The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1917-11-22
COMMERCIAL CLUB
HELD LIVELY SESSION
At vORENBERG HOTEL

A meeting of the Commercial Club
was held at the Vorenberg dining room
Monday night to hear the report of
Mr.. Davidson, who had been in Wash
ington in behalf of Tucumcari and
New Mexico working TO secure the
location of an aviation camp.
Robt. p. NJ. Case, secretary of the
club, had just returned from Chanute,
Kansas. where he attended the Ozark
Trail convention. He reported a most
enjoyable time and much good done
for this city. He was special guest
of Col. Harvey president of the asso-
citation, and the Chanute papers had
much to say about Mr.. Case from day
to day. In fact he put Tucumcari II
little farther on the map.
Mr.. Prentice then responded to his
name being called for a report on his
trip to Santa Fe in the interest OF
good streets in Tucumcari. He got
what he went after and in due time
the citizens of Tucumcari will be call
ed upon to reject or accept a bond is
sue for the building of streets all over
the city. Mr.. Prentice said the ad-
ministration had spent much money
the past year grading and repairing
the streets but the wind and flood has
done much toward making the streets
about as bad as they were before
work on them was commenced. He
said the tax commission would APP
prove bonds to fix the streets, the X.
X. Co. has offered its rock crusher
free and will buy the trucks and trail
ers the city has left when the work
is completed. Mr.. Prentice estimated
that there were fifteen miles to be
built and the cost would average $1,000
per mile. The money will not be eX-
pended on one or two streets but the
work will cover the whole city and
will make a wonderful improvement
in the disposition of those who must
ride over our "fearfully and wonder
fully-made" thoroughfares.
A short address was made by Supt.
w. ID. Shadwick in regard to going
after the n. NJ. +. A. convention for
next year. This convention will be in
session in Santa Fe next week and
delegation will go from here to land
the convention for Tucumcari. II is
understood that only two other cities
will he in competition for the conven
ton and Las Vegas will withdraw in
favor of this city, leaving Albuquerque
and Tucumcari to fight it out. The
Chamber Of Commerce will send Il
committee to assist the teachers in
bringing home the bacon.
Prof. Shadwick said with our new
10000 theatre, the contract for which
has already been let, and our new
school buildings, we are plenty able
to care for them, as was demonstrated
by the way Tucumcari cared for the
thousands of visitors during the last
Cowboys Roundup"
County Supt. j. A. Atkins also
spoke in behalf of going after the 1918
state convention.
A motion was then made to invite
the teachers to meet in Tucumcari in
1918. 1t was seconded and commit
tee selected to go after the convention
promising the best we have.
An effort will also be made to Sc
cure the state bankers convention, but
it was suggested by Mr.. Foyil that
there was plenty of time to look into
this matter.
C. c. Davidson then made his re-
port andqt was satisfactory to all VII
understand the worki., of the ma
tional war machinery, The advantages
of Tucumcari were made plain to the
head men in charge and there is little
doubt about Tucumcari being desig-
mated when the time comes. At pres
ent the government is busy finishing
many other war bases and it is thought
inspection of our local site will not lie
made for about eight weeks.
Mr.. Davidson said it was no secret
in Washington that preparations are
being made for the war to last more
than four years. He said good author
ity gives out the statement that il
would be nearly an impossibility with
Russia out of the fight on the east
to end the war in less than four years.
These predictions are based on infor-
nation given out by those who know
the war game and have experienced
the hardships along the front.
Mr.. Vorenberg very generously pass
ed the cigars and all present appeared
to have enjoyed the meeting.