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VOL. 7. NO.
CLOVIS. CURRY COUNT
V MEXICO. AUGUST 28 1913.
$1.00 PER YEAR
A RAILROAD FROM
TUCUMCARI TO CLOVIS
Line
Will Extend to Midland, Texas, Making Clovis
Division and Shop Center. Bonus Satisfactory.
The railroad committee of the!
Clovis Chamber of Commerce!
met recent iv with iv li. uavis
of Amarillo. a civil engineer
who represents a railroad con
struction company and finan
cier who will .finance the build
ing of the road, where the prop
osition wad thoroughly discuss
ed from every point of view.
Thr committee decided to accept
Mr. Davis' proposition and it is
thought there will be but little
difficulty experienced in raising
the bonus required.
The railroad is to run from
Tucumcari on the north to Mid
land on the south, a distance of
260 miles and will be operated
by a well known transcontinen
tal railroad other than the San
ta Fe.
Mr. Davis was open and above
board in all his explanations
and his company agrees to give
a sufficient surety bond to guar
antee their part of the contract.
In the proposition submitted,
which was explained in detail,
Clovis has everything to gain
and nothing to lose.
The engineers are to start out
from Clovis and work both
ways, north and south and the
road is to be completed between
Clovis and Tucumcari before
grading is to be begun on the
line running south to Midland,
where it will connect with a
transcontinental line.
The News reporter is a mem
ber of the railroad committee
and is, therefore, familiar with
the proposition as submitted by
Mr, Davis.
The amount of bonus required
is not to be made public at
present, but will be soon, pro
viding Tucumcari and Grady al
so accept the proposition.
Clovis is obligated to assist in
sec uring a right of way to the
state line, also to secure the
co-operation of farmers in con
struction work along the line.
Referring to the early con
st ruction of this line, the sec
retary of the Tucumcari Cham
ber of Commerce has received
the following letter:
Amarillo, Texas, Aug. 20, '13
Mr. Hardee Wyatt, Sec'y.
Tucumcari Chamber of Com
merce, Tucumcari, N. M.
Dear sir:
Your favor of the 16th duly
received. I appreciate yoa ad
vising me; that you had been
authorized by your Chamber of
Commerce to correspond with
Clovis regarding the railroad
proposition and only hope that
the good citizens of Tucumcari
will become as active as Clovis
did.
Only Tucumcari and Grady
remain all other towns between
and Midland (260 miles) hav
ing pledged their co-operation
bonuses, right of way, termi
nal grounds and promotion
money ; as exacted by the Chi
cago people. I sincerely hope
to be favored with Tucumcari's
acceptance at an early date.
and when both Tupiumcari nH
j Grady have accepted as exac
tations. -the Chicago people
will visit all towns, sign con
tracts to build the road, also
will make bond for promotion
money then place engineers in
the field and take up all pre
liminary work in its regular or
der. Hoping to be favored with
your promptness as we want
to get busy and if possible,
grade from Clovis to Grady this
fait. It could also be possible
that we might do some grading
between Tucumcari and the cap
rock.
Thanking you in advance for
promptness and hope to be as
sured of your prompt co-operation.
Please send me a map of
Tucumcari.
Yours very truly,
R. E. DAVIS
A Big Soaking Rain.
Jupiter Pluvius opened up the
flood gates in Clovis Monday
morning and did not close them
until the best rain had fallen
since June. It was a regular
down-pour, extending over a
wide scope of country southeast
and southwest, but only cover
ing spotted sections north. A
Grady farmer visiting the News
office Tuesday said that there
was plenty of water standing in
the road on the hill this side of
the big draw, but that it did not
rain to any extent on the other
side or on this side until within
a few miles of town. Local
showers Wednesday morning
east of Clovis had the effect of
cooling the atmosphere and mak
ing the climate delightful.
Fire Destroys Residence.
Last Thursday evening fire
practically destroyed the resi
dence of Mrs. Coulter which is
located on the adjoining lot
north of the Christian church.
The department was slow in
reaching the fire owing to the
fact that one of the horses slip
ped and fell while leaving the
station whereupon the other
one balked. The building,
which had just been vacated
that day was insured for $800
and the furniture left in the
house for $500.
The fir department did splen
did work after their delayed ar
rival and within thirty minutes
had the blaze extinguished.
Labor Day Bout,
A ten-round boxing contest
will be staged at the Clovis Ath
letic Club arena on labor day,
between Kid Anaya of Trinidad
and Young Sweeney of Chicago.
These light weights recently
went eight fast rounds when
Anaya lost to Sweeney on a
draw. Much interest is being
manifest in the fight, and a large
crowd of fans are expected to
witness the return match which
will settle the supremacy question.
District Court in
Short Session.
Judge John T. McClure came
up from Rosweli this week and
held a short session of District
court which adjourned Friday.
A number of motion?, and argu
ments were heard in chambers,
but the principal object of the
short session was to draw the
juries for the fall term of court
which convenes Monday, Sep
tember 2nd.
Grand Jury.
C. E. Dennis, W. R. Adams.
J. N Watts, W. H. Bombarger,
C. F. Doughton. J. W. Morris,
H. D. Reeves, J. A. Latta, R.
F. Bavousette. E. C. Sutton,
Lee Hardy, Cash Ramey, W.
H. Penner, C. J: Quante, A.
A. Means. W. H. Xander, H. C.
Her by, Bert Curless, A. Sweet,
W. F. Newton. D. B. Langford.
Petit Jury.
C. H. Hannum'. W. H. Duck
worth, Robert Mizer, Bony
Smith, R. C. Vinyard. E. W.
Reagan, G. W. Ryles, C. F.
Walker, D. D. Able, Lawrence
Miller, O G. Potter, B. J.
House. J. S. Morgan, C. H. Sit
cox, S. J. McKee, F. E. Dent,
R, C. Hatch, F. E. Dent. W.
A. Davidson, B. F. Hawk, S. H.
Robb, W. Howell, J. L. Hemp
hill, Simon Vaughn. J. W. Da
vis, Ed Gray, B. E. Channey,
William Murphy, R. T. Prince,
J. T. Pullen, A. Sieirner, Jesse
Deckman, (1; E. Worrall, F.
James. K. W. Jones.
Union Labor Day Services.
The churches of Clovis will
unite in conducting Union Labor
Day services at the Lyceum on
Sunday night. The band will
give a sacred concert in front of
the Lyceum in the evening, and
the church choirs jointly , of all
the churches will sing for the
services. The speakers will be
Rev. W. R. Evans. Rev. Jere
miah Moore, A. W. Hockenhull
and Prof. -Mersf elder. The ob
ject in holding these services in
the Lyceum is to accommodate
as many as possible of the real
working class.
Silo Fever Acute.
The following named farmers
are putting in silos which they
expect to have completed in
time to receive the fall crop:
W. S Winters, Robt. Hum
phrey. J. Hickman, W. H. Doak,
J. D. Fleming. L. Triplett. J.
A. Wallace, Wm. P. Rambo.
Mr. Mathews and six or eight
others whose names we failed
to obtain.
G. W Coomes was struck last
week by a motorcycle ridden by
Billy Singleton while the latter
was answering a fire call.
Coomes, who was painfully,
though not seriously injgsrod, i
rapidly recovering from his1 in
juries. The News does not re
fer particularly to Singleton,
but there is entirely too' much
speed shown by motor cycle
ridors and autoists in the Clovis
streets and unleas this danger
ous practice is stopped, some
parents will pay the penalty in
the form of a mangled child,
struck while playing in the
streets. A speed ordinance
should be enacted for the regu
lation of the careless.
WORK ON NEW R. R.
NEARING COMPLETION
Work Nearing Completion on Road That Will Prove Mo:
of a Town Builder than Present Main Line.
Mail Route Bids Wanted.
The fourth assistant postmas
ter general wants bids for the
carrying of mail from Clovis to
Cameron via. Claud, Hollene,
Belleview and Logansville, a
distance of 55 miles. The bid is
to cover a period from October,
16, 1913. to October 16, 1914.
all bids must be received by
Sept 23, 1913.
Carlsbad Votes Out Prohibi
tion.
Carlsbad, N. M.. Aug. 22.
After two years of dryness, this
city at a local option election
held here to-day, w ent wet by
32 majority. There was p radi
cally no campaign, no public
meetings and the newspapers
did not mention the election.
M rs. R. Hartshorn was in town
Monday from Texico, shopping.
Dr. Dillon is enjoying a visit
from his brother.
Dr. Dillon and wife, his broth
er and wife were entertained at
dinner by Mrs. Swartz.
Mr. McDermott, of Kansas
City, is visiting his aunt, Mrs.
James T. Stalker.
. Judge McGill. of La Lande,
was in Clovis Saturday, on
business.
Special agent. William J.
Barker was in Clovis this week,
representing the government in
some land cases.
Mrs. Claud Downing returned
Saturday from California, where
she has been visiting for the
past few months.
Mrs. Pattie Holland returned
the latter part of the week
from a several months visit
with her daughters in Oklaho
ma and Kansas.
Prof. Bickley who last year
taught in the Clovis schools, left
Tuesday for Dexter where he
has been employed to teach for
the ensuing school term. Prof.
Bickley has many friends in Clo
vis who wish him much success
in his new location.
Curry County Baby Show
At Luikart's Saturday.
Keen interest is being manifested in the News-Luikart
Curry County Baby Show to be held Saturday afternoon be
tween the hourd of 2 and 5 p. m. at Luikart's big depart
ment store. On this occasion the model Curry county baby
will be chosen by a committee of five ladies consisting of
Mesdames C. A. Scheurich, A. W. Johnson, S. G. Von Al
men, W. A. Havener, J. E. Lidengton.
The baby winning the prize will be given FREE a com
plete outfit of wearing apparel, including silk dress, cap,
shoes, stockings etc.
What mother has the prize winner?
The work of building the new
railroad from Galveston to
Clovis is now nearing comple
tion and the gulf coast "iron
hoss" will soon make its appear
ance here which will be the
signal for a grand and glorious
celebration such as never before
witnessed in Clovis.
Regarding the construction of
this line, the Slatonite, pub
lished in the next division town
east of Clovis. says:
The Cut off is now completed
within 30 miles of Texico and
steel is being laid at the rate
of about a mile a day.
This is good news to the people
of Slaton because it means the
pay roll will be increased much
sooner than has been expected.
At the present rate of laying
steel the road will be complet
ed by the first of October al
though trains will not be put in
operation for some time after
the completion.
A change was recently made
in the foremanship of the con
struction company whereby alt
labor troubles were settied and
the men are now doing their
best to rush the work. For a
time, it looked like this road
would not be completed by the
first of the year as during the
first three months of construc
tion work pnly 30 miles of track
was laid.
The operation of this new
road for which Slaton is the
division and terminal point,
means that there will be a sub
stantial increase in the popu
lation here, the estimate being
that at least 200 additional fam
ilies will be moved here by the
Santa Fe to handle the increase
in traffic.
The Presbyterian Sunday
School are enjoying a basket
dinner and picnic today at the
school house. This afternoon
they will go for a hay ride.
The hearing on the temporary
injunction proceedings against
the board of county commission
ers was continued until the reg
ular fall term of district court.