The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-04-26

the state.
j. d. Cutlip has move two more
houses on his lote across from the
post office and the Messrs. Miller, car-
penters, are performing surgical OPP
erations making these two shacks in
TO one modern residence. There Is nc
doubt about the success of the opera
ton as these gentlemen have had con-
siderable experience along that line
Of work the past year.
The rain of last week has done con-
siderable for the wheat and grass al
ready. II Is reported that the wheat
will be much better than expected on
account of the dry windy winter and
spring. IL is now estimated that fully
one-half or more will come out sufii-
GENTLY to make a crop and the re-
naming acreage will probably all be
planted to row crops.-House News.
Mercer Lawing and family are now
residents of Tucumcari. Mr.. Lawing
has been employed as foreman over
the construction of the school build
ing in east Tucumcari. He has only
recently had charge Of the construc-
ton Of the school building at Santa
Rosa, and gave entire satisfaction.
He is a Tucumcari and Quay county
property owner and will look after
the interests of this school district.
J. +. Miles, postmaster and mer-
chant at Endee, was here Wednesday
on business. He has recently been APP
pointed clerk Of the Woodman of the
World and was here to gain some in
formation as to the duties required of
him. Mr.. Miles says the oil situation
looks better every day and Endee will
be on the map for sure within a few
months. The up-to~late citizens in
that community are heartily in favor
Of the road bond issue.
Claude Wingrove has recently re-
turned home from FL Paso, where he
was taking in the sights. He reports
Dutch Manning and Dutch Ost very
much alive and quite peaceful. Mr..
Manning took Mr.. Wingrove out in
/, the city and showed him how well the
government had planned to protect
! the pass city. Claude says that the
citizens of FL Paso nave no fear from
an attack and the officers have the
, situation well in hanI.
Half a ton of harmony" might
well describe the Metropolitan Men
, Singers, the quartet who come to chau-
! tauqua. The men tip the scales at
= almost that amount. Fortunately for
them, the railroads ill charge by the
mile and not by the pound. Other
E "big" folks on the program this year
include Marie Horgan the Little But
E tercup" in Pinafore, who weighs 227
1 pounds. 1t is a big" program this
5 year, in more ways han one.
r The local garages have fixed the
time for selling only gasoline and oil
on Sunday. Repair work will be a
thing Of the past and workmen in the
garage will be allowed the day off.
e Look up their announcement in an
other column. In other words il you
wish to make a trip on Sunday better
see that your car is in working order
Saturday. All the garages have sign
ed the pledge and the boys should not
be asked to break their word Of honor,
They need rest as well as you.
The ch%autauqua for 1917 is bring
ing an unusual lot of good, clean fun,
Among the funniest of the fun-makers
will be Ada Roach, whose smile is as
contagious as smallpox and Frank
Ducrot, the magician. Dl",rot pro-
~nounces his name "Do-crow" and his
entertainment will be as funny as his
name. Beauchamp is known as the
man who makes you laugh and laugh
and laugh and cry and cry, and cry
and think, and think, and think. You
will get your moneys worth of laughs
out Of these three folks alone. But
there are others, too, and they all like
to see folks enjoy themselves.
Arrangements have been completed
to present the following well-knowr
artists at the second annual Crane
\ Concert Of the Tucumcari Philharmon
\ ic Society on May Is: Marie Robert
Wilson of Amarillo; Elizabeth Hanson
Bradford of Albuquerque; and Harr!
Parsons, the grand opera bass. TIL
: chorus, in "The Daughter of Jairus'
: and other numbers, is showing the re
n suit of two years of careful and ex
pert training, and the big concert oil
May Is will be a surprise and n de
. light in many ways. The Boy Scout
and the Queens of Avalon will pla.
. important parts On the program.
1 Messrs. Muirhead, Case Dodson an,
. Stark have returned from Santa F,
where they went in the interest o
= the state road from Glenrio to Mon
toya. They were successful in beinl
= promised the amount Of money askel
. to apply Immediately on this road
= This practically assures the choosing
of this route for the Ozark Trails. Tn
county money to be applied on thi