The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-04-03
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~ New Mexico 10 has more population thar Montana ant Wyoming pu,
together. The cash value of property in New Mexico including and, has
reached the sum OF sa5oooo,ooo' ad the tact that we have most OF the
agricultural lands vet peno the homeseeke, AND 1.-THE acknowledged best
climate in thu world, JmIder han Colorado and equally salubuous, makes the terri
tory, the meccad the exodus OF immigrants rom the North and East to the Great
suited to agriculture, as is the large area around Tucumcai, will be as densey
peoped as the more favored sctons oil thu east.
Materially New Mexico is a store house II wealth. Its mountains are rich in
god' silver iron' coal copper and lead Since 1880 New Mexico has contributed
over $40 ooo'o to the worlds supply o. eod' and as' ate as 9o' its production OF
minerals in various forms reached an annua aggregate OF over sayoOO,ooo, lot
counting coal, which is NOT as much by itself though the utilization the lore
OF sah,g gypsum clay soda, potash, ochre, mica and marble, been even phmivey
exploited.
Rich as it IS IN minerals it is &c, in that direction that, the great, wealth of
nothing vas raise except, by irrigation. No other an was thought OF by the native
who hugo " close to THE streams tor tn the little farming ne easd to do do in connection o%' ton
with his herds OF sMep and cattle. ot ate years " has been establishes that with
rational CARGO the soil, her" is abundant rainfall along the eastern border OF the
territory " re" crops without irrigation. These and are cheaper OF course than
s,ead AVIS for a nominal fee pmd the vov1nmen r, nGnvs but their value Is
steadily increasing as their resources are understood and the fact is demonstrated
that that there is practically N o land that is lot capable OF profitable cultivation.
There aen w in New Mexico more than 'oooooo acres OF irrigated lands and a
margin more than dhatn onirngated, md more than 400 900 acres in cultivation Of
the highest type while hall as much more is devoted to forage and other CROPS
requiring a minimum o. water, OF rainfall and cultivation. Their value is ~
saoooo,ooo and they produced last year above ssooo.ooo in the various erop
The staple Itops OF the TERRITORY are corn wheat oats barley potatoes forage,
remo,ran ,i1uny lew M.ueo mas beer a prno,, r~don' on account, OF the rich
desert grasses and a climate that is, especially favorable to all kinds ii animals.
In 97 there were W and a half million head OF cattle, over SIX million Sheep
more ,hns wo hundred thousand goats, and over oe hundred and nifty thousand
head OF horses. The wool clip was three and a half million pounds and over i've
miiion dolars worho oil live stock md its products wee shipped nut to the EASTERN
The public school facilities OF the territory are adequate. Education has been
a 'onstan' aim OF the territorial government M the percentage OF 'l'etaey has
h as and will have AZ endowm.n, Of lands unsurpassed by " M state in the union union; its
schools, city and country, are standardized, ant in the larger wi are splendid
high schools under American control and at various points in the territory are higher
institutions OF learning schools for Indians, agricultural colleges school OF mines
and vanou UNCONVENTIONAL schools and colleges. In addition to these, there are
institutions for the blind, tor the deficient, for the incorigble, and orphanages.
There arr iory public libraries, with $4,000 Volumes over w hundred churc res OF
all denominations, and 1888 newspapers and periodicals which pass to over 500 post.
Offices. So it will be eel. nat here is reason tor New Meucos high intelligence.
The territory has Over 1000 miles OF railroads. There are more han sixty
banks with deposits aggegaing nearly seventy millions, and with an assessed val
uauon OF close to one hundred millions. The territorial tax rate is less than fifteen
mills aud the territorial debt less than a million. The value OF territorial buildings
and lands is more than hree millions, OF schools more thar ten millions, ant the
per capita wealth is Overt Sac. This " a showing exceeded by but few states in the
union.
Quay county is anon the most favored OF the commemorative OF the territory.
OF the more than we million acres OF lands' a million and a halt is estimate to he
tlabhe. The population is esimated at nearly 10000, nearly 900 OF which is
in the county seat rucumcar'' The winters are mild and the thermometer seldom
registers higher han 81 degr@s IN the summer he nights are ways coI 'nwt-
ing resml sleep, a blanket is comfortable most nights in the SUNNI The average
temperature is SO degrees nd the altitude averages bout 1000 tet. The average
rainfall Tor the past % years has been more ian twenty inches annually. The
topography OF the country is undulatns, and here is an abundance ot~ wood in near
proximity to most OF the sethements OF the county. The BEST purest water is found
in abundance a. shallow depths
Quay county is bounded on the east ~ Oldham, Deaf smith and Palmer
counties OF the Panhandle OF Texas. The drainage is rom the Canadian, Plaza
Largo and PaIarta rivers, and during the rainy season there are man lakes from
from four o ten feet 1t is a Silt washed from the mountains and is highly
impregnated with mineral, and practically inexhausubh. 1t a dark SANDY loan,
will successfully roduce most my enp that can re grown IN the north temperate
one. The crops here are not seriously troubled with insect pests RI fungus diseases
Much sunshine prevents the growth OF fungi and therefore these are lot likely to
become Troublesome.
II certainly does n,.I look like a business proposition hr a farmer in the east
to py ret ut oil his hard earnings hna hundred and sixty acres can tie had in
QUAY county Tor less than the remit Tor one crop would amount to-
Tucumcar, the county seat OF Quay, is surrounded by an empire Of wealth
and is in ever way a 4 modern Most OF the church organizations are repre-.
sented, ne schools are good, the city supplied with electric lights and telephones,
steam laundry, ice and cold storage plant, cotton gin, boting works, U. 5. Land
Office which las done srasooo worth OF business since. last Juyj i've hanks, one OF
them being a U. S. depository, the two carving an aggregate OF deposits OF half
curt, three railroads, a city government with no bonded debt, cement side walks,
wholesale ad retail mercantile establishments, all other businesses and the pro.
OF trade zone reaching hhy miles in every direction, Tucumcar hss a pay roll from
local railroad shops and roundhouse employees amounting to 100000 to $4,000 a
mouth, which keeps money IN circulation continuously. rucumeai pays more money
to the railroads 10, He, Mo nan M other w o'~esn rHts Kansas, ad FL Psso,
sewerage system in the immediate future. sm
for investment IN and or ay property are greater ian here and both are cot
The crop prospects this year are excellent We have have had since Novem.
b" goth asst to March a. today three heavy SHOWS the no today being more
hi Cuachisn is on sale at his Office in IoId,r form with hrds aya v%w