El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-25
TUCUMCARI SCHOOLS
END THE HALF YEAR
Quay and Curry Counties
to Be Marked
With Stones

Tucumcari, \. NJ, Dec. 25.-The pup
lie schools of this city have closed lile
first half Of the school term the WSSA
being put in with examinations, ne ne
Christmas holidays will extend uhIll
January ,.
New Years day has been set for the
first public exhibition OF basket Dall
this season two games being arranged
. one between the girls and one between
the boys Of the High school both
games will be played at the Evans Up
era house Both teams are salo 70 DS
! in excellent training. Athletics are SalQ
to be lessening the number OF mlsde-
meanOrs in the schools and the teacn-
7 ing force is lending every alo to"aru
| their success.
The following officers have been
! elected for the first Quay County IN
dustrial club, which will compete Tor
Z the recently offered prizes Tor SOIL eA-
] perimentation: Leslie Bays, PRESIDENT
Stella Afford, vice president; Eula Car
/ mfcaI. secretary treasury. The work OF
/ soil preparation will begin as soon as
the weather VIII permit.
The board of county commissioners
3 has been petitioned by farmers living
I near the Quay-Curry county line 10
have the line properly marked By
/ stones so that those in the nelghDor-
( hood may know the exact location OF
] the counties The petition is signed
/ by s. D. Stevens, representing the farm
Herman derhardt, Fred Groves and
/ G. ". lobe have been appointed by the
/ county commissioners to investigate
! the feasibility of opening new wagon
! road into Tucumcari from the new
! PlazO Largo bridge, nine miles south
| Of here.
/ ing establishment in Tucumcari for
| several years, has returned to this city
! after year in Oklahoma and viii open
| a restaurant on East Main street MT
| Wells is enthusiastic over this part OF
/ the country, after having Investigated
| other states.
I While a number of school children
I were riding to town in a rig belonging
I to H l. Hamilton, the horse suddenly
| became frightened and spilled the en-
! tire number into the street fortunately
Z inflicting no serious injuries. Inc
/ horse is supposed to have become
/ frightened at the noise the children
The women Of the Central Methodist
! church packed a Christmas box for
I missionary preacher on the plains Inc
/ EpWOrth league OF the cnurcn appoint
! ed committee to arrange for a Christ
mas box for some of the city poor.
Christmas was observed at the First
Pres byterian church with an elabOrat e
program, which began at o'clock sat
urday evening. The public unVelllng
Of the Frances +. Willard memorial
window at the Methodist church,
/ North, will be held Sunday, December
81. The affair is under the manage
ment Of the local ". c. T L.
The city council has granted a per-
nit to Mary E. Reed to repair the
Lobby building on Second street, re
Gently damaged by fire. The applca-
ton has been pending for some time
it is said, but was resisted on account
Z of the location. The building is a frame
one and was damaged by fire through
the explosion Of a gasoline stove The
Z city council also ordered an extension
of the city water mains on West High
street and north to the 10 inch mains
A number of bills we're passed upOI
and approved. The work of building
the sidewalk crossings on South Sec
ond street was deferred on account o
the cold weather until spring 1t wa
decided also not to build the ale,
crossings on this street at present
At one of the most heated session
Of the Tucumcari city council in tn
history Of the city the question Of tn
regulation Of the red light" distric
was brought up and an ordinance passe
| placing a limit of three miles on thes
houses Of question. Furthermore, !
viii be unlawful, according to this or
dinance, to convey passengers to o
forth from the district A moral re
form wave has been agitating thi
| town for some time. A movement /
now on to obtain the services of Al
! evangelist to give a series of sermon
here in an effort to prepare this cit
for local option, il is said On tn