The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-06-28


Saturday night for home. He has
made many friends during his short
sojourn in Tucumcari who were sorry
he could not spend the summer with
the citizens Of Quay county.
The Red Cross committees were in
every part Of town working for this
worthy cause last week and the first
of this. The amount subscribed has
not yet been announced because there
are a number of men who have not
been solicited and it is thought best
to wait until the whole amount has
been paid in.
Bill Phillips, Grin Holcomb, Mr..
Johnagan, and Mr.. Wright went to
FL Paso last week and joined the navy
They were given examinations and
all passed. They were put on the re-
serve list and have returned home
subject to call from the government
which will be sometime perhaps as
the navy is full at present.
Tucumcari is well represented in
Amarillo this week. Everybody has
closed up his store, shop or office and
gone to Amarillo to bring home the
Ozark Trail. II Las Vegas had done
as much as ~Tucumcari, the auto pa
rade would have been a success with
this exhibition of the western end of
the route, if we had only had a band.
A splendid rain passed through this
section of the county. ! reached as
far east as Revuelto and quite a dis
lance west. Some Of the autos that
left Tucumcari Wednesday morning
had hard work pulling the mud near
the T. & M. Crossing east Of town
but they arrived in Amarillo in plenty
of time for the parade at 1880 p. m.
Harry II. McElroy and wife return.
ed home Saturday from Ration where
Mr.. McElroy went on legal business
Mr.. McElroy did not report his where
abouts to the editor and it was taken
for granted that he had gone fishing
up in the mountains. Such was no,
the case. He had a case in court be.
fore Judge Leib, and he won the case
too.
The News will not attempt to give
a list Of names of those attending tn,
Ozark Trail convention at Amarillo
: but would like to as there were per
) haps 200 people there from here, NOR,
. than fifty cars being in the parade
Some Of the cars carried more thar
four people and some less, so thi.
estimate is thought to be conserva
! tive.
= The editor and his wife drove t,
Amarillo with the bunch Tuesday ant
did not get home until noon Thursday
He reports a splendid visit and roya
treatment by those who furnished
, spare room to guests. They made i
seem like home. That is the real ives
t tern spirit and Amarillo is really
+. big western town occupied by wealth.
S stockmen and wholesalers.
Contracts were let last week for tn
erection of the fine new residence o
, II. b. Jones and the Masonic temple
4 If war had not beer declared, or i
there was no war, Tucumcari woul,
= have kept it's carpenters and mason
busy all season. These two modern
buildings will add greatly to the look.
. of Second St., as both will be locate,
on this popular thoroughfare.
Little Mary Malcolm, the min
= months old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
ROLAND Brown, of this city, died Tues
day morning after an illness of onl,
a short duration. The little body wal
laid to rest in Sunnyside cemeter.
! Wednesday afternoon. The parent!
= have the sympathy of the entire com
! munity in this sad bereavement. Tn,
obituary will appear next week.
Pleano will celebrate the Fourth o
July this year in grand old style man
ner. Many contests will be exhibite,
such as broncho busting, steer roping
! goat roping, h~orse-racing, potato rae
' ing, sack race, fat mans race, and
5 free-for-all foot race, together with