The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-03-04
While Others Deliberate,
TuCumCari Acts"

TUCUMCARI IL the county seat OF
Quay county, II 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.
6CAoolS-The schools OF Tucumcarl
are second TO none In the state,
We have a modern High School
building. costing $4,000, together
with splendid ward buildings. The
new County High School will DO
established and doubtless sOon "A
State Normal.
UTillTIEs-The city is supplied with
electric lights. with day az well as
night service. ccment walks, owns
a splendid waterworks system: has
a fine sanitary system of sewerage,
Ice plant. cold storage and long dis.
t9Ice telephone system.
BUILDINGS Tucumcari 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 Sl5..
900, Tucumcari Hospital, and hun.
Ni'ho VI b'hiNiiHl lfsltttl''Fs lI'It
has not been "A time In the last five
years that there were not buildings
In course OF construction. a new
federal building is being planned
and n 100000 union station for Tu.
cumcari; also the Home Sa~nitarium
with Tubercular Annex.
CllMATE-Our altitude is 1000 above
sea level, our winters are short
and mild and the summer nights are
always cool and refreshing. Pure
water from deep wells is procured
In abundance.
6OCIETY-Our citizenship IL com.
posed OF the best people from the
east, west, north anu south and will
compare faNorably 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.
Observation-Disclosures has four
railroads with IA monthly payroll Of
from $4,000 to 500, 900. The shops
and r"oundhousc OF the r.. I. Il $. W..
are located In the city. and this IL
h freight and passenger division
point OF all four roads. Several sur.
Vcys have been made to the south,
and there will soOn be mother road
lvauius IN that direction and giving
us connections with The Gulf trade.
The Santa Fc railroad from Clovis
will probably be- butt within the
next twelve months, and other roads
are contemplated. Tn. proximity of
IucumCari to the almost incXhaust.
iblc coal supply at Dawson with the
Mexico market .ar, should bring
additional factories.
SHIPPING PoiNT-S,atis,ics show
that Tucumcari pays more freight
TO the railroads than any point be-
tween Pratt. Kansas, and FL 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 bcysnd the 81 600, 600 mark,
the retail business has exceeded
Sl.25u 600, and our banks did owe
Si2, 600. 900 worth of business in tho
ten months from January LIST to No.
Vcmbcr LIST.
FACTORiES-We have n cotton gin.
broom factory. bottling works. ice
plant, cement block factory. ice
crcam factory, feed mill, two fac.
tories for the manufacture Of per-
foratcd tile for sub.irrigatiOn, plan
ing mills and creamery. TucumCari
has the best equipped p~ostoilice In
the state, has two weekly papers
with as tine outfits rs 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.
MOEAlS-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 n fine
opera house, parks and ball grounds,
two moving picture shows and other
g~musements with Il Railroad Y. NJ,
c. A. planned for the near future,
QUAY COuNTY-Quay County IL
bounded on the east by Texas. The
drainage Is from the Canadian. the
Plaza Largo and the Pajarita RiS ers,
COST OF LAND-This rich soil car
Nv uhht ~ ~ ll'N'NN ~ " W." HAH''
and Il does not look like "A 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 well in this sec
ton. Eggs bring from thirty tc
nifty cents and poultry Is always In
demand. There are some small, ir
rigated garden tracts neal the city
from which the owners are selling
more than IA thousand dollars worth
OF vegetables TO the acre.
A Chamber OF Commerce with 49,
members,
The 5000 acre Pajarita Irrigation pro
ject IL on foot and II is expected tina,
.ALlI lAALA $1,000