The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-16


note of the closing session OF the
Panhandle Farmers congress, and
other meetings this afternoon and O
larger attendance OF Amarillo PEG.
pie including many ladies is present
at the Deandi theater whore the pro-
cecdngs are being held In add
ton to Panhandle speakers, Mayor
Haney, Dr. Num-, and others, down
IN the state are adding their part to
testimony meeting" that will not
only help the Palo Duro park pro-
ject but will give the Farmers con
gress more effective force, and will
enable Panhandle real estate men
and commercial organizations to
grasp their opportunities and turn
them into results.
Invited TO Fort Worth.
Many years ago, so the general
public says, Fort Worth got the habit
of inviting everything and everybody
to come to Fort Worth, to meet there
and to stay there. So this afternoon
Captain b. b. Paddock, the official
Glad-hand man of Fort Worth and
Fort Worth's Board OF Trade, car
ried out the regular program by in
vitng the Panhandle commercial
clubs and real estate men 10 meet
in Fort Worth in conjunction with
the West Texas and Central West
Texas clubs some time next spring,
preferably during the cattlemen's
convention. This proposition was
uggosted ny Editor Grant. of the
Telegram, and the possibilities of
such a meeting were so readily APP
parent that It has been actively taken
up and this afternoon Captain Pad
dock aroused an interest among the
representatives here that will prob
ably result in Panhandle clubs taking
an active part in the spring confer
ence.
Mayor Hancy Talks Park.
Let me warn you, ladies and gen.
tlemcn," said Mayor Jasper ~ Haney
Of Canyon, in taking up the program
If the Palo Duro Park commission,
that | am not here to afflict you
with an attempt at a speech | am
going to explain It can the objects
and purposes Of this Palo Duro Park
commission, and to relate what has
been done and can and should be
done. feel like old Judge Mccall,
IF Weatherford, would say he felt
when he was interested in a subject
He carried cane about the size of
a table leg with a wagon thimble
'or a ferule and when he got inter-
.sted he'd pound down with that cane
and say, I'm spilin' for speech,
Well I'm spilin' for a speech but |
can't afford to make that now but
I want to give you few points. l
haven't begun to tell the story in
these and you'll read more between
Che lines than tell you about what
/ want You to do
The object, of course you know
the general object, but | doubt il any
of you realize the full import of this
Its too big a thing. We
want to make of this wonder place
Just below you here a place for ev-
eryone to enjoy, to make it for all
the people all the time, and to keep
It from being devastated. We may
make It a game reserve, a fish re-
serve or hatchery If they term 1t
that. a place to preserve the last of
he herds that have almost vanished |
from the plains and which are be-
coming extinct, the buffalo, for the
red tail deer, or whatever kind Of
deer in habits that canyon, for the
red fox, and all the will dthings that |
once owned this country. People |
don't really know what a big thing
that canyon is.
For Educational Purposes.
eve want it for educational pur-
poses, so that its rock walls will af-
ord opportunity for geologic study.
n that canyon We have mystery of
nature, because nowhere else on the
plains can You dig down and find
'ock like that which walls up the
,anyon.
eve want It for scientific pur-
,oses, for study and for forest cul-
ure
we want It for fisheries and for
zane.
1--WE want It most Of all for great
playground for the better
nent Of humanity for all time to
ONE. We want It for men, for CT
ization. We want It for all these
asons and 10 the many more that