The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-03-20

alienated. Step Ivy step he built
up the blocks in tn, way OF Lea
county. At one time the power OF
the administration all but had him
down, and the county would have
been created at the same time as
the empire OF Curry, but tor the
tangle caused by the lust OF office
at Artesia itself, and which should
I've forever remembered as the chief
cause OF its failure to pass. That
crisis over, II was easy sailing Tor
Brice, and laughing to himself he
went to ii. Before there could be
a lineup OF the pie hunters he had
fixed the machinery right, assisted
in many and divers ways by that
old w~ar-horse, Cicero Stewart, and
in a very short while the stuff was
all off with Artesia. Subsequent
proceedings were IN the nature OF
a stall Tor personal reasons. No
sane person believed that the bill
could possibly pass, and last Fri.
day when II was referred to the
council committee, the orchestra
began the doletul strains OF a
iunera. march And Brice laughed
some more. 1t paid him back Tor
the allegation, OF swapping every
thing against the division bull,
which Judging from his record oi
the votes was unlustihable, tor SO
far as ! have been able to note he
has not voted Tor any bad bills and
has been a powerful influence IN
the passage OF many good ones,
q conclusion that is confirmed Ivy
his selection To the steering com
mi,tee OF both parties that now has
the reins OF the House and drives
it where he will. All OF which is
doing mighty well Tor a country
lawyer on his frs, trip to the leg
islature, ard confirms the belief !
have expressed several times before
that while Mr.. Brice may be the
homeliest man that ever left Texas
he is not the dumbest Toy a big
majority.
In q public address two years
ago ! made the prediction that the
Pecos valley would have five cities
OF 10, 900 people by 1914, and the
wise nan who was then running
the Carlsbad Current, and several
others OF the brethren united IA
inquiring my brand OF hops. In
the light OF developments, with
two years yet to 20 on, IT would
seem that 1t is coming my time to
insist that my prophetic vision was
not so very worse. The compile.
ton OF the Choctaw into Tucum-
carl, the certain building OF con-
nections with Roswell and FL Paso
by an independent Rock Island
line, together with the wonderful
development OF the rich surround
INK country, guarantees the ten
Tor the capital OF Quay, with prob
ably a margin to spare. CLOVIS
has farther to 20, but It goes faster
than any OF US, and the completion
OF the cutoff TO Brownwood, as
well as the peopling OF the praiTies
and the creation OF Curry county,
makes Clovis safe. Roswell al
ready has over 5000, and holding
its normal rate will much more
than reach It. Carlsbad, with IL
new spirit oil civil progress, its
reaching out Tor inter-country
commerce, and the probable com
pletion OF the railroad to Fort
Worth, backed up by the tull real.
ization oil the blessings OF the re.
clamation service, will not be lar
behind the mark, 1t at all. Artesia
can almost lie thrown in tor good
measure. In the center Of the
richest country OF all, OF its OWL
class, Il It is possible Tor It TO sep
arate the wheat from the chat anc
get out OF its own light, 1t will b,
well up in the thousands wher
the time limit expires. hav,
been a little shy OF prophecy sine,
my Celtic friend insists OF includ
ing many things ! never said anC
never meant 10 say, but this ont
IS so stralghtiy on the square tina
! cannot refrain from holding
up, 10 be pasted in the hat.
In spite OF the temporary re
versal OF the Mullins woman
suffrage bill by the gavel Of Speak
or Miera, 1t now seems quite prob
able that the bill will be resustl
Gated and passed before the clos
/ OF the present session OF the leg
/, islature. 1t should be amendeu
> complete suffrage, but 1t likel
won't. As Mr.. Mullins says, tn
/ liquor interests know better tina
$ to put such power in the hands c
: the ladies'.
From the fact that Guy Brair
erd, a prominent business nan {
i Artesla, has started the threatene
annexation OF the Pecos valley /
= Texas, this time with a regula
organization and system, IL woul