The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-29

With the cHtriapc of these bonds.
there are many causes tor r"Iuicing ui
luttHlr-. Fui example. there D. the ~
troduciiuu ~ the hilI 10y Delegate Nu
irrws arrtnpua'iug t5j,Uuu for the
building ut u pumping power plant ~
Hottnlc,. had SHOWN Ton sum" time
not that ~ wns 10 como ~ tins -c~-ruu,
~ II ran not ho acted upon until the
regular session. which cuut uur- newt
December There D., not u better place
~ New MrNiru r. o., the experiment
that Will inevitably work q still
grrnirr transformation ~ tie great
American dessert. Probably ~" part
IT the great dtyuc-s hu. So compact
and wholly available Hu area 1T ,uuu
Try upon whirh =" experiment, aud c"t
Ialuly none that t. richer, ur that hu.
such u magnificent q deposit of water,
~ easy oi attainment. ~ installation
would do for the farming Inud around
rortalcs what the installation OF the
impf0,"m, uts Will do 10 the town prop
crty aud more. for It viii raise EVERY
acre at laud IN ten miles OF the town
Ia u minimum OF $500, Tor where n
now produce, $50 net Az acre with
dry farming It would yield 5000 aud
more hy irrigation. and III" section
would become the grHuury aud the
orchards at all the southwestern cuun
nv. With all these things PLAIN be-
fore them, u - M wonder the pcurl"
Ut portulcs are lOokinp up. They are
justified IN II, iOr IL the reclamation
service fails to make the nppruprin
ton, u will draw the attention uf the
invcStiye world, aud II viii not be- long
before private capital will be- glad 70
du II. But l'uclc sam l. not going 10
give private capital any such Il chuuc"
lie Is too wise an old gentleman Tor
that, aud the day of the permanent
private ownership of irrigation system,
j. over. II Will never h"giu IN thu,
type of them, winch are just beginning
To bee recognized ~ necessary IA the IL
rlitahlc vast ir, rlopmrui 1T the ,"ath
west.
Santa Fc will submit, the question
at the commission furm of government
tu IT, people, aud 10 those wh" have
read the papers II would seem that
the present city council ot thcAuri"u'
has been the most active agents IN
boosting the idea parallel of which
~ found ~ several other cities ot the
territory. After an era ot u poor
council the man with any sens" 1T all
turns with aNiIity to the idea of a
commission uf business men, uu the
Job all the time aud running the at
fai:~ of the city ~ their own. Most
council, are poor, tor that matter, not
~ intent but in accomplishment, No
business man worth Il whuur l. going
~ neglect his own private business Ton
that 1T the people, unless th"r" Is
something ~ II, aud no san" person
will expect him 10. These facts cstah
li,h"l, q commission form of govern
m"nt ~ the only solution.
Aud ~ Frank Naudrrhurg has gou,
hack To- Hereford. tor q booster al
mrcr heart aud more Wholesome IN
tent never lived than that same Van
dcrhurgh. In the beginning be- lorn'
ed ~ Hereford when II was simply .
smoth place among the prairie do
holes, aud hy his houStIug mad" ul
II one of the most h,ahlc places ui
all of the great prulrirs. Then dream
Of empire took hold Of him, aud thai
was where he made u mistnk" int,
which many country newspaper mcr
fail, after q rru>r"rou, career IA then
home town. lie saw the wonderful
growth of Amarillo, aud thought tina.
he was the man tu overcome the huudun
lie was the first man 10 priu' a GOO,
PAPER IN Amarillo, that great grave
ward Ut newspapers aud newspaper men
| Nlltl ltN hlhhf Nv WfllNN NIl NNI'I''
the life ui some of the finest fellow
IN the world In time the great octopu
got Nnnirrhurg's goat. A. ever M
trrlv uugrcnttul 10 its best friends
when he was 0l guard, u stepped al
hi, fingers aud the savings ut year
were gone, His great aud unsclfisI
efforts To- benefit the future Wichi'.
were forgotten, and he weu' out int.
the quiet places. all but broke. FRS
tu build up what he had been robbie.
at IN Amarillo, bcuctttiug each on
many fold more than was given hin
aud finally succeeding he was wis
enough 10 go huck To the town whic
knew HIM 10, he l. aud values nim a
he ,hould be-. aud with the lesson hnc
at him, 1t o., Ia be- expected that h
will stay there, II he does, 1t will h
the best thing for Hereford, Tor wit
two such newspaper ~ the Brand ha
ever been and ~ the Democrat viii h'
almost anything II possible No tow
permanently thriving until It has ~
, good newspapers, for no on" man 80
p play up all that ought To he, make 1--WE
I and there is no boost that j. uverlo0l
ed, II il u commercial principle, lu'
4, the same ~ the necessity for MOI
! than one mcrcantil" house. There ca
I he too many newspapers, jus, ~ thcI
. can he too many mercantile house