Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-30
PROSPERITY At
! CLAUDE MARKED
Bumper Crops Give Impetus
to Building in
City

lily
y, Daily Ee-s stAn Correspondent
claude, Texas, Nov ~ As IA,
sea Of prosperous and Progressive
Armstrong county Claude has a ful
quota OF thanks 10 render In this gen.
era annual Thanksgiving season
Among which can be listed the ap.
brpaching competition Of the county 4
hpbdsome new courthouse. heayy
zen and stock shipments. aud In
fs\ased activity on the part Of the
cltude Commercial club
The New Courthouse
For at once Htateliness and beau.
" OF architecture aud solid and sub
siantial construction Armstrong
countys new courthouse Is al least
e4psl 20 any of the many similar
modern structure which the last two
or three years have seen erected a.
Panhandle and Plains county seats.
The building will cost $4,000 viii
b. ready for occupancy In February
next. while ~ excellence of con-
Hsuction has brought 20 Contractors
Wright 4 CO.. many warm common
dations from Claude citizens
station Shipments
Up 10 date Claude station has ship
ped two hundred cars of oats. thirty
ears o. milo maize twenty cars
Of. wheat and several cars Of hay.
estimatcs ia above products. saying
that all told this season the station
vii ship over 300 cars OF oats 800
cars Of milo maize and kafr corn.
arsi - cOurs OF has
Hog Md Cattle
About 100 car. of cattle Nill be-
shipped and about 90 cars OF hogs
I'M the market pork producing direc-
ton. T. nan. tho largest lndiyidu-
al shipper. says that he viii average
a car week from May ! 90 Jan I
with an average money return %
$500 per acre. or total sale price
Of S4s.0O0 ~! % tho Claude mar
kCted hogs are prime farm. iatteued
porkcrs with Fort Worth Weighing
out weights Of from 200 10 200.
pound per head
Tho total market value ol Claude.
shipped hogs thIs season sill exceed
$4,000
Milo Maize Instance
An instance of this years milo
maize production Ia formed iu thcI
thrcshiug out By tho Edmonson Land
q Grain CO.. OF 5000 bushels. an of
which hy the way. viii be consume
ed in home stock feeding and iattcn-
ing
The Commercial Club
The Claude Commercial club has
scheduled for the first week OF next
month. series of meetings. notable
alike for their foreshadowed enthu-
siasm and important object Al these
meetings about everything that |
Claude so uaiurall, calls for ,u the
direction of public utilities aud ciyicl
improvements Rill be- brought upon |
the club carpet, with the unidentified
result that next year. will bee al
notable one Ia Claude Development |
and progress
Poultry Marketing
4 recent addition 10 CLAUDIO ac- |
tive business circles is that cot the
= % Weaver poultry house which /
Is sending turkeys and chickens toI
the Denver market
Armstrong County
Following Is an excerpt from 4
folder Issued 10y the Claude CONNER |
cial Club.
Tho products OF Armstrong coun
~ are principally wheat. oats. bar
ley. rye. kafir maize sorghum. cotton
and alfalfa As grain country
Armstrong county is unsurpassed /
Both soil and climate are especially |
adapted 90 the growth OF cereals /
This section " the state is destined /
20 tako first rank as Grain pro- /
duoiur country
Maize
Maize ID tho principal food crop .
prululu. og tE. average about 400.
bufbe p,. acre aaI Is considered q .