Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-10
CLARENDON SEAT
Of BRISK TRADE
City Bank Deposits Aggre.
gate Over Six Hundred
Thousand

also the seat OF busy traffic. includ-
ing the marketing OF milo maize. ka-
fir corn, Indian corn and other feed
crop haryests, cotton, cattle, hogs and
poultry, the city's three banks now
having on current deposit an aggre-
gate OF over six hundred thousand
dollars.
Milo maize and kafir acreage Is
considerably In excess OF that OF last
year, with "a conservatiyely estimated
Clarendon shipment OF two hundred
ears, the two grains yielding an aver
ago Of at least 80 bushels per acre.
Clarendon also markets this sea-
son considerable Indian corn, with
yields running from % to 40 bushels
per acre
Late Clarendon improvements In
clude the rebuilding and re-equip-
ping OF the city's electric light plant.
together with final light extension
TO every business house and the en-
tire resident portion OF the city; the
laying of great deal OF additional
cement sidewalks; and the compile
tion OF the new ten thousand dollar
banking and rental offices building
Of the Farmers state Bank.
Cotton
Last year Donley county shipped
thirty-fiye hundred bales OF cotton
while this season the product will be
somewhat less than the above figures
the larger prices paid this year, how
ever, more than making up for the
lesser production.
Another Donlcy County Town
Estimated shipments from Leila
Lake this year include 1900 bales
OF cotton; three hundred cars OF mi
10 maize and kafir corn; one humid
red and fifty cars OF melons; and
one hundred cars of alfalfa the lat
ter all being cropped on naturally
sub-irrigated land.
Donley County
The following description OF Don
Icy County is from a booklet lately
published by A. w. Corner, dealer
IN real estate, Clarendon, Texas
The county's surface is composed
OF two distinct contrasts. an almost
level prairie with slight depressions
which affords sanitary drainage and
another section which Is from rough
10 rolling. having many springs and
creeks OF neycr-failing water.
Along the streams there is a lin
tied growth OF native timber consist
ing OF the hardy cottonwood. also
blackberry. willow and wild china,
but In addition to these there are
many beautiful groves OF the locust
varieties growing all over the county
which have been set out by the pro-
grossiyc farmer. This county Is sit
uated at the foot OF and partly on
the Plains. thus giving a variety OF
surface and soils seldom found in
part OF the state. Donley county is
the third county In the Panhandle
crossed by the Fort Worth and Den
yer Railroad. located In latitude @5,
longitude 101. altitude 2700 feet.
Soils
The soils are classed in four dir
ierent varieties-dark stiff land,
chocolate loan. sandy and sandy
loan, the subsoil being clay. A clay
foundation is said TO the best there is
and will hold the moisture longer
than any other subsol II Is gener-
ally conceded that the land in this
country has greater moisture retain
ing properties than any other part Of
the state
This is very noticeable IN passing
through the country IN the latter
part OF the summer and seeing the
grass and crops looking fine, while
above and below US. as a rule, you
can note a change.
This Is because We are located AZ
the foot OF the plains. IL being
claimed that the rainfall Is greater az
the foot OF the Plains than II is be-
low or further upon the Plains The
soil is mellow, alluvial and very pro-
ductive being from one 10 ten feet
deep
seasons
The United States weather bureau
has been keeping a record OF this
county and the average precipitation
30 about % inches.
some OF the farmers OF 90 years
experience say they have not had a
failure IN crops in that time. Hun
dreds Of carloads OF hay and grain
are shipped annually from every
shipping point In the county.
Water
We have plenty OF water and the
best TO be found IN the country
There Is an ineyhaustible supply OF
sheet water under this entire coun-
try and It may be procured at depth
OF 10 TO 100 feet.
There IL no gyp in this immedlat"
vicinity as We are above the gyp belt.
Locate your building place and you
can depend uuon finding plenty OF
pure water. There are here large
tracts OF territory with springs and
running water on every section OF
land. In fact Donley county Is claim