Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-25
Conditions in West
Are Very Favorable

W. 4. Roberts has jlst returned
IRON a business trip througn the South
lsiains county lie was kcvnly Oh
servant while away and makes sumr .u
tereating statements relative o. pl'
vailing conditions aud the future out.
look as touch all ~ this portion 20.
A.xas. Air Kabsits states .hat ODD nDi
i,lalnyicw and Lubbock as vel as
T1lia. ho found suggestions oi the spii'
n OF depression There were thOS
nho talKed os the "ughtness u mon
ey," and entered a general wall auoti
the gloomy OUTLOOK ON thu eon'utiA s.
he found FAT greater number oi men
VINO called attention o. the granarics
lined 10 Ovcrflowlng with wheat, mas"
and kaffir, 20 the hay mows burd'n'd
with their wealth q provcnder' ~ the
stacks aud sllos. the sheds erainiil"d
with allalfa. the sleek tat cattle ahu
the round. contented hogs. Autniip'
was called 10 the farm poultry and the
uh,ry COW and other attributes oi
happy contented community
Never In the history of the RAM
OF Texas. have the people been blessed
with more good things - eat, nor haN'
the livestock been IN better SHAPE thah
now. Threyhed gra.n IL housed, th'
stacks are well rounded, hay supplies
are sheltered. and there IL every evil
aence ~ prosperity. The country IN
der sseh conditions a. ihcSs cannot p"
blamed. IL a few Of the people have a.
lowed themselves TO become 20 impres'
mated With the false standards iolste
unor u by the war. and nov SecAins
new levels 70 legitimate foo;ings To inc
accompaniment Of their own gro'n'
ings.
we arr most fortunate 10 be able -
say that the conditions seem IN ths
south Plains country arr those Of the
North Plains and all 81 Northwest
Texas. There IL a CROWNS spirit oil o.
ti,rasm and the people Of the entire SEE
slon are getting their ears aiiuned 20
the murlc q good things ahead, nor
win thsy have long 20 walt Tor these-
they're almost here now
W. b. Muncy. formerly a resident OF
me Texas Plains country Is In Amarillo
spending the HOLIDAYS the sues, Of relA'
tlvhs and friends Mr.. Muncy durlns
The past year has been resident oi
the Montrose, Colorado country. ST.
uated on the western slope Of the
Rocky mountainA
The yisltor still loves the Texas
pinins. but In also strongly sureharged
with the infectious atmosphere Of the
western slope. he tells an interesting
story Of oo-0eration between the peo
ME Of Nontrcse and the apple growers
ana ether producers q the Monirose
aretlon. Mr.. Muncy states that the
charnhtr of Commerce acts IN conjunc.
tion with the producers, and In this
way fine irsiernal spirit has been
eosfered.
Marketing problems are being over
cone and both the urban and rural
popuiai.ona are benefited thereby. The
spple yield Of the past season was large
ana the quality good. Mr.. Muney
states that this great industry Is but
sicverly begun. and he has reason 70
bslieve that 1; viii 20 forward rapidly
uss,gl the fame Of lts fruit spreads over
the United states
According 10 the judgment ~ Mt
Nuncy, no che thing has been 80 al
santage9us % the whole people Of Mon
truse and surrounding territory, as the
eo-operaiiye spirit--an Atmosphere
recoenizlng no dividing lines between
the country ard town. when the wei
FIRE q the people Is the question az ~
sue.