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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-19

Not long ago I met 4 foreigner who
has been living IN this country ABOUT
twelve years and who. although no hao
q slight land deltEhtcuD accent. spoke
English moro huently. more vividly. ana
with q fuller vocabulary than nine out
Of ten OF Us to whom English IS our
native tongue.
compltmented him upon this tact
and no was much pleased. He went on
10 speak Of his experiences in learning
English and tod me two things that In
terssted mo enough TO pass on to YOU
went About with . Note Book
Ono was his method OF learning Eng
ush. This Is what he did. He knew
1u,t the English taught in the Danish
high school when he came 70 this coun-
try (anyone who has tried out high
school French as . working language in
France knows what that means). and
he wanted to supplement il as soon as
possible, as no had his living 70 earn
In tho now land. So he went about with
q note book Jotting down Ia Il that ne
saw on his walks or his trips 70 shops
or visits 70 homes
For instance q walk might yield him
the Danish words for trolley car. straw
hat, necktle. schoolooy, school. sutorno-
bile, potatoes. onions. carrots. telephone
homo he would look up tho English
equivalent In his DantBh-Englt die
tionary and this method OF Identifying
tho object with tho word. he declared.
helped him get vocabulary FAR quicker
than studying any list OF words IN \
book.
why wait 70 GO AbroSd7
Anyone who II going abroad might
try this method IN tho new country.
Though come TO think OF Il do not see
why one need walt: one could pretend
one was In France. or Spain, or 1eAly.
ana do Il here, couldn't oneF
Tho other fact concerned the results
or his study. He said that no and sew
sral native born Americans tried this
experiment
They took up the dictionary and OPEN
ing Il at random took down the top
word on tho page. They did this on 80
pages and then each tried 20 define the
words And l did not come out 50
\ badly" he said Knowing him. I know
khs% that means no came out very welr'
Try This On Your Family
y Immediately I asked myself: How
we'll should como out?" and reaching
for my dictionary tried It. The first
Wort I found I could define. the second
\ a pretty good idea Of. the third.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-19

Kind OF hard to please women.
E.inks sighed.
How So links asked sympathetic
ALLY.
My wife has harped SO on how much
more attention mon paid to women be-
:"rc marriage that had big bunch Of
roses sent out 10 tho house and took her
:, hoy OF fine candy"
And wasn't she plcased?"
oh, dunno. She's been talking ever
since about how much more sensible <
would have been If I'd sent out 4 ham
and brought home 4 new dOnr-,nat
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-19
4 PRETTY. SERVICEARLE

Pattern 37o6 was employed TO make
this practical model. 1t - cut IN four
sizes: Small. Medium. Largo and Extra
Large. A medium size Will require
~ yards OF 36-inch material. TIT
pockets may be omitted.
Bingham. seersuCker. percals, dry.
sateen and lawn could be used Tor TINS
style.
A pattern OF this illustration mallod
TO any address on receipt o. - cents
IN silver or stamps.
Write name and address plainly. Send
II cents TO lntellIgencer office. Wheel
ing. W. Va
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-19

Queen Wilhelmlna, OF Holland. has
been recommended for tho Nobel I"a'"
Prize this year. on tho gr"un" thit ''
all neutral nations, Holland did most :"
re-es,ablish peace in EGrop".
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-19
SKIN FOODS

Those who know little readily pronounce judgment
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-19
BY SAM LLOYD
One Minute to Answer This.
Answer 20 IesLg4u..J
By GENE BYRNES

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GEM plus AND minus MAID plus NEST
plWr EOWEL minus TROWEL leaves
plOGENES.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
JONES INVESTIGATES
COMMUNITY CAMP SITE

d. W. Jones, secretary of the Clovis
Chamber of Commerce, returned this
morning from a trip through the cen
trail part Of the state, where he in
yestigated the territory available for
municipal camping grounds.
Mr.. Jones was accompanied by c..
l.. Cooper and r. G. Porter, Of Tulia,
who selected camping site for that
city
Under present rulings, towns are
allowed to select five-acre tracts
which will be set aside for them on
petition Of the city council.
Mr.. Jones recommends that Clovis
select her camping ground on the
Rito Espertu Santos creek, in the
Santa Fe National Forest, about IL
miles north Of the little town of Pecos
in San Miguel County. The scenery
there is beautiful, and the place would
make an ideal camping ground, Mr..
Jones says
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
BIC MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE ON soon
American City Bureau Will Raise
Funds to Finance Work Of Clovis
Chamber Of Commerce.

Representatives of the American
City Bureau will be in Clovis on April
25th to commence the campaign to
secure finances for the Clovis Cham
Der Of Commerce. The American
City Bureau has been exceptionally
successful in financing Chambers of
Commerce, they having just closed
succo5sfuI campaign at Ration.
They will send experienced workers
into Clovis whose duty it will be to
form an organization that win secure
members and donations that will fl
nance the Chamber of Commerce for
a period Of three years. The Bureau
receives percentage for putting over
the drive.
The directors Of the local CONNER
cial organization have found the mat
ter Of getting the money to pay the
expenses Of the work to be most
perplexing problem and it IS believed
this big drive for funds will insure
the Chamber Of Commerce plenty of
funds to operate on.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
BIC SEWER CONTRACT
IS AWARDED MONDAY
City Will Spend $50, Isl in Construct.
ing Approximately $4,000 Feet
of Sewer Extension.

The contract fol! sewer extension
in Clovis, which has been contemplate
ed for some time, was awarded to Mr..
Claud Fisher, Of Phoenix, Arizona,
by the City Council Monday evening.
The work vii. cost the city $50, ,251
aud the work is to be completed by
August of this year
Specifications Of the job call for
26,S60 feet of 8 inch sewer line, and
LAO feet of 10 inch line, 900 Y's
$4,000 feet Of trench not less than
three and half feet deep and 5000
feet of trench not less than six feet
deep, and the construction of 80 man
holes with the necessary flush tanks,
etc.
The work will include large part
Of the outlying districts of town not
served by the present system,
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
CURRY COUNTY FARMERS
ARE AFTER FARM PESTS.

Curry County farmers are going
after farm pests in earnest now, ac-
cording to Victor Van Geesen, of the
U. S. Biological Survey, who is max
ing Curry his headquarters this week.
On Tuesday demonstrations Of
methods Of exterminating prairie
dogs, ground squirrels, field mice and
Other rodents were given in the Moye
and Pumpkin Center districts, and
all farmers in these communities
have signed up to destroy the prairie
dogs on their lands. Another dem
onstration in the Bellview district
was given today.
Poisoned grain and carbon bisul-
phide are the principal methods used
in getting rid of the pests, and it is
estimated that the cost per acre in
clearing the land of rodents is about
25 cents.
During 1920 about 1900 acres OF
land in this county were cleared of
prairie dogs, and there remain ap-
proximately 5000 acres yet to be
cleared.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
CHAUTAUQUA WILL
COMMENCE MAY IS
Seven.Day Program has Been AM
nounced ana Company Says At
fractions are Of the Best.

The Clovis Chautauqua will begin
on May 10th. Plans are being made
now to handle the entertainment of
this year which will consist of a seven
days program.
AT meeting of the Chautauqua
signers last Friday evening, W. W.
Mayes was named president of the or
ganzation this year and John C. Luik-
art was chosen secretary. The presi-
dent will name an advisory committee
which will have charge of ticket SELL
ing and other matters connected with
putting over the proposition.
Following are some Of the numbers
on the program this year;
Viera's Hawaiians, greatest in The
United States.
Grenadier's Singing Band spectac,
ular music.
Philharmonic Orchestra, all string
superb.
Hon. John Temple Graves, one of
Americas greatest orators.
Ng Pom Chew, Chinese Newspaper
man
The Wells Company, musical and
dramatic.
Chas. II. Plattenburg, community
affairs.
Broadway Jones, N. Y. success by
/ Cohan.
Montague Light Opera Singers, in
light opera program.
Nine. Selavanova, on Russia.
DR.. Frank Dixon, National affairs.
Clarissa Harold reader.
Henry Adrian, story of Luther
Burbank.
Knofleckova and Company, great
volinist
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
Cotton Association Formed.

Delegates from five states, repres-
enting 76 per cent of the cotton
growing territory in the United States
met in Oklahoma City Tuesday and
formed what is considered the largest
commodity selling organization in the
country The organization will be
known as the American Cotton Grow
ers exchange, and will have head
quarters at Dallas. Oklahoma, Ark
ansas, California, Texas, Georgia,
Mississippi and North Carolina were
represented at the meeting.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
FARM BUREAU DRIVE IS
GOING AHEAD RAPIDLY
Membership Campaign Gains Big
Impetus Through Three Days
Speaking Tour of Cummings

The membership campaign Of the
Curry County Farm Bureau, which
started off Friday with three days
speaking tour by S. Fred Cummings,
national organizer, is going ahead
rapidly according to County Agent
L. C, Hollinger.
During the three days of Mr.. Cum
mings' stay in Curry County 1856 new
members were signed up by the bu'
reau solicitors, and committees who
are thoroughly posted on the Work
of the organization are working in
each community.
In the initial drive, the Bellview
community signed up 27 members,
and Pleasant Hill followed close with
2E. Since that time the Pleasant
Hill committee has reported 32 ad-
ditional members, and Bellview has
reported 32.
The following committees are at
work in the various communities:
Pleasant Hill, w. w Hungate and
/. 6. Barnes; Bellview, Bonnie Par
ish and ]. N. Brown; Grady, Rev,
Il. A. Crawford and John F. Smith
son; Melrose, J. A. Conley and Mr.
Hollifield; Locust Grove, c. A. La
Duke and j. +. Randol Moye and
Pumpkin Center, A. +. Douglas and
A. B. Douglas.
From all indications there will be
considerable rivalry between the
committees in the race for member
ship, and it is the aim of the bureau
that every farmer and business man
in the county be given chance to
join,
Later on a systematic campaign
will be carried on in each of the
towns Of the county.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
Forced to Sign Check.

W, v Chumley, so years Of age,
was arrested in Amarillo, Wednesday,
on the charge Of having forced T, s.
Cavins, president of the First Nation
al Bank of Claude, Texas, to sign a
check for $4,000 According to the
bankers story, Chumley stopped him
on the street Wednesday morning,
The old man carried an iron chain
with Il strap tied to it, and the banker
feared that he would be beaten il he
did not sign the check. Following a
futile attempt TO cash the check,
Chumley went to Amarillo, where he
was arrested.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
IMPORTANT CASE
BEING HEARD TODAY

A case of much magnitude is being
heard here this week before Judge
Reed HOLMAN of Santa Fe. The case
is A. W. Skarda VS.. First National
Bank and First Mortgage Loan Co.
Of Clovis. The ownership of $500
head Of sheep, formerly the property
Of j. Frank Neel, is involved. The
plaintiff is represented by Rowells
& Reese, and W. A. Havener and the
defendants by Patton & Hatch and w.
W, Mayes Of this city and J. NJ.
Hervey of Roswell.
The case will likely be finished
today.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
WOODMEN CIRCLE PLANS
CONVENTION HERE SOON
National Officers and Many Dele
gates will be Present at State
Meeting Here This Month.

The Woodmen Circle Convention
for the state of New Mexico, will be
held in Clovis April 25th and 26th.
Mrs. Dora Alexander Talley, Supreme
Clerk, of Omaha, Neb., and Mrs.
Katie Ferguson, Chairman of the
Supreme Law Committee and state
manager for New Mexico, of Albu-
querque, viii attend the meetings.
Grand officers and delegates from
all over the state will attend the con
venton.
The convention will be held in thq
Elks Hall, and the program follows
Monday, April rs, 10 a. m.
Mistress of Ceremonies, Mrs. Ralph
Martin.
Invocation, Rev. W, NJ. Elliott.
Opening Ode.
Address of welcome on behalf of
city of Clovis, Lieut.. Gov. Duckworth.
Response, Mrs. Carrie Cusack.
Address of welcome on behalf OF
W. o. W. and Woodmen Circle, by
c, A. Hatch
Response, Mrs. Dora Alexander
Talley, Omaha, Neb.
America" a."
The public is invited to attend the
program of Monday morning.
Monday Afternoon, 1880 p. m.
Business Session.
At 4:30 an auto ride will be given
the visiting delegates by the Clovis
Chamber of Commerce.
Monday Evening.
7 o'clock, initiation of new mem
bers.
$3.50 o'clock, memorial service 10
which the public is cordially invited,
Tuesday Morning.
Business session at 8 o'clock
Tuesday Evening
At 7 o'clock installation of officers.
Get together meeting and reception
to which public is invited
The Albuquerque drill team will
put on all floor work and give some
fancy drills.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
WALLACE AUSTIN is
MARRIED Az LIBERTY, MO.

Wallace Austin and Miss Edna Lee
Smith were married on Wednesday
of last week at the home of the bride
at Liberty, Mo, The young couple
arrived in Clovis last Friday morning
and are making their home at 209
W. Washington Avenue.
The groom is a member Of the firm
of A. b. Austin & Co., and is a
young man of plenty of business
ability and has a bright future. The
bride is not known in Clovis but the
News joins the many friends of the
groom in welcoming her to this city.
This paper wishes the newly-weds
much happiness.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
Calls Special Session.

Governor Robertson of Oklahoma
has decided to call special session
Of the legislature to pass appropria-
tion bills for state Institutions and for
maintenance Of the state government,
on April % or May 2. These approp-
riations were blocked recently when
the lower house Of the legislature ad-
iourned without notice and for time
it was feared that the state schools
would have to be closed.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
25G0 ATTEND SINGING
CONVENTION SUNDAY
Delegates From Many Points Outside
State Compete with Local Sing.
ers. Hollene has Next Meet.

All attendance records for com
munity gatherings in Curry County
were smashed Sunday when $500
people met at the Ranchvale School
for the thirteenth quarterly conven-
tion of the Curry County Singing
Convention.
The convention was called to order
at 10 O'Clock in the morning, and the
singing contests between classes from
the various communities OF the county
lasted until late in the afternoon.
BY ballot Of the members, the
next meeting Of the organization will
be held at Hollene ou the third Sun
day in June. Officers for the coming
year were elected as follows John
F. Taylor, president; Prof. Jeff
Wclch, Texico, vice-pres,; Miss Lula
Mitchell, Ranchvale, secretary; and
Hayden W. Jennings of Texico, j. II.
Conway of Hollene, and (has. +.
White of Havener, advisory commit
tee.
Professor Bobo, of Coleman, Tex,
S. j. Taylor, of Happy, Tex, pres
ident of the Castro county singing
convention, were among the numer-
Gus singers from outside the county.
Many of the visitors drove for a
hundred miles to attend the conven.
ton, and an accurate count showed
a total of 4S6 cars parked around the
school house.
The Singing Convention will meet
three times more during the summer.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
TO SOLICIT FUNDS
FOR BAND CONCERTS

In order to finance the band con-
certs by Johnson's band this summer,
committees will solicit the citizens of
the town in order to raise $3.50 to
assist in financing the entertainments.
The Kiwanis Club has appointed COM
mittees to -'ork each block and in
this way the work tr soliciting the
funds will be facilitated.
Those contributing will vote on
which night in the week the concerts
will be held and the majority will set
tie the matter. The concerts will be
held at the city park opposite the
Lone Star Lumber Company.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
PAVING CONSTRUCTION
PROGRESSING RAPIDLY
Curbing Work Has Been Completed
on Munroe and Cement Being
Poured There This Week.

Rapid progress is being made on
the paving in Clovis. The curbng has
been ,competed on Munroe Avenue
and this part of the work has been
started on Main Street and Grand
Avenue and the work of pouring &C.
ment on Munroe Avenue has been
commenced. The contractors are
working large force c. men and the
paving program will likely be COM
rleted ahead of the date first fig
ured on.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
ASKS FOR FEDERAL
BUILDING FOR CLOVIS
Congressman Nestor Montoya Asks
Appropriation of 100000 for
New P.O Building in Clovis.

Nestor MoA,Jsa, New MeXico's rep
rdsentatiye in Congress, has intro
duced bill in Congress authorizing
the expenditure of 100000 for a
federal building at Clovis Securing
federal building is no small task,
but CLOVIS is entitled to one and the
people of this city appreciate Mr..
Montoya's efforts to secure the ap.
preparation.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
HIGH SCHOOL CELEBRATES
INTER-SOCIETY CONTESTS

Today is a biz day with the stu
dents of Clovis High School. Glasses
were stopped at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, and the annual intGr-society con-
tests began with tennis tournaments,
A track meet will be held this after
noon, and defamation contests will
be held this evening.
The student body is divided into
two societes-Tri Alpha and Sesame
and each year they compete for the
loving cup.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
FAMOUS BUTTER FAT
COW DIES Or FEVER

Appleton, Wis, April Sadie
Gerben Hengervold de Kol, the Hol-
stein cow who attained forty-pound
butter fat production record in a
seYcn-day test, and known to Holstein
breeders all over the United States
and Canada, died here Monday after
contracting mill. fever. She was
year Old Officials Of the Wisconsin
Live Stock association, owners, val
ucd the COW at $4,000.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21

GETTING IN PRACTICE

= "Pst! Pst!w-It was the =
= mayor calling in a few friends I:
: to witness another wedding at =
+ the City Drug Store. Judge =
: Noble was at hand, and in a =
= short time Mr.. Earl McPheeters =
+ and Miss Mae Bramlet, of Mel =
+ rose were Mr.. and Mrs. McPhee- +
+ ters. +
: 1--WE can marry them in a +
= hurry in here" said the mayor, +
= "because we get lots Of prac- +
+ tice." =
= This is he second wedding in :
:: the store during the past week. :
1. :. = = = + Z: j. : i = = = : + + =
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
MURDERER OF NICHOLS
GETS LONG SENTENCE

Hon. w. W. Nichols returned this
week from Fort Worth where he went
to attend the trial of c. A. Putney
who murdered his brother, Scott
Nichols, there recently Putney was
convicted and was given sentence of
90 years.
Mr. Nichols was chief operator for
the Western Union Telegraph Co. at
Fort Worth. He disappeared in Feb
ruary and his body was not found
until several weeks later.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
SITE FOR CITY PARK
WILL BE CHOSEN

Committees from the City Coun-
ell, the Chamber Of Commerce, the
School Board and the Curry County
Fair Association are now working on
the plan for securing ground for the
city park and camp grounds. Some
thing definite will be worked out in
the way of a location soon.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
HAVENER POSTOFFICE
CHANGED To GRIER
Department Changes Name Of Hav-
ener in Order that it May Con-
form with Railroad Name.

Havener, N. NJ, is no more. The
post office department has changed
the name Of the station to Grer. The
station has always been known by the
Santa Fe Railroad as Grier and has
been so officially noted on railroad
maps, When the post office was es-
tablished the department gave it the
name Of Havener, 1t having been
named for Judge W. A. Havener Of
Clovis
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
CAR STOLEN AND
STRIPPED OF EQUIPMENT

A. l.. Acuff had his Dodge car
stolen from the carnival grounds
last Tuesday night Later the car
was found in west Clovis where e had
been stripped of tires and about cv-
erything else merchantable. The of
ficers have no clue as TO the identity
Of the thief.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
MAKING CROP SURVEY
IN GRADY COMMUNITY.

County Agent, L. c, Hollinger an
nounces that the Grady community,
through Edwin G. Hobbs, High School
prime pal is making community
crop survey. The blanks were sup
Piled by the county agent, and the
survey is well under way. Such a
report will doubtless contain much
valuable information, both for the
people in the Grady DISTRICT and those
interested in that community.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21

The Allied Reparations Committee,
charged with the job of collecting war
indemnities from Germany are now
busy with plans for collecting the
amounts due. Premier Lloyd George
of England, and Premier BRAND, of
France, will confer Sunday with a
view of adopting a plan of action.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
HOCKENHULL BOOSTS
FOR MORE SIDEWALKS

The Kiwanis Club members plan to
have their entertainment features
while the luncheon is being served in
the future, thus giving more time to
attend to business.
AT the Wednesday luncheon A. w.
Hockenhull made a good talk on side
walk building. M. Hockenhull stated
that more sidewalks were really more
important than paving and urged
the members to get behind a program
to put down several miles of walks
this summer.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
Wrong Girl Kid,apped

Vcrda Brown, l3, of Tacoma, Wash
ington, has the distinction of being
the victim of mistaken kidnapping,
She was seized near her home, bound,
gagged, and taken to- Camp Lewis,
where her captors discovered that
she was not the girl they were looking
for She was released unframed af-
ter many apologies and carried to
within one block Of her home.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
ROY SMITH HAS CAR
STOLEN MONDAY NIGHT

A 1917 model five passenger Buick
car, belonging to Roy Smith, was
stolen Monday evening from east
0tero Avenue near the carnival
grounds.
So far, both the thief and the car
are still missing.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
WEEKS NEWS IN BRIEF
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Rebel chiefs. who have promised to
start revolution on May 5--the
Mexican national holiday-have been
selected, according to reports from
Mexico City. The purpose of the out
break is to elevate General Pablo Con
2ales to the presidency and oust OBJ
regon, rs well as punish the assas-
sins of former presidents Carranza
and Madero.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
CALLED TO KANSAS.

Mrs, Edna Hume Durand, county
club leader, left Wednesday for Par
sons, Kansas, where she WAS called
on account Of the death Of her
nephew.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1921-04-21
Want More Water.

People in Amarillo want better
water supply. And with this in view
a series of wells will be drilled in
that vicinity to determine where the
best supply can be had. The city
commission has the work in charge.