Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31
TAHOKANs ALERT
AND PROGRESSIVE
Capital City of Lynn County
Making Steady For
ward Steps


TAHOKA. Tex. Jan 20 Tah0ka
the seat Of Lynn county and To-
Gated on tho Santa 30 railroad
branch whose present terminus Is
Iamesa b. alike pretty and pro-
sressiye. having slightly homes. bus
mess buildings OF high construction
grades. 1900 public school
building. cement sidewalks. the S.
Il HcDiel Coal and Grain Co. two
lumber yards. one Of which b. pre-
sided over b. George Small. better
known a. Genial George. the alike
ornamental and useful Judge Joe
stokes. a grist mill man who Rus
sells the portly. pleasant popular
aud prosperous mine host Of the
Tahoka Hotel the affinitles. Uncle
Jim and his mules good citizen
Bigham Who. however. is not Ia
the hog business. the Lynn County
News. which weekly anew iustifles
its name the handsome First Ma
tional Bank and ditto cashier. Bob
Majors and likewise bob cat. "A
post office which. while on a main
street. also has a noteworthy Alley,
and a cotton gin
In Developing Addition.
I.ynn county has always been
noted for Us milo maize. kafir corn
and sorghum growths and Of late
years has been steadily adding 20 its
excellent production o. cotton and
peanuts Last year the county pro-
duced 200 bales OF cotton. while
conservative estimate says that this
season 1000 bales viii be- gunod
County cotton is al once prolific In
yield and of high market fiber
a recent issue of the Big Springs
Howard County, Herald printed an
article on Spanish peanut raising in
Howard County which Nas reprinted
by the Lynn County N"Vs The 1919
springs article cited instances OF
eleven farmers who last year h1r
vested peanuts boz areas running 90.
with yields of from tom bushels oi
he nuts and four bales ger acre TO
% bushels OF nuts IUd q. bales of
hay per acr, These eleven farmers
had 400 told about a5u acres and
vor. .o sell pleased lH1' thH $500
plant THIS year tu aggregate oi prob
ably 900 acres ono ~ the farm
rrs kept comparative figures on his
cotton and peanut crops and re-
ceiyed as much for his marketed pea
nuts ls d, DAD TOR his cotton with
the value OF his peanut has iu addi
ton Sull another farmer reports
that he secured more feed from his
100 peanut acres than De did from
500 acres of other feed crops
Reward Can Sit Ip aud Take Notice.
while peanut culture BIS only Toe IT'S
infancy D. Is OF such robust and
usty character that % has already
discounted the longer lived Howard
county industry Lynn county pea
nuts recording Yields of 80 bushels
per acre with proporiionatc hay re
turns
Peanuts and Pork
IS Ltuu county Is natural hog
home and the peanut q natural pork
producer 10 is e. self-cyldent propo-
si,ion that the next few years must
erect Lynn county into one of the
greatest OF Southwest pork ship
pcrs
lhirty-Ihrrc and Third Increase.
Lynn county is receiving consid- |
rtablr new actual farming settle .
ment which. together with addition /
Al croppage by long resident farm I
cTs will increase this seasons land F.
culture hy a3 % per cent over that .
Of lls year au Increase which ass 4
sur,s 'uo harvesting this fan OF
fbir'y thousand Immediately trihu-
Nry Tahoka acres
In Eight Fold Excellence.
Cattle hogs poultry the dairy. /
se ..' p.'r'oes. MELONS. large and /.
small fruits and market vegetables /
az. .'.'E 1fus 90 fhe.r alike land |
scpp. lal Improvement u county |
production
: .rsaWorF cold storage estab- /
hsbgeut for 'l. shipping ot poultry F.
and eggs canning aud fruit pre-.
serving nd pickle work. aud a
Farmers Melon Growing orsauIza-
ton would all %. profitable Tahoka .
enterprises
Tahoks', Progressive Eye.
Tahoka is beginning 90 focus her
progressive eye upon the coal de-
POSTS lying hut a short distance
sway ia The D'nonnell vicinity. The
development o' these deposits would
give Iahoka cheap fuel for alike
domestic and manufacturing pur-
poses ald would inject a civic sum-
yus FhOse fruitiou must De- OF met I.
." olitau character
sbOha's public schools rank high. l.
: churches and Sunday schools are
e. able. her women rival each 9th
~ "a iuty ali beauty. her children
az ail g1Ol she has exceptionally T.
hantsomc rem, and her bank has
$4,000 3u current deposit