The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-03-11
While Others Deliberate,
TuCumCari Acts"

empire OF wealth and Ii In every
way a modern city. All OF the
churches are represented and most
OF them have elegant church build.
ings.
6cHooLS-The schools OF 'rucumcari
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.
uT,liTiES-The city IL supplied with
electric lights, with day AS well as
night service, cement walks. owns
a splendid w~aterworks system: has
"A fine sanitary system of sewerage,
ice plant, cold storage and long dis.
10 nee telephone system.
eu,LDiNoS-Tucumcari has two OF
the best bank buildings in the South.
west, blocks of brick business
houses. AN uptodate court house,
u. s. Land Office. a modern 100000
hotel. q Elks' Home, costing 49,.
100, Tucumcari Hospital. and hun.
dreds Of beautiful residences. There
has not been "a time In the last five
years that there were not buildings
In course OF construction. \ new
federal building is being planned
aud II Sb0.0 600 union station for Tu.
Cumcari. also the Home Sanitariun
with Tubercular Annex.
CtiMATE-Our altitude liz 1000 above
sea level, our winters are short
and mild and the summer nights are
always COO and refreshing. Pure
water from deep wells Ii procured
In abundance.
soCiETY-Our citizenship IL com.
posed OF the best people from the
east. west, north ana south and will
compare fayorahly 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, and
some OF them are planning to build
homes OF their own.
RAilROADS-Tucumcari has four
railroads with "A monthly payroll Of
from $40, 900 to 100000. The shops
and roundhouse OF the Il. y. Il $. w.
are located In the city. and this Is
the freight and passenger division
point OF all four roads. Several sur.
veys have been made TO the south,
anu l1tEt Will bOOu Dt dilOllNh IOtiu
leading In hat 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 incXhaust'
ible coal supply at Dawson with the
Mexico market near, should bring
additional factories.
SHIPPING PolNT-Statlstlcs show
that Tucumcari pays more freight
to the railroads h any point be.
tween Pratt, Kansas. and vi Paso.
Texas. During last yea $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. 900, 900 mark.
the retail business has exceeded
Si,25O.O 900. and our banks did over
$12, 100000 worth OF business In the
ten months from January LIST TO No
yember 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-
forated tile for sub'irrigation, plan
ing mills and creamery. Tucumcari
has the best equipped postoiiice In
the State, has tive weekly papers
with as fine outfits ms can be found
in the Southwest. These papers are
very literally patronized by our
merchants AZ 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 O the only time Quay county has
had an empty jail during the last
year.
AMUSEMENTS-Thc city has a fine
opera house, parks and ball grounds,
two moving picture shows and other
a"muscmonts with n Railroad y. Nj,
G.. a. planned for the near future,
QUAY cOUNTY-Quay County Is
bounded on the east by Texas. The
drainage Is from the Canadian, the
Plaza Largo and the Pajarita Rivers.
COST OF LAND-This rich soil can
he bought at present at n low figure,
and IL does not look like IA business
proposition for n farmer OF other
states To pay all of his hard.carnod
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 tc
hfty cents and poultry In always In
demand. There are some small, ir
rigated garden tracts near the city
from which the owners are selling
more than n thousand dollars worth
OF vegetables to the acre,
A Chamber OF Commerce with 49,
members.
The %, 900 acre Pnjarita Irrigation pro
Jet 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.