Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-26
HEAL ESTATE WEN
HERE OPTIMISTIC
NUMBER or INSPIRING TALKS
MADE ~ MEMBERS AT MEET.
ING FRIDAY NIGHT

That they believe In pushing the la.
teresss Of the city forward. tina; they
have definite ideas as to the needs
Il the city. and that they have the
courage 10 tackle anything that Co them
appears 20 stand In the way u pro.
eress. was demonstrated nj n session II
the Amarillo Real Estate Association
Friday night.
This sUnEion followed an elaborate
banquet nj the Harvey House. There
was a large attendance II the member
ship NJ well as IL visitors present
j. 4. HIN. manager " the Panhandle
Lumber company gave an instructive
talk on advertising. and directed atign.
ton 10 what he termed Amarillos gu.
ure 60 attain the ends Il might its siu'
alton considered. Only tso.0o0 was
spent by the noard IL city Dcvelopmcn,
last year said iilll. when there arc 100
men In the city that should h. con.
tributlng t25 n tAonth toward chamber
~ commerce work.
The restrictions on the beard Of
City Development under H. charter was
noticed hy the speaker. and an organi.
xntion with more comprehensive powers
he said II required To meet the Anna.
CLIO situation. n Il would rise % It's
opportunities. Amarillo. Hili said would
ret behind larger orHaniza;ion than
The city now has and employs the
highest priced developer 20 b. had
His views ~ the needs ~ Amarillo
were SCI forth hy W. A. Askew 10 u
papcr styled a CONDEMNATION Of
Facts." Askcw committed himself IN
favor ~ n committee from the associa
ton 10 cooperate with the city plan.
uing commission and also = committcg
! on puuiic parks. and also favored a
sBeo. ooo high schsol building
wculd Have city PARK
Concerning parks Askew said:
II would like To- see more Iarka In
our beautiful city. ! am anxious 20 see
some Of the wealthy people " our city
DO something along this line. Mr.
Fuqua has many blocks In the south.
west par; % our city a dozen blocks
of this land would make a beautiful
park and too the other blocks surround
ing this property would lncrcasc m
value o. make up for what h. had
given the city. Mrs. Eakle has numcr
Gus blocks In the south part II the city
Why not an Eaklc park? Mr. Blyens
has several hundred acres IN the west
part Of the city. Why no, a Blvons
Park. believe these people and others
perhaps want 10 DO something for
Amarillo along this line. 90 benefit the
city end community IN which they live
and IN % doing they win show their
unselfishness and prove their true
greatness to the people ~ Amarillo.
May I suggest that a committee h.
appointed and so 20 thcse people and
any others that are able 10 make such
n donation 10 Amarillo and sec n sev.
crai parks can not b. added to the few
that we already have. Also would
like TO see this committee look after
bcautffying the park between Four.
tenth and Fifteenth, between Taylor
and Fillmore streets. We should have
trees. flowers and shrubs planted
NOW"
Gives Rental Views
Askew also touched upon high rem.
t8trs D8t WY naAu HihU ifUA'
some viii say shortage 81 houses, OF
course a five room house renting for
$500 II too much. Perhaps 50 Some
people would not own home II they
could. This kind of a man II not vel
come In our city and sTs.oc or even a
$4,000 Il not too much for him. lie
uses cur cement sidewalks. sends his
children 20 our public schools drives
his limousine on our paved streets. lie
pays no taxes and can't see how he
benefits our city. Hts land lord has 20
pay the bills; therefore his rents are
not too high. and why should he not pay
the llnits The man that comes o. our
city. wants 10 live here. likes cur town
end our people wants a home. should
not be compelled to pay such prices foi
a place 60 live. This Il the mar We
want to help and by helping him got a
home. we have helped olraciEoa. Nc
have received our commissions We have
helped our city. cur country, Ne nave
helped a good man 10 h. hettcg eli.
zen. Further regarding RENTS What
Is wrong with the man that has bnsi.
ness house 90 rentg He gets $4,000.
fteo.ve. ss0o.e0 or even tco00o and
perhaps more. A man that has house
- feet by iso feet aud charges $4,000.
fsoo.po o. even $4,000 per month for
y