The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-01-27
WHY BULB a COLLEGE IN THE
WEST?

This Is the second OF series OF
articles intended to show the wis
dom OF adding college course 70
the Panhandle Agricultural Institute
at Goodweil Oklahoma. aud OF
making the school by abundant ap-
preparation adequate to the crying
needs OF this country.
Goodwill ~ Location
This broad country affords the
greatest opportunity ever saw
for growth without infringing on
any one else. Everything here is
laid out on broad scale Our
streets and highways are broad
Our farms and ranches are broad
Even the back OF our herefords
are broad. but what is most inn
portant OF all. the minds of our
people are broad The bigness OF
this country astonishes every strang-
er passing through IL. It's broad
unbroken stretches OF fertile prairie
are more beautiful than descrip-
tion can picture. Right through
the town of Goodwell the Rock
Island railroad has track as
straight as the eye could make Il
from Dalhart, Texas, to within one
mile OF Guymon. Oklahoma, dis
tance OF about 76 miles. Think
OF IL! A straight stretch OF that
magnitude across country as
fine as any over which a bird ever
spread his wing. Soon after passing
Guymon the road again resumes an
air line course clear on out of the
Panhandle and far up into Kansas
before there is another curve in
the track. Now let II be remem-
bered that this long air line railroad
Is not the result of dogged de-
termination on the part OF the
construction company to overcome
obstacles for the sake of spec
tacular piece OF road. but such
course afforded the least resist
ance.
But does this great western coun-
try deserve real educational cultiva-
tion? In answer 20 this question
let facts be submitted to candid
world" Only four other counties
in the entire state produced crops
last year OF greater value than
Texas county. This county had
over fourteen million dollars worth
OF agricultural products. might
add here that the other Panhandle
counties compare favorably with
Texas county in this respect. though
the exact figures are not before me
at present. Sow there are. per-
haps. twice as many tractors in
the Panhandle as there were a
year ago Multiplied thousands of
acres af virgin sod are being swift
ly made TO wave with golden grain.
The farming OF these immense
prairies has but begun. When prop
erly summer fallowed wheat in
this country yields from thirty-five
to sixty bushels per acre. and Of
ten scales sixty three and sixty
four pounds to the bushel. Read
err, IL you don't believe this. I Just
dare you TO come up here and in
vestigate. And these farms are
not occupied by wandering renters.
Sventy eight per cent OF the farm
ers own their homes This is the
largest percentage OF home-owned
farms in the state, so declares
Hon. Jno A. Whitehurst. president
of the State Board of Agriculture.
We pay the state large sums in
taxes while at the same time we
are not source of heavy expense
for costly improvements We are
patriotic and loyal TO the last drop
of blood in our veins. We love
our children as other people love
theirs and long 10 see them pre-
pared for life like their peoples
children. So. why should we not
have a great school in our midst
and facilities and commensurate
with our needs?
JAS. o. DAVIS.
Secretary of the p A. I.