Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-10-20
The BOrderland LOOP

dVrllers on the great plains alike
feel thar continuous tugging on their
hear'-striu-s the Irresistible urge
10 VISIT san Francisco. Los Angeles.
San Diego. and other Western Nee
car The slogan. See California
First s usually followed out Uy
second. third. fourth. etc. Journeys
% fnls mighty playground FOR grown
ups and this practice with Amcri-
cans nas Grown from a habit 20 an
ever recurring and always increasing
appetite
stop OF al any town in any sec
ton aud ask the natives 20 what
point they would Ike 10 make a trip.
Sine ont Of ten OF them Will say.
San Francisco" Perhaps this u
because &C Is considered the style
nowadays. and citizens OF the United
States are strong for style. but what
OccasiOned this Everybody Dom IT,
idea2 You will say that 81 Is be-
cause OF the fact that California ls
the best advertised state In the TN
ion. And this Is true IN a way. Not
only has she been given systematic
publicity, but she has received prom
inence proyidentially. There's the
picture In the geography OF Balboa
standing bare-legged In the waves Of
tho Pacific Then the gold discovery
added a glamor OF romance. And
even the San Francisco earthquake
offered a certain notoriety And the
rapid Industrial evolution OF this tail
state has been tho talk OF the world
To cap the sheaf comes the landing
~ the Panama-Paciflc Exposition lu
lall-a convincing proof that Am
erica wants 10 see Frisco and worst
OF all Sure. the reason Why we
want 20 see California the first time
II because We have fallen victims 90
SIS publicity. but we return again and
again because We like the show and
love the actors and tho picturesque
natural stage-setiing
Everyone admits then 20 q banker.
ing for California. and everyone AZ
ress 20 meet their nelghbors In San
Francisco In 1915. II not sooner. The
next question IL How viii We get
TO the cage OF the wild Parific?"
Emotional literature % numerous
trunt-llnes buttonholes one and prof
fers excursion tickets % miraculous
lengths II ia possible that by 1915
aircraft viii be pronounced safer on
account Of Ingenious inventions, and
that many " us Will steer westward
through the whey blue Here in
tho plains Of Texas Is ono man vito
a team OF DOES which he saws he will
drive through. and another with z,
sturdy burro and q snug cart which
be claims win transport him 10 the
Exposition CITY 81 night. on
any street corner. ono Hill hear boy
plarnine Pr ne journey ~ tho pa
cifIc cong and some az them dar,
each oihcr to tramp g lhrourh
cro-s .oW'ry several pionoo'
freiyhtors ~ the Panhandle. who's.
regime vas paused hv the coming %
Tho railroads fow wears AGO am
noruce that 'hcy oro goin- 10 shin
acroeg I'm ihoi- fashioned "prair'
schooncrs" alone fhs early trails
acrose 1os,r' nu1 wo.0'7in that IN
d'7r orr-r'.os often stained 1ull
hi.,k r''a human Flood
nrf e-"'0mohile viii prove 20
Do 'He CONVEYANCE o. mighty crH-
s1'e ro- the auto offers The pie
'hrra Of pleasure with me minimum
90 Objectionable features The pal.
ace car runs Coz a groove OF limita
scenery and Che stages OF the rail-
road journol are as fixed as fate BE
sides. there arc porters 70 be tin
ped and the dangers of wrecks 70
be encountered And with airshlps.
eliminating the element OF danger
one passes so far above the heautiful
landscape, that half of the enjoy
men' Of tho trip Is denied, Those
who plan 70 travel behind hurro. dos
or mule power will find their journev
tedious and 'asteless except for al
Kali dust Automobiles. alone. offer
Ideal transportation for transcontl-
mental Seeing America First trims
when n was announced that IN
1911 1000 600 worth Of motor
cars were manufactured in the
United States even a blind man
could 500 that motoring has passed
fs infancy On This country Cars
are being huii' now that are practic-
able and people are getting more and
more 20 take their summer vacations
hv making trips IN autos Possess
inr the cars they wish 20 utilize them
IN saving transportation and because
iher IKE me lifo Of ont % doors Not
a dav passes but numbers % cars
from FAR distant states roll through
Plainview The automobile IL doing
more 20 acquaint tho American with
his country than dozens OF decades
or railroad riding Many % the tour
lists are prominent capitalists with
hulEing wallets Seldom do they
traverse the West withou, investing
IN land In some particularly promis-
Ing locality Since capital Is the
one thing that the sparsely settle
sections need. Il will be seen tina,
tho ffaco~-fr at. - -. -, -