The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-04-24

figures and ! have been tetotally
mixed up over the rubbing that loe
Ray OF the Vernon Record and
formerly OF the Hereford Brand is
getting over his wind and box car
story, which promises to become
as historical as that sorghum yarn
Of Gavle Talbot's. Raw was talk.
ing about a recent windstorm in
which the dust was hiking at the
rate OF 90 miles an hour. II caught
a box car at Tolbcrt, which Is )
miles from Vernon, and blew II
into the said Vernon in six minutes,
which according to my figures is a
good bit faster than the wind trav.
eled. The wise guys OF the press
are now all torn up on the uurs.
ton as to whether Joe simply lies
or whether the story is true and x
p%Iainable bv purely natural laws OF
momentum and all that sort of
thing. You can search me. IL
would pain me to call a veteran
Methodist bv such "A name. and be.
sides that | have had some exper.
fence with Panhandle winds aud
am willing to believe almost any.
thlng OF them, At the same time
cant figure it ont how ii the a
got TO going faster than the wind,
It didn't lose momentum, or II il
did why It found no resistance in
the air, which, while moving, was
doing 1t at less rate than the car.
There YOU are, and it is no wonder
that lead pencils ar, being ruined
all over the Panhandle trying to
hgure 1t out, with the general re.
suit that Toe IS usually said to have
lied, though some champions have
developed who claim to have vim
dicated him. The most uniortun-
ate thing about II is that even II he
makes good, there will always be
a lingering and unholy doubt OF
his virtue IN the future, Tor IL is
hard TO llv. hown thing like this.
There are some signs OF spring
that are uumistakable. For eX-
ample, editor Whalcn OF the Ad.
yocate lArtesia) is going to make
a pilgrimage to III Paso next week,
and we note in thu I'll paso Herald
that swimming IN the kio Grande
Is now popular. IL Is easy to con.
meet these two facts, by the past
record OF MIR. Whalen, who once a
year has dropped his labors and
lourncycd to some place where the
swimming was good.
am indebted to Delegate An.
drews tor a copy OF the Payne
Tariff bill. There are only 4
pages c. the bill, aud the FIRST rainy
day that comes along, will be
very glad To read II and see II the
statesmen are on the right track.
ust at present the weather is too
warm and the fishing too good.
The very best thing about the
recent carrying OF sewer bonds bv
the city OF Carlsbad, has been the
moral effect Vt 1t upon the other
cities OF tn, same class in Eastern
New Mexico. note that Tucum-
carl has the matter under strong
consideration, and so has Portales.
Both OF these places have a dehn.
tie and important future, warrant
ed 10y already existant conditions,
and 1t they are inspired 10y the ex.
ample oi Carlsbad, the enterprise
oil the beautiful will have been
doubly justified. The issuance OF
such bonds are tn. first evidence
OF w%orthiness OF prosperity in every
town, and invariably the vote upon
IT is an index to the public spirit
oil its citizens. This is an infex-
IDLE rule vi economies. II the two
towns named successfully submit
the matter to IT'S people, the last
element OF superiority over the rest
OF the territory will have been at
tanned, and there will he a cham
OF modern county seats from one
end OF the valley TO the other. In
cidentally il may be remarked that
every dollar invested in sewers and
sidewalks doubles itself as soon as
the systems are put in use, leaving
alone the uncountable value to
public health and convenience, and
this may be accepted as the best
proof OF the deslrability OF bond
issues Tor the purpose. The start
ing oil the present move OF these
utilities is in itself the best adver.
tisement and the most complete
be%neiaction the valley has ever had.
Short editorials are sometimes
OF vast meaning. Note this from
the Dallas News; Yes, il is a
little warm in the middle OF the
day, but II We were you, we would
keep them on Tor a while yet.
Come to think OF il, the fellows
who got up that Sweezy bill, might
have with profit recollected that
there were others.
Ration is having its troubles, too.
Two daily newspapers are in a