Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-10-21
Still Chance For Poor Man
With Beds at Twenty Cents

I'm these days ui feed ur.ft,,riug AMI
cent puuglng. when 10 costs Sul tWu bis
'u louk cross eyed ~ hell hop M any
kind IL hotel what would you think
u Nuu wen, told that yuu could set a
nice clean bod in O. cool airy hotel fug
twenty i've Cvnts-uU. - low az twenty.
C,utsf
You'd think sum,bciy was trying iu.
iil sou wouldn't sou. Mayh, you'd
i'rl IKE telling him a. 80 tfy u un the
marines 90 something Else. liut h'
Hut Hes telling yuu m" honest 81
goodness. twelve hy twelve truth
Down IN Dallas the other dly. WhHn
he city was crowded Ia uy,rllowing-I
there was convention on ~ some
sind and visitors were there from every
svctiun-iwo men met ON the corner
near Akard ana Main street They we're
strangers drawn together by that grva.
ast oi an social lcvrlers-misIy Per
hours they had been pacing the streets
looking Tor "a place to lay their wear
heads. Every hotel in IN. city vas
filled. Men were packed three and four
deep In every room IA the down town
coming houses.
Given tp Hops.
They had given W all hope. 80 took
q seat On the curhlnr t. discuss the ST.
uatiun and wait fur day break. There
Sus NJ thing else Tor them To de-. ~ they
saw a. until along cam" an officer \
rHv ot hope flickercd IN the breast ~
me ~ the two stfang,rs--hv WIS from
Ennc"r-aad he bracod the men 20
uniform. o en-
cant tell W where We can get 4
Top Tot the night he inquired
Have you tried the salvation Army
hotolR" the law answered. You gen
rally can get a place there"
The two men hadn't thought - IN"
salvation Army and they admitted that
hes were 50 tired that they would try
uyihing unc,. After being directed 30
Pacific and Akard streets. where Oh"
salvation Army has IT, Wurkingmens
i0i.l the two strangers again should
red their grips aud mada their way
luwu the street.
Not Di>appo,n,,..
THIS tint they were not disappointed.
Both of them not only got good bed.
with clean sheets and pillow eases, hut
they got the enjoyment uf a cool plunge
n deep tub before they closed their
Yes
And IL wasn't 'nup' either" the
llngtr man admitted the next dly. II
Va, lust us good a bed as could have
uund az any Il the other hotolsg''
The other stranger, who was froil
san Antonio. admitted that he was
iufther surprised on the next morning
when h. was told that his hill iur tn
lights lodging amounted 10 twenty-five
tutA
Can YOU imagine it, he said In tell
.ug his story the next day Il fully
pcCted 10 pay dollar. and was Will
Ing 10 60 a. high as f!ye--I WAS that
tired But when they told me twenty
i., cents I almost fell over"
Make Donations.
Wei the upshoi IT the whole affair
vts that thu man from Ranger ana
he man from san Antonio each COM
trihutcd checks of il00 each {" th" sal
Walton Army Rescue Week appeal. just
losing In the states Ut Texas. OKLA
hutnh and Louisiana.
1T was the first time that | had
ever been thrown IN contact with IN"
salvation Army people IN" Rang, .
man sand IN a letter 10 Lieut.. Col
George Wood. commanding IN. south
Aesi division % the salvation Army
Ny cas-" was an emergency one.
never needed them before and NAV
never need them AGAIN but when they
an furnish q bed Ike | had that night,
with hath aud -yrrythin. Ter tn
working men v! q city Tor twenty five
cents then know that they are 4
worthy people aud are deserving ot
help from the more fortunate"
The salvation Army can point WITH
81 de 20 the fact that It's hotel main
ttlncd for wofkmgmen IN about tn.
lniy place IN the city that has not
lisel o. rrnt ,u IN, last year IN
last Increase "a be tackled on o. the
ilh ~ the workers flr accommodations
u the Salvation Army hotel was e
year ago last september.
~ that time N, rent On single rooms
went up from % t. 30 cent. u night
md single beds IN thu dormitOry wee
raised from fifteen and twenty cents q
twenty and twenty five cents. As fir
1s the rooms were concerned the Saliva.
ton Army mad. weekly rate of ts.i1l
an Increase Il five cents "A week
Increased Expenses.
We were compelled a. make IA. Il
small advance On account ~ th" great
ncfrus. IN running expenses. Colonel
wood said our laundry bill is twic"
what u used g. D.. while the cost -
,Iu!pmcnt. such ~ beds. mattress, -.
linen and blankets has gone up 20 twice
Nhrt IL used o. hr. ~ that DO NOT
..hsy. that ans on, rtu place Us val
'hc list ui rent guugsfs'
lr addition Go N, clean beds. room q
nd baths that the Salvation Army ~
fforlug. "a" men who stay ai N" S1l
walton Army hotels in the southwest --
throughout IA. United states fur that
l1ttef-aT. given privileges of q read.
NIX room almost everything that hotel