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

say mis- name was John smith. We bur
led his wife, aud all good men should
and would do, after the func I b. had
put up a beautiful monument, white ~
the drive nsnow, in Keeping with the
life and character Of his wife, and upon
the monument he had this inscription,
giving the date "My light, you went
out. lie had his name cngraN ei A..
derneath on that tombstone John
smith. Time went ON for eighteen or
twenty months, he met. loved. woocd
and married another. aud they happened
20 be walking Que day together In 'hc
cemetery aud came To this monument
and he pointed In pride To show his re-.
spect for the first wife aud hi present
wife went up aud read the cpitaph ON
the tombstone. aud she saws Dear. may
! come out tomorrow and complete
thati'' Certainly, certainly so she
gets the sculptor and comcs cut the mex,
day and has engraved just beneath tina
IL have struck another match, gi,inl
the date. Now, gentlemen, I trust that
We are Ia the position now - "Sl .tc
another match. aud ! trust that a new
light and new dawn is going TO favor
aud bless the country The people of
this country are entitled to il. The,
are worthy Of IL. and they have aIr"ad,
mcrited H.
You know the gentlemen m speaking
today of the wind, this, thought came,
to me. Some Que II these gentlemen
made a splendid speech and some fellow
wanted t. take lssue with him when he
.aid the wind was blowing sixty or So,
rnty miles an hour. | wouldu Z tell this.
but | know u great many of yuu Won .
remember this tomorrow. You nov
this wind and this dust. etc, call thi,
to my mind " The devil sends the wick
ed Wind and blows the ladies skirt SKY
high, but the Lord In his goodness unto
them. ILLS with dirt the wicked man :,
eye. Applause aud laughter
lion. Reed llolloman wat then called
upon as q representative Of Tucumcarl
aud spoke rs follows:
Mr.. Ringmaster, and gentlemen: when
the toastmaster suggested q while age
that he recently had such q happy ~
periencc IN Amarillo, | hoped that be-
would tell you the game 20 which h.
wa introduced iu that city, how }.dp
he PLAYED II aud how we'll be- liked ~;
hut knowing something about the game
IN which he wa engaged. and thos,
with whom he played. ! know how he
feels regarding their hospitality II
there j. any one thing that ~ charar.
t%eri-tlc OF our citizenship IN Tucumcarl
IL j. IL cosmopolitan nature, hardly
know Of "a state In the Union that T.
not represented among our citizen. The
hest from other states have com" here
and | think that l. the great cause oi
existing conditions IA this immediate
community, not only a. 20 the progress
Of our city, but the hospitality that GU
friends have praised on this occasion
and | wish 20 say that although ! have
not been here quite three wears yc'.
are not on exhibition tonight, but it. D.
the same hospitality that is shown u
every stranger, or every friend tina
comes here, and the same hospitality
that j. shown 20 each other whrthr.
there are any friends or strangers viii
us or not
We are glad 20 welcome our friend
tonight. because they are cosmopolitan
10 a certain extent. There are a gren
many states represented here. NJ an
informed, The state II Colorado, tina
state of beautiful scenery all the va.
from Pixies Peak 10 Woman : S%utfrng
j. represented here tonight. The stat
OF Kansas, one time known as the stat
OF freaks. They got 10 they said the.
grew whiskers instead II brains, Tina
time. Of course, Is past. Where Mar
Allen Lease raised her standard an
Garry Nation raised something ot
different sort; SorAlcss simpson, an
the Whiskercd Peppers aud :" on. Tc'
as is represented here; just a little i"a
Gus II New MeNico, OF course, and 0
the present time engaged in trying
take part OF our Eastrrn border, az
that is possibly the cause Of the Zee
ing that has grown up in New MeNlc
that the Lord Almighty has been sci
down 70 the border line for the purpo'
of making Mexico take back TeNa
wish to say, a. FAR ~ Amarillo
concerned, ! WIS there with our toa-
master. and enjoyed their hospitalit
viewed their beautiful city, and Il
not surprised that so much %hospitalt
exists in Amarillo. a. in this westcI
country the wind blows from the We
and they have a certain amount Of q
New Mexico atmosphere in that loca
rs. But as | said, We con from &
states. The hest part, ! dare say, ha.
come here. George AIDE at one lin
said that all smart men come from ]
diana. and the smarter they were :
auicked they came. daughter. Tn
think Co most every other state, Al
the smarter they are the sooner th
come here. We have the high moi
standard Of Kansas, aud the high stan
ard Of politics Of Colorado, since W
man = Suffrage has come into existen
there. and the hospitality Of Texas,
eentered here, with our beautiful e
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