The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-01
LITTLE TALK FOR
FARMER FRIENDS
Men Who Build Monuments In
the Minds Of Those Who
Are TO Inhabit the
Land Hereafter.


Land Hereafter.
For one to predict the future OF
Quay county would only bc TO dis
play the limits oi "A very narrow
imagination. Much has been writ.
ten aud more talked on the subject
and various reasons assigned Tor
the brilliant future that awaits this
portion OF the territory. That the
county II destined 10 he a wealthy
no one pcssimistIC enough to doubt,
but It Gems absurd TO the average
intellect 10 asCribc TINS glowing
future to tue rich SOIL and delight.
iul climatic conditions that prevail.
The Climat, and the soil have
always been here, at least a long
time, and yet It was not until men
conferred their attention on the
place aud began to tickle the earth
with a plow that It began to laugh
"A harvest. What this county
oi'cN'h leh1A W Ulbl' - tue lltn
who have settled IT.. These people
lett not their homes in the east or
IN other portions OF the territory
Tor the sole purpose oi finding "A
new home ~ the west. They ATE
not here tor their health, but the
masses settled IN Quay county with
a definite purpose. There IS not a
person VINO dad not expect to add
TO ms own fortune by coming here.
Otherwise he would have gone
elsewhere. lhIs Is the way IN
which the county Is blessed. Men
who are ambitious and want TO do
things are the kind that take up
homes on the plans and hgnt the
conditions Tor their Detterment,
and while men OF ali professions
are making grand successes IN this
vicinity 1t Is the farmer to whom
all the rest Owe then progress and
II Is the farmer who should he
euloglled and encouraged On to
better things.
This article, which is the first in
a series on local conditions, then
Is devoted to the farmer Ut Quay
county As he IS eel professionally
and IN his daily lite. The farmers
who have settled here, without ex.
ception, expect to die wealthy men.
hey came here with that object in
mind and here Is one prediction,
made with tor"thought, the cndd.
rem oi the poorest, Who nov 20
bareiuOt,d to the district school,
Wi some day he the owners OF
Tich estates where now only stands
the CABIN, buIt TO mold the land
that Is to MAKE the country. HIS.
tory Is "A sequence. Conditions
prevail today because others pre-
waited yesterday. tomorrow will
br tue result OF todays proceedings.
Upon tins theory is the future OF
the county viewed. Men will be
uch tomorrow because they work
today.
Inc rural population OF Quay
county are not merely existing as
Is sometimes animated by the sick.
~ smi,,ng Smoker. The men who
have settled these broad plains are
working men, and men with the
word go written on every feature
oi their hearty physiognomy.
hey nave no time 10 lean on their
hoe handles and explain to their
neighhor, vino Is purched on the
lcnce, the WHY'S and whtreioIus
and what ought to be aud what
would be II something else was.
They take things a, they ind them
and make the best ol all the pre-.
valling conditions.
They are the builders OF com
monwealths and the makers OF new
cpochs. they came here to stay
and to help themselves 10y helping
others. These men are the back
bone and the support OF the remain.
der OF the county. They are the
producers and productivcness is
the greatest blessing Vi the race.
they should be honored and re-
spected and not skinned" and
done by pdracltlc would be city
shaTpers. The are building an
everlasting monumcrt to their
memories and IN the course OF
years these men alone shall live IN
the best minds OF those who are