The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-05


PEELED TO sleep on the floor OF the
sleeper last might he was a. fresh as
a daisy this morning and was here,
there and everywhere with round
OF talk calculated to boat the Pan
handle sky.high, and was much In
demand
Conductor Harrington II man
with a reputation, and is still In the
ring. Some dozen years ago he sue
eessfully stood off the famous Black
JACK when that OUTLAW endeayored
TO hold up the train Colonel Har-
rlngton had charge OF. Not only did
be hold him off. but he tool, a fancy
shot al the bandit, winged him, re-
trleyed his quarry and turned him
over 10 the authorities at the end
OF his run. The attempted holdup
and capture occurred near the Colo
RADIO and New Mexico line.
From Dalhart the crowd was head
ed By Mayor w. D. Wagner, himself
a hustler and a believer In the way
they have done and are doing things
IN Dallas With him there was K,
r. Wood, Harry w Nawsin, w. s.
Tyson, Or. VotaW, S. W. Kendrick, |
Joseph Bailey--no relation to the
senator--W II. Tebbs, win Culber-
son, w. A. Neale, w. +. Smith, r. II.
Day, DR.. Hendrlck, j, A. Stalcup and
a host Of others, many OF whom
were accompanied by their wives and
daughters, Al
Before assembling In the exhibit
tent many OF the western visitors
heard the band concert and saw the
excellent vaudeville In music hall,
and visited the various other West
Texas exhibit In agricultural hall.
Hundreds of them went DOM TO the
race track early and sized 1p1rhe Sit
lation applied to this afternoons
races--beeause those folk from the
West know horses as well as the
next one.
They took absolute possession, as
{ was intended they should, and
made themselves just as much at
ZONE as II the regularly mapped out
program had been carried out in full.
4 4 4
Fort Worth Star: For heavy tray
i from he Panhandle counties
through Fort Worth, Saturday morn
ng's crowds surpassed all previous !
ecords. This great influx of West I
'exans In the early hours of the
morning will probably result in the I
OF .all past traffic records.
The streets of Fort Worth in the !
icinity OF the Texas G. Pacific sta !
ION were paraded by the Panhandle 4
boosters. 1
There were the men and the wo- !
men from Plainview, Hale county, >
With tiny stalks 81 cotton aud corn 4
'aving from the tops Of their hats. 4
)oniey county had a splendid dele !
alton, wearing big, white caps with
he name Of their county across the b
ID, They carried canes to empha.
2e their Importance. v
II am from Childress county--the 8
md Of sunshine and plenty" an S
ounced the badge upon the hats OF s
he men from Chlldress. a
DalhaWs representaaaves-2O 81
eople strong--looked more like A b
lneh Of Uncle Sans soldier boys e
Khaki than a crowd Of excursion CT
u.s. They wore bark colored uni eI
nm with caps TO match. "
Amarillo was represented with a Il
anerous sprinkling OF boosting fell &C
ws In white uniforms and white
ps. f
Inc majority OF the crowd came 5
ON points above Childress. OF
The Panhandle boosters proper OF
ached Fort Worth at 5:45 O'Clock ia
lturday morning on special train. OF
ley waited here for thirty minutes, hi
oader to secure breakfast. There
ere $50 passengers aboard this IN
ain. al
me second trSIn brought in 553 tn
ssengers; the third, 4OS and the ia
urth about 400. The other three ar
opped here and the Rock Island tn
rrled 1900 of the passengers on nc
to Dallas.
me excursion tickets upon which st,
boosters travelled will expire ev
Iesday morning, or In other words. WI
holders must be on xtheir way TO
OK home Monday night. Special or,
Inns VIA not be used TO take the wa
curslonists home, All of them OF
ist come to Fort Worth to catch OF
s'r trains. and the local people an
pect to have a city, full Of PAN ids
ndle boosters Sunday night and FIR