The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-12-10
While Others Deliberate,
TuCumCari Acts"

Quay county, Is surrounded by an
empire OF wealth and Is In every
way n modern city. All of the
churches are represented and most
OF them have elegant church build
ings.
SCHoolS-The schools OF Tucumcari
are second to rome In the state.
We have u 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.
UTilITlES-The city Is supplied with
electric lights, with day as well as
night service, cement walks, owns
n splendid waterworks system; has
n fine sanitary system OF sewerage.
ice plant, cold storage and long dis.
lance telephone system.
acknowledgements has two OF
the best bank buildings in the South.
west, blocks Of brick business
houses, an up.to.date court house,
u. =. Land Office, "a modern $4,000
hotel. new Elks' Home, costing SIS.
200, Tucumcari Hospital. and hun.
dreds OF beautiful residences. There
has not been "a tim In the last FIVE
years that there were not buildings
In course Of construction. a new
federal building IL being planned
and u S50.0 600 union station for Tu-
cumcari; also the Home Sanitarium
with Tubercular Annex.
CLiMATE--Our altitude Is 1000 above
sea level. u winters are short
and mild and the summer nights are
always COO and refreshing. Pure
water from deep wells. is procured
In abundance.
6ociETY-Our citizenship " com.
posed Of the best people from the
east, west, north anu south and will
compare favorably with the per.
sonnet 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.
RAilRoADs-Tucumcari has four
railroads with u monthly payroll of
from $4,000 TO $G0 1000. The shops
and roundhouse OF the Il. i. a. =. W.
are located In the city. and this IL
the freight and passenger division
point OF all four roads. Several sur.
wa wv ''NAA hhh w Wv -
and there will soon 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 PoiNT-Statistics show
that Tucumcari pays more freight
tween Pratt. Kansas, and III Paso,
Texas. During last year $500 cars
OF freight were unloaded to our
merchants. and over 600 cars daily
were handled through our yards.
The wholesale business OF the city
has gone beyond the 81, 600, 600 mark,
the retail business has exceeded
$l.25O.O 900. and our banks did ove
Sl2, 00O. 900 worth OF business In the
ter 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. Tucumcart
has the best equipped pOstoii.ce In
the State. has two weekly papers
with as fine outfits as can be found
In the Southwest. These papers are
very literally pairon!zed 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
Is not the only time Quay county has
had AN empty Jail during the last
year.
AMfSEMENTS-The city has n fine
opera house, parks n ball grounds.
two moving picture shows and other
amusements with u Railroad Y. NJ.
G. A. planned for the near future.
QUAY CouNTv-Quay County IL
bounded on the east by Texas. The
drainage Is from the Canadian, the
Plaza Largo and the Pajarita Rivers.
COST OF LAND-This rich soil can
be bought ~ present at u low figure,
and IL docs not look like "a business
proposition for a farmer OF other
states TO u 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 TRuckiNG-Poultry
and trucking pays well In this sec
ton. Eggs bring from thirty &c
fifty cents and poultry IL always IN
demand. There are some small, IT.
rigated garden tracts near the city
from which the owners are selling
more than u thousand dollars worth
of vegetables TO the acre.
A Chamber Of CoI.',. rec with l92
members.
The 81 1000 acre Pajarita Irrigation pro
ject In on foot and II IL expected that
actual construction viii begin soon
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