The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-07-02
COMMERCIAL CLUB IS
THE NAME CHOSEN
Org Starts Out With Big Expectations and Will
Do Everything for Tucumcar and Quay County
Within Ito Power...Neady for Members

Another meeting OF the totnmerclhl
Club was held at the Opera House last
Monday afternoon and a number of
our merchants and friends were pres.
ent and many suggestions were made
in regard to what the club intended TO
do aud what IL should do.
A committee was appointed which
was said 10 be the committee ca organ.
izastpn and they met Wednesday aud
transacted their part of the business or
as much thereof as was thought proper.
, The committee was composed Of Messrs
Foyil, Israel, Gerhardt and May, and
they will make their report at next
meeting which will be held Monday af.
ternoon.
A membership committee was ap.
pointed by the chair composed Of one
man from each ward who is allowed 20
select two helpers in the campaign for
membership of 200 or more. II the
200 mark is reached the committee will
| try to increase the number to 300. New.
er be satisfied with the membership un.
| Oil every man who has Tucumcari Il
welfare at heart, is a member. A re.
vival meeting will perhaps be held in
| the near future and while the old mem.
bers will be asked TO come back into
the fold and bring somebody with them
there will be many whom we cannot
see and they are asked 10 join the club
and help US boost for Tucumcari and
Quay county.
The good roads question took up
great deal of the time and IL is mat.
ter that well deserves it. There have
been many reports circulated in regard
to our road being impassable and not
logical route. To he sure IL was no one
who ever passed over the route in an
auto, because il is known here that sew
eral ears 20 out over these roads every
week. Mr.. Corn accompanied Mr.. A.
Westgard from Cuervo to Adrian, a
distance of $50 miles and Mr.. West.
gard never said anything very bad in
regard TO our route. In fact, he said
our chances were pretty fair TO secure
the best transcontinental line in the IT,
:. as the shortest way is usually chosen
by tourists who desire TO get to any
certain place at any specified time. II
is said that If bridge--a good one
can he put in over the Revuelto creek,
our chances will increase 100 per cent.
| There is to be $500 900 road bonds TO
be sold and the money distributed in
1 every county in the state. Now Quay
county will be entitled 10 certain part
Of that fund, and perhaps some of that
money would be allowed TO put in that
bridge, which would not only benefit
Tucumcari, but the whole eastern part
Of the county.
A publicity committee was appointed
which is composed Of the local editors.
Il II is being proposed that road race
from Oklahoma City to FL Paso will be
run over the Interstate Postal Highway
, and the roads must be put in shape be.
: fore that time This can be accomplish.
: ed very easily after the bridge is put
' in at Revuelto crossing. II big race
4 is pulled off it will prove TO the travel.
I ing public that the road is open and
8 accessible to any auto of modern make
Everybody in town is requested "a
o help the Commercial Club aud Good
4 Roads Association let the people know
n that Tucumcari, San Jon, Endec, Mon
. toya and Rock Island are on road
which can be travelled. has been travel
ed and will he travelled at a rate od
speed from 25 TO 40 miles an hour L
Is thought that is fast enough for an,
person TO drive through a new countr,
II they expect TO see anything, an'
most tourists belong to that class, a
they are out for the purpose of seeini
1t things new TO them and slow enougI
IN that they might remember few of tn
r. most interesting.