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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-18

ance 10 this part OF the state Of Tex
as, and give TO the prospective set.
tiers an idea of the variety OF crops
which do we'll IN this climate and
soil.
In the Panhandle OF Texas, as In
the opening up OF Iowa, Kansas, Ne
braska and all the other agrleul-
tura states OF the union, the pioneer
settlers have as a rule been the squat
ters. who farmed a little, and In a
sllp-shod. manner, being satisfied
with grain and roughness enough TO
keep their stock from starvation, and
20 keep themselves from want, II
they raised a corp, all right, and II
they did not, II was the same The
work OF the experiment station is TO
show what the industrious, thorough,
working farmer, who uses the same
thought and figuring In his farming
that the business man does in his
business, and farms for business and
not for a passtime, may accomplish
in the Panhandle soil and climate.
Every visitor 10 Amarillo should
visit the experiment station.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-18
BRYAN AND HOGG.

% The article in another column OF
this paper, referring to the visit OF
William j. Bryan to Austin, on the
occasion of his address to the legis-
lature, and his visit with few
friends to the grave of his friend
Ex-Governor Hogg, seems like turn
ing back the pages of history, to the
editor of the Daily Panhandle.
In his minds eye passes that mem
orable Democratic national conven-
ton at Chicago in 1896, where Mr.,
Bryan was first nominated by the
greatest convention in the world s
history, as candidate of great party
for presidnet of the United States,
and the exciting scenes Of that con-
ventlon pass in review before the
vision OF the edior,
We were at that convention as del
ogate from the Eighth district of To-
wa, and secretary of the Iowa dele
cation, booming Horace Boies OF
Iowa, for the nomination Iowa had
been one of the first states OF the
north and west to endorse the free
silver issue, with Horace Boies as
their standard bearer, and the CON
vention instructed for him for the
nomination for president. AS secre-
tary OF the delegation the editor of
the Panhandle had opened headquar-
tiers at the Palmer House, Chicago,
three weeks before the convention,
to place the claims of their candi-
dates before the delegates of the
Democratic party from the other
states. We had become personally
acquainted with Mr., Bryan in April
before the convention, in Iowa. We
met him again at the Bi-Metalllc
League meeting preceding the con-
ventnion, and at that time he did
not know he would be candidate
for president. the delegation he was
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-18

plains are yet sparsely settled, but
where settlers. with the nerve and
vim Of the Iowa. Illinois and In
diana farmers have braved the sto-
ries OF the cattlement, and settled on
the plains, and attended to their
farming as the Iowa and Missouri
farmer tends to his, II he makes a
success OF Il, he has become rich,
Some OF the finest land in the
country is found In the Panhandle
plains. Wheat grows well here, as
does oats, and yields twice as much
per acre as It does In Missouri, KAT
fir corn, maize, cane and In some
instances Indian corn grows well on
tho plains, yields fine crop and
y ies the finest kind OF feed. Hogs,
cattle and horses do well here, and
some day the finest stock to be found
in the country will be found on the
plains of Texas, Alfalfa does well
In many portions Of the plains, and
as many as three crops a year are
harvested from a good stand, and II
makes fine pasture for the stock In
winter. Fruit Of all kinds does well
hore, blue grass Is coming In where
the native grass Is tramped out, and
as the virgin soil is TILED, It Is found
that the rains have been plentiful on
the plains, and all kinds OF crops
have grown to maturity Of the fin
est quality
The plains look barren, OF course
to the conner from the older states,
with only a farm here and there,
put trees are being planted out, new
farms are being located, and In ten
years from now, as in the early years
in Iowa, and Nebraska, and even
bleeding" Kansas, one who passes
through this country then, would not
know II was the same country he
passed through today here.
True, spectators have seen first
the possibilities of the rise in the val
ne of these unbroken plains, and he
has bought them at low prices, and
each change OF hands advances the
price. Yet plenty Of these fine farm
lands can be bought in desirable To-
calities for from 81 to $25 per acre,
We know a farmer who bought a seq
ton four miles OF AMARILLO oqheap,
several years ago, who since yhes dem1i
onstrated what the laDdTiH1 dps basc
refused s125 an acre Or The sf8Tmt
Such are the real and SEEMING Fan
handie farms edsisim III
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-18
THEY'LL NOT GO BACK.

Ar a writer from Honey Grove, in the
Bonham Herald of the Sth, says;
lad ,"Just watch those fellows come
tlocking back from West Texas when
the wind begins to blow, the sand
begins TO fly and the sun shines
down upon them at a hundred and
forty horse power. They'll come. &"
Now those fellows will not so back
there, unless they are tenderfeet, and
worth no more back there than such
people would be here, The worst
Winds of the season have been here
and gone, and the oldest citizen"
says he never saw them so bad be-
fore, and chose fellows" haven't
come back to you yet. They will not
come, on account Of winds,
Say, Mr. Honey Grover, can you
buy land down in your country for
from 81 to $25 per acre, which will
produce four to five crops of alfalfa
a season, the second year, and four
tons to the acre, for the season,
worth $21 a ton? Well, that's what
they are doing within a few miles Of
Amarillo. Come up here, and see
what this country is like, and If you
are q hustler, you'll never so back.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-18
FREIGHT FACILITIES POOR.

There is one thing more than all
others which Is retardlng business
and progress, and development Of
this Panhandle country, and that Is
the abominable service rendered this
country, by the railroads, in the way
of freight arriving from the large
distributing points.
As sample OF the way in which
freight is handled between st. Louis,
Dallas, Fort Worth, Kansas City and
here, the Daily Panhandle received
this morning, a small bill of freight
from Dallas. shipped April 80, be-
ing ten days on the road, A team
could have hauled the freight here
In as short a time.
Being informed the Wabash made
direct connections with the Santa Fe,
at Kansas City, and a car came out
OF the latter city for Amarillo daily,
in the early part OF April we ordered
goods from a st. Louis house shipped
via the Wabash via Kansas City, over
the Santa Fe, and received bill OF
lading FOR goods received by the rail-
road April ~, which is not received
yet, though the house has been wired,
and have been tracing the shipment,
and the railroad has been hunting 1t
from this end yet up to the present
time no trace OF the shipment has
been discovered. Another shipment
from the same house, bill OF lading
received here OF shipment April 80,
has not turned up as yet, over ten
days on the road.
Instances of worse delay OF frelghts
are told to the Daily Panhandle daily
by citizens, who are Inconvenience
by the delays and in many instances
entire loss OF freight shipments.
1t does seem that with the busl'
ness the roads leading to Amarillo
have, they should improve their ia
cillties for handling the same so that
freight might be received here, in
a reasonable time after shipment
from the large distributing points
Such delays as are cited, and which
are continually occurring with ship
ments to Amarillo, are great draw
back to business here, and greatly
rctard the business, progress and de-
velopment Of the country.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-18

per ton, The farmer referred to has
harvested four crops off this land
both OF the last two years.
Where is any OF the high priced
Iowa, Illinois or Missouri lands,
which can show any such returns
each season?
An Iowa friend OF the editor, who
owns several sections near Groom,
which he is farming with the assist
ance Of his sons, tells the editor that
his boys raised 35 bushels OF fine
indian corn per acre, on their Groom
land last season, and with only one
blowing, He has been the owner Of
some Of the finest farms In the blue
grass region of Adams county, Iowa,
and he says they could not beat that
on his Iowa farms, with three or
four plowngs,
The same Groom farmer, Mr. Matt
Brltton, is going into hog raising
very extensively and says they have
a good bunch OF old hogs and over
seyenty-fIve young ones for this
year He says II the farmers here
Will so into diversified farming and
stock raising, that there is no Ques-
ton as to what they can accomplish
here on the plains Of Texas, Also
when the ground is properly prepared
with deep blowing It will hold the
moisture.
Mr., Zimmerman also tells the edi-
tor that at his home, mile and a
half south on Polk street, he has a
small patch of ground, sown to al
falfa, red clover and timothy from
which he cut a nice crop last fall,
and on which he has kept his two
horses and a COW during the winter,
with two bales OF hay and but little
other feed He stated that he was
getting four gallons OF milk from
his COW, day. and raising a calf at
the same time. This shows what
proper grasses sown on the plains Of
Texas will produce, Does this look
as though 1t took twenty-five acres
Of land to Craze 2-year old steer"
as the gentleman from Missouri put
It, when writing home from San An.
tonic, regarding the Panhandle coun-
try?
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-18

From the manner In which the
street Railway company are pushing
their work, It does not look as though
II would be long until street cars
would be in operation in Amarillo,
The Panhandle believes they will do
a good business from the start as
soon as they get cars running to the
south end OF the city, at any rate,
Many strangers visit Amarillo. Al
most every stranger who lands in
Amarillo, will take the street cars
to come up town, when he can do so
for Sc. He will also take a ride to
the outskirts OF the city, to SEQ what
the city has, and view her residence
portion, Then residents OF the ex-
treme south end OF the city will no
doubt avail themselves OF the street
cars TO and from their places OF
business. when the rains, and con
scquent mud come, then the cars will
do a splendid business to and from
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-18

That was a queer act Of Joan
Temple Graves, of Georgia, who said
at a banquet Of the Bryan Annlver-
sary club, at Chattanooga, that Bryan
should nominate Roosevelt at the
next Democratic national convention,
for a second term. But then, that
seems to be the way with those i'm
pulsive Georgians. We well remem-
Der, at the Chicago convention, when
Georgia had listened to the orators
of states having candidates to pre-
sent, and after hearing them ALL
voted to support Horace Bo!es, OF
Iowa. After Bryan made his mem
orable speech, as the Georgia dele
cation passed through the seats OF
the Iowa delegation, to their own,
they said to the Iowa boys, You're
not in it. Bryan is the man." and
they gave way to Nebraska, when
Georgia was called on the roll, in or
der for Nebraska to put Bryan In
nomination. There is no real COM
parison between Bryan and Roosevelt
Bryan has stood as the original fight
err for the principles he has so stout
" defended for years, and was the
originator of those ideas in the Dem
ocratic platforms, and if in the presi-
dental chair, has the backbone to re-
fuse to compromise with the inter
ests" as Roosevelt has done. Roose-
Welt has weakly patterned after Bry-
an, and gained notoriety with tae
people, by advocating issues Bryan
has stood for, and which are Demo-
cratic planks in all platforms since
1896, and meme of which ever APP
peared in a Republican national
platform. No, Bryan should be the
nominee OF Democracy in 1908, and
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-18
BETTER THAN WE KNEW.

In an article in this paper the 9th
err day, on what is being raised in
this country, we stated that three
crops OF alfalfa were being harvest
ed off the fields near here.
We have been called to account
for short changing" this locality,
by Mr.. Zimmerman, OF the Texas
Realty & immigration Co, Mr.. zim-
norman states that ne sold farm
to citizen near Amarillo, but a very
few miles, who last season harvested
four crops off of upland, and nearly
five were grown, and five crops were
cut off some of the low land, which
went one ton to the acre, each cut
ting, and which is worth now, s21
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-18

on from Nebraska being a contest
ing ueiegition, with Cleyeland's fol-
lowers the other contestants.
Well do we remember Mr.. Bryan's
famous speech, as a member OF the
resolutions committee, which electrl-
fled that convention, and resulted in
his nomination over all opponents,
and the later unprecedented cam
paign he made for the office which
was stolen from him by the corrupt
use of Doodle contributed by the in
surance companies, trusts and cor
poratlons OF the country.
In that memorable convention was
the first time the editor of the Pan
handle met Governor Hogg. He was
selected by the Texas delegation as
one of the vice chairmen of the CON
velntion, and during the laborious
work of the convention, when other
mems voices had given out, Cover
nor Hogg was called to the chair, and
presided for a time during the dtlib-
erations OF the convention. Several
times he rose in his seat to speak,
on different questions, and his great
voice always commanded attention
when other men could not be heard.
Governor Hogg was a great man,
genial and companionable gentle
man, and as Mr.. Bryan had become
well acquainted with him, 1t was a
fitting act to visit the last earthly
resting place of his departed friend,
while in the city where his remains
we're deposited and strew flowers
on his grave.
The scene Of this great American
citizen, with a heart in him Ike that
Of a child, modestly visiting the grave
of his departed friend, and strew-
ing beautiful flowers on his grave,
must have brought tears to the eyes
of the strong men who accompanied
him. The act was just like Mr.. Bry-
an, who is not only great orator
and statesman, but who is also a
teder hearted, couslderate and genial
friend.
The article in this paper relating
to the visit of Mr.. Bryan to the grave
OF Governor Hogg, is we'll worth read
ing.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-18
In Other Towns.

Banks Bennett, formerly Of the
Altus, Oklahoma, Times, is TO-. be at
the head of the new paper and job
Office for Chli.lcothe.
The Twin cities Commercial club
Is the name of an organization form
cd last Friday night to boom the in
forests Of Farwell-Texico. S. +.
Woodirg was made president of the
club and c. c. Marshall, treasurer,
and a committee of ]. D. Hamlin,
Judge Putnam and w. B, Philpott
Was appointed to select a permanent
secretary.
Claude voted Tuesday to form an
independent school. district under the
special act passed at the present ses-
sion OF the legislature.
Childress is agitating tho question
Of erecting stand pipe and forcing
water from the city reservoir into the
city for fire protection.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-18
Bryan to Eulogizc Lincoln.

Washington, April 13.--Willlam
Jennings Bryan will be the principal
speaker at the memorial services to
be held here tomorrow by the
Union Veteran legion in commemora-
ton Of the forty-second anniycr-
sary of the assassination Of President
Lincoln. The exercises will be held
in the Columbia thteater and will be
attended by hundreds of veterans,
including many men OF prominence
in military and political affairs. Mr..
Bryan's address will be entirely nom
political and will deal with the life
of the martyred president The
Nobraskan has spent many weeks
in its preparation and the speech
WI undoubtedly be one Of the great
est oratorlcal efforts of his career.
Among others who will make adj
dresses are Secretary OF the In
terror Garfield; General Robert Shaw
oliver, acting secretary Of war; c.
H. Treat United States treasurer;
General joan NJ, Wilson, U. s. A.,
Commissioner McFNrlend; United
States District Attorney d. WBaher;
Assistant Secretary Of he Navy
Newberry, and Senator ]. B. Foraker.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-18
THE EXPERIMENT STATION.

Every visitor to this country, from
otner state, and even from other sec
tons OF this state, should be direct
cd to the government experiment sta
ton, southwest OF the city and en-
couraged to visit It, There they will
find experiments with various classes
or grain grasses. fruits, etc, testing
their daptabllity to this soil and eli
mate, finding out what are the best
and most profitable crops to grow
here. Such tests are OF vast import
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-18

II every business man, land owner
and real estate agent fully appre-
ciated the great benefits to this coun-
try that newspaper advertising is,
there Is not firm in Amarillo which
would not carry some class of an
nouncement in the columns of both
the Daily Panhandle and Weekly
Herald. Not a day rolls by that this
paper does not receive from one to
three applications from citizens Of
the eastern and northern states,
either directed to the paper or to the
postmaster, who turns them over to
this paper, for sample copies of the
newspaper, They have heard Of the
Panhandle OF Texas and are interest
ed, and know the best way to secure
information OF cities and country,
and business interests of the coun-
try, are through the columns of the
local newspaper, where there Is one.
When they receive the papers which
are always sent them, they should
look into a perfect mirror of the
business interests of Amarillo and
the Panhandle country, DO they do
1T? No, there Pre- several firms
of considerable magnitude in real es-
tate business and in mercantile pur-
suits in this city, who seldom, IT.
ever place their advertisements an
the columns Of the local press Sure
ly these men do not fully appre-
ciate the benefits to their business
directly, and to the city and country
Indirectly, to be derived by liberal
and judiCious advertising, and use Of
the newspaper columns.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-18
THE NORMAL NOODLE.

Suggested by the poem by the De-
troit Free Press, "The lycoddle,"
which appeared in Thursdays PAN
handle.)
Who is it stays at home at nights,
And never cares to "see the sghts?"
The normal noddle,
Who does the errands for his ma,
Who helps in business with his pa?
I'm sorry rhyming don't 80 far),
The normal noodle,
Who always tries to do his best,
Puts mother hove an earthly test7
The normal noddle,
Who trys to keep his clothing clean,
And always thinks a girl a queen,
Desires to worship, not be seen?
The normal noodle,
And who In later years OF life,
Looks longingly for sweet wife
The normal noddle,
Who always picks a lady fair,
With charms that rate beyond COM
pare,
And love which follows everywhere?
The normal noodle.
Il. A. Human.
Amarillo, April 10.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-18
ERRONEOUS IMPRESSIONS.

Mr.. G. H. Wood, OF Slick, Mo. who
IL a subscriber to the Weekly Herald,
and has been in the Panhandle coun-
try, and has a very high regard for
this country, and contemplates com
ing here later writes to the Pan
handle, enclosing a Letter written. by
Mr.. Henry, Of that part Of Mis-
souri, TO the local newspaper from
San Antonio, Texas The article tells
great deal about that part OF Texas,
and from that distance attempts to
tell about the Panhandle country. It
is very misleading and Mr.. Wood
writes, asking the Panhandle to cor
rect erroneous Impressions the ar
tlcle carries. We reproduce the por-
ton OF tho article referring to the
Panhandle country, which was as
follows:
"Since coming here Mr. Story and
myself have gone over what is known
as Southwest Texas pretty thorough
ly, and we have found the conditions
and the general character of the
country very much the same. We
found the country around Corpus
Christi on the west side of the Gulf
just as dry az It is at Pearsoll, 200
miles to the west In the interior.
"Up until three or four years ago
the land In Southwest Texas and In
what is known as the Panhandle
country was owned in very large
tracts by cattlemen and others who
had acquired It at prices ranging
from "a cents to 10 cents an acre.
This land was all used by the cattle
men who leased what they did not
own at about 2 cents per acre an
nually and put cattle on 1t at the
rate OF one 2-year OLD animal to ev-
cry twenty-five acres of land-the
the cattle business was profitable,
but when the railroads and real es-
tate men came in here and got hold
OF a small per cent of the land and
worked the price up t8R$2 and SO
an acre 1t had tAsoefieqf of raising
the price on thaApHrsueou and
got 1t too high fqr7thes cBbtlemen who
had to have, tTenty-flyes acres to. the
steer. ThenlFssbts wab the entire
country wshsthEoYsy the market
and was bought in Large tracts by
syndicates, who in turn sub-dlvided
and re-sold, always at profit. Thus
the sales have been going on for
three OF four years until now, when
they have the sizes OF the tracts In
many instances reduced to the sec
ton, half section and quarter Sec
tlon--ready for actual settler, the
man who builds the home and devel-
ops the country and right here is
where the last man will find trou-
BILE, as II will take long time 10
bring the actual settler here and in
duce him TO remain.
Taking Southwest Texas. includ-
ing the Panhandle, more than one
half OF the state, there is less than
per cent of the entire country In
cultivation.
Having given my honest opinion
OF this country. as I see 1t. am,
verv truly, "JNo. r, HENRY"
The Panhandle is vast scope OF
territory, on the plains of Texas
True, for years the settlers were kept
out OF the Panhandle by the cattle
MEN who wanted the territory for the
grazing Of their stock and they dis
couraged all would-be settlers. with
all kinds of fairy tales of drouths,
and how poor the land on the plains
was, and the number Of acres 1t took
for the grazing OF one beast. The
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-04-18

BY our telegraph reports of yester-
day, It is learned that concerted ac-
tion emanates from a commercial or
ganization of San Antonio, to adver-
tise the possibilities of American
trade with Mexico, via San Antonio.
An agent of the Texas organization is
in Chicago and other cities farther
east laying plans before the COM
mercal bodies of those cities and at
tempting to interest business men of
those sections in the project That's
the way to bring the possibilities of
Texas before the country. 1t will
pay. Publicity, and knowledge of the
advantages of Texas, in the eastern
cities, will do wonders for the future
of Texas,