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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1921-04-28

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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1921-04-28
LIBROS EN- ESPANOL

Compre usted sus libros en- espa-
mol Ia Casa Editorial Lozano, 11S
No. Santa Rosa Ave, San Antonio,
Texas. Es Ia mas barata.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

The new ?sO.0OO bushel elevator OF
Harvest Queen Mills AT Plalnview.
Albert q. Him. owner Of the elevator.
has recently announced that he will
build seven story concrete mill build
Ing near the elevator. The tall. narrow
structure near the elevator " n grain
drler which has just been completed
for MIR. Him.
The huge new elevator ~ the Harvest
Queen Mills at Plalnvlew In an lndIca-
ton of the greatness OF the grain In.
dustry there. The elevator has a
capacity of 100000 bushels II IL
equipped with modern machinery for
handling the grain rapidly and IL
operated by electric power. A large
grain drier has Jus, been completed
adjoining the elevator. There IN only
one other such structure In North.
weFi Tcxaa
There ara NJ present five elevators
In plalnvicw and all of them handle
many thousands ~ bushels IL grain
annually. There are several other
grain firms who have not yet built ele.
valors. mt who expect 10 do No. An
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20
AALE-SW|sAER MEDICAL.
SOCIETY HAS MEMBERSHIP
Of TWENTY-FIVE DOCTORS

The Hale Swlshcr Counties Medical
Society has a membership of twenty.
five doctors OF Hale. Swishcr. Floyd.
Briscoe and Lamb counties II 10 one
~ the Oldest such organizations In tho
Panhandle. being now about fifteen
years old. Monthly meetings are held
In Plainvlcw. at which time papers are
read by members and round table dis.
cusstD ms arc held. Frequently we'll
known specialists from other towns
read papers before the society.
The society Ii affiliated with tho
Panhandle District Medical Associa.
tion. the Texas State Medical Associa.
ton and the American Medical Associa-
ton. Through these organizations and
by the regular meetings the members
are able 10 keep In close touch with
all modern advances In medicine and
surgery.
DIR. 8. J. Underwood Of Hale Center
In the present president Of the society
and DR.. Y. +. Mci.cndon OF Plalnview
In secretary.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

One Of the $50 irrigation wells OF the
shallow water belt Of which Pinlnview
In the center. AZ may be noticed this
well In driven by electric power fur.
nished by the Plainview plant.
According 10 figures recently com.
piled by John W. McCollum. special
CENSUS agent. the irrigation wells u
the Pialnview district have n combined
pumping capacity OF 2ss.tts. 900 gallons
Of water each day. There are $50 wells
In the section with an average pumping
capacity 81 about 1900 gallons per min.
ute. Tho statements u famed gcolo
gists and exhaustive tests have prov.
on that thla tremendous water supply
In absolutely incxhaustihle.
Further figures given by Mr.. McCol.
lum show that land can be- irrigated at
the cost Of $3.50 per acre by the method
used In the Plalnview country. In.
creased yields win pay this cost several
times. Although az present only y
very small part ~ Hale County IL un'
der irrigation. and good crops can IL
made without Il, II has been found that
intensive irrigated farms are the great
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20
Plainviiew Has Two
First Class Papers

The reading public of plainview has
forty pages Of LEGAL news and adver.
Using matter each week. In the Plain.
view Evening Herald and the Plain.
view News. the city has two excellent
somi.weekly newspapers. With the
liberal advertising patronage OF Plain.
view business men. both have pros.
pcrcd and grown for several years un.
III they occupy high places In the state
journalistic field.
There N no petty jealousy between
the plainvicw papers. and both COM
binc TO build n larger and better city
and country. MIR. Adams. of the News
and Mcssrs. Miller and Ililhurn 81 the
Herald. not only assist In town build
ing through their columns. hut they
urc among the Invest personal workers
along this line.
The large circulation of both news
papers II evidence Of their popularity.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

the Panhandle State Fair held at ANA
rillo several years before the war In
successive years Hale County won the
cups offered Tor best county exhibits.
The commercial quarters nj Pain.
view u, present are almost entirely GOV.
cred with ribbons won by Hale County
NJ fairs Four silver Guns and the five
gold medals won at Denver are dis.
played In the room.
~ tho 1890 state Fair ~ Texas nj
Dallas. the Hale County exhibit took
the special prize Tor winning the great.
81, numhrr 81 blue ribbons. Against
the stiffcst Kind NJ competition. Hale
County won 20 ribbons out 81 Al en-
tries The previous year Hale County
won thiriy.one ribbons with hastily
prepared exhibit and In 1918 she won
la7 ribbons AT the Waco Cotton Palace
and the silvcd Gun for the host county
exhibit In 1916 Hale again made a
clean sweep ~ the Cotton Palace and
won ~ ribbons. Tho Cotton Palace
was ralded for the first timc In 1915
and CO prizes We're taken. As early ~
1914 Tor the county was awarded TWEEN.
~ four firsts at the Dallas Fair.
4 complete review of all fair victories
~ Hale County would he mono,uus no
cause of its length.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

est profit makers Among the rrope
which can he irrigated with special ad-
vantagca are alfalfa. clover. sudan
grass. and all truck crops. An irrigated
alfalfa or clover crop n one Of the most
beautiful scenes IN the Plainvicw coun.
try and II IN also one Of the biggest
money makers Irrigated alfalfa fro-n
Hale County took the worlds prize ne
the International Farm Congress AZ
Denver In 1915.
Water In reached In Hale County nc
from thirty 10 fifty feet. For the irrI.
CATION wells they are drilled AZ deep
AZ is0 feet 10 secure a basin. centris
fugal pumps are used exclusively ana
the pump IT. usually placed few fees
below the surface % the water. Blk
20 ten inch pipes In diameter are used
TO bring the water 10 the surface. The
pure cold water gushes from these
pipes In n huge stream which Ia a real
inspiration. Motive power for the
pumps IL usually furnished by oh e1s
rInea. although some cf the wells are
run by electric power. The electricity
IL wired through parts Of the county
from the large plant In riainvisw.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

4 section of the Board ~ city he
vclopmcnt and Chamber 81 Commerce
quarters at rlain,iew Notice the dis
play " ribbons won by Hale County
agi iculturul exhibits ut various fairs
These are only a small part ~ the rib
hons shown in the commercial quar-.
tcrs.
"Fools rush In where angels fear 10
tread" IN 1915 the commercial or
ganiations 81 riainvlcw sent an agri
cultural exhibit to the Tenth lntcrna.
iiunal Dry Farm Congress and SOIL
Products Exposition at Dcnvcr. Great
Immigration companies from all parts II
the world Ind prepared exhibits NJ a
cost uf Thousands Governments OF for
cign lands had set aside huge funds and
employed small armies ~ experts 10
prepare their exhibits. And all were
at the great fair with the best products
from the best soil of their lands
AEalnst them Halle County. then almost
unknown I'm such broad field placed
the products from her own soil II
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20
HALE COUNTY FARMERS PRODUCE ENORMOUS CROPS
PLAINVIEW BOASTS ONE OF MOST
MODERN MILLS IN State; PLANS
FOR NEW PLANT ARE CONSIDERED

organization ~ farmers plans 10 build
another 10000 bushel elevator In time
for next summers wheat crop.
Heavy Shipments
Grain produced ~ Eale County In
1920 toialled s.bs7.2so bushels OF this
amount i.77s.es0 buahals was wheat.
Al the beginning Of the year there was
practically no wheat In the hands of
farmers During 1899. l.s7s.2ss
bushels Of wheat were shipped from
Hale County elevators OF this wheat
97s 900 bushels were shipped from
Plainvlew II n conacrvatively esti-
mated that 500. 600 bushels Of wheat u
yet IN the hands ~ Hale County
farmers. Maize and kaffir shipments
during the year toialled $4,000 bushels
aud the estimate on the amount of
threahed grain now IN the hands of
farmers IN 800 00 bushels.
These figures place Hale County and
the Plalnview country as ons OF thu
foremost grain growing sections ~
the state. And this IN spite Of the fact
that only twenty per cent 81 Hale
County II under cultivation
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

Tho First Methodist Church build
ing Mt Piainview IL one Il the ten
churches In the city. Other denomI
nations having buildings are Baptist
Presbyterian. Christian. Episcopal
Church Of Christ. Catholic. NaEerene
Pentocosial and Lutheran. The Luth.
eran church. although not within the
city limits Il In community just
south " Plalnvlcw.
The Presbyterian. Christian and
Methodist denominations each have
large brick buildings and the Baptist
Church will soon build fine home
The other churches have neat wooden
buildings.
Practically all elements ~ religious
work are carried out by the Plain.
view churches. The large attendance
at several churches has already made
q necessary 10 build new buildings and
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20
PLA|NV|EW HAS TWO
WELL ORGANIZED BANDS

Piainvlew has two hands. either Of
which any city might well be proud.
Both the hoy's hand and the adults
band are managed and financed by the
commercial organizations. The mem.
hers own their Instruments but there
their individual expenses cease. for the
commercial bodies pay the director. buy
music and pay all other bills.
Under tho direction Of Prof. q. A.
Wright. the Plainview Chamber Of
Commerce Boys Hand has made truly
remarkable progress The band was
organized two months ago. but a. none
OF the boys Ind instruments It was I've
weeks before any start could be made
Several ~ the boys did not receive IN
strumcnts until late IN pocembcr. WIN
daily practice. untlring efforts on the
mart OF Prof. Wright and the earnest
co opera,lon ~ the boys the band was
able Ia give a splendid public concert
before the first of tho year There
arc now thlrty.four members OF ths
hand. all Of whom have Instruments
No more mcmhcrs will he taken until
the present group reaches high
stage OF perfection.
II Is the plan Of the plainview Cham.
her ~ Commerce 10 use the boy'a
hand on ,ht trade excursion next sprink
and to s,nd u TO stvcrai conventions
and fairs.
The adult hand now has sixttcn cx-
p,rlcnctd mtmbers ana with the rc-er-
forcement Of several 81 the moro adj
vanced members Of the boys hard 4
- strong musical orEnn'zaiion- ora1
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20
GRAIN EXCHANGE.
At PLA|Nv|EW IS.
CREDIT TO CITY.
CITY N CENTER or ONE or
MOST EXTENSIVE GRAIN
GROWING SECTIONS

That Phlnvlew In the center Of ono
OF the most extensive grain growing
sections In the United States In shown
by the fact that Plainview has a grain
exchange with an inspection depart.
ment under federal supervision. SO
far an In known Plainvlcw IL the only
town In the nation Of less than 10000
population having n grain inspection
department. Amarillo IL the only other
town having an inspection laboratories
In the Panhandle and the plnlnvlew
station leads II In number Of cars In
spectcd annually.
Tho laboratories of tho PlalnvIow
Grain Exchange are In charge ~ Jas
II. Wallace, q grain inspector OF wide
experience. lie and an assistant are
kept busy every day and sometimes
az night 10 make thorough inspection
90 every carload of grain originating
In the territory embraced by tho Plain.
View Grain Exchange.
Through knowing grades before ship
ment IN made the grain men of the
Plainvlew section have been able To
Eave thousands Of dollars. Especially
on declining markets have the inspec.
lions proven their worth. The inspec.
ton department II almost self sustain.
INK. due To the large number of cars
inspected and the small charge made
on each.
Albert q. Him OF Plalnvicw Il presl.
dent OF the plainvlcw Grain Exchange
and A. q. Cox. also Of Plainvicw. In
secretary. AZ present there are thir.
ty.five members Of the exchange. Prac-
tically every grain buying firm from
Pialnylew. Lubbock. Tulia. I.ockney.
Floydada. Crosbyton. Rails, Hale Con
ter aud Alternately are members.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

In 1890 thirteen solid car loads OF
eggs were shipped from Plainview.
Probably more than this number were
shlppcd by express In smaller lots. Five
years ago the firs, car OF eggs was
shipped. and citizens made 1, an affair
Of ceremony. When the first solid cur
Of live poultry was shipped the local
newspapers heralded the event with
very large and very black headlines.
Now they see no news In several car
lad shipments In a single day.
Recently a car OF dressed turkeys
from Plalnview firm was shipped 10
the Philippine Islands. Several cars OF
Plalnview eggs have boen consigned TO
cuba.
Each year Plalnview Ii the scene OF
the West Texas Poultry Show, tho
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

other churches are finding their
quarters cramped. Many special
meetings combining social and civic
activities with the religious work.
The Presbyterian church has a well
equipped gymnasium In the basement
Of the building and several times each
week classes are conducted. The
church also has a kitchen and lunch
room. The Plainvlew kiwanis Club
II served its weekly luncheon by the
Presbyterian ladies In this room.
II may b. said without hesitation
that the success II church work In
Plainvlcw In due In large part To the
interest taken by the pastors In all
community efforts and the desire ~
the churches to be- ~ service In every
thing Tor a larger and better city
although II may not b. ~ strictly ~,
ligious nature.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20
Farming Exposition
Was Well Attended

Four thousand people attended the
first rlainvicw Tractor show and
Power Farming Exposition last spring,
During the morning all makes Of trac-
tors and pnwor farming machinery
was displayed on lots near the bust
ness acction. IN the afternoon u plow'
INK demonstration. IN which thirteen
different makes ~ tractors particle
pnted. was staged two miles from tho
city.
Dealers plan to stage the show again
next spring and plans Ia that effect
arr helny made.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

largest show OF Its kind In West Texas.
and one Of the largest In the South
west. breeders from all Texas and sew.
eral other states exhibit the finest birds
TO he found. The show Is managed by
the Plalnvicw Poultry Association and
By the liberal aid OF commercial organ.
izations and business firms II 10
financed.
Each year the show is the cause of
more people Of the Plainvicw country
going into the poultry business. II has
also resulted In me poultry farms of
Hale county being stocked with a high
grade OF poultry. The show and the
fact that climatic conditions are ideal
around plainViow for poultry raising
have made the industry the great sue
cess.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

Sal soda In no, sap suds IL splen'
ND for rrmoving grease from gas
range. See that Il h thoroughly dried
afterwards.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

Practically every highway engineer to
day Agrees that al roads should have
a concrete base.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

yield per acre. His go acres made an
average yield 81 ~ bushels per acre
The stock pictured above are standing
IN fine patch 81 clover. Mr.. Weyl al
10 raises quite variety Of grain crops
and livestock. That he has a gvod
orchard may he seen In the picture.
Mr.. wcyi rides In a good car, has a
fine home. and Ia never afraid TO zee
the first of the month come around. We
n lyrical of hundreds VI other Hale
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

less expenditure ~ the mcagrc funds
In the Chamber 81 Commerce treasury.
\ Worlds Record.
but oven the home people were
amazed when II was announced that
Hale County's exhibits had taken more
awards than all other exhibitors com
hincd. The exhibit won the handsome
Holt cup fnr the hest bcneral exhibit
five gold medals Tor sweepstakes win
nings, and t0t ribbons for individual
products There were fifty one firsts,
thirty nnc seconds. and sixteen thirds
anong the winnings II was here that
Halle County Won the worlds prize on
wheat. alfalfa. oats maize. kaffir and
over forty other field and garden pro.
ducts
\ Consistent Winner
For ten years Hale County products
have been consistent winners at the
larger fairs " the Southwest. A. the
Texas State Fair the Wichita Wheat
show. the Waco Cotton Palace and
others winnings have heen heavy. In
compoti'i1n a-ains, her own ncighbors
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

An Interesting fifteenth century
tombstone has been discovered al
works"p, England. which n being re-
.t,r.,a ~ N ,uc..,orfal 90 local men
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

The Axtc,s had subtle polson which
was said to destroy the mind. but have
almost no effect on the body.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

Ar. LongHuffcr-'i hans them m
carefully and put on my pajamnS
Then l resume them IN the morning.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

Here II the only "hull' about the
rlainview country. These five aristo'
Gratis 81 the Hereford tribe are the prop
erty Of Fred wcyl four miles east OF
Plainyicw. The gentleman on the right
was ono Of the prize winners ut tho
Kansas city stock SHOW last year.
Mr.. weyi u a believer In diversified
farming. Wheat from his farm took n
$1,000 prize ut the 1920 Northwest
Texas Fair at rlainview for combining
Evening star., 1921-05-01
Tales of Well known Folk
In Social and Official Life
President and Mrs. Harding to Take Sunday
Outings to Old Virginia and Maryland
Family Estates.

That was a pleasant departure,
wbith the President and Mrs Hard
ing made in motoring to LeesburS
last Sunday and is hut the forerun-
ncr of may short trips through the
historic country of nearby Virginia
and Maryland. where so many MUS
trious homes are located. leeSburs
is but one of these sections. though
IAN important one. since the family
Of the oricinaI Lee of Virginia ap-
portioned the territory about among
his various sons and daughters. On
| the Maryland side of the Potomac
and within an hour or two OF WASH
| ington and over the smootheSt ROADS
are some famous homes. wh!ch hs-
urcd wO~thiiy in the first annals.
There are several seats of the Cal
| vert family close by. among them
! the fine mansion at kiverdalc. erected
by the sixth Baron Of Baltimore. and
now the home of Senator and Mrs.
| Hiram johnson.
Near Marlboro is the Dover
! House. the picturesque home which
the third Lord baltimore bestowed on
| his widow. Lady Margaret. who went
! there to live when the heir. Benedict
! Leonard. took over the great house
near Mattapony. This lady was so
excellent a housek eepe~ that her
memory is perpetuated in that eX-
ce!Ient cake Lady Baltimore. tn"
recipe for which is said to have been
handed down in rigid accuracy.
There is the estate in Baltimore
county. Hampton Court. owned b. the
! Ridgelys. which was designed after
I the famous country seat Of Henry
i VIII. built for the fair Ann" Eoleyn
and which. with its sunkcn GARDENS
Evening star., 1921-05-01

Mrs. Sheridan has passed much time
looking up places connected With the
Motl.yS and she Will add rs much as
possible to this knowledge for her
small SON. who has renal n.i in Eng
land.
Much interest centerS in Mrs. FlnleE
J. Shepard'S efforts 20 retain the
guardianship of he- lovely young
nieces. Helen and Edith. daughters of
her brother. Frank J. Could. and his
first Wife who was Miss Edith Kelly.
DAUGHTER of the we'll known TammanN
leader. SO tangled and involved was
this case that the New York court
permitted Mrs. Shepard to have III"
little girls pending more amicabie
agreement between the parents. The
first Mrs. Gould has since remarked.
a tremendously important magnate of
the Balkans. Prince Noureddin Nlora.
who may be called to the rulership
of some of the small countries carved
out of former Turkish territory. The
princess, therefore. desires her daugh-
ters with her and she has already
succeeded through the French courts
in keeping them with her in Paris
Mrs. Shepard has secured the aid of
NJ. Viviani. who is one of the most
brilliant lawyers in France 10 plead
her cause. The princess. their mother,
believes the girls will have Il more
brilliant future in the court even of
Evening star., 1921-05-01

a tiny Kingdom than in New York
under the care of their Gould reia-
lives. which makes other Americans
lowering on the edge of royal honors
besides the Princess Christopher or
Greece. the former Mrs. Leeds. and
her son William. betrothed to prin-
cess Of the house OF Romanof.
A deep love for the traditions of the
sea on this side of the continent is
shown by the news from San Fran
cisco that a fund has been collected
among art lovers ther. To revive the
scuIptur.d figurehead. once the pride
and chief ornament of clipper ships.
hookerS and the graceful square rig
gers that rpam.d the seven seas. the
Art Association of California has the
plan definitely in hand with the i'm
mediate objective of getting bids on
figureheaGS for the Shipping Board =
new vessels the Golden state and thr
Silver state. for which the money has
been provided The same jury o.
award also asks designs for some
mural decorations for the same yes
sells to be placed in the companion
WAY and in the So-called salon. All the
SculDtors and artists are enthusiast
rally competing. and il is hoped the
same spirit will enliven the masters
of chisel and brush on this side of
The country. Some OF the recent ships
finished in the eastern yards haV"
Evening star., 1921-05-01

sailed for the Pacific via Panama With
merry parties on board. and lurcd b.
Uncle Sans generous offer to provide
wonderful trip with all accessories
at about one-third the comm.rC al
price. But these ships lack figure
head and mural art. and VIII perhaps
be supplied by the larger viSionsd
denizens on the Pacific. Many of th.,
old whalers laid mp about Buzzard'.
bay in Massachusetts and all up and
down Cape Ann stll boast figure
heads which are worthy of III, mnST
modern boats. Mr.. charles Na"al,
one time Secretary OF Commerce ana
Labor, purchased two lovely figure.
heads from old ships which were ,iis~
inteCrating at Marion. Qui,' near has
summer home. and NJ has fastened
them in excellent position af tn ,.ui
Of his private pier They are fH,,
most notable decoration "f the local
i,v