Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-09-27

England was the one put over yes
terday by the Amarillo travelling
men assisted by their com-ads iron
Denver. Kangas city. 81 Louis. Oh
ahona city For, Worth. Dallas
san Antonio. Houston Beaumont anu
other leading uties of the southwest
The parade represented an army
transport sailing out on the ocean
her decks crowded with real soldiers
each OF which was armed 90 the
teeth az TAR a. the liberal laws Ji
TEXAS would allow These guns. Cs
popguns. was one OF the instruments
Oi. war which furnished amusement
i0r the travelling men and their
friends. and that's eryaody .n
Amarillo tor the remainder Oi tho
day
The transport Booster carried
"a com plemcnt OF about $50 men
among whom the allies are SAID
to have been well represented. 80
any rate. they we're an allied togo-
Their for the day and tncy Worekd
together without hitcu while the
boat carried l5O men % may about
as truthrully be- said that the lsO
men carried the boat The boat
idea was sprung by l. y Cole G.;
Amarillo and everybody fell In.
The boat was 30Xl25 feet. or half
the width OF the street by almos.
"a half block In length
CHIEF oi Police John Speed iu his
auto. headed the parade which start
ed from the Amarillo Hotel near
Third and Polk at no. 80 a m.
He was followed hy the Amarillo
Military Band which preceded the
transport Booster
The sides oil the boat were three
feet over all and the pure white OF
dress parade was only broken by "A
few conspicuous notices such a,
Panhandle Boosters IL l9u
Didn't Get II. Wireless etc
! a. Riggs OF Amarillo. was
marshsl OF the day
The parade moved south on Po,E
street 10 seventh and east on Se'-
cnth tu Taylor whore they were pho
tpFraphed In front OF the ST. Charles
hs bv s.inltt Thence north rl
- - ',nr. nt-i q. tr,it
% 200 where cars We're N1hne
rtr. ilon 90 the fair grounds
The Knights of the Grip cast Dig
nifty 10 the winds. forgot they were
men and pulled Oft about an the
stunts that Younger American Co'id
devise
Window sma-hers was one OF thor
nlorIte TOYS Their electric chair of
last scar va9 absent but its place
Was more than filled hy Cd variety B.
.iunmakeIs" Water bugs plate
taieers and iireless matches were
among the tricks that furnished
amusement and yolumuous vocal
mu-i, added 90 IN, euteriaIum'u.
Altogether the day was dccio'
success and the large at'eudm m.'
90 tUs air was very pleasing The
tseliuc men say they even bad
more uu than they did at their iir..
performance year ago. and The
rruuIu who looked ou enjoyed it i'm
meuseIy
90 ua stated last night that
baIuu tine attendance of 5000
school children az OklauoW. CitF.
tb. attendance at the Panhandle
Stsf. Fair yesterday was more than
,,uaI to The attendance "a, the Oh
ah0ma state Fair ou uc preyIou
dat
The i- the third biz meeting of
travelling men in Amarillo iu th'
la-f twelve months and each time
u.r, was about 1IO men go line.
Reades tbs tRo big day. n conuco-
uou with tFe Panhandle State Fair.
th. other vas tbp ocra ION of th"
m,atul OF the United Commercial
Traveller Association OF TeAus.
which met u Amarillo % May of
this year
TUa people of Amarillo are proud
oil their loyal travelling men aud on
10, giving them O. day of now aud
fhsr l. they dad yesterday Anna
riIlu owe. more 10 the travelling men
than fn ans other one class of peu-
plr for The way the Panhandle Sta..
Fair Ha. been boo ted throughout
our frado territory.
Nm.'H s8lutes The travelling
mem rd us, their boat never be
tUwr ..'d