Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-06-17
MOBILES HOPEFUL Of
GETTING TEMPLE As
TRAIN LEAVES HERE
DELEGATION OFF FOR PORTLAND
WITH CONFIDENCE Or SECuR.
ING DISPtcNSATION.


That Amarillo and tho Panhandle Of
Texas viii he well represented at the
meeting u the Imperial Council Of tho
Manonic Lodge at Portland. Oregon.
June %. 20 and "a. was evidenced by
n Pullman car Of enthusiastic Masons
and members of their families who left
ON the Fort Worth a Denver yesterday
at noon. There were between 10 and
90 To make the trip.
Shortly after 1880 o'clock In the
morning the khiva Shrine Club drum
corps assembled In front 81 the Ma.
sonic Hall and marched To the Denver
station.
There seemed 10 bc not the slightest
doubt by anyone but that n dispenStion
Tor Masonic Temple would be- secured
when the local committee meets with the
committcc on dispcnsations and ,aar.
ters next Monday and present argu.
ments 10 show why Amarillo should
have Temple.
Contains Many Facts.
The argument In the form uf a mo.
rOccOcovcrud brief touches upon the re-.
sources of the Panhandle territory and
reveals somr facts that no doubt will
lee eye.Opcners To the Portland commit.
tee. II In believed. Among other things
the brief shows that the Panhandle last
year harvested sG0.O0O.O0O wheat
crop and that prospects for another fine
crop are promising. wniic the state.
ment In made that the Panhandle crops
for 1919 surpassed In value the com.
b!ned output Of all Texas oil wells.
The brief shows that II percent of
III" territory IN susceptible to tillage:
that only % percent Is under Cultlva.
ton; that the combined crop represents
thousand dollars for every inhabltant
81 this territory; that its present AGO..
900 population may reasonably he pre-.
seemed 10 each the million proportion
IN the next decade that the combined
bank deposits Of the Panhandle as Oh.
TENED from the bank directory totaicd
an January iyt one hundred and twelve
irillion plus, that ON the first II this
twenty-five million.
That the hank deposits of Amarillo as
exhibited bv March statement was
N2,1s1,53j. 49, that the building permits
~ Amarillo last year amount to ST..
iS5.li5.OO.
VIII Erect Coliseum.
That a coliseum tu cost sij0.00O IL
a. be erected by the municipality. In
Amarillo
That al railways and highways con.
verge In Amarillo as IN: center of this
great territory and that all depart.
men,s foI the service Of this entire
region touching every avenue ~ com.
lncrcc IL adequate Tor the advancement
81 this country remembering the pres.
"nt bank clcarinss Of $500. O0O. 600 per
annun
Th, brief further shows that the an.
nual payroll az the three transcontin.
entail railroads Ccntcring In Amai lilo
maintain Ss,37l.iii On an average
Tonthly payroll Of Si97.eis The Santa
re leads with payroll 81 1850. 600.
The Fort Worth a Denver Rad pay.
roll according to the brief is $4,000
aud the Rock Island sae6.ill.
astoffice Receipts Large.
The ppst office receipts from June l..
1919 10 Nay n. this year. are shown to
be siiL9a6IS. and the government,
postal payroll TO BE- S57,;S5.72. \ $500 .
700 poet office building is mentioned
among the ci;ys assets.
Inc territory NJ which Amarillo is the
center IL estimated at ?j,O00.OOO acres
wish an average value of S2j per acre.
The wheat yield of 1919 II placed Al
10 OO0. OOC bushels: cats. 10000. 900: kaf.
fir and maize. 5000. 900 bushels Corn
cotton. alfalfa and other small grain
added. represent a combined wealth ~
$4,000, 600 as set cut In the Shrincr's
lief. and "a this. II $4,000 900 he added
for invisible products. gives the Pan
hardlc yearly yield of si35.OOO.00
against the Gil valuation of $l32,0OO.OO0
az tnc uil valuation Of the entire state.
which Is S3.OOO.oOO In favor Of the Pan.
handle