The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-09
MERCHANTS AND CITIZENS GO
ON BOOSTING AND ADvER-
TISING TRIP-COvERING
MOST OF PLAINS
COUNTRY

Fair October 8 and will be the best
ever held in this coonty we will say
that the merchants and citizens of
the entire county are together and ex-
pect to work together to make it SO.
Six car loads Of merchants and en-
terprising professional men and citi-
zens went to all parts of the county
advertising the fair. The cars were
unable TO reach some of the best farm
ing districts but most everything on
the plains was covered in this adver.
tising campaign and all those who
went out report nothing but encour-
agement. Mr.. Carter, the secretary,
has worked untiringly ever since his
appointment to this position and with
such a man as Mr.. Carter at the head
Of the fair we know its success is as.
sured.
The News editor in company with
Messrs. Pearson, Saxon and Muirhead,
left town at $3.50 Tuesday morning,
and billed the country between here
and Tailor canyon, climbing on top the
Cap Rock near Plain, which place we
found boosting for the fair. Mr.. Hat
Httu WTO TuIlS lIlt oNOlt aN NthN PAoNN
said the farmers in that locality in
tend to make good showing at the
fair. His son has fine yearling filley
which he intends to bring and they
promised to boost up the fair.
From Plain we went to Forrest and
found the family and friends of j. j.
Murdick as happy as possible because
of the fact they were eating sump-
teous dinner. Mr.. Murdick has some
Indian corn and maize which he says
is the best ever grew and IL he don't
take the premium he will be terribly
surprised. There Is to be a colt show
at Forrest the Saturday before the
County Fair and the best of the bunch
will be exhibited at Tucumcari. 9th
er exhibits will be sent in from this
thriving vicinity.
From Forrest we went to Cowan,
in the extreme south part of the coun.
", where we saw more nice farms
and crops but did not meet any of the
residents. We billed the place and
know this vicinity will not lag behind
in getting up q suitable exhibit to rep
resent that part of the county.
We then went west some six miles
to Murdock and found the postmis-
tress in charge of things as the men
folk had gone TO market with their
wheat. Mrs. Avant told us they would
be here and bring some of their fine
Sudan grass, which was the best we
have seen. Other grains looked fine
in this vicinity and made US wish we
MEIER owned newspaper so that we
could get out and own one Of these
cheap farms where one years crop
will pay for it. Mr.. Pearce, north
of Murdock has another nice place
with all kinds of grain growing gooc
with the possible exception Of broom
corn which was planted little late
TO mature in time for the fair.
We then drove few miles north
west to the beautiful home Of w. II
Williams where everything imaginable
is growing as good as any place or
earth. Strawberries, blackberries, etc
vegetables of all kinds and the mos
even growing shade and fruit tree;
we have seen in this part of the state
made II hard matter to get the fel
lOWb W ittNt anu NhtAa ~
vertising tour. Mrs. Williams told III
she had picked sixty-eight gallons o.
blackberries from a small patch this
year. She will possibly bring in SONS
Of the mammoth cabbage heads ant
when we take them to Albuquerque
to compete with the other counties o
the state they may question the fac
that such cabbage grows in New Mex
leo. This beautiful place leads US Il
remark that sooner or later the home
on the plains and in the valley thi
side of the Cap Rock will be patterne'
after this model home, or some othe
attractive place and trees will breal
the Iaonotony of the beautiful field
of wheat and corn which the travele
may see everywhere in Quay county
From there we drove north and ives
TO the farms of Messrs Stalcup ant
Curtis where the threshing machin
of Choat and Disney was working witt
full crew. At the Curtis farm W
were told the yield was 10 bushels I
the acre and we have no reason 4
doubt the statement because in Il fe,
minutes time we saw 100 bushel
threshed and loaded into wagons read
for market. Mr.. Choat said his ma
chine had already threshed about for
ty thousand bushels of wheat and eN
pected to work several weeks yet.
At the home of Mr.. Stalcup we me
Mr.. Warren who told US he expecte
TO exhibit oats and wheat and perhap
some other products and horses.
will be remembered that Mr.. Warre
took first prize here few years az
on potatoes, fifteen of which filled
i4-quart bucket and second on ar
other kind that twenty-one filled tn
bucket. He said he had lived In thi