The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-02-25

empire of wealth and is In every
way a 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 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 oon a
state Normal.
UTlLlTlEs-The city is supplied with
electric lights, with day a well as
night service. cement walks, owns
a splendid waterworks system; has
fine sanitary system OF sewerage,
ice plant. cold storage and long dis
ts1ce telephone system.
BUILDINGS Tucumcari has two OF
the best bank buildings In the South
Yest, blocks OF brick business
houses. an up.to-date court house.
4. s. Land Office, a modern 100000
hotel, new Elks' Home, costing SIS.
900, Tucumcari Hospital, and hun
dreds OF beautiful residences. Their
has not been "a time In the last five
years that there were not buildings
In course OF construction. A new
federal building IL being planned
and n $50. 900 union station for Tu-
cumcari; also the Home Sanitarium
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.
SoCIETY-Our citizenship is CON.
posed of the best people from the
east. west, north n south and will
compare fayorably with the per.
sonnet OF n city. Nearly all OF
the Fraternal organizations are rep.
resented and most of them have
large and growing memberships, n
some OF them are planning to build
homes OF their own.
RAiLRoAos-Tucumcari has four
railroads with "A monthly payroll OF
from $4,000 to 100000. The shops
n roundhouse of the Il. =. a. s. w.
are located in the city, and his is
the freight and passenger division
point of ali four rods. Several sur.
veys have been made to the south,
and there will Cd be another o
leading in TINT 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 h 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
to the railroads than any point be-
tween Pratt, Kansas, and El 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, 00O, 900 mark.
the retail business has exceeded
Sl.25O.000, and our banks did owe
Sl2, 600, 600 worth OF business in the
ten 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-
CAaANA Wv W va Wv pun
ing mills and creamery. Tucumcari
has the best equipped postofice in
the State, has two weekly papers
with as fine outfits as 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.
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 n fine
opera house, parks and ball grounds,
two moving picture shows and other
a~muscments with n Railroad Y, NJ
{. a. planned for the near future.
QUAY cOuNTY-Quay County IL
bounded on the east by Texas. The
drainage is from the Canadian. tho
Plaza Largo and the Pajarita Rivers.
COST OF LAND-This rich soil can
be bought al present AZ a 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 can procure
80 acres of this soil for what one
years rent would amount 10.
POULTRY AND TRuckiNG-Poultry
and trucking pays we'll in this sec
ton. Eggs bring from thirty TO
fifty cents and poultry is always In
demand, There are some small, ir'
rigated 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 "a, 900 acre Pajarita Irrigation pro-
ject is IN foot and II Is expected that
actual construction will begin soon.
For further information address Sec.
rotary Chamber of Commerce, Tu-
cumcnri, New Mexico.