The Tucumcari News and Tucumcari Times, 1907-11-23

will be one hundred bales of cotton ginned and that next year the cot cotton - ton cotton crop wtll be greatly increased in Quay county as experiments have proven and crops so far rais raised - ed raised show thai the cotton is of a very fine quality. This cotton was raised without irrigation. INSTALLING WATKItWOKKS SVSTKM. "Water works, greatly needed by our town, are now being con constructed - structed constructed by a company of which W. F. Buchanan, president of the First National bank, is president and general manager. The com company - pany company has taken the matter in hand has secured a franchise and within three months the town will have a good supply of fine pure water. The water will be pumped from wells which are situated about one one-half - half one-half mile from the city and will be brought into the city and distribut distributed - ed distributed by pipes and by natural press pressure - ure pressure and gravity as the wells are much higher than the town loca location. - tion. location. The system will be modern in every respect. This will fill a great need as heretofore our water supply has not been what it should, especially for the necessities of a growing community like Tucum Tucumcari. - cari. Tucumcari. 1 estimate that we now have between four ane five thousand people in the city limits. The population is constantly growing; so are our business houses and mercantile establishments. There is considerable building going on as far as residences are concerned

Old Mexico, at which place they will make their home for a time. The News joins their many friends in wishing them much joy and happiness. Another Rock Island excursion came in Thursday and a good many homeseekers got off here and scat scattered - tered scattered out over the country looking for claims. If we had three million more acres of vacant lands we could now oasily settle them all. This is one of the best advertised sections of the Southwest. F. X. Addlcman and family moved in from the country yester yesterday - day yesterday and occupied a cottage near the school house. Mr. Addleman is a recent comer to Tucumcari,

county and is already profitable, in fact broom corn is one of the finest and surest crops in Quay county. "We have read in eastern papers concerning the money panic in New York and other eastern money centers; as far as we are concerned, we know noting of it. Our banks and our bankers, and especially President Buchanan, are very conservative and very careful, hence our banks are in very good shape. In addition, our people have plenty of money which they do not draw out of the banks and board at home as they know it is the best for the com community - munity community that they have plenty of money in the bank.

West-Parker Nuptials. Promptly at six o'clock on Wed Wednesday - nesday Wednesday evening, November 13th, at the parlors of the Rock Island Hotel in this city, occured the marriage of Miss Dez.ie Parker of Maysville. Mo., to Mr. Edgar West of New York. Miss Dezzie is quite well known here, being a niece of Mrs. Anna Walker, the manager of the hotel, and was greatly admired for her sunny disposition and sympatizing ways. Mr. West is a railroad engineer, at present in the employ of the Southwestern. The couple departed on No. 3 the next morning for Douglas, Arizona, going by way

MAKE TOVR OF INSPECTION. The specials San Pedro and Cloudcroft of the Southwestern with Supt. Hawkes, Purchasing Agent Hunter, Supt. Motive Pow Power - er Power Paxson, Master Mechanic Car Carson, - son, Carson, came in Tuesday and Morris, superintendent of the eastern di division; - vision; division; Lindsey, train master; John Welch, road master; F. M. Clouch, superintendent of bridges and building with Conductor Harry Butler went out over the Dawson Tuesday, returning Wednesday night. The Family Theatre is no more. The last remains of the same were torn down this week.

statehood, both the new immigra immigration - tion immigration and the older residents. There seems to be no difference of opinion between the two classes. They are all united on the statehood question and when it comes before us we will poll a unanimous vote. HOME ON KVKRV QUAKTKK SKCTION. "Every part of 'Quay county, east of Tucumcari at all valuable for farming and agricultural pur purposes, - poses, purposes, is settled and nearlv everv