Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-18
GENERAL LACK OF kNOWLEhNsn
REGARDING CONDITIONS
PREVAILING IN TEXAS.
SECTION misunderstood
,,tinncit Declares Great Fair Here
Would Go Far Toward Enlight-
cning uniformed With Ref
erence io Resources
g. 5. sTINNETT)

u b. fad with New Workers ana
Bostonians to plead Ignorance on
any and everything pertaining TO the
States lying at the West. and especial
ly the States west of the Mississippi
River This " not always an affecta-
uon as they do not regard the west
of enough importance to be embodi-
ei within the scope of their general
education and knowledge.
Texas has at this time over four
millions Of people. and the Panhan-
dla division has perhaps less than
ole hundred and fifty thousand. and
an inquiry oi the people Of Texas out
side OF the Panhandle would elicit
some such reply as they either did
mot know. or else that the Panhandle
was vast district OF the State unfit
for human habitation. and with the
people of the Panhandle who are
desirous not only OF settlement and
development but OF occupying the
position they are Justly entitled to
this creates a very grave situation,
and such as should have remedial
treatment at once
! feel safe in saying there Is no
old Texan. residing In the Panhandle
who will not endorse all these repre-
sentations. There are many citizens
of the Panhandle from other states
and OF course they cannot fully COM
prohcnd the unfavorable light in
which the Panhandle IL viewed gen.
orally boy the great State OF Texas.
but IL is now hoped they will grasp
the meaning and join heartily and
uureseryedly in inaugurating such a
movement as viii shortly enlighten
the whole people OF Texas as to the
matchless resources az could .nsfro'
OF the Panhandle the dominant re-
gion Of the State.
leel 'ha' too mitfh eauDct hc
s.id on hit parilcHlar subject, know
ing and realizing that the Panhandle
has CROPPED Ia the dark too long In
! 20 vital matter ! can conceive OF
nothing that would bring about such
results other than determined and
united efforts upon the part of all
the people of the Panhandle. direct
ed through the irrestiblle channels
of an All-pauhandle Fair"
have just returned from a few
DAYS visit a. points along and near
the midgulf coast of Texas. and
among the points visited | could men
ton BAY city Palacios, College
port and Maiagord0. all in the old
county of Natazorda ! took fire.
Uu'uJ auto rides that carried me
lover lHc greater part OF the county
.aui mingled with many of the citi-
lrus
Nt friends IN Introducing me ex-
.p'aIueJ that ! was from Amarillo,
which always excited interest and
curiosity and brought forth many in
Huirl's ls 10 how many and how Sc
we're the Billiards had In the panhan
DE each winter. and as to whether
Ve really had any summer or grow
iur season at all I was also asked
time and a-aiu what the Panhandle
uu.hmru dii with their cattle In the
n.ut. season They would say they
M.u lho .a'tI" grazed on the open
rua part o, the year, but did no,
r.nk possible for cattle to sub.
...f Un ths open plains during the
winter %. course there was now
arH chem man engaged in the cat.
o.. business who had correct infor.
nation uu this score.
found 'bat this old county. which
u. Oh comparatively short tim.
urH ..s ar open range country had
.. .. mIie rapid strides in deyel
.ur. OH. material resources and IN
bringing Do and settling large mum.
H... uf progressive citizens. Land,
Ir f.a county the past few year,
hove H-n from five to ten dollar,
pa- a.-.. '1 % level OF from fifty I,
.uu. hundred d nfty dollars per nc
.r. lrI u a.f there is comparative
Dos .|.t.aH. OH, open land In the entIr,
,uuufF fHal can be had for fifty dol
Jars per acre
pom inquiry I was Informed tba
OBJ, underlying basis for this big ria,
.m hud values was the discovery tina
m ahauudant artesian water sunni,
could bo obtained at a depth OF from
sN hundred to eight hundred feet
However. it was rarely the case tina
an artesian well would have flowin,
water and where flowing wells wer,
iohtaiued the supply was around 90,
4 salons per minute. From these ar
t"-.au wells the water was ma,nI,
I lifted through the agency OF pumn
driven Boy small engines. and yIeldir,
to the well maximum OF aroun.
1000 60 1909 gallons per minute
informed some Of these people thu
u. J. a