The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-22

IL falls to the lot OF few men to
associate themselves together IN bust.
ness and 40 continue for sixteen years,
and at the end Of that time separate,
without a single blcmish being fasten
ed upon either, aud with q long record
Of deep usefulness behind them. Csu
ally when partnerships cease It il IN
"A spirit Of far from brOtherly love, aud
with more than one sore spot IN the
consideration of the public against one
or both. II il these facts that make
of more than passing interest the dis.
solution of he firm of Mctlcnathen 4
Tracy at Carlsbad, which after a life
of nearly u score Of years has resolved
itself into its original elements, a
change made necessary by conditions
and business cares that have been form.
ing for many years. ! have known
that firm for twelve years, aud have
never heard II said that 1t was guilty
of a mean or a discrcditable thing.
| do not believe that 1t e,ct was, and
It must be remarkable that u good
portion of its life was IN the dark days.
when the light Of Carlsbad, one of the
cities OF great promise in all the south
west was eclipsed, aud without much
hope. II the ~Ovetousness and mean
ness Of man will eve develop IL will
be at such a time. II didn't develop
at such a time, simply because It
wasn't there. Many a time | have
wondered at the constituent usefulness
of the men. For years MIR. Tracy Was
the highmuckamuck OF the rccos lr
rigation company, the custodian "f the
source Of riches that passed through
50 many vicissitudcs. Realizing It's
possibilities aud the meaning of It 'or
himself II he could hold on and whcth
rr through, when the opportunity came
tn enlist the help of the government
aud give immediate relief To- the faith
tul,bc laid asia, all personal chance
and let ~ the work. don Z think
he realized Il himself, hut that was a
test of real greatness such ~ comes 10
but few men. Lean, normally tacituru
in his Yankee way, he loved Carlsbad
before himself. and all of HI, lite there
has proven u, laying aside this one
case as merely an incident. Clean,
virile, strong, he has spent his "
money, earned aud inherited TO make
Carlsbad great, aud the clean staunch
ness of his character has a perpetual
refuge when people were discouraged
and needed help. Fully as strong, though
IN u different way Is the McClenathcu.
Frail of body AL OF many sorrows,
the irrepressIblc spirit of the man has
been ever an asset of the lower val
ley. No crissis ever came up that Me
Clcnathen was not there with the
goods, clean wholesome advice, cheer
ful aud alacritous and intelligent ser
vice, If necessary his share and a lt
tie more of money. For twenty years
there has been q step forward that has
been taken without him. Usually he
has been one ut the leaders, and not
because there was anything IN II, but
simply because of the desire of the
man to he useful Not much Of Il
rcspector OF person or station, he
could and lad use the prod for
.laggards, and 10y his own example led
the willing, which Is the hardest ties,
Of manhood. Carlsbad like every
other town has one class who are real
~ against progress while claiming
loudest 70 be for u, aud that class have
always had their lolts coming, aud
glory be, got them. lie saw that
whether they waute. to or not, they
totcd their share Of the load, To him
than 10 any other one man belongs the
credit of the Carlsbad Of today.
Through all oi these years the great
heart of the man has done more than
THESE things, Tor It has reached out
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