The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-01-11

~ ns AoW0Ib nhd Wiits WIZ "ttN
here from Moulton, Iowa, Mr.. Powers
running the Opera House Picture show
left the first Of the week for their old
home. The house is now in charge Of
his partner, Mr.. Agerter, who has en-
gagged Mr.. Gerhardt to look after the
rental Of the building.
w. 8. Townsend Of Chicago and c.
C. Huston Of the same place were in
Tucumcari this week to attend a meet
ing Of the Red Peaks Copper Co., 10
be held Wednesday. They are well
pleased with the outlook for their In
~terests here and report that stock has
advanced ten per cen within the last
few days.
j. L. Clemmer, Of Quay. was in town
Monday and paid his subscription for
the year 1917. He reports the farm
ers forming a Farm Loan Club out
there. II Is said there will 1901 be a
move to form a county club by the
farmers TO secure some OF the cheap
money now be placed In the Federal
Banks for that purpose.
Work on the new school buildings
has commenced and when spring OPP
ems and there is no danger Of freezing
weather the work will be pushed as
rapidly as possible so the buildings
will be completed before next Septem-
her. II was hoped to complete the new
building In the east part Of town be-
fore now. but IL could not he done and
the citizens must be content with the
next best thing.
Goodman Co. has a complete line Of
groceries and Is making necessary i'm
p%rovements and additions TO handle
everything good 10 eat. The other
store room will soon he ready for oc-
cupancy and II will allow this big firm
TO show up according TO It's capacity.
Later on Mr.. Goodman may include
dry goods but for the present he will
use both room for groceries.
Well. II Is round one, between Bap-
lists and our Disciple brethren. on the
prayermeeting contest with Baptists
leading. We beat them by the wide
margin of 2 per cent. What a beat!
Some Of our disciple brethren must
have been asleep or it would have been
y a tie. But, lookout brother Reasoner
Q Is going TO put pep" into the contest
next week. We will see what we see.
A. L. Maddox, Pastor.
The prohibition picture at the New
Theatre Sunday night vas highly COM
: plimented by all who saw il. II de-
r picted the life Of a young man as a
: dope iend, and afterwards n drunk
ard, but saved by accidentally stag
gering into q refuge in a large city.
e He afterwards 'swore of" and n few
? years later became n prohibition sup
o porter and succeeded in winning his
fight for nationwide prohibition be-
fore the y. s. congress.
NOTICE TO AUTO DRIvERS-It
o has been made unlawful for automo-
: bile drivers to leave their muffler cut
u out while in the city limits. The Off
GERS have been instructed to arrest all
parties disobeying this ordinance. II
has been published in the papers and
e personal notice has been given auto
uIisVIS COINcI uiUk tNIr uulSdflCt. ne
) next step will be for the officers to be
forced TO arrest those who disobey, and
. this second warning is given in order
TO put you wise. Cut out the cut-out
nuisance or you are sure 70 a for
your experience.
N. NJ. Shipley, now with the freight
: !. depot, has resigned his position and
. purchased the Dodson Transfer Co.'S
teams. wagons, store-rooms and bust
ness. Mr.. Shipley is we'll known here
: having been a resident of Tucumcari
: for several years. He is reliable and
. courteous and q good business man.
. There is no reason why he should not
!. . make a success in his new undertaking
: and his many friends are anxious to
see him succeed. He will take charge
,, Of the business next Monday, Jan. Is.
: Mr.. Dodson has not yet fully decided
, what he will do, but dame rumor has
? il that he will receive the appointment
as postmaster for Tucumcari.
. Fred Walther and wife, and Mr..
: Thurston left this week for the noun
tains in the north part Of New Mexico
, where they will look for several sec
. tons Of grazing land on which to file
: together with their children. While
their friends hope they will be re-
warded for their trouble they are sor-
ny to see them leave Quay county. es-
, pecially Fred because he was just re-
Gently elected constable in the Puerto
district and his services might be in
demand when II Is known that he has
gone. Well, they don't need a con-
stable out there anyhow ms that is one
community that has never furnished
n criminal for the district court
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