The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-12-31
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IuCumCari Acts

OF them have elegant church build.
ings.
scHoots-The schools OF Tucumcari
ave second TO none ~ the State.
We have a modern High School
building, costing $4,000. together
with splendid ward buildings. The
new County High School will he
established and doubtless soon a
State Normal.
uTtliTlEs-The city is supplied with
electric lights, with day as well as
night service, cement walks. owns
. splendid waterworks system; has
hne sanitary system OF sewerage,
sce plant, cold storage and long dis
to1ce telephone system.
euttDiNcs-Tucumcari has two OF
the best bank buildings in the South.
vest, blocks OF brick business
houses, an u%p-to-date court house,
u. 3. Land ONCE. a modern 100000
Motel, new I'll Home, costing S15..
300. Tucumcari Hospital, and hun
dreds OF beautiful residences. There
las not been a time In the last five
years that there were not buildings
An course OF construction. A new
federal building is being planned
and q $50. 900 union station for Tu-
cumcari: also the Home Sanitarium
with Tubercular Annex.
cLIMATE-Our altitude is 1000 above
sea level, our winters are short
ard mild and the summer nights are
Always cool and refreshing. Pure
water from deep wells is procured
in abundance.
8oCIETY-Our citizenship is com.
posed of the best people from the
east, west, north anu south and will
compare favorably with the per.
sonnel OF any city. Nearly all of
the Fraternal organizations are rep
resented and most of them have
large and growing memberships, and
some OF them are planning to build
homes OF their own
RAiLROAps-Tucumcari has four
railroads with a monthly payroll OF
from $4,000 to 100000. The shops
and %roundhouse Of the II, p. Il s. w.
are located in the city, and this Is
the freight and passenger division
point of all four roads. Several sur.
veys have been made to the south.
and there will o be another road
leading in that direction and giving
US connections with the Gulf trade.
The Santa Fe railroad from Clovis
will probably be built within the
next twelve months, and other roads
are contemplated. The proximity OF
Tucumcari to the almost ~ineXhaust.
ible coal supply at Dawson with the
Mexico market near, should bring
additional factories.
SHIPPING POlNT-Statistics show
that Tucumcari pays more freight
10 the railroads han any point be-
tween Pratt. Kansas. and FL Paso,
Texas. During last year $500 cars
oil freight were unloaded to our
merchants. and over 600 cars daily
we're handled through our yards.
The Wholesale business of the city
has gone beyond the 81. 00O, 900 mark,
the retail business has exceeded
f1,250,000. and our banks did owe
$i2. 600, 900 worth OF business in the
ten months from January LIST to No
vember LIST.
FACTORiES-We have n cotton gin,
broom factory, bottling works, Ice
plant, cement block factory, ice
cream factory. feed mill. two fac
tories for the manufacture of per-
forated tile for sub.irrigation, plan
ing mills and creamery. Tucumcari
has the best equipped postofice in
The State, has two weekly papers
with as fine outfits as can be found
IN the Southwest. These papers are
very literally patronized by our
merchants as will be seen by the
pages OF advertisements they carry
In each issue.
MORALS-The morals Of Tucumcari
are good, and when this was written
the county Jail was empty, and this
IN not the only time Quay county has
had an empty jail during the last
year.
AMusEMENTs-The city has a fine
opera house. parks and ball grounds,
two moving picture shows and other
amusements with a Railroad Y, NJ.
G.. A. planned for the near future.
QUAY COUNTY-Quay County Is
bounded on the east by Texas. The
drainage Is from the Canadian, the
Plaza Largo and the Pajarlta Rivers.
COST OF LAND-This rich soil can
be bought at present at a low figure,
and II does not look like II business
proposition FOR a farmer OF other
states TO pay all of his "hard.earned
money for rent, when he can procure
100 acres of this soil for what one
years rent would amount to.
POULTRY AND TRucKlNo-Poultry
and trucking pays we'll in this sec
ton. Eggs bring from thirty &c
fifty cents and poultry IL always In
demand: There are some small, ir.
rigated garden tracts near the city
from which the wner are selling
more than a thousand dollars worth
OF vegetables TO the acre.
A Chamber OF Commerce with 1872
members.
The "a. 900 acre Pajarita Irrigation pro-
ject Is on foot and II IL expected that
actual construction will begin soon.
For further information address Sec.
rotary Chamber OF Commerce, Tu'
cumcari, New Mexico.