The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-08-28

The News don Z intend TO be called
. kaoeker, we never merited such a
dub. Our motto is to boost every lie
gitimate enterprise that merits a notice
by this paper. We have an opinion
occasionally, however, that belongs TO
us, and IL is not necessary to copyright
It 10 have Il understood as our W
property. And, in line with this
thought, we believe the Santa Fe Rail.
way proposition for an extension on
to Tucumcari of the line the Santa Fe
Ii now building from Coleman, Texas.
to . connection with the Santa Fe Cut,
of, sounds n little more like real mon
ey than the Fredericks proposition TO
begin a trunk line Of Railway at Tu
cumcari and extend il to the Gulf Of
Mexico. We are eognixant CT the fact
that nothing like Tucumcari ever hap
pened anywhere else In the southwest,
we love the town and her people; we
dote on her, and swear by her, but 1t
looks to the News that II Mr.. Freder.
icks should build the road he proposes
from this city to the Gulf Of Mexico,
'lus paralleling the Santa Fe from the
Texas line, anyway, to the Gulf, that
It would not be diplomatic r~ailroading
to do so, and the question Is, why has
he that scheme in mindi IL Mr.. Har
riman is going TO build a railroad gu,
Of this city by way of Grady over TO
Texico, and incidentally on to the Gulf
Of Mexico, why dom he (Fredericks)
answer yea, yea, and nay, nay, TO the
questions our people ask as TO the
whence Of his coming, the cause Of his
interest in uS and why he IL worth
100000 to us AZ the mouth piece Of an
unknown quantity that is going to be
our benefaetor, provided we pay the
price, otherwise we are TO be in the
grasp of a powerful enemy who will
make a serpent's curve around our
city, thus depriving Us Of a great herit
age-plus, that be would love greatly Ia
bestow upon us, provided We will agree
to separate ourselves from the mazuma
that be believes ought to line his pm.
jamas. q, builders Of the spinx Phar
aohs OF the pyramids, dost thou not
know, Tueumearians, that Fredericks
is greater than thesei He proposes to
build q jack pot Of 100000 out OF the
safir eorn barons OF the two cities OF
Tsxieo and Tucumcari without ever
showing bis hand. Railroading il a.
easy to him as dolls are TO little girls.
Mr.. Fredericks is a sweet singer
from Israel and the notes Of the harp
and the lutte are heard al seconds to the
voices of the invisible choir, falling
softly a. the crystal drops OF the ewes
when a morning sun strikes a heavy
dew, when his theme is about his clients
who pay him vast sums Of money
whether he gets the bonuses or not,
Just for the pleasure Of having him
touch the pulse Of an innocent constit'
ueney to see whether their combined
total 100000 or less. o, for
innate was Alexander, The Great, 70
homer the panegyrist of his famei
who're could Mr.. Hartman have found
such another mani Some Of the great
est battle Alexandra, The Great, 70
along the banks Of the shady streams
Of q conquered country, swinging In
n hammock amongst wine, women and
song, while hiz poets sang and his his
wrote Of the clash Of steel, the
frcth at the briddle bit, and bloody
ehasms that chasmed and terrific
that didn't siaaght. Mr..
can build a mental picture
Of . trunk line Of railway that would
put q photographer to sleep, that would
sause an artist TO take TO dope until
Ne would paint parallel lines into ster-
nisy. thinking they were rose buds
bloomisg around the garden Of the
Bsrbiaes sebsol shade Of Walt Whit .