The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-03-27
Local and Personal

w. ID. Bennett lost a tlne horse
this week. The animal was found
to have It's throat cut inside and
the strange accident has caused
considerable speculation among
the veterinary surgeons on the city.
Miss Blair Beauty Parlors Tor
Ladies and Gentlemen are Offering
special prices Tor one week com.
mencing March AZ. Room "a,
Herring Building. Phone No.
a2S. 25.I
Tickets are on sale for the Lii
brarv Benefit Concert which will
he given at the Electric Theatre
next Tuesday evening. Those IN
charge OF the concert are planning
TO make it one OF the most success
iul events o. the season.
The ladies' aid society OF the
Christian Church gave a reception
in honor oil the Rev. l.. Guy Ament
and his wife last night at the home
OF Mrs. and DR.. Thomson. A
large crowd was present and a
most enjoy able ~ 4 is reported.
r. A. Mu.rnead has added a
dress making establishment TO his
store on Main Street. A dress
maker has been employed and the
new branch will add materially to
the prohtablenrss OF Muirhead's
store.
An unwilling OF three monuments
which have been erected to the
memory oil Sovereigns Matterson,
Johnson and Luster, will be held
under the auspices OF the w. o.
w. at the Tucumcari Cemetery
on Sunday May the FIRST.
Ernest Smith met with a painful
accident last Monday when he was
cut on a barb wire fence, smith
was riding a horse which became
frightened and lulged against the
fence cutting a deep cash IN his
ley.
The Wells Fargo Express Com
pany has "A bran new wagon this
week. Business must be picking
up. The people OF Tucumcari
greatly appre :iate the tact that the
express companies are paying a
little more attention to express than
in the days OF old.
+. Decker arrived in the CITY
last Thursday and will open up
the new American Furniture Com
pany store about the middle OF the
week. Several car loads oil iurni'
ture nave already arrived and more
is expected every day. The new
store is in the Caruthers building.
The Wells Fargo Book Store IS
the name oil a new BVok store that
is being started in this city. The
store IS owned by G.. w. Won
Schrillz and DR.. l.. {. Suits and
will he located in the Wells Fargo
office. This is the first exclusive
book and stationery store ever
'B'hSa ~ wa ~
]. +. Morrison, The western agent
tor the Star and Leader Windmill,
manufactured at kendallville, lndi.
ana, passed through this city last
week enrou,e to FL Paso to confer
with other members OF the COM
pany. He spent the day with G. {.
Chapman who is the local agent
Tor the company.
Madame Ressler, the milliner
who is employed by the Famous
Dry Goods COMPANY, has already
proven that she is AN expert in the
line OF trimming hats. The Fa.
nous has had one continuous hat
opening this week and have sold
scores OF ladies' hats. The Famous
has one o! the widest ranges OF
hats in the city and the millinery
department oil the Famous is n
OF the most profitable departments
OF the house.
Chief OF Police Benson requests
the News to say that he will pay a
FIVE dollar reward TO any person
who iou.d and will return a ladies
hat which is thought to have been
blown from his wiie's buggy last
Wednesday about noon. II the
hat was stolen efforts will be made
to recover it and twenty five dollars
will be paid to the person produe-
ing sufficient evidence Tor the con-
viction OF the culpri,. The hat is
a large black one trimmed in
plumes and roses and was in a
band box with Mrs. l.. c. Fuckers