The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-02

WANTED;-f1fty men At - COnnOrs
camp II miles east Of Tucumcari, on
line Tueumcari. Memphis-Drillers and
shovelers. Wages sl.75 a day. 52.2t
L. l.. Klincfclter writes the fair CON.
mittee tina, obar IL going to be on hand
with n splendid agricultural exhibit for
the county fair. They desire n booth
TO themselves and are going to clabor
ately display their agricultural products.
r. l.. shannon, Frost, ". NJ, was In
town Thursday with a load Of melons
and other farm poducts. lie left two
very hne melons with the fair commit.
tee and a pumpkin and cashsw, also a
sample Of maize. Frost IL 30 miles
east Of Tueumcari. shannon says his
locality has good average corps Of oil
varieties.
Mrs. q. q. Horton was at the Glen.
rock Saturday. She II with her hus.
band on the Dawson branch now. lie
is in charge 81 n steel gang. The
Southwestern people are taking up the
old rails on this line and replacing them
with heavier steel. Getting ready to
handle a very much increased coal bust.
ness this winter.
Miss Clara Rice. merchant and post.
mistress ut Hudson, was a business visi.
tor, Tuesday. Miss Rice IL going to
assist the fair committee TO collect an
exhibit In the Hudson community. The
farmers If that vicinity have been for.
tunate in the growth Of everything
planted this season and will have, IL
IL believed, the best all around exhib.
II nj the county fair.
W. ". Colby, n well known
real estate dealer Of Amarillo, Texas,
was ut the Elk Rooms this week. Mr..
Colby reports that real estate and build.
ing il on the boom in his town. SAYS
Mr.. Colby, at present there is about
$4,000 worth of buildings in course
If construction in Amarillo and plans
are out for several additional business
houses and residences"
w. G. Iucksch, bridge contractor on
the Tucumcsri Memphis. was nj the
Glrnrock, Saturday. lie said 10 the
editor ~ the News in answer to =
question, that he was moving his crew
over 60 the east end 10 the caprock
and will begin work west from there
until the big cut near Revuelto is fin.
ish"d. ~" says the bridge work on
the line will not he finished before
sonnet inc in December.
q. g. Bukus, of the r. q. Dun Co,
was here this week interviewing the
local business men. Mr.. Bukus is gath.
ering Information for the new rate book
which his firm will issue about the first
of the year. When seen nj the En-
Rooms. Mr.. Bakus reported that con.
ditions throughout New Mexico were
improving and that fully 81 per cent
of the merchants would have their com
mercial ratings advanced the coming
year.
d.. Roy Welch of Norton. was IL
town a day or two. Mr.. Welch is much
interested in the new Santa Re sur
vey, they feel that Norton Is on tn,
map. since they have the prospect OF
q townsite, They seem to he right OF
the line of the proposed road in to THU
city. The distance from Tucumcari II
twenty miles, They have good wateI
| and splendid agricultural lands and tina
there will be n town in the locality
/ seems certain.
; G. c. Howorth of Springfield, H., tn,
! father of C., X. Howorth If the N. X
Fairbanks Co. Of Chicago. accompanied
: by his wife and grand son stopped u
here for n day 10 visit his son. wheI
/, seen NJ the Elk Rooms by a reporte
of the News, Mr.. Howorth espresso,
himself A. well pleased with our towi
, aud remarked ON the substantial charac
ter of our business bloc ks. Mr.. Ho
worth aud family will spend the win
ter in III Paso and will pay us a re
tarn visit on his way East in the spring
Rev. James Sinner who has beel
pastor Of the Methodist church at Hud
son for the past year, has done excel
lent work and takes a fine report L
conference. A church has been orgsniy
, ed, n site secured for building an,
n about 100000 obtained in cash subscrit
tions. They will build a $4,000
church in the near future-"he Hudsol
. congregation hopes to have him re
O turned 10 them for another year. Re,
Sinner is n talented young man,
good preacher, and possesses fine el
"cutive ability.
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