The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-11-25
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Of them have elegant church build.
inEs.
6CHOoLS-The schools Of Tucumcari
are second TO none In the state.
We have "a modern High School
building. costing $4,000, together
with splendid ward buildings. Tho
new County High School will be
established and doubtless soon "A
State Normal.
uTlLlTlES-The city is supplied with
electric lights, with day as well as
night service, cement walks. owns
Il splendid waterwurks system; has
a hnc sanitary system OF sewerage,
ice plant. cold storage and long dis.
tance telephone system.
EUlLDtNGS-Tucumcari has two Of
the best bank buildings In the South.
west, blocks OF brick business
houses, an up.to.ddte court house.
u :. Land Office. Il modern $iO.OOO
hotel, new Eiks' Home. costing $i5..
COO, Iucumcdri Hospital. aud hun.
drods Of beautiful residences. There
has not been Il time in the last five
years that there were not buildings
IN course Of construction. \ new
federal building is being llanncd
eAA 81 Eb't'N' NIlltl SldIlbl ltI | tts
CumCari, also the Home Sauitarium
with Tubcrcular Annex.
CLIMATE Our altitude Ii ioUo above
tea level. our winters are short
aLd mild and the summer nights are
Always coo ana refreshing. Pure
water from deep wells IL procured
IN abundance.
SOCIETY-Our citizenship IN com.
posed OF the best people from the
cast. west, north anu south and will
compare tavorabIy with the per.
some of any city. Nearly all OF
the Fraternal organizations are rep.
resented ana most ui them have
large and growing memberships, and
some OF them are planning to build
homes OF their own.
RAILROADS -Tucumcari has four
railroads with "A moTihly payroll! Oi
from $io,ouJ L. $GO.Uuo. The shops
ana r~oundhousc OF the T.. =. n ). ".
are located in the city. aud this iS
the freight Il passenger division
point OF all four roads. Several SUR
veys have been made to the south,
and there viii soon be another road
i'UG!Hg IN that direction and giving
VI connections with the cur trade.
Ihc santa Re railroad from Clovis
viii probably hc huilt within the
next twelve months, and other roads
are contemplated. The proximity oi
iuC.iu"ari 10 the almost in"Hhiust.
ib!c Goa! supply NJ Dawson with the
Mexico market near. should bri.y
additional! factories.
SHIPPING FoiNT-sta,is,lcs show
that TGcumcari pays more freight
TO the railroads than any point be.
tween Pratt. Kansas. and III Paso.
Texas. Daring last year $500 cars
OF freight were unloaG"d 10 our
merchants, and over COO cars daily
were handled through our yards.
The Wholesale business oi the city
has gone beyond the $l.0OO.Uoo mark,
'he retail business has exceeded
sl~.GiU.Ouo. and our banks did over
$i2, Geo. Oo0 worth Oi business IN the
ten months from January ist TO No
yomLcr lSt.
FeCTORiES-We have q cotton gin.
broom factory. bOttling works. ice
plant, cement block factory. ice
cream factory, feed mill. two fac.
tories for the manufacture of per.
!orated tile for suh.irrigatiOn, plan.
!np mills and creamery. Tucumcari
has the best equipped p~os,oiiicc In
the State. has two weekly papers
with ~ fine outfits as can be found
IN 'hc Southwest. These papers are
very literally %patrOn!Zed by our
merchants AS will be seen by the
pages Of advertisements they carry
in each issue.
kCHAlS-Th. morals of Tucumcari
are good, and when this "a written
m" county Jail va empty. and this
IL not the only time Quay county has
had an empty Jail during the last
rear.
AMUSEMENTS-The city has a fine
opera house, parks ana ball grounds.
i've moving picture shows u other
amuscm.nis with n 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
PLAN Largo and the Pajarita Rivers.
COST OF LAND-This rich soil can
be- bought AZ present ~ "a low figure,
and IL does not look like u business
PROPOSITION for u farmer OF other
states 10 pay all OF his hard.earned
money for rent, when he can procure
100 acres of this soil for what n
years rent would amount TO,
POULTRY AND TRuckiNG-Poultry
ana trucking pays well in this sec
tion. Eggs bring from thirty &c
nifty cents and poultry IL always IN
demand. There are some small, ir'
ripatod garden tracts near the city
from which the owners are selling
more than a thousand dollars worth
of vegetables to the acre.
A Chamber OF Commerce with 1872
members.
The $4,000 acre Pajarita Irrigation pro-
jet Is on foot and II II expected that
actual construction will begin soon.
For further information address Sec
Rotary Chamber of Commerce, Tu'
cumcari. New Mexico,
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