Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-06-26
Public Opinion


lEAtUg the News
In acknowledging tho deep npprc,ii
tiun Tor the cooperation received b
councciipn with the proposed autom,
! 90" lus.. This Association wishes &
Hie the following st1t'n.ut uf fact.
a the suggestion OF the Entertain
mpnt Committee 90 thr Board 90 Clu
Development an automobile rgcc fui
the Fourth of Iuiy was planned be
tween Amarillo ChIiiT'ss ana Plain
viyv'for %, following purposes.
J. on that national holiday 90 NJ
ford itc general pablo high class en-
t,rilinmrnt ~ an exciting nature.
2 To promoia the commercial IN.
t,rost 81 the CITY GA that day by IN.
ducing into Amarillo a large number
VI p,oplc who would b. anxiotc % at
tend ard witness such an event.
2. t. encourage guoi road enihus.
iasm.
I. T. point out O. tourists who are
c1nrtnntly Triug westward automobile
Wlrc via Chlidr,ss that 90" road from
Amarillo e. Childr,as could b. made iu
less time and under better conditions
than hy gCing STA Canadian and thence
west
.. T. cause criticism 81 che roads
and routes. which would tend 10 onrour.
age those Interested ia making the
highways
O. To secure interstate advertising
for Amarillo and the Panhandle
Dle 90 the lack ~ cooperation a;
The towns along this route n was ahln.
d1n,d and hoop beginning 20 First and
Polk south o. the Randall County line
thence iu Washburn and return. a TO
tai distance - So miles was suhstl.
tutod Thir would in reality afford the
eitizsns ~ Amarillo more excitement
and pleasure than would the former
route.
81 course 40 due precau,l0n was taxi
IN o. protect human ~. and limb. Hvl
common consent Polk. street would
have been cleared The chief = Police
would have had cooperation from thel
m,.her. n the various civic orgluira..
t.1ns and the County Officials would
have had similar cooperation On the
Country r0ads Danger agns. hammers
and s.gnaiers had i-e,n arranged f0r.
ln fact making the % r0pusiiian safe
vas considered the largest problem and
Was eoiyed only after due d,iih.ra'iaa'
ana cons.deaiion. The eutir. prenlra.I
tiuns were computed and the race was
successfully assured. bot due 90 tho
fact that srrne opposition has been re-
stored with The County Officials b. Oct
1r0nrf.rr o. tho ffafsmsUf rf th, letter
prohibited and as officers - no law
I u ie'nms their dgtv 90 fnfarm tho
COMMITTEE in charge that thsv would
I have o. rXcrriso their artpHl'v ant
, thereby prohibit Thr race Therefore
/ fhc import ~ this communication b. 90
irfoia tn rensrl publ. and fh. u1f.
h..flr's th1f there u.u 100 it held ~
Iulf ir Amarillo Tr automobile race
nna thor fhr money already Contributed
'n D. distributed l4 UrIys viu t. OF.
Turned fn fhs donors iv COMMITTEES.
uf" wit d. appointed ir fh. immediate
future for that purp1ss
| This Addition WI-Ls4 g. heartily
tfarf tr0re who have rrer.rltsd III
1r ordelrnT On make this PROTEST prs.
rih'" ard '1 assure r.#F ere That .,
50 nf mar0aurrt r1 fHr uarf ~ no
ar'sf'ol..'f isairrs huf an sNrI 3 air'i
q iher wiiurrssr ts u1rfiaiplfs on ca
ffent. vhi.h Vac Thought g. D.. rrr m
NJ nature ~ general onfsrairmtp q,
-'sry man. woman and child ln 10
:. euumuuify
Very respectfully submitted.
Tue Amarillo. plnhlrdir Aut0mo
70 i've p.1isre Ars0ei1fIrr
AL ~ dIrssfiHr ~ ~ president
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