The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-05
PANHANDLE DAY AT STATE
FAIR IS RECORD ONE
Thousands Of Shouters From the Plains Inter.
est Thousands From Elsewhere


e tho Panhandle and the great Plain
: been 40 advertised by any one fea
ture as II has by the fair. Thu
sweeping prize over the entire stat,
and the great army OF Pahhandl,
people at the fair Panhandle Dal
means that not hundreds but thou
sands OF people OF Texas aud Other
; states have learned OF the great fer
tility and rich opportunities asrl
eulturally and lndustrlally In thl,
great region. The Dallas and ForI
Worth papers gave liberal space Il
the event Saturday, The Dallas cor.
respondent OF the Fort Worth Re.
cord sent his paper the following.
II was Panhandle Day, and the
breezlness the hustle, the aggressive.
ness and the exuberance OF the PAN
handle permeated everything and
everybody, to the end that Panhan-
die Day at the fair was one OF the
best.
There were 1900 people from
Amarillo and Dalhart alone, Fiji
teen hundred more with their breth-
rem OF those two towns. from oIbRr
places In the garden spot OF Texas,
as they term II. Representatives
from Amarillo, Memphis, Claiming,
Plainvlew, Clarendon Goodnight,
Claude-every station, almost on the
Denver road between Fort Worth
and TeIline and then some from
Armstrong, Lubbock, Hale, Swish
er. Donley Brlscoe and other
counties.
Al IL O'Clock the big band started
playing in front OF the Panhandle
exhibit tent, and the hosts conf
menced to gather. Mayor Mars was
on hand. He welcomed those who
were not OF the Panhandle, and told
those who we're what the program
for the afternoon and evening was
to be.
He informed them that all after
noon long they might go about as
they pleased; see the sights, take in
the fair, have good time, and above
all wear their badges SO that folks
might see where they we're from.
and whenever the occasion required.
tell what great place the Panhandle
of Texas was.
He told them all TO be on hand
at the Panhandle exhibit tent at c
o'clock this afternoon. when lunch.
con would be served to all Pan
handlers between and 1880 O'Clock,
Amarillo is the city that does
things" he told those who heard
him, and the Panhandle Is the
best place on earth"
Those OF the Panhandle contin-
gent who didn't wear caps OF badges
were tagged with big yellow card
board frying pans, with long
handle. on which there was printed
In big letters, Panhandle Day, state
Fair of Texas, Oct. 81, 1908" And
they were the badges proudly.
In the Panhandle exhibit tent, va
rious souvenirs were distributed to
The crowds OF people which we're at :
iracted, including postcards con
aiming twelve different views OF the
Panhandle smile, supposed to be
woan--and actually worn, so the
'oosNcrs say, by the different people
who liwe in western Texas, On the
ard there is depicted the farmers
mile the ball players smile, the
aborers smile; that of the picka-
iinny cotton picker, the immigrant.
he merchant, the schoolboy and
'irl' the bankers and the baby-all
kept the doctor, and because OF the
lealthrulness Of the climate, his
ines are cast in hard places.
There were 700 residents OF ANA
lilo In the Panhandle crowd. That !
the statement OF Mayor Mars s
Mayor w. d. Wagner OF Dalhart, I
sked how many folks from his /
own there were, said: I'VE left the
Ire department at home" I
Judge J. N. Browning was here
rom Amarillo. Judge Browning is ,
n ex-lieutenant governor of the (
tate, and is big breezy, fine old S
,llow-not old either, for that mat C
typical OF the western 4
1untry.
Then there. were H.. p. Canode. t
ebert Sowders. T.. NJ Holbrook. ]. I
red Baker, j. r. Bowman. state q
preventative from the One Hun
red and Second district, and a whole Il
t Of others. @
The others include Sam ]. Slade, n
he biggest man In the Panhandle. tl
nd Frank Harrington, the Oldest e
'nductor on the Fort Worth & Den b
ar Wh0 nullad A. a..-, .-. NJ