Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-19
County u Prosperous.

There exists no community possessed
~ any real merit whose destinics may
not be changed grandly for the better
through the adoption 81 hopeful. SEN
sible optimism Of outlook. With each
recurring change. with every unsettled
condition. with necessity for rcadjust-
mcnts. appears certain small percent
age 81 citizens crying hard times"
commercial. financial. Industrial and
4 civic destruction" and II these good.
though unfortunate people happen 10
Ice p0ssesaed 81 ample lung capacities.
strong voices and great endurance. they
! sometimes break from their normally
restricted boundaries and innoculate still
others a. the dctrimcnt Of all concerned.
Guaranteed Isolation IN the safest treat
mcnt against persons found to be Huf'
fcrlng from effects Of destructive. hope
less peHsimiSm.
Despite the wallings Of n few diH-
gruntled unfortunate peHslmists. ANA
rillo and the Amarillo country are In
good shape. There is an inescapable
evidence ~ stability and Houndness In
all her institutions and enterprises. Her
leaders In every line 81 endeavor have
wcaihered storms In the past and are
made " stuff to Withstand even greater
strains than those now predicted tho
most fanatlcal calamity hOwlers Every
mar who In inspired by hope based
upon past experiences and observation.
In looking forward to tho New Year m
the one Of brightest promise and great.
est accomplishment. The following brief
resume of conditions and the posaihili.
ties uf tho immediate future for ANA.
rlllo. by A. n. stinnett II the Amarillo
Commercial Company and the Pan.
dle.plains Chamber " Commerce, "
an index ~ the constructive mental at
titude u the men who have contributed
10 the growth. strength and develop
mcnt Of this city and surrounding uoin'
munitlcs:
"In this period ~ business stagnn.
ton. which all of us believe VIII be Of
short duration. II IN IL some comfort
To bc able Ia point out few bright
spots now broadening an the horizon or
i the future. One of the large things In
which the Rotary club N Interested and
has been doing faithful work II that
~ the Municipal Building OF late there
have been numerous meetings IL the
ynrious committees and subcommittee
and at one 81 these meetings there were
In attendance from outside cities archl-
tecis. builders and bond buyers. and by
whom much valuable information was
vonchsafcd.. II WINS made known that
quite few essential classes of building
material had declined from twenty per
cent a. fifty per cent, and that deprecia'
tlon In building material was brought
about by the same general depression
- IN affecting almost every comm0d.
..nuwn 60 the markets II was fur
Their developed that plans are now be-
, lne drawn and contracts let that VIII In
sure the largest building program. be-
ginning next March and April. ever
known In America. and that such fore
shadows inevitable reaction In all build
ine material values M well NJ an made.
uuacy of skilled labor. making II oh.
vloda that Amarillo should begin quick
" the erection Of Its Municipal Building
This would insure that this great build
lng would go up nj the minimum Of cost
and III n time when labor 81 Amarillo
would need employment. and confidence
reinforced through the stimulation that
would grow out ~ resumption IN the
building program. Thla 81 course
aside from the urgent need ~ the city
~ Amarillo for Municipal building.