Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-05-04
HISTORY OF POTTER COUNTY
AN ARTICLE READ BY MRS. s. n. MADDEN OF ANA
RILLo BEFORE THE FIRST DISTRICT, FEDERATION
OF WoMEN'S CLUBS, IN ANNUAL CONVENTION.


. h1ps southwark. tapping some % tn
.luthcrn 90 western ruldf hnt whether
Chic ,,t'nsion would De- from Wash
burn leaving Amarillo out entirely OF,
rs wt hoped tho Santa o. would build
! 10. own read on into Amarillo. making
ihlF thn pivotal noint for other branch.
, Us Nu enc waf sure ~ anything AMI
nu ore cared % risk anything on suc'i
uncertainties ans rl o.. late as 1885,
Amarillo thif clunt yonHg giant 20
/ rU ihiiitI'. lay 'paWling on the
prairie GEL though weary Of waiting for
row' thing To happen. Aud something
! al hlppou rlon Early 10 the year 81
I lNa, ~" Santa - decided o. build from
Amarillo ;o Roswell. y NJ. aud al
during the summer while cur soldiers
Fought their baby wan with Spain.
great piles 81 material were being
PLACED along the rightofway and the
ru,d was speedily rushed a. q finish.
anu n"v no native ~ amarillo over
views The remains oi Washburn with.
or th.nhinE. "iiu' Cos the mercy 81
God. there licy amarillo "
More Fears AIise.
Then. There was something ,lso o.
Nnff" uF.. prHt.nJF 60 this time.
Amarillo hrd been one oi the largest
cattle t.pping points IN the world and
bad drIWn trade from All the vast tor.
Iit'rv west ana youth at az MANY
feared that new towns would yprin;
up con this new road. taking much 90
this hu mess away lgom No. N.w towns
did 'priHg up. hut thp people seeded
food and clothing. and ,o Amarillo b..
came a greater wholesale center than
ever before
IN 1900 iho Santa Tc located the
neral offices. shops and ruundhoisDs
h'.' aud the merchants dug sbmr
buckets of paint from Tho accumulated
dust ~ years sra ordered "a nov sup.
ply eel brushes. aud then dawn,d an
'ra ot profp'rity and progress which
has a't'd 20 the present day. \ few
years later IA, Rock land rallrnad
built through Amarillo ana Other
branches Of the Santa H. were cor.
rtructed. and Amarillo became the ln
purian, railroad center % the Pan.
handle
Amarillo WAS Incorporated In 1899
hut 10 was not until 1919 that the com
mi'tion form 81 government was
adopted
Intense In Climate.
Possibly come oi you may have M.
ticcd something intense about the Ga.
mate when Il rains. Il is muddy.
when the wind hloWy II II dusty. when
Tie sun shines, Il o. hot. and when thc
winter winds Fwoop down upon rs
from the north /, rivals the iamou,
GrcenlaadS lee mountains Something
az thls seems a. have entered "a.
hinod 10 the inhabitants. tor Amarillo
never lukewarr over ans thing an
never does anything half way. For an
example, ike al We torn towns. AM.
.r'll" was 90 one time infested with a
number 81 saloons and gambling
hN.'~es and had a howcrS that riyalsa
1nybodv's bowery cor boweryishn.s
Aft'r a Time q number q! the citizrn-
determined Ia orsi the salouns and
make this clean town and r1 q local
option election Yves called EVIDENT,
running hDwcry and sflling whiskcy
Is profitable business. judging from
tho fight the an;is puj up Campaign
followed campaign. election followed
election. sometimes the pros" AMI
imctimcs the "anils' winning Time
after time We went down. hut never
Co dooat. Always. oven before IN,
tmokc q battle cleared away. We were
up and az u again. u vas Carriad into
the ruurii, aud up and down the stat
backwards and forwards Through the
various tribunals the hattie ragged
There was NJ such thing as getting On
the icnce-iher' We're no fences. Every
body. oven the children in school, knew
" hrt" L. place each aud every voter.
aud the result Need YOU Ask Could
there b. hut one result In the face II
like that? When state.
wi'i'. much l"ss nationwide prohibi
tiun was a. vet a dream. TIE sAloons
went out 20 Amarillo and went out o.
stay. Mort Of the una, slrahlc clemen:
folded their tents and sought wett.r
fields The bowory melted like snow
"a the deserts dusty face. and decen,
people could walk down both sides Of
POLK street.
Clubs In amarillo.
The clubs have played quite an i'm.
nurtant part in the history 81 Amarillo.
The Picrian. wh.ch is the pioneer e
federated clubs. was organized In 1904
hy Mrs. I. l.. IIigginho;ham and en-.
tired the state federation that sans
wear and the general federation IN 1872.
The high standard rtt IN this club in
q he beginning has been maintained
the years Tie philhar.
nonlc. a musical club a the name in
i!caies. was the focond o. enter m,
federation ], was followed b. the
A,htnaeum. the Dslphmn and the
Travel study.
90 the uufeierated clubs. the Wonl.
ans club In the mos; influential and
nar the distinction II b. ing the ffa
club organlzed In thc Panhandle 4
number e years ago. elghtesn 81 lust
1r kris met together and formed the
J. y. o. club. Thcy MANAGED o. col.
let ahoui 500 volumes during The mex,
Few years which thoy donated a. tho
riiy as q nucleus Tor our sometime.
'o.be magnificent library. There are
numbers q other clubs IN tho city. AZ.
1f whirh belong to the rity federation.
The city Federation II clubs WIS ~.
In 1918 Tor civic purposes. AMI
proved a. the world conrluavely TINT,
the age Il miracles H. not over. Prov.
!ourly. bot little attention had been
paid to the cultivation 81 trees AMI
Covers bccauso II the inadequate sup
ply q water. Through the influence