The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-15
CHAUTUAQUA MEET
Baptist Young People Union
Purchase Beautiful Tract of
Land Near City.

a deal in which the W. A. Miller
Land Company turns over l6O
acres of land, six miles northwest
of the city, on the Fort Worth &
Denver Ry', to the Baptist Young
People Union, of the Panhandle.
The design in purchasing this
tract of land is to hold an annual
encampment or religious chautau-
qua and, for this purpose, the To-
cation is unmatched in all the Pan
handle. AS one gets off the train
on the grounds and not mile, half
mile, nor a yard away, there being
flag station and watering tank
already there, he is impressed with
the thoroughly Characteristic and
yet picturesque view that is be-
fore him, On either side huge
back bone ridges, though broken
off abruptly by some overwhelming
primeaval food which burrowed
out the quiet valley below, project
their ponderous, mountoneous
forms sheer into the edge of the
slumbering cove and present a
strong back ground to the whole
view. Looking northward, one dis
covers that the grounds lie in a
three cornered plat, nearly a mile
north and south, that a bounding.
abundant, perennial creek winds it's
tortuous way throughout the
grounds; that skirting this stream
there is one of the most commodi-
Gus and inviting groves Of cotton
wood trees to be found in all the
Panhandle.
Then, as one walks out on the
grounds, he marvels at the posi-
bilities of the place, when once the
Baptist young people have given
their attention to beautifying it,
near to the railroad the creek makes
a horseshoe bend; how easy it
would be to cast dam across the
stream below the bend and convert
all the upper part of the creek into
a large body of still water where
boating, bathing and fishing would
form a splendid and inviting repast!
Then with the water raised by the
dam one sees how readily it may
be lead off to the north by pipes, to
large sway or draw where one or
two more very large lakes, cover
ing 80 or 40 acres, could be con-
structed. Again, as the grounds
are : subirrigated and water to be
had within 20 feet, it would cost
little to have a beautiful park be-
tween these lakes, with all kinds of
trees, shubbery and flowers, as we'll
as to fringe the lakes with the
choicest flowers. Moreover, the
sand and the gravel are already
here for the contraction of walks
and drive-ways. What else? Why
the beautiful rise between the two
lakes to be affords the place for
the erection of the tabernacle,
around which on all sides the
young Baptist hosts, as Israel of
old, shall gather in tents and camp
houses, erected upon lots laid out
in squares and offered for sale to
those who will doubtless improve
and beautify them. And all these
Improvements the Baptist young
people expect to make real within
the next two or three years.
Among the best speakers in all
the southland have been secured
for the first encampment, which
will take place August 10 to %,
1906. Many Of your friends who
live in lower attitudes and who
find it we'll, nigh unbearable during
this month would be glad of an op-
to spend a month or two
in the Panhandle and take advant-
age Of what will be the greatest re-
ligious gathering of young people
ever assembled in the Panhandle.
The program in full will be an
nounced the coming week, together
will full announcements as to rail-
road rates, etc.
Clip this statement out and send |
it to your friends who are and will