Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-08-11
some PANHANDLE's BEST
FARMING LAND TRAV[RSEl
DURING SECOND DAYS TRIP
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Luncheon was served AT the Harvey
House In true Harvey style hut under
the handicap ~ having the passengers
81 three trains to Rccomodate NJ one
meal time. ~ this station each ANA
rillnan was I'm nlshed with cupV ~
the Amarillo Daily News the first
newspanpr from THEN home town they
had seen since the beginning uf the
trim Slaton has population ~ about
1000 people and survives un the re-
venue derived from N" great agriCul.
tural region surrounding AMI the
large Santa Fe shops. That city also
IN IN the midst ~ q cattle raising dis.
uict and many cattle az" 'hinp'd from
that point to the large packing points
A large number ~ men are employed
bv the Santa Fe at Slatun both in the
shops and on tn rad "ut II there.
The payroll runs around $4,000 u
month IN. two h4nts ~ Slnion enjoy
the prosperiiv NJ the surrounding cuun.
try and their combined deposits run
around Sasa 00n ON. uf N" most en-.
Ioyahl. visits made during the dnv was
NJ Crushvinn. where The Amarill"1ns
were mot 1T IN" station md conveyed
10 the heart II the town In automo.
biles and Trucks rnuslng hand ron
cert was given and between numbers
hy the hand the gle. club entertained
the citizens The visit M 'hit Ulc'
was cut short due 20 m" train h'inr
late In arriving and the boost,rs were
taken hack IN the train In ears after a
thirty minute stay.
Heavy Hank Depnsiil
Crosbyion IL town ~ fifteen hun.
d,ed people and enjoys ne much pros
NNa LID. Ia D.
Panhandle. lis iwo h1nfs haNc rn'l.
hined deposits ~ over $3.50 900 tn
farmers in that section have boon a..
lighted the last week with more than
four inches ~ rain Crosby county is
the home ~ tho long sf1ul" cotton.
more than 5000 hllcs having h"'n
ginned there this year Rails IN the
same county ne Cr1shytnn, q little ri'f
~ about 1000 people also cniovs tn
distinction ~ being cotton r1irinc and
ginning center NOR oth7n 5000 hnl's
being ginnsd there this year upon NJ
irving nj the Rails station the Amaril
loans were met and taken ~ the town
In autos To the music ~ N" never
firing hand. about fifteen boosters went
through az the antics known 20 al IN"
savage tribes. whoouing yelling and
dancing. The reception given the visit
ors AZ Rails was equal 60 that ~ any
other town II It's sire on the trim. 80
peciaiiy when II Is considered that they
were allotted only forty.five minutes In
which 20 do Il
40 square Dance
All previous exhibitions were sur.
passed at Lorenzo when Jim Vernon
and Allan Early did the square dance
10 the music 81 hand and W " Blaine"
secretary Of the Amarillo Panhandle
automobile association, gave exhibit.
lions Of classic dancing that would put
the best Of stage performers 10 sham"
Lorenzo II a neat little town 81 300
people a mecca on the plains II en-.
joys all the prosperity b0asisd ~ by
any other town on the Croshyton
branch. Durin gthe five minute stop
az Idaiou the band rendered n couple
~ fast selections the first being danced
20 nv "Amafilio's leading washerwo'
man" and the second by a distinguish
I'd parsonage whose name IL withheld
hy request Ne declaring In dispalr
81 being nationally known as a Hula
Hula dancer
Lively In Afternoons.
That the Amarillo crowd seems o.
muster more pepe In the late afternoon
was evidenced by the performance
given at Abernathv In the twenty-five
minutes allotted that town. several
selections were rendered by the Queen.
City's invincible hand and all sorts 81
cavorts took place. Jim Vernon and
Allan Early repeated their cake.walk ~
that place and were followed by Jack
Hark who gave n new version - the
shimmie. A throng ~ Alternately citi'
yens awaited the arrival q the special
at the station.
Rsiecenier. which Is In the center 81
life county. az the name implies, wns
the next stop. II II town 81 approx
mately 500 people and thrives on thu
let q the surrounding land despite tn
fact that ~ II handicapped by 81 near
ness to Plainyiew. The Amarillo boost
els were joined by Halecenter ladies h
q dance on the station platform and th'
hand furnished several selections %
one step music.