The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-07-08
M'ALISTER HAS
BIG TIME AT
CELEBRATION


attended by large crowd from most
everywhere except Tucumcari and
this city only had four Representatives
there: Messrs. Pearson, Muirhead,
Carter and Furr, who drove out in
Mr.. Pearson's car, arriving there at
II 80 making the distance in two hrs
and thirty minutes.
A nice program was arranged for
the occasion but the threatening atti-
tude of the weather kept some of the
participants home.
Judge Cutlip was called away from
home and failed to return in time to
go out. Judge Swan was confined to
his home with rheumatism, asthma,
etc, and was unable to go, so the big
crowd was disappointed in not hear
ing these speakers.
Music, drills and various other at
traction were pulled off according to
program, one of the main features
being the big dinner and barbecue.
When dinner was called Carter
and other two members Of the party
looked everywhere for Pearson and
finally found him located, and when
we say located" we mean located"
and he was located right in the mid
die of the long table and he knew ev-
erybody who had something extra fine
like cake, chicken, pie, etc. He said
he ate more than he ever did before
in his whole life, and some Of those
who sit close to him vouched for the
truth of the statement.
Down at the end Of the table with
the family Of Mr.. Dunlap Of Quay, the
other three members were about as
busy as Mr.. Pearson and il Mr.. Dun
laps had not prepared for three or
four days outing his family and as
sociates would have come up minus
for anything left for supper. Carter
was well pleased with the chicken and
did eat some pie, but we were too
busy to count the pieces because we
like it pretty well, but Muirhead was
right at home and did not lag much
behind the rest Of us. Anyway, .he
table was about block long and con-
tanned enough for n crowd twice as
large, and believe me there were a
few people there.
After dinner a ball game was play
ed between House and Forrest, the
latter winning easily. Then came the
speaking. Mr.. Sprinkle of House op-
ened by giving a good talk which was
appreciated by all. Mr.. Scarborough
addressed the crowd for few min
utes and then came the call for Pear
son who responded with few words
in which he thanked the citizens of
McAlister and vicinity for their hos
pitality and apologized for the alb
sence of Swan and Cutlip. The speak
er of the day, Mr.. Muirhead, was then
introduced by Mr., Scarborough by say
ing that nearly all the plains people
had read his ads with interest, espe.
cially the teachers, and they would
like TO hear the writer talk. Mr.. Muir
head responded with a short address
in which he assured the plains people
that Tucumcari was anxious to link
herself more closely with people
such as those present and that every.
thing possible was being done TO wir
that friendship. AS we could not dc
much speaking in public we left foi
n few minutes to save the embarrass
ment of refusing to get up before tn,
crowd. II was all right to have tw,
apologize and rather than get up ant
try anything else we left for othe,
parts, returning in time to witnes!
the doxology and the announcement
of another game of ball to be playet
by the McAlister and Kirk teams. Tn,
former was considerably in the lea,
when we left at five o'clock for Tu
cumcari.
All along the line was the sign o
. prosperity. Thousands of acres o
; wheat were being harvested and ha,
IL not been for the harvest there woul
D have been larger crowd present.
g To the north and west of McAliste
4 lay fine farming lands which are pro
4 ducing their second crop of wheat an
: oats, the Vance Bros. alone will hav
v thousands of bushels. Farmers wer
/. cheerful and not dissatisfied ma
r was found during our visit. The
}, believe in New Mexico and they hav
" right to. Where on earth is ther
I another place that the land can b
8 bought for less that ten dollars an
r the owner can pay for the land an
It and have good living besides in tn
Il space of one year?
I II is impossible to move the plain
closer to Tucumcari, or TO move Tt
a cumcari to the plains but the ne'
e work on the road between here an
Il Ragland Is going to fix the roads
4 such condition that il will shorten tn
k distance and time II takes to trav,
d same and IL Tucumcari would &,
busy and build an elevator with whic
to handle the wheat crop we woul
be able to secure a buyer who coul
" pay the price and gain the confiden'