Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-10-12
SHOULD SALOONS BE VOTED
BACK INTO AMARILLO

During the campaign resulting loo
prohibition on September 'th ialLI
the antis made much noise abo5t
the pros disturbing the then exist
INK condition After the election o..
suited loo favor OF prohibition. the au-
q leaders hastened to announce thr.r
opposition 10 a contest on grounds
that the election wac fair and un
majority ol the voters favored rru.
hibitiou. Their request for longer
time than The law had provided H
order that the saloon men might 1d
just themselves TO tho change. cd
prohibition. was granted
From the boginuinr the law hu
been faithfully and vigorously .r-
forced so much so. that Amarillo
name Is now enrolled among the cit
les m which life and property ere.
safe.
AS consequence a much higher
ideal of morality better type a.
average citizenship than before pro.
hihi'lou was voted. has resulted rr-
sulting IN more respect for the De"
and rs enforcement generally
The churches. sunday Schools auj
dly schools have all incrca rd boo att
tendance The average appearance
ol an, children iu school and as you
see Them on the streets is much iw-
proved The physical app, rance az
the town is in keeping and harmon,
with thQ improved appearance of
the people Now. the appearance u
the people of the city. th" home
and of the city generally H such a-
90 challenge the universal comment.
aud commentator of people .I.I'.
ing the cIty from other state. Ul
sections This is not straue" whom
We think of the things or which .,
have rid ourselves
Tho bOWcB as % instant menace"
has gone the red ii-ht district u
disappeared. and the thoug OBJ.
toughs, outlaws bad men. douW0a-
cd FOUNDERS and hanlors ON. are UI
longer In evidence Indeed. one NAV
safely walk the streets through ~.
bowory' district VI midnight without
danger of being assnssiuatod or holl
up. and ladies' aud children may safe
ly walk the east side OF polh street
between fourth and fIfth. without
having 10 pillow their way between t.a
drunk. red-noscd t0ughs and rounl-
ers that formerly thronged that lo.
c1lity.
ON every hand throughout The co.
tire city have been made suhsial-
tial improvements many new sploa-
ala business buildings have bced
erected during the less than two
wears aud more substantial nico
homes than 100 any city of Cos size Iu
the state OF Texas during the same
time. The largest and most suhslau-
tiIl Investments of forepu capital
that have ever found thair way to
Amarillo. have come during this O..
rIOI
When one takes into consideration
] the dopro ion POO business o..
,outry over and that vc have lH D
series of bad crop years thro0 ID
the Southwest. G. is little short a.
marvellous the real substantial pro.
re- thn' Amarillo hH made d.r.H
/ tnI. period
When 10 .s taken into consideration
/ chat probably no rity pu this cont
Uncut has fewer physical evidence Y'
auf and suffering tp br seen amoas
t people. than Amarillo az tH
/ time indicate. what Inevitably VI
result r tho GOOD work .s permitted
90 proceed without interruption Dos
bringing AGAIN into our midst rr'
saloon Rth their attendant evils %.
constant strife
THE Improvement chat has hrea
luHdp .H AWaI'. marked o. '.'
Thorough roIormH'.o. OFF @ down lrI
out dmukard UuH .uam tho .u.
tor and made uIO .ran. houos
mora, gentleman a.H here .s lu
a smuch common H. 300 appealing
10 such man t0 81. back into Coz
uith. corruption dlt.0e and la
D. ness %. hIs 'llfN.n past a- 20
/ appeal 20 Amarillo to again rotur.
! 10 a. former uut..... ..u condition