Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-05
LUBBOCK THR|v[s
CITY AND COUNTY
Development of Fertile Irri-
gated Lands Hastens
Capital Progress
~ Daily Nes. san cetresponaent

cbief boosters. says, you cant keep
squirrels from climbing trees In q
timber country" az apt figure OF
speech. IMPLYING an assurance OF
progress 10 a region which has many
natural elements OF growth and de-
eveiopment Rainfall. Irrigation.
Pastures. Health. Happiness and
Prosperity.
The names OF Lubbock country
md Lubbock City constitute a vivid
Illustration OF the pertinent old say
ing Keep good things at home
As one could not have q better
namesake than the other
The country Is rich IN fertile far
ming lands and prolific general rain.
fall. haryests and In nutritious pas
lures and high grade cattle and hogs
while the city Is rich In business
equipments. in money volumeness,
and In market and shipping facili.
.tics
The climate of the region Is
health realized the city Is under
efficient sanitary administration
md to paraphrasc the immortal
ram o Shanter Lubbock country
ana city are glorious DER al the Ills
81 life victorious.
Last Years Horn of Plenty
Last years harvest and stock
shipping brought alike general beuc-
~ 20 the region increasing old
bank accounts and creating new
ones and giving a fresh impetus
90 the many wheels OF the local car
OF Investment and progress @ per
tinent fact Boz this direction being a
present city aggregate banking de-
posii OF one half million dollars. or
an Increase of about one hundred
: thousand dollars since November
iast
In Last season Marketing
From country farmers and past
ares Lubbock station shipped last
season two hundred cars OF milo
maize and kanr corn, six hundred
cars Of cattle. and two thousand
bales OF cotton with handsome
shipments from other farm haryests
and the poultry pen and the dairy
herd
added Acreage.
The country received last year
Considerable actual farmer immigra-
don. a fact which coupled with a
more extended cultivation by the
older farmers will add at least 20
per cent this year To country har-
vest acreage over that Of last year
More Cotton and \ Zig OIL Cake Mill
The bulk OF the increase per cent
age Of farming viii be devoted to
cotton with the object ~ fully dem
onstrating the capacity OF the county
for producing sufficient cotton to
supply q big cotton seed oil cake
mill Negotiations for the erection
az Lubbock OF the mill being now
in active process.
WV hitlfhA' 'iiS''''h w
mcnt
Lubbock County Is one OF the en-
tiers % the already famous shallow
water belt az the Plains region and
mi spring is marking an extended
and Energetic we'll pumpage irrlga-
ton development
The y . McWhorter we'll pump
ing 1909 gallons per minute and a
100 acre irrigation capacity has late
n been sold by Mr.. McWharter 20
T.. Van Rosouburgh Of Austin, Texas
Who has also purchased 255O acres
Of land for we'll pumpage irrigation
development. putting down this year
or 3 more wells ot at least the ca.
p1citg of 'he WcWhorter plant
These neV wells will irrigate 400
Or 500 acres OF land whose water
depths range from IS to 80 feet. MIR.
Van Roseuburgh having 500 more
o, similar shallow water stocking
H. coutcmplates alfalfa and hog
market %faftening as chief sutures
unj.r Doh, irrigation plants II also
be,u- remarked 90 passing that the
McNH.-'.r RpIl last year irrigated
20 acres of alfalfa and marketed
$50 bead o. boss
Th. E3rhart Vell-Gou gallons
PEI mIuur, vill irrigate 3O or 80
acres 'a.- year 300 garden truck and
melons
; Richmond with a $50 gal
lou per minute well, will irrlgate
about 90 acres chiefly In garden pro-
drce and y p Merrill with a wind
uin pump and a supplementary .
hOrss power gasoline engine will ir-
rgate Do acres iu garden truck and
graDes The Merrill plant-all told
costing only $500
fphu 7 Northam OF Texas Official
"a q Is putting IN a 1000 gallon per
n lte we'll pumpage plant for the
irr alton of 100 20 800 acres. with
co % as ths chief crop Mr.. wor-
than and Co. shcb williams Jointly
own 1900 acres OF land near Lub.
book 20 draw on for additional sim
fnr irrigation development
" O. Burford Is placing a plant
OF 500 gallons per minute discharge
from which DO viii i%rrirate 80 acres