Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-03-05
HOTELS OVERLOOKING
TOWN N GALA ATIIIE. WIru
MANY COLORED LIGHTS.
FLAGS AND BUNTING
IN PROPULSION.
MANY YELLOW BADGES
Amarillo Delegation There In Force
and Ar. Already Pushing Wig
orous Fight For Next Meet
Agains Oklahoma City
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FL Paso, Tex. March 4.-Fl Paso
has become a COW city and is flooded
with cattlegrowers. who arrived here
today on every train.
More than 5000 visitors are here
already, and several hundred more
are expected tomorrow. The Shell
don Hotel lobby which is headquart-
ers for visiting stockmen, was crowd
ed with cattlemen throuehou. YES
terday and today.
The city Is pIofusely decorated
with colored lights. flags and hunt
Ing. The city hall is a mass Of color.
and bunting and pennants are strung
from wires or Main stree. Signs OF
welcome are hung at conspicuous To-
cations, and all hotels are elahorately
decorated for the event.
The headquarters Of the Panhandle
Cattlemen's Association arc In charge
Of n. y Harrell. son OF Secretary
William Harrell OF the Association.
The vohnger Harfcii will rrohahly ue
on the iob until the close OF the con-
venton. as his father Is kept busy
shaking hands and attending execu-
tive meetings.
The Hotel sheldon lol by. aside
from being the general headpuartcrs.
Is also the quarters OF the Amarillo
delegation. which is already making
a strong fisht for the convention in
1873
Every ono of the delerates from
the Panhandle metropolis. and there
are more than two hundred OF them.
Is boosting every minute OF the day
20 secure the convention
Nn The Amarillo del, yates wear
yellow badges and are GETTING plenty
of exercise while shaking hands The
BADGES bear tho ,losau AMARILLO
'91s.' and from today's events. ANA
r.'o hes moro than fai, chance 20
secure the convention for move vcar.
oklahoma Civ win make strong
rieht Cor tre Meeting 4 large num-
Nor of 1a'eea..- have arrived from
.hu .t.. 7ul .'.r work 1f costing
has already commenced
The Nid'ar1 aclo-a.on arrived on
Two special cors ana numbers thirty
five mon Ncv Mexico has s,ut large
DELEGATIONS from Silver CITY Nama-
lo and Roswell \ dsle,atlon ~
tween y-S.N VII arrive from Kansas
City tomorrow morning, and q num-
her OF stoDkueu from Chicaeo came
IN late today
The ~ Tis' Chamber of Commerce
has been Kept busy today ana up to
late hour tonight Nor, tnan two
hundred visitors registered and have
r.er shown t' quarters. n1lscs and
t1es have becn distributed and ex-
.e.u'tve MEETINGS have been held by
the del,ca'ioIs
II Ta,o is .rovdei with cvery ho-
t,l filled 90 fts capacity Tho hall
v3vs &C. office buildings ave being
used as slecpIns quarters. and all
available rnors ~ the residence sec
titu have been leased by tho Cham
her " Commerce and being rapidly
filled
Tomorrow morning when the real
convention orens 10 VII be ths larg-
est IN the history Of the association.
A. an executive meeting OF the
Amarillo delegation held this MORN
Ing. the question OF the adyisahllity
Of the absorption OF the Panhandle
Stockmens Association by the Cat
ucralscrs Association OF Texas was
discussed Members Of the executive
committee. az conclusion of re meet
ing, we're non-comnittal as to the de-
cision which had been reached but
IL is believed that the lrlcgation will
vote Tor the union OF the two associa-
items
roday'> Program.
Meet at ri Paso thea,er at Q a. m.
Meeting called to order by tho
President