The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-04-22

IemagoEues that would decry us aud
lold Ms back.
Now 10 far rs the city Of Tucumcari
$ concerned. without throwing and par.
ocular boqucts AZ ourselves, there ~ no
question hut what II is under the cir.
'umstances, a magnificent city. As
have not been here three years, and yet
| came here there wash Z a foot
NJ sidewalk in the city; the bank build.
Ing over here, that beautiful structure,
was not here. the post office building
was not here; those elegant store rooms
down here on Main Street were not
here; even the building in which YOU
ARE now sitting was rot here. All Ut
that has been done In about two years.
AZ the time ! came about the only mag
nifccnt structure in Tucumcari wa our
passenger station, which 70 have al
ready heard mentioned and we still have
II. 80 under all the circumstances !
think that we have a right 10 throw q
few huqucts at ourselves, and 80 far a.
our friends are concerned, We are De-
lighted tu have them with Us. dee
~ our toastmastcr has said. and
iu closing will say that ! think that
Mr.. Fuqua's illustration Of the three
riiir, IL perfectly applicable, and, pass
ing hy New York. We will say that the
difference bet wccn Lincoln and Roose
Welt was that Lincoln, of course. had
onl, one great work 20 perform, and
wncn that was performed he passed
away. lut Mr.. Roosevelt was the
whole thing. lie wa the chief rNeru
tive; he was the Lower House Of con
gres, he was the tinted states senate:
he va. the supreme Court; he perform
ed everything from our methods of spell
Ing To- the number II children We shorld
nave In our families; and M | think the
illustration was very apt, that while
these other cities may be represented by
one great work. yct Tucuncari Is an
entire combination Of the whole thing,
Applause
THE POSTMASTER There j. a
gentleman We delight Ia honor, a gentle.
man who has been honorcd by the state
should say territory, but ! like state
q man who halls from q different see.
ton. from another cline, but one who is
q friend Of Tucumcari, and We are he.
igltcd go have with NJ, ana "" will
AXE pleasure In listening To him this
evening. / call on the Rev. Mr. shields
IT Dawson.
REV SHIELDS Mr. Toastmas'cr and
ou'lcmcu: ! am In q ,ttai, between
tine two. | belong Ip q sense 20 two towns
aud they belong 10 me. For three
wears have cultivated 80 much aticc.
ion for Tucumcari tha, when I learned
his evening that there WAS ~ he q
tr0ycr meeting IN the opera House
ieridcd To dispense with the scrvic,
which | vas 20 hold in my church, very
| gladly aud very willingly, and went I,
he prayer meeting in the Opera House
somehow felt a. home and ! though
was a, a religious meeting, We wer
pciug taught there 20 cease to pray 10
ain aud learned 20 be- taught how 2,
live and grow without rain. And theI
What va, my CONSERVATION, going Their,
with an such good will, suddenly "a hay'
ny feeling ,ramplrd upon temporarily
md | think ~ a humble member of th'
'hamhcr of Commerce OF TucrmcIr
hat / am 10 put the Chamber Of Com
ncrcc under perpetual obligations :,
ne Tor furnishing tonight a sample Of
pooI, wan, sickly preacher.
| 10 not wonder that our fricn,
from Amarillo who spoke second wantc,
20 take MS ovcr with him. but he Sanno
to H. We are going 20 stay here. "
love oar own, and W ar going 20 kreI
rur own and We DO not think We ar
.clfish about il. We are IN the posi'io.
hat old negro was over In Mississippi
yho rad some hounds and when Pres.
tent Roosevelt was on his hunt and hi
bounds go' foot sore he wanted "a boz
row Uncle sam = hounds Sam did M
eel that h" wished 10 part with then
ven temporarily. Roosevelt sent o.,
me of his men 70 ask for the hound
b and the man came hack crest fallen ,
-ay that he could not have them. go
,ays Mr.. Roosevelt. "ll fN that,
, will 90 over myself, tell him who | an
and We will have the hounds ,omo
p oW 80 Mr.. Roosevelt and his part
cause ! heard him toll u, and after "
Roosevelt had asked for the hounds, no
+, first been refused he said, Here, t'nc
u sam, you don Z know who want, sol
hounds, I an Mr.. Roosevelt the Pre-.
h tent of the United states, Max
: 10 Difference, you can Z have IA. hound
= You couldn Z have them hounds II v,
wa. Booker r. Washington himself
u Laughter, There il no other groul
q 10 being incorporated into Amarillo,
10 he regarded as a suburb NJ AmarilI
" II has been well said that each TOW
aud each place is to occupy It's o'
4 place and carve out IN own futu.
and what wonderful country this is
ours, in the southwest, where 80 ma.
towns can grow and flourish, each
It's on way, each ~cultivating It's on
. character aud own manhood and on
womanhood and childhood, and all :
! natural resources that have been T
L hnrn In annh md ali In Z