Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20
PERRYT0N's NEWSPAPER
IS CREDIT To THE CITY

TisiNi i'sNt ifNhNs Ifns lNs-ln
spite II the fact that Perryton is one
OF the youngest towns In the nation, Il
N possessed II fun grown newspaper.
Having a good newspaper isn't all of
II. II has u job plant which can turn
out high priced work that In declared
Ia he the best short OF Amarillo
plant established 10y Brazell BROTHERS.
which cost. In round numbers. just SIC.
OOo. and which contains nothing hut
new, electrically equipped machinery,
down to the II model Mergcnihalcr
which was set up early In January.
u. Bra2cll IN editor and manager OF
the plant. hut associated with him arc
his brothers. Alvin and jeff. They
were residents of the old town II Ochi.-
tree. IN which they established the
Ochiltrcc County Herald two years
prior to the removal ~ the town to
this dtc
Eleven months after their plant had
been moved 10 Pcrryton. however. Il
was totally destroyed 10y fire due TO tn,
explosion Of the gasoline engine which.
In the new town. was being called on
for considerable overtime" work. This
did not halt the business. however.
Plans were Immediately laid and sl.
though the plant was destroyed on
Monday. the same week the paper was
issued to every subscriber. although .,
was published In Shattuck. Okla.
New Machinery was then essential.
Dccming that It would be foolish. IN
~ thriving community. tn purcha 80
equipment which would bc outgruwn In
a few short years. the brothers. backed
by the financial interests Of their com.
munity. purchased equipment which
should last many years, even In ~
swiftly growing town as Perryton.
They have BabcOck Reliance cylin.
der press. an Eclipse folder. a No.
Bos'on wire sti,chcr. a Portland punch.
two job presses. a thir,yinch cutter
and a No IL model Brrgcnthaler type.
setting machine. each one Of these
equipped with Its individual motor.
IL the business paying? Well. the
brothers have just as much as they
can take care of aud there II work nj
all times for four and sometimes fivs
people. az course they get all the Pee
ryton business. hut taey ~ outside tho
limits II their city and get much buSl-
ness from towns up and down the line
and fll some orders for outof.state
points.
Whether the bushes Is paying or
losing money. u Brazell knows at the
close Of each days work just where lac
stands lie has purchased several cost
accounting systems. but he has man.
ufacturcd Tor himself one which. he
declares. has them all beaten. Every
day IL invoice day IN this shop. and u
shows upon the daily sheet gotten out
by ,he brothers. \ profit ON both the
stock and the printing Is made aud al
the close uf business each day. 80 eft. .
ci-nt IL the system employed In this
plant. that the brothers. In five min.
utcs. can ten you exactly the amount
ol stock on hand the business finished
and the net profit ON the jobs. together
with the amount OF cash on hand and
In the bank and the exact Expenditures
for the past iwcntyfour hours.
When the census taker reached the
office of the Ochiltrcc County Hcrall.
he was able 10 learn, In exactly q
minutes. the weekly. daily and monthly
business NJ tho firm Tor the past twelve =,
months. lie was very much surprised. |
II usually takes ~ least half a day 10 1
secure these estimates. from both large /
and small newspapers. and then they |
are not considered accurate. liut the /
figures given by lirazcll Brothers wcr, 7,
exact.
Brazcll Brothers have the full conf. :
doncr OF the people of Ochiltrcc Coun. I
" They are boosters aud progrcssiyes .
and they are destined 10 have a large B
hand IN the development ~ the latent |