Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-18
AMARILLO NEEDS
RECEIVE Attention
At ANNUAL BANQUET
BUSINESS MEN VOTE uNlNIMot :.
~ 10 GIVE MONEY AND SERN.
iCE TO CITi'S WELFARE

Murr 'h.n $50 business mon 'l Ann.
ull, attended the annual hIuuu't ot
d, Amarillo Busiu,s- Mems A,u,.a.
ION az the Amarillo Hotel Inst nI-hH,
u n. Nichols presided ~ tolSiWlstcIkl
md bon o. pleasing WY introduced thn
pr,k,rs Ed Green WIS the firs .H.ii,.
r IN tn program. and his subject.
"Thr Outlu.k" Nh Green said there
has been q great change in conditions
since the Inst annual banquet IT, spoke
very optimistinlly ~ the future, uu1'
encouraged his hearers a. look ahead Geo
the future. telling thrm the scnllm. ut
OF the people had great deal 10 do
with the times.
The Soncgambian troupe rendered
several selections. and WIS warmly ap'
plnudcd.
Ross u. Rogers. on behalf Of the
Board OF city Development. presented
TO the asspmblagc the plans hy which
t.rncs, Thompson Is D. erect q new no
tel In Amarillo. lie slid that the cape
itni stock of the corporation would hr
sage .OOO. ~ which $4,000 would De- %
fercd To the people ~ Amarillo and suI.
rounding country. The Board OF CITY
Development. snid MIR Rogers. "n.
dorscd this proposition, which II some
thing ihoy have never done before. ANA
offered az proof that the board u- il'
! dividunls were h,hlnd the movement
| the fact that IN" members ut tho board
had subs rilcd for $1,000 worth 81
stock
| D..
| 'Amurillos Awakening" lie said. "'rhn
world Is not nearly "a crazy 90 com"
| to Amarillo ~ Amarillo should ho for
| 4 To cumc here and us Amarillo should
br Co tell the world what IL hs 4" oi.
Ter. There are number ui highways
that miss Amarillo by u fcw mile,
! rhcy 60 through other towns ~ the
| Panhandle which have everything TINT
amarillo now has but population. and
the thing Amarillo needs to do IS 90
make Amarillo 80 attractive Go tourists
that they viii 81 their own accord dc.
tour through Amarillo. \ bureau Of bon.
formation should bc established, % rest
room erected. and nobody allowed 9"
pass through Amarillo without his or
her comfort being looked Out Tor. lru'
plc all over thc world should be- told
the real facts about Amarillo. They
should br told 1T the wonderful climltc.
the scenic spots that nature has pro.
yidrd for the Panhandle. The highway
should all b. marked and the roads
imupurly Kept up. II We love AWlull.
p Tc should spend money In toiling tn
D world about her aud more thpu that
r W. should give our time To sprcndlug
p the story of Amarillo IT, opportunities
! what II has and what II ~ going {,
] have.
p Iic urged that an Amarillo Industrial
d aud Automobile club hc formed 90 co.,
e sist the Hoard Of city Development IN
g its work. and asked every man present
. who was willing to contribute money
] and Also his time to the bcltcrmont ul
Amarillo and to pledge himself to assist
the board IN IT, work td-stnud. Every
man In the audience stood.
Following tho address by Nr laml.
son. TonStmastcr Nichols mid TINT Il
was hign time that the pouplp in Ann.
rillp wcra hitting the syiwdust trlil for
a bigger aud better Amarillo.
Rub" Hooper and ASSISTANTS thrnurh
the courtesy oi Manager Rogers o. 'ho
Dcandi Theatre, rendered several solcc,<
lions. and were warmly apphuded'''
Songs by the sencgambian troupe
brought the banquet to close.