The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-18
SIGHTS or A CITY.
Seen by Our Country Representative
During Ills Visit 10 Amarillo.

Editor Panhandle;
After spending many months II
tho country as the representative o
! the Daily Panhandle / decided t
pay Amarillo and the Daily Panhan
die visit the former merely Il
sec the sights aud the latter to draw
a piece OF money, provided "ThC
Boss" thought that my labors were
worth the aforesaid piece OF money
The first thing that struck me as
being worthy OF mention was the dis,
graceful conduct Of some Of the en-.
ginecrs Of the hacks that meet the
incoming trains at the union depot
as related to me by several people
who for various reasons did not care
TO make a protest whereby their
names would come before the public,
but as | am only a visitor / am taxi
Ing the liberty to mention the mat
ter. Il seems that the rowdies In
question take great delight In con
gregatlng under the car windows and
carrying on vulgar conversations for
the benefit OF the ladies on the train
who are helpless and must hear the
curses and vulgarity.
My attention was called TO one
case in particular when a lady who
dlsembarked from the northbound
Denver Sunday night was badly
frightened by the brutal reception
she met with at the hands of one OF
the hack drivers,
The lady started TO leave the depot
when she was accosted by the man
who would do anything for 1.-TWO
bits" and when she declined to ride
In his hack he spoke in q loud tone
saying, "Well then go to h--ll, Cd
d--n you" According to the state
ment OF the gentleman who witnessed
the affair an officer was standing
a few feet away but evidently the
wind was from the wrong direction
for he paid no attention to the man
and the lady was forced to see that
the police protection around the de-
pot is to say the least, very poor
After leaving the depot | walked
"up town" on real concrete sidewalks
all the way and my ear caught the
sound OF a brass band, but after run
ming two blocks / found that it was
only the musical horn on Mayor Mil
ler's new automobile and disappoint-
eddy turned away for we have auto
mobiles in the country, and wan
dered down to the ball park where
the excitement almost proved too
much for me.
II is not every day that | see a
double-header mixed with murder
earthquakes, pugilistic exhibitions
and rules handed down from the
chief of police, all for six bits"
After leaving the ball park | turn
ed in for the night and had a night
mare. o, 1t was awful! ! thought
was umpiring a ball game and had
had an argument with a "fussy'
catcher, and / saw the monster ad-
vancing toward me and-Uh! |
awoke and found the sun shining in
my face ! hastily dressed and once
more started out to see the sights
and wandered down to the depot
where saw cap" Mitchell and
Jump" McCloskey walking UP and
down the platform with their hands
behind their backs, each trying to
make the other tell how IL happened.
lust lito CLANS" and Fritz did In
last Sunday co1.,c paper
Leaving the depot | walked to the
Amarillo hotel where | "bummed" a
cigar and bought ranch and had
my corns trod on by the disguised
Japanese General Jinriuki."
After disposing of my ranch at
handsome profit ! found that my CT
gar was out so / stepped outside and
watched the Molly Bailey parade
march BY to the tune OF when Reu-
ben Comes to Town"
After leaving the show walked
down Pierce street to Seventh where
made hero of myself by walking
home with Bouldln, the 9-year old
son OF ]. q, Lyons, who while riding
bicycle, disputed the right Of way
with pheaton and was spilled in
the road for his pains.
After ascertaining that the young
ster was not hurt beyond a bad