The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-08-07

w Nv ~ IVA IN3IAN a
pay their poll taxes, which vail ceI
tamly be u laundering long while.
Since At has been ~, AMI things DO not
happen by accident ia this world, At
must be The law vi nature. since At Is
right, and while | regret the neces
sity VI saying 50, the doctor wasted a
tw0ecnt stamp when ho seat that
prospectus ~ NE. No hundred years
ia name.
1t begins 10 look as though 1t were
true, and that aeria! navigation was
~ be a development vi the near ia
ture, but what does that spell to u lei
low who can afford to nave al ~
bfoomtail to w fishing With Which
explains my story silence IN regard to
that French duck dying from Calais to
Dover, and the doings of the Mrigh.s.
1 AN not IN the airsh,p class and
there are several hundred In this
good old town who are my compadres.
The most absorbing interest al
taches 10 the announcement tina Jim
Jefries has posted a GoEfeit VI 5000
"a proof vi has Willingness to knpek
the coeonut oil LII Arthur johnson,
The Bag nigger vino - temporarily hold
ing the title VI champion pugilist vi
the world. Normally l am not interest
All Ia nVaFa A.ANA go A.a. |
which occur IA the due course Of ~.
IIticSl conventions, but IN this cast
It IS to DO hoped that JED has not
gotten out Of shape 50 that he will
fan to beat Arthur TO a pulp. / never
did like a bigotted niger, anyhow.
Congressman smith emo relation to
john has solved the land problem.
tie would transfer from the national
government to the several states aud
territories al OF the unapprOpriated
public land necessary for storing Wa
ter aud generating aud transmitting
power, in trust for the people. Won
der II there 10 an the last clause VI
that another studied reflection against
the Wild scramble that would result
IN New Mexico II the said clause wa
not theref However IL is not likely
that BT 'er smith 5 suggestion will
have much response IN this land Of
ours which mas known the RccInma
ton Service. Its novelty eompcls At.
t~ention, though, and we can AFFORD to
overlook that possible slight.
Editor Haywood, Felix Martinez 3
importation ~ direct the minds of our
people ~ the delivery Of n senator
ship to the said Felix, says the Albu
querque Tribune Ia the best daily pa
per between Denver and Los Angeles.
Few oven the boosters for the ir
rigated country realize the importance
Of the agitation now in progress at
Portales aud Artesia, looking toward
the developing of pumping plants
comprehensive enough to embrace
thousands of acres. Portales wants
the government to do it, while Ar.
tesia plans to have ~ accomplished By
private capital, but the result in the
long run would be he same for the
government plant would eventually
belong to the people anyhow, which is
Of course the way 1t should be, as the
user should own all utilities OF this
class. In the long run every acre Of
the splendid farming land now dry"
will be brought into bearing by pump
ing propositions Of one sort oT auoth
or, aud the PecOs valley wall be q gar
. den sure enough. IL must be confess
!. ed that the means Of irrigation from
the present sources have been utilized
about TO their fullest measure. The
area covered by present means IL
merely a drop in the bucket compared
to that which Is accessible with pumps
IN all VI the Pecos Valley counties
Imagine, II you can, what irrigation
might do with the fertile plains o.
Quay and Curry countiesf Vivid a
that may be, We will live, belo, eel, Z
~ see more come TO pass, diTeetl,
through the means Of the pump, Thes
d, two points that have mad the courag
C. to be the pioneers Of the coming revC
luton should have the enthusiast
boosting Of all the rest Of Us. Cond
ne tiOns are nearly ideal At both point
On for = thorough test Of the idea, al
~ their success means the real birth
the dry country.
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