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Volume i. No. 17.
TUCUHCARl, NEW MEXICO, SATURDAY, FEB. 17, 1906.
Subscription $1,50 a year.
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WHAT A NEW COMER. THINKS
ABOVT OUR, COUNTRY
Writes to His Home Paper About
Tucumcari and Quay County
Albert Wilborn, who came hem
recently from Msinnsville, Indian
Territory, writes his home paper
about our people, town and county
in a manner that makes us (eel
like he is a pretty good sort of
neighbor to have among us. He
has not exaggerated anything, but
has told a straight and interesting
story about us that is calculated
to do much good among the read
ers of the Mannsville News, many
of whom may, like Mr. Wilhorn,
seek homes in Quay County, where
as he says in his communication,
there are to be had thousands of
acres of as fine lands as are to be
found anywhere. We are going
to publish Mr. Wilborn's letter in
full, as we are certain that the
readers of the News will appreciate
what other people think about our
country occasionally instead of lis
tening to us on this subject every
week. The letter to the Manns
ville News is as follows:
Tucumcari, N. M.. Feb. 6.
Mannsville News: I will now
undertake to tell through the col
umns of the News something of
this part of New Mexico as 1 see
it. I left Mannsville January 16,
went to South McAlester and stay
ed there till the 19th. Then I tick
eted through to this place. The
Choctaw being six hours late, dark
caught us at Shawnee, Okla., so 1
can't tell you anything about the
country between Shawnee a n d
Amarillo, Texas. Arrived at Am
arillo at 5:30 a. m. At 8 a. m. we
took the Fort Worth & Denver for
Dalhart, 87 miles further on, thence
over the Rock Island 03 miles to
this place, arriving here at 8:12
p. m.
Tucumcari is quite a nice town
of 1200 as good people as I ever
met. The town is up to date
in every respect, the people are
accomodating and clever. The
town is lighted by electricity and
has water works. The costs of liv
ing are about the same as Ard-
morc.
Now, something of the country.
Three miles south is Tucumcari
Mt. It stands alone, round as a
potato hill, its peak mounting
heavenward nearly 2000 feet and
can be easily seen from Texas.
Away to the south, east and west
mountain after mountain seems to
stand as a. barrier against any one
passing beyond them, yet in the
valley between these mountains
iire hundreds of thousands of acres
bfsas fine land as h to be found
anywhere. The noil is a dark red
loam with just enough sand to make
it right for cultivation. The cli
mate is just splendid. The air is
so dry and pure that when one gets
out of mornings he is glad he is
living.
The water is solt and as clear as
crystal and can be found in inex
haustible quantities from 8 to 140
feet, depending on the different lo
calities. In the locality in which
my claim is situated, water in an
inexhaustible supply is found at a
depth of from 16 to 25 feet. My
claim is eight miles due east from
this city.
I came in last evening Irom a
three day's trip in and around
Mesa Pineo mountains. The land
is being rapidly taken. Every train
from the east brings in crowds of
homeseekers and not one in a doz
en leaves without filing. Many
file one day, move out the next
and start a team to break out the
sod. Two small horses are sufli
cient to a No. 10 plow.
The outlook for agriculture is
all one could ask for. Farmers
who came here two years ago have
plenty and seem contented and
happy. Yet I could not advise
anyone to come here without some
means, as it takes some money to
begin, farming. House to build,
land 16 fence, a living to be had
until a crop is made, yet some of
them tell me that they landed here
with less than five dollars and have
lived and now have a fair start.
Cedar posts for fencing can be had
in the mountains free of cost. Dry
goods, groceries, etc., are as cheap
as anywhere.
In conclusion I would not per
suade anyone to come hero on my
say if I could; but will say, if you
are tired of living out of doors and
paying rent, why, just come and
see for yourselves.
I send you a copy of the Tucum
cari News, which will give you a
better idea of the agricultural re
sources of the country than I could
give them. And in going over the
country I find nn exaggeration of
what is given, for I have seen a
better collection all grown on the
farm of Mr. Kelsay than that given
in the News.
If this don't find its way to the
waste basket, I will try again.
Ai.iikrt Wn.nouN
Br&keman Helms Killed
Brakeman Helms, of the Daw
son line, was caught between two
cars at Campania Tuesday and
fatally crushed. He was carried
to the hospital at Alamogordo,
where he died Wednesday.
SEVEN MILES OF
YARD TRACKS
Southwestern Will Build Seven
Miles of Tra.cks Here.
TRACK TO SANTA ROSA LEASED BY
SOUTHWESTERN.
While it has not been officially
so stated by the railway companies
yet, nevertheless it is an accepted
fact the Southwestern has closed a
contract for the lease of the Rock
Island from Tucumcari to Santa
Rosa.
D. Sherwood, the foreman of the
Dawson yards, we are told, has in
his possession blue prints, in which
seven miles of yard trackage arc
laid off for this place. The build
ing of this additional yard room will
begin right away and the deal be
tweentheSouthwestemand theRock
Island will be formally announc
ed just as soon as motive power
now underrepairs in the Baldwin
Locomotive works can be deliver
ed to the S. W. Company. They
have 15 of the old Compound en
gines that were discarded by the
E P. & N. E. at Alamogordo now
in' the Baldwin shops for repair and
conversion into simple engines.
They will be ready early in March.
The contract for tepairs requires
an expenditure of $3000.00 to the
engine.
A ten stall round house wiil be
put in here .to handle the business
of engine repairing that will be
necessary here at the beginning of
operations under the new regeme.
The five train crews now employed
on the Dawson will be increased
to ten.
This is going to give Tucumcari
a pretty decent sort of a pay roll
and consequently will help busi
ness materially.
Delegate Andrews Will
Send Seed to Farmers
Delegate W. H. Andrews has
made arrangements with B. T.
Galloway, chief of the bureau of
Plant Industry of the Department
of Agriculture in Washington, to
send to New Mexico farmers, seed
as follows; Macaroni, wheat, al
falfa, sugar beets and kaffir com,
for experimental purposes. Farm
crs throughout New Mexico, who
desire seeds from t h c bureau,
should address Mr. Galloway, or
Delegate W. H. Andrews, a n d
ti.nir request will be promptly com
plied with.
All persons knowing themselves
indebted to the City Meat Market
will please call at once and settle.
W. B. Jarrell,Mngr tt.
The Virginia Company
The Virginia Company is a new
incorporation, a Quay County en
terprise, whose articles of incor
poration are published in this issue
of the News. The officers of the
company are Frank P. Harman,
president; D. N. Williams, vice
president, and Joseph Edwards,
sccertary. Mr. Harman, the presi
dent, lives at Lynchburg, Va., and
Mr. Williams, the vice-president,
and Mr. Edwards, the secretary,
are residents of this countv and
have charge of the company's
sheep ranches at Revuelto. The
capital stock of the company is
$100,000, divided into rooo shares
of the par value of $100 each. The
time of the existence of the incor
poration is fifty years. The prin
cipal office of the company is to
be Tucumcari, over the First Na
tional Bank. The Iwcal agent in
charge of the company's business
is W. F. Buchanan, Cashier of the
First National Bank, and who
holds 10 shares of the company's
stock. While the sheep business
is the only enterprise in which thV.sc
people are now engaged, their ar
ticles of incorporation embrace
manufacturing, roads, waterways,
dams, land speculations, oil, gas,
mineral, etc.
Creeps Killing Cattle
A disease resembling the well
known "creeps" or "crip" is caus
ing pretty heavy loss to cattle just
now in the section near Berino.
Sixteen dead cattle and eight hors
es is the record for the' past ten
days. The total loss will foot up
nearly doullc and the end is not
yet, as many more are sick. The
disease is caused by excessive al
kali in feed and is most noticeable
in stock that graze entirely in the
valley in salt grass. Some loss is
looked for every year, but this
winter, being so wet, it has been
heaviest. A peculiar part of the
trouble is that stock affected can
not be moved, as driving them a
few hundred yards seems to ag
gravate the ailment and they often
drop dead with hardly a struggle
upon being driven. So it must be
borne, but every cowman is hoping
for an early spring and green grass.
Roswcil Register.
Stock Sales.
1 have some good stock for sale.
Sales will be conducted at my livery
barn in Tucumcari on the first and
second Mondays of each month,
beginning with February 5th. It
will pay parties wishing to buy
good stock to attend these sales.
J. A. Street.