The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-02-11
While Others Deliberate,
luCumCdri Acts"

'""i''''S dI' represented n most
OF them have elegant church build.
ings.
scHools-Thc schools of TucumcarI
are second TO none IN the state.
w" have a modern High School
building, costing SiO,O OO, together
with splendid ward buildings. The
new County High School will be
established and doubtless soon a
State Normal.
UTILITIES The city is supplicd with
electric lights. with day ms well ns
night service, cement walks. owns
n splendid waterwOrks system; has
u hne sanitary system of sewerage.
ice plant, cold storage aud long dis.
ta1ce 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,
I. =. Land Office, n modern $4,000
hotel, new Elks' Home, costing Sl5..
400, Tucumcari Hospital. ana hun.
dreds of beautiful residences. There
has not been a time IN the last five
years that there were not buildings
IN course % construction. A new
federal building is being planned
and a $4,000 union station for tn.
cumcari; also the Home Sanitarium
with Tubercular Annex.
CLIMATE our altitude IL 1000 above
sea level, our winters are short
htd mild and the summer nights are
always cool and refreshing. Pure
water from deep wells 10 procured
in abundance,
sociGTY-Our citizenship Is com.
posed oi the best people from the
east, west, north anG south and will
compare iavorably 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, aud
some OF them are planning to build
homes Of their own
RAlLRoADs-Tucumcari has four
railroads with Il monthly payroll OF
from SiO,uuO To $50, 900. The shops
and "roundhOusc OF the T.. l.. n 5. W.
are located In the city, and this IL
the freight and passenger division
point OF all four roads. Several sur.
v"ys have been made to the south.
and there will oon 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.
lille coal supply at Dawson with the
Mexico market near, should bring
additional factories.
SHIPPING PoINT-Statistics show
that Tucumcari pays more freight
10 the railroads than any point be.
tween Pratt. Kansas, and I'll Paso.
Texas. During last year 5000 airs
OF freight were unloaded to II
merchants, and over COO cars daily
were handled through our yards.
The Wholesale business of the city
has gone beyond the 81 600, 900 mark,
the retail business has exceeded
Sl.250.0O0, and our banks did over
Si2. 600, 900 worth OF business In the
ten months from January LIST to No.
vcmber LIST.
FACTORIES-We have n cotton gin,
broom factory, bOttling works, ice
plant, coment block factory. ice
crca factory, feed mill, Two fac.
~ A'R W. ~ AlNllltAsi'Nhl' VI l'tN
foratcd tile for sub.irrigation, plan.
ing mills and creamery. Tucumcari
has the best equipped p~ostoiiice in
the State. has two weekly papers
with as fine outfits AS can be found
In the Southwest. These papers are
very literally p~atronized by our
merchants az will be seer 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.
AMUsEMENTs-The city has "A flno
opera house. parks and ball grounds,
Two moving picture shows aud other
amnsements with a Railroad Y. NJ.
c. A. planned for the nea future.
QUAY CoUNTY-Quay County IL
bounded on the east by Texas. Tho
drainage Is from the Canadian, the
Plaza Largo and the Pajarita Rivers.
COST OF LAND-This rich soil can
be bought at present at a low figure,
and II does not look like a business
proposition for "A 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 one
years rent would amount to.
POULTRY AND TRUckING-Poultry
and trucking pays well in this sec
ton. Eggs bring from thirty 10
nifty cents and poultry is always In
demand. There are some small, ir.
ripated 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 -, 600 acre Pajarlta Irrigation pro.
ject Is on foot and II Is expected that
actual construction will begin soon.
For further information address Sec.
rotary Chamber OF Commerce, Tu
cumcari, New Mexico.
Phone news items to No. 90. II In
mt noSQihle IN upt around IN anch