Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-09

ers who find the whole plains a vast
boulevard. often Uithou, sencs .or
/ fifty miles on "a stretch and when
'thsy DO come 20 a fence they simply
|pull a post and run the car over the
two strands ~ har5cd wire.
Whenever YOU find @ worn auto
road they have a better vly than
fhisthIs They cau the old bridges
THAR thcy have built cattle guards. DO
The auto drivers cut a gap IN the
fence dig pit four feet deep. lay
9rooved soant,irrs across the pit and
shoot across on those.
Taking the Chute.
Tho cattle are unable 10 walk the
s.lntIInl. and viii not climb down
into the pin and out again on the
other side Some of the more dare.
devil rhauffcurs viii dash acros,
these chufcs az twenty or thirty miles
an hour
The rapidly changing nature OF
things has brought @ new life into
the country Up 10 couple OF wears
aeo fbe mail was brought int, Dick.
ems. 10 a rough country below the
cap rock of the plains. 1y stage from
BENJAMIN 1Ot miles distant Autos
were OF little use "a. that time about
Dickens
fl'" or s'T wears aco a lawyer
went from Dickens 10 FlainyicW. on
The plains. TO attend court. liza was
Walking down the street when an
auto dashed h'.
I'o Rh.sf''l DIS establishment and
exclaimed aloud
IH'' WIs' "" con- auto
STRANGER WHO beard fhn Dee'am-
'u" HrI realized here was a man
who ..i newer before spou one ~
'. "H..". asked h.m
.h.r. .n 'Ho Dickens arc ruu
from
'''..7. ''IN''s s'I il'
ST." There De- = railroad 'o spur
almost 1' fho door of Dickens. ANA
mother railroad is being built which
"." II' thn village on q trunk Inc
I.WN Ndf" changed below as well
as above the cap rock
Cap Rock" Tc,a> Noudc,
This cap rock" Is one of tho won.
dcrs of Western Tevos r,,dorp,,,b
the entire Staked Plains it lies.
buried to depth VARYING from TWEEN
~ 10 nifty feet The earth is ricn.
alluvial soil This level sheet of rock
TITS slightly 90 the southeast II
averages only foot or two Of fall g
tho mile. llcr-l- 'he roin tA.' ,oolss
IN through the little crevices In the
soil. This accounts for the utter alb
sence OF streams and the fact that
very little rainfall is needed through
out the plains.
The cap rock comes 10 the sur.
face at the edge Of the plains d
The plains end so abruptly that thu
bluff has the steepnoss n nalisade,
From the top Of the bluff to TN
rough country below is often frol
one hundred to several hundred FED
Il is below the cap rock that c. '
Post she millionaire manufacturerot
breakfast foods, is building his md
FL city
What Millionaire Post l. Doip.
When Young man MIR Post cane
10 Texas In search of health. Fr a
time he herded cattle ON the rares.
Dne day In company with a nurher
'f COWBOYS he rode into beautiful
valley He thought It was the ret
TEST sight he had ever see. all
The world. Below vas tho Juhle
Mountain fork OF the Rralos. boye
was the rising bluff that mark the
edge of the plains The rive and
the bluff made a broad swepius
curve. Between them was a road
"'-u s"'''. JUST the pia'" icbAlld ,
Wv
IT ] ever get rich I'm com back.
buy this place and build ci.,herc. "
said Post.
The cowboys lauchcd az u va-a-
ries and chidcd him as the rolled
y. ~ 'S" ''-'''Il's. Iosi we. last.
J. men "' -o' H's great idea Battle
l'eN' N"''. ne h'd gone ' search .
~ u''''" Vow q ROBUST 'N si,Il d
'u quo ,''N i'''I's' h' m ooHsh' ,
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