The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
AS HE SEES THE PLAINS
Resident After Sometime in Panhandle Gives
His Views and Some Facts

these oats knocked the shine off"
OF anything exhibited,
How about alfalfa? o, you hear
The critic say there is nothing 10
IT," II man had been working for
the great Santa Re system as l have
for the last several months and
watched tralnload after trainoad Of
alfalfa rolling into Amarillo from the
Pecos valley and lower Panhandle to
be distributed throughout the south,
east and west, ne would have said
surely this country was destined to
be the greatest place on earth. Did
you ever see the beautiful fields OF
alfalfa as they stretch OUT over the
country for miles as the sun darts
and plays upon the foliage with its
rays OF green reflecting upon the
heaven above. As We gaze upon this
beautiful scene below we say, surely
this is the garden Of our God with
His beautiful carpet OF love for the
footsteps Of man.
Again, few years ago there was
no broom corn raised in the Panhan-
die. We have watched with pride
the coming OF this great crop, and
we find by close investigation that
this years crop has been bumper,
as more than one hundred cars have
passed through the gates OF the city
beautiful called Amarillo. This crop
has been shipped all over the lower
part OF the state, Fort Worth, Dallas
Waco Galveston, Houston and many
other Texas cities, besides being ship
ped TO New Orleans, New York, New
Jersey with many other points in
Guiding foreign ports, What does
this really mean? 1t means that the
broomcorn grown in the Panhandle
Is far superior to broomcorn raised
~ VAhNi ple''oi duu Nhio VIZ oNGbuhN
OF the wonderful climate in the great
Panhandle, which is SO we'll suited
TO cultivation and cure. Yes, II will
only be few years more and we
will be able to sweep the earth. 4"
We note again great fields OF kaffh
corn and milo maize, the tall and
stately stalks noddng their heads 10
the western winds.
We stand back with astonishment
when we think OF more than zoe cars
Of apples coming from the Pecos Val
ley and South Plains country in Just
few weeks, Apples that would
make your mouth water" 10 look
upon, In a few more years it Will
DO the apple country OF the great
southwest.
talked 10 Plainview man OF the
Pecos Valley apples and he told
me that Plainyiew could produce bet
ter apples than the Pecos valley. /
told him he would have to show me,
as had passed through Missouri.
He then went down in his grip and
brought forth some luclous specl-
mems. Some OF these apples shown
forth at the Dallas fair and the peo-
pie who viewed them did so with
open mouth and hungering desire,
and the half has never been told.
might tell more about the great
possibilities of this country, but time
is short just now and everything is
on the hum. Yet there is well
come voice here for the homeseeker,
In olden times all roads led to Rome,
but time has changed and now all
lead to the great Panhandle OF Tex
as, No knockers are wanted II
YOU, Mr.. Reader are one, the best
place for YOU is at home among those
that love. you, for the people here
have not the time to listen to
"whines."
s. A. JEWELL,
Transportation Department Santa Fe
System.
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