The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-10-01
PAffRATH IS PLEASED.
Prominent Citizen Of Fort Worth, and Texas ex-
presses Satisfaction at Normal Location.

+. A. Paffrath, familiarly
known all over the state as Pat
Paffrath, Of Fort Worth, was one
man in the state at least who
took a great deal of interest in
the location of the West Texas
! Normal College which was award
ed to Canyon City, He was an
earnest advocate of Amarillo as
as his first choice and after Am
arillo was DESTROYS that the school
be located at Canyon City.
In a recent edition of the Texas
Stockman-Journal, published at
Fort Worth, the following arti-
Gle appeared over his signature:
Il want to express to you my
heartfelt thanks and high appre-
citation in behalf of the people of
the Panhandle, in behalf of the
Plains country, and in behalf of
myself, for your kindness in US
ing your influence and assisting
us to get the West Texas Normal
School located in the Plains coun-
try. You know my first choice
was Amarillo, my second choice
Canyon City, and my third choice
was anywhere in the Plains coun-
try on account of the healthful-
ness Of that climate.
| think Amarillo would have
been the best place because it is
growing so fast and would have
given greater opportunities than
any other place that was aspir-
ing for it to those young people
who have to work their way
through the normal school, while
apart from that Canyon City has
every other advantage that Am
arilIo has, and | believe Amarillo
citizens will, in the very near
future, build an interurban line
Of railway to Canyon City.
Time will prove that this will
be the most popular school in
Texas and that the committee
made no mistake in so locating it |
as to give equal educational ia
cilities for the people of that
high altitude that the state owes
to them, and giving the people of
a lower altitude opportunity to
attend school in a higher altitude.
1t will be a great place for all of
our teachers to go during the
summer time and hold a summer
normal instead Of going to other
states.
Well, you know | have been
writing a great deal on the i'm
portance of giving our people
practical education in scientific
diversified farming, dairying and
| livestock breeding and develop |
ing. | believe that the true great
ness of our state depends on this
and this education can best be |
done by demonstration, fairs and
fat stock shows, and since it is
now the law of Texas, and a wise
law, that these things should be
taught in our schools, | think |
that an experiment station and a
feeding station and dairylng
demonstration farm combined
should be established at each one
of our normal schools, including
the one that is about to be estab-
! lished at Canyon City, Texas,
and those already in operation in
! Texas. This is the only way can
see that our teachers can be given
a practical education, by having
these demonstrations carried on
at each one of these normal
schools.
| will appreciate it very highly,
| assure you, if you will give this
matter due consideration, and if
you agree with me use your in
huence with that end in view. |
say this with the best interest Of
our people uppermostin my mind
from nv viewpoint. "