The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-19
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.la Iaaacs, H. + Morrow and Mayor
Nn A. Mlller,Jro of the board OF
directors Of te Chamber of Com
mcrrj presentgesterday afternoon In
Ii. Il Sanbdns office, that body
shapm a lir-up of committees that
will give elective, concerted action
all De tine, on any proposition af-
rcctjg the interests OF the city. AS
the president, II, b. Sanborn, an
noured the committees, he enter
ed ito a brief discussion concerning
the intended duties,
For Panhandle Exhibits.
scretary Beggs' offered a file OF
correspondence from Arthur S. Fran
cissecretary Of the Trans-Mlssissippi
cosress which meets in Muskogee,
/ -, in November, and urged that
aeon be taken toward having an
EXHIBIT of Panhandle products at the
cobress
This is a field OF activity which
wdcannot oyer-emphasize," said II,
b. Sanborn, in indorsing the sug-
gqlion OF the secretary. Build up
OF country and the town will take
ere OF itself. Encourage the idea
tat the Panhandle can grow crops,
Gin produce crops of commercial inn
prtance, and the cities will grow
as natural result | have been
falling with Mr., Zimmerman about
al exhibit at this congress, to which
| understand he is delegate, and
he tells me that many of the dele
CATS to this gathering can he In
dued to visit the Panhandle and
tina. If they buy their tickets right
Their fare will be no higher"
On further discussion 1t developed
that the secretary and Mr.. Sanborn
had been speaking of different gath
erives and that the National Farm
ers congress at Oklahoma City in
Ocober was the gathering to which
f. W., Zimmerman had reference,
Tie chance for an exhibit at the
Flrmers' congress and the subse-
quent visit here OF many of the del
hgates appealed to the members pres
pnt rather more than did the Mus
kogee meeting proposition and the
motion by George Williams, instruct
ing the secretary to prepare a letter
10 be mailed to all the delegates to
the Oklahoma meeting directing
them to buy their tickets so they
could come to Amarillo and return
through the Panhandle, was unani-
mously adopted.
Importance of Muskogce Meeting.
"The Trans-Mississippi congress is
strictly business" explained the sec
Rotary in further support of his prop
osition. at takes up measures with
the view OF getting national legisla-
lion. Some idea can be gathered of
the Importance OF the gathering from
The fact that the governors OF fiji
Iegn western states have already aC-
Cepted invitations to be present.
Last year at the Kansas City meet
ing which | attended, the congress
was addressed by such men as Sec
rotary Taft, Secretary Shaw and
Secretary Wilson, by william ]. Bry-
an, and by foreign diplomats, These
men talked business, not politics,
and they talked to the substantial
representatives of the business inter-
ests of every section west of the Mis-
sissippi. want to see a good eX-
hibit from the Panhandle included
with the others in the exhibit hall
and I would like to see a good dele
cation from here attend the. meet
ing"
1t was suggested after some dis
cussion that an exhibit used at Ok
lahoma City might also be used at
Muskogee. For further investigation
the Muskogee proposition was tabled
till future meetings.
The Value of Advertising.
81 am convinced from recent ex-
perlence," said II. B, Sanborn, that
we could get a fine exhibit II we
advertise for It," He then read a
letter from a man in Hutchinson
county, who had some prize onions
he wanted to exhibit and who want
ed to know if Mr.. Sanborn was not
offering so cents a dozen for fine
specimens. The Plemons man, ac-
cording to the letter, has been rails
ing onions at the rate of six tons to
the acre or a cash crop of S24O per
acre.
Anybody who saw the exhibits
at Hereford last week" said j. w.
Crudgington, "can understand what
A. al,nloy tbo DanhnOdla ran