The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-04-09
While Others Deliberate,
TuCumCari Acts

way ~ moutTH Guy, All OF the
churches are represented and most
OF them have legant church build.
ings.
ecHoolS-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. The
new County High School will be
established and doubtless soon q
State Normal.
uTltlTlEs-The city Is supplied with
electric lights, with day az well az
night service. cement walks, owns
a splendid waterworks system; has
a hne sanitary system OF sewerage,
ice plant, cold storage and long dis.
taace 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. 5. Land ONCE, a modern $4,000
hotel, new Elks' Home. costing sl5..
900, Tucumcari Hospital. and hun.
dreds OF beautiful residences. There
has not been a time In the last FIVE
years that there were not buildings
~, course OF construction. A new
ieuleral building IL being planned
anf a $4,000 union station for Tu.
cufmcari: also the Home Sanitarium
With Tubercular Annex.
stIMATE-Our altitude Is 1000 above
sea level, our winters are short
and mild and the summe nights are
always cool and refreshing. Pure
water from deep wells is procured
In abundance.
sociETY-Our citizenship Ia CON-.
! posed OF the best people from the
east, west, north ana 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 ard growing memberships. and
some o. them are planning to build
homes Of their own.
has four
railroads with a monthly payroll OF
from $4,000 TO 100000. The shops
and roundhouse OF the Il. Z. d $. w.
are located In the city. and this IL
the freight and passenger division
point Of all four roads. Several sur.
vcys have been made TO the south,
and there will soon be another road
J leading IN that direction and giving
Va connections with the Gulf trade.
The Santa Re 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.
that Tucumcari pays nor freight
To the railroads than any point be.
tween Pratt, Kansas. and III Paso.
Texas. During last year $500 cars
OF freight were unloaded TO our
merchants, and over 900 cars daily
were handled through our yards.
The wholesale business OF the city
has gone beyond the 81, 900, 900 mark.
the retail business has exceeded
81 100000, and our banks did ove
$l2, 000, 900 worth OF business In the
ten months from January LIST TO No
vembcr LIST.
FACTOKlES-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. Tucumcari
has the best equ.cped %postoiice 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 as will be g e by the
pages OF advertisements they carry
In each issue.
MoRAls-The morals OF Tucumcari
are good, and when this was written
the county iail was empty, and this
IL not the only time Quay county has
had an empty jail during the last
year.
.MusEMENTS-The city has n fine
opera house. parks and ball grounds.
two moving picture shows and other
a~musements with a Railroad Y. NJ,
c. A. planned for the ear future.
QUAY CoUNTY-Quay County Is
bounded on the east by Texas. The
drainage Is from the Canadian, the
Y ltHt lHtl ~ ~ tJuiiNo
COST or lAND-This rich soil can
be bought NJ present at u low figure,
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 a procure
100 acres OF this soil for what one
years rent would amount to.
POULTRY AND TRucKlNG-Poultry
and trucking pays well in this sec
ton. Eggs bring from thirty to
fifty cents and poultry is always In
demand. There are some small. IT.
rigated garden tracts near the city
from which the wners are selling
more than "A thousand dollars worth
OF vegetables TO the acre.
Chamber Of Commerce with 1872
members,
The 26. 400 acre Pajarita Irrigation pro-
ject is on foot and II is expected that
actual construction will begin o
For further information address Sec.
rotary Chamber OF Commerce, Tu.
cumcari, New Mexico.
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