Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-23
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Plainview, Tex. Jan. 22.-J. L.
Walker sold to JAS r. Gibson OF
Coleman. Saturday. s. 600 worth of
land in Bailey county. Ten days ago
Mr.. Walker also turned s5S6,OOO
worth OF land in the same section
10 Central Texas parties. The land
Is the J J. Perkins tract and has
been leased by the Nannatta Head
quarters ranch The deals were in
the main made with parties who will
become actual settlers and the cut
ting mp and improving Of these vir-
gin lands is TO begin at once. The
C. +. Green Machinery Company OF
Plainview begins today on the first
of couple OF contracts for the put
ting in OF irrigation plants in Bailey
county. IL is thought that the OK
tensive vein of water which under
lies the Plainview country is also
present in Bailey county nut at
slightly greater depth From pres
ent indications the thinly populated
counties to the west of plainview will
witness a great development during
1872. Several OF these counties con
tain only a few hundred people and
a.,
Judge Joe +. Lancaster OF Plain
view candidate for congressman at
large, left today to resume his cam
paiGn OF the state and will not likely
be in this section again for several
months Regarding the political out
look since the announcement Of a
second Panhandle candidate, Judge
Browning Of Amarillo, Judge Ian
easter said or course regret that
Judge Browning entered the race AZ
ter | had been actively campaigning
the state for over two months.
believe my friends and the voters
over the state generally will regard
me as the original Panhandle candi-
date. and will not seriously consider
judge lrowning's candidacy. but will
apply to him the principle Of the
recall
Judge Lancaster further stated
that he expected TO vigorously push
his campaign until the July primary
and that nothing short OF "men!nci-
It's Gr total paralysis" world take him
ont of the race, ard that he hoped
by nersiseut effort on his part and
the assistance of his friends over the
state to gain the nomination.
Plainview, Jan. 22.-Chas Reeves
shipped seven cars OF fat steers to
Kansas City Saturday They were
threes and coming iours and are cx-
pected TO command a good figure as
they have been carefully fed here a,
Plainvlew for the past few weeks
Raw steers coming from the range are
in good condition for the grass y
good and the winter IN the south
plains has not been seriously cold
w. VI. BrySon. whose 225 acre farm
is near Fiunev switch. six miles north
west OF Plainylew. Melted $1,000 this
year on ms place. this being so per
cent proiii ON the money invested IN
the farm. His crop consisted OF oats
kaiiir. maze and sorghum. No irriga-
ton was used
Ira Hall, OF the local firm. Cling
man Hall Machinery Company. hs
gone To Winters. RunnelS county. 10
make estimates on equipping "
works system for the town. He also
Will 60 10 Ballingcr while on the trim.
10 close up a deal with a party for
a 1000 gallon per minute pumping
plant 20 deliver water from the Colo.
RADIO river 10 farm q lew mile, he
low Rall'uger Geo Green Of the 10
cal firm g. T. Green Machinery Go
will go 20 Bailey crHntv mex, vol
IT, heg'n construction work on a cou-
pie OF irrigation plants planview
contractors are closing deals for ma
ny plant, % be put down IN the ,hinl,
populated counties 10 the west az
'lainvicw and irrigation bv pumpinp
from wells = the chief tonic OF con
NcrSation throughout the entire plains
country
he second January excursion from
me North has set local real estate
men busy showing what plainyicw
and Hale county have 10 offer in the
wav Of Investment opportunities. The
Soa,h pcoplc ,hi, immigration firm
beng represented locally by r. A
McNhorter, have over thirty pros
pcetors down this trip. The prospee.
tors are remarking on the mildnesS
lot the midwintcr here a. contrasted
with weather 20 or 40 below zero
such a, some Of them left a short ,irs
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