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08
Boards THE LION
IN ROCKY WILDS
Stalks on Bear Unexpected
ly and Lion Disputes
Trail on Return.
A THRILLING ESCAPE

+. y. VIM. krenning has a story to
tell his friends when he returns to ST.
Louis that will make the capilla con.
tract like that OF n porcupine quill
when the said animal is mad enough
TO fight the battleship Texas. Being
desirous Ia locate q happy hunting
ground for party OF friends, he IN
tends to bring out from 81. Louis next
October for month : hunting aud
fishing, he under took u trip with tbs
game warden Of Colfax county and
Mo, 10 the head waters of the Rio
l.atillo, on the northern line of
New Mexico and southern Colorado.
The business of the fish commissioner
was to stock the streams with rain.
bow trout, and 1t was the game war.
den = business TO know where the fish
were deposited, and that of krenning
TO see the country, and incidentally to
hunt little II the party had the
time. Leaving Dawson on q bright
May morning with heavy spring wag
on drawn by four horses the party 's
course was up the Vermejo and across
the divide onto the head Of ComAnche
creek which is feeder to the Rio
Costello, one of the greatest trout
streams In the Territory. On the Cost
lilo a half dozen natives were employ.
ed to cart the minnows well up the
small stream running into II and the
party Of which Krenning was a mem
ber started toward the head waters OF
the Rio Latillo, the distinction being
Latillo Lake on the line of Colorado
aud New Mexico. The Latillo Lakes
are seven in number, four OF them be
ing in the State Of Colorado and three
in New Mexico being the point OF
destination, and said to be the best
hunting and fishing in the southwest
Lake trout abound here and can be
caught with hook and line, The biz
game Of the Territory is also to b'
had mere with less pxertion than any
where else In the Rocky Mountains
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08
IMPROVEMENTS ON
THE COURT HOUSE
Rooms Which Were Never
Finished Before are Now
Being Completed.

The interior of the county court
houS" II taking on u new appearance
this wcck. The building has been in
Nad"d 10y Il troop Of working men who
are ln,hing, plasterIng and painting
the rooms which wcr. never complct
eel after the building was erected.
Heretofore, on the second door, on.
~ the court room has been flashed
and the three office rooms has been
lying idle for lack OF completion. The
entire up stairs ~ now undergoing rem
noNation aud all will be completed in
the course of n few weeks
Several Improvements have been
made on the court hous. iu the past
two months. The vaults have been
rearranged, the county tax collector =
office has been fitted up and put into
use aud the office for the superintend
ent Of public schools also established
in the building.
The office rooms now undergoing
completion will he occupied by the
Judge Of the probate court and other
county officers. In addition to the In
terror improvements the grounds are
being laid out with concrete side walks
and arrangements are being made for
the planting of lawn next spring
The county court house was built al
time when Quay county was very
young and when few people hau hope'
for the county such o. are now being
realized. Upon completion, however
the court house will be as servicabl'
and as good as any other In the ter
ritofy.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08
PARIS With BABE
IN BITTER TEARS
Heart Wrenched Mother
Tells the Story of Her
Disgrace.
DESERTED BY LOVER
Innocent Girl of Twenty
Falls Victim of Heart
less Brute.

The blessing and benefits Of the
Home kyangcl were made manifest IN
Tucumrari this week when repre-
sentative Of the organization came
from Albuquerque aud took an charge
month old baby boy which bad been
abandoned by it, parents and turned
over 10 Rev. DulIose, pastor Vt the
Presbyterian Church.
The abandoned bate was a bright,
chubby, smiling baby boy, healthy and
grooming and was presented to the pas
tor by the young mother of twenty,
who told heart rending story Of
how she had been deceived and de
serted by one who had promised to
make her his wife. The story was one
OF sorrow and tears. The young girl,
innocent aud Jolly,was holding a
claim out from this city aud was max
ing all plans to unite her hopes aud
life with those OF Il ncighbor who Ia
ter basely deceived her, and IN her
trouble left her alone, a mother, un.
married aud disgfaced.
The heart broken girl planned that
she was unable 10 take care OF her
babe aud knew that the Home Evan
gel could provide for It better than
she aud then lett with a prayer that
her child would TALL into hom" where
ne could Ice happy aud given the al
vantages which his father had robbed
him Of.
She stated that she was going bac Il
~ her home town, VIII ~ her parents
live aud there begin li;c over, with
new ideals aud determinations and she
left with the sympathy aud blessings
vi all who knew of the circumstances
The child was taken care OF by Mrs
Willis Clark and Mrs. OTholdcr until
II was taken away by the Hon,
Eyang.l tn be given hum. ~ som,
worthy and kind family,
This IN the sixth child this city hai
given to tue charge Of the organila
prov idcd with good homes IN this ter
ritory. The Albuquerque branch -
doing work which Is territorial IN ~
scope aud Is considered one of th,
greatest bl Ssiugs in New MeNico.
The young croppic who Is the villiaI
IN this tragedy will meet his just re-
ward when he'll IL pruning his laur
els with red hot pitch FORK. Their,
is nothing more hellish than when th'
devol tampers with the virtue OF unpro
tected young women.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08
Department Of the Interior. General
Land once, Washington, d. O.
March rs. 1909.
The Register and Receive, United
States Land once, Colorado. Mon.
tana, oregon, Utah, Washington
Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico.
HOMESTEAD ENTRIES FOR $50
ACRES-KIND OF LAND SUB.
JEcT TO SUCH ENTRIES.

l. The first section of the act pro
y'dcs for the making Of homestead
entry for an area Of 500 acres, or less,
of nonmineral, nontimbered, nonirri
gable public land IN the United
states of Colorado, Montana, Ne, ada,
OSegon, Utah, Washington, and the
territories of Arizona and New Mexico.
The term nonirrigable land,
a. used in this act, is construed to
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08
s. WHITE WILL BE on HAND TO SPEAK
boz" TO QUAY COUNTY FARMERS NEXT MONDAY

noon, and both times he will speak at
the court house.
The lecturer travels in private ear,
which he has loaded with grain,
grasses and garden truck. After the
lecture he will be at his ear and will
give away samples Of his exhibits. lie
will circulate free a number OF fold
ers and circulars which contain a
great deal Of valuable information on
points that Mr. White will not have
time TO speak about.
Many farmers have signi6ed their
intention to be on hand and that the
speaker will have = large audience q,
both lectures there 10 no doubt.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08
SCHOOLS CLOSED
BY PROCLAMATION
With Exception of Sickness
the Best Year in History
of City.

Mayor Street issued proclamation
yesterday afternoon closing the city
public schools for the remainder Of
the term. This was done upon the ad.
vice of the city physician because Of
the death OF two school children, mex.
leans, with scarlet fever during tbs
past week.
The Mexican town il quarantined
IA are all other families where any
member IL sick but the closing OF tho
schools was deemed the most advisa-
BILE step ~ take to suppress the
spreading of the disease.
School was scheduled TO close for
the year next Friday afternoon and
next week had been set aside for tho
final examinations but the teachers
say that they feel that they arefamil.
lar enough with the standing Of the
pupils 20 issue promotion cards to the
ones who merit them
The school was to close with q pro.
gram Of exercises next Friday hut
these will be cancelled and school will
not convene again until next septem.
Der.
This school year was the best
in the history of thls city. Both
teachers and pupils have done hard,
constant work and the year has proven
TO be profitable one. The teachers
say the years work has been very
pleasant, the pupils have been eager
and obedient and the year closes with
general satisfaction to both teachers
and patrons.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08
ANNUAL BANQUET
OF READING club
Bay View Reading Club
Rounds Out Their First
Years Work.
NSURPASs ID
Delightful Reception Given
at Home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Donohoo.

The Ray View Reading club wound
up it, frs, years work las, night with
reception aud banquet which was un
surpassed by any social function ever
given IN this city. The reception was
wiycn at the nome OF Mr. aud Mrs
Rome Dopohoo between the hours OF
cigh, ami eleven and was mos, clcbor
ate IN every detail.
The house was beautifully decorated
IN colors One room, representing the
country of Greece, was trimmed ~
blue and white; 1ne representing
Italy was decorated in red green aud
white and third toom was decorated
IN green and white, the club colors.
The reception committee was compos
cd of Mesdamcs Chenault, Goldrnberg,
Wclch, Donohoo and sanders.
The guests, SIXTY iye in number
were received most royalty aud .n
tertaincd delightfully."-. A pretty lit
tie program was carried out consisting
of the following numbers, The Club
Song, Review of the Years Work, by
Mrs. Donohoo; Piano solo. Mrs. Crof
ford Piano solo. Mrs. Standl Piano
Duet. Mrs CroiIord aud Mrs. Sianfl;
Humorous Reading, Mrs. Randall
Piano solo, Mrs, ConwelL Original 70
cm, Mrs rrohofd; Piano solo. Mrs.
George, Ladies QuaItcttc. Mesdnmcs
George. sherwood aud Stanfil solo.
Mr Brymcr.
Mrs T. T.. Donohoo, the hostess at
the rccepti.n and at the banquc, pre-
sided with that qur"nly dignity that
IN characteristic ot her III -uch posi-
tion. The whole affair was the most
brilliant socialiunction this city has
ever seen Every guest wa, happy
through the entire evening and III,
greatest good feeling rrign"d The
toast ot the retiring prrsidru, of the
| club aud that of the incoming prcSid
my officer, Mrs Thomson were worthy
of especial mention. Everything wa
nigh class aud representative" ot tn,
womunhood of our city and was don,
~ only Tucumcari women can Dc
things. Tho banquet commenced al
eleven o'clock aud the parties were
conducted to Record : cafe IN automo
biles.
The following menu was served
MENU.
JUS DES fRClT PARFAlT
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08
RUSH IN LAND OFFICE.

The register and receiver and the
clerks in the local land office have had
a hard grind this week. The 32O acre
homestead law went into effect last
Tuesday and since then there has been
dozens of applicants to file under it,.
The people through the county were
notified aud one man was kept almost
constantly answering the telephone,
the people ever submerging them
with questions.
In addition to this the force is two
men short which throws considerable
work on those who are left. BY over.
time, however, tn y are keeping the
work behind them until the two new
men arrive to oil the vacancies.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08
FOUR WHO WERE CHARGED WITH ROBBERY
ARE FOUND NOT GUILTY BY PATTERSON

The four men, Wiley Franklin,
Jeff Collins, Frank Ware and John
Jones, who were arrested two weeks
ago on the charge Of robbing Roy
Muller Of eighty hve dollars, were
brought to trial before Justice Patter.
son last Monday and found to be not
guilty.
The trial took up most of the en-.
tire day and several witnesses were In.
trodueed on both sides. The defense
was represented by Attorney Matte.
son aud Rittson and the prosecution
by Attorney Boone. Muller swore on
tho stand that he was not fully con.
seious Of all that transaetsd In the
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08
BAT NELSON READY
TO DEFEND TITLE
Will Fight Dick Hyland
and Cyclone Thompson
Before Mcfarland.

Battling Nelson, known locally as
"Quay County's Boy made the an,
nouneement in Chicago this week thai,
he would aght Fighting" Dick fly.
land and "Cyclone" Johnny ThOmp.
son before meeting Paeky Mcfarland,
The matches viii take place ~ fol
lows, according to Nelson; Hyland
fight at Colma, Cal, May 20, As rounds,
i33 pounds rineside; Thompson 6ghts
at Coima, july |, l3s pounds rinsside.
Nelson also made the formal offer
to meet Mcfarland September Q AT
Colma, for = S6-yosnd match the
weigh, to bs iss POUNDS four hours
before the battle.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08

=. \, White, Rock Island agricul
tural and horticultural commissioner,
will be in this city next Monday, Mr.,
Whites arrival is being awaited with
considerable interest since he il sched.
uled to give free lectures to all who
are interested in the subject Of agri'
culture,
Mr. White is possibly the host post
ID man 10 the west on the actual con.
ditions here and amply htted to give
advice to those who have had less ex'
Perience IN arid farming then he. Mr.,
White will lecture twice during the
day, In the morning and IN the after
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08

saloon the night he was robbed aud
said that he did not see any Of the
men get his money nor could he say
just when Il was taken. Sheriff
Ward said he made search Of all tho
parties and that he was satiraed that
none OF them had IL. The defense
proved that Muller was throwing his
money around on the floor several
times and Muller acknowledged he
was not certain that he did not do 80.
The case has excited considerable
interest and the outcome IA relief 10
both the owner and the management
as they we're anxious 10 have ths mat.
ter cleared up.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08

violations of the laws which appeared
in the last Issue of the News Is u fine
of not less than fifty dollars aud no
more than five hundred for each Of.
fence.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08
LECTURE POSTPONED.

Rev. Mcbride is in receipt Of tels.
gram from John Wesley Hin, who vas
scheduled to speak in this city tonight,
which states that the lecture has been
postponed indefinitely.