The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-02-17

The C oming City
Possibilities for Clayton within
The Next Couple of Years

That Clayton win become a city of
1000 within the next few years
is the prediction of those who are
posted on the outlook and who have
been on the ground ''more than three
weeks" and have their hand on
the pusle of the community. The
building of the new High School and
Industrial School building will, with
out question bring from $50 to 500
people to the city to get the privileges
of an up-to-date school system. ( We
will have it and we won't be satisfied
with any thing else I'VE want the
people of Union and surrounding coun-
ties to begin now 20 make arrange
ments to send the children to Clayton
to school for the next season for we
are going to have che equipment to
put them throug in first class shape
and win have a corps Of teachers that
are second to none in the west.
We won't quit here. Northeast
New Mexico needs State Normal and
Agricultural College. We need it bad
and we want it just as bad as we
need it and we believe that when the
time comes that we will be able to
convince our "Powers that Be" that
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this is the place and that we, Union
County folks are the folks and we
have the people in our town that have
the money and are as big-hearted as
any to be found in the land and that
we are going to have some of these
state institutions to more convent
emily take care of the mass of young
people that are growing up in our
midst, clamoring for an education. 1t
is our duty and the duty of the state
to so locate these iEgtiutions as will
make Lnel1 ctdyehidIft u sisini5 ges.
erations, for the best there is to be
had is none too good for Clayton and
Union County.
Then we need a U. S. Government
building. The sameone that we have
been wanting for some time, but be-
cause we didn't get it just when we
wanted it is no sign that we didn't
want it. No. We are going to keep
right on until we get it located right
here in Clayton, a Post Office building,
U. S. Land Office building and a place
to hold an occasional session of the
U. S. District Court for the Western
District Of New Mexico. We are Oh
the program for the big things and
if we do not get them when we want
them we will keep right on until We
do get them, (Which will still be wher
we wanted them).
Then there are railroads. We un
derstand from reliable information
that several lines of railroad are head
ed this direction and that if they are
we want them to understand right nov
that we are the logical place for then
to cross the G. and S. or better ye
e TO come right here and make them
selves to home. We are not just ex
: actly hunting a railroad boom righ
I here inClayton but some times "hon
> ors are forced upon us" and if such b
c the case we are right there with tn
+ "big nit"
In all, we are out for big game
We have big bunch of efficient, wide
awake business men and men VIII
have shown themselves able to tur
the wheels of progress in days gon
y by and are there with the big "push.
. We have never had a boom, and W
: don't want one, but we are havin
: about the most vigorous growth tina
town could have and not be guilt
: of having boom. Lord save us fror
. boom, but give us plenty of "health
. growth"