Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-19
Idalou is Booming
Two Years Old and
Has 300 Population
Special 10 The News.

bpfctal 70 Inc NeWu.
InALOu. Lubbock County Texas.
Dec. is--The agricultural development,
of the entire South Plains In being re-.
Elected In the rapid growth ~ the rural
center 81 two years ago into progress
I've little railroad towns Of today. ldalou
II q typical example 81 this growth and
proRressiv,ness. Located ~ miles north.
cas-, Lubbock on the Crosbyton, South
Plains branch of the Santa 70 In the
heart ~ the most productive section II
farming country en- the South Plains
| II IL rapidly expanding 10 meet the In.
rrcased demands being made upon II an
n market point for the record crops NJ
every kind that are being grown In this
section
The first house was placed there four
years ago "A flag switch on branch
line The first 81 1890 found them with
. big city of 30 people. with a grocery
store and a blacksmith shop. The first
n ia2i finds them with approximately
200 inhabitants In the town. a thickly
settled community entirely surrounding
the town on every side. two lumber
yards. two gins nine retail stores and
shops. n post office. n bank. two A..
trlctlve churches and n modern brick
school building. and "A growing little city
Of modern homes.
Already more than 2.200 bales 81 cot.
ton has been ginnod 1850 shipped out
Is cars Of feed shipped. cream IL ship,
ped twice n week. hogs are On feed for
spring shipping. bunch OF blue ribbons
In almost every farm home from the
South Plains Fur. the Dallas Fairlb
State Poultry Show and other prNsiin.
ent exhibition winnings. IL " the com.
munitv ~ progressive diversity. whose
possibilities have hardly been scratched.
II is the smallest town In the state Of
Texas tina; can bnast Of Golf Link, n
Clay Pigeon Trap. not to mention base.
hall. basketball. tennis. and other custo
mary sports. The only golf course In
Lubbock county IN located On the Dan.
ielR Farm. adjoining the town section
Mr.. nanicls IN owner and manager of
The Daniels gin at idalou and Ia n great
snort. Lubbock gols fanatics come out
10 run the course with him now and
then and Co shoot the clay birds His
wife In good sport with n straight
shooting gun when tho clay birds come
over the coop. In fact II N mid that
Friend Hubby has IN wash dishes when
his score falls below hers.
The hank deposits amount 10 ST7.7sT
with n SIS. 900 capital stock The post
nj receipts were sisT for October and
November. The scholastic enrolment
In slightly above 200 and are handled In
a modern six.room brick school building
nv six teachers with an average 0lary
u si2S per month for n nine'month
term.
This comm unity as whole iaker ex'
ceptionai interest In county and home
demonstration agents work with the
result that progressive diversity IL q
rule and no, an exception In the COM
munity. II Is In this community that
on" farmers wife has cleared more
cash money from her chickens. eggs
garden vegetables. and other by.pro-
duets 81 her spare time from house
keeping ,han her husband cleared from
~ acres os cotton. In addition TO that
the family consumed. Among other
things she won SEA In premiums at the
South Plains Fair. eight ribbons nj the
Dallas Fair with several dollars In pre-
MUM money. more ribbons and money
at the Cotton Palace and the Houston
Fair oil from produce grown and can
ned by herself IN the home garden.
The small. well cultivated diversified
farm In the growing rule in this section
and M n general rule tho l60 acre.
closely cultivated farm maintains n hap
pier. NOR" prosperous farmer than the
larger farm tracts with the old one
crup method ~ farming. The salvation
e the South Plains lies In diversity
and the interest In this fact was shown
hy the al3 premiums paid 10y the recent
South Plains Fair Association 10 eNhib'
ltors from seven of the South Plains
counties.